California voters have rejected Prop 32, which would have raised the state’s minimum wage from $16 to $18.
With 100% of the ballots tallied, the measure was rejected by a 0.8% margin (50.8 - 49.2), according to the California Secretary of State’s office. The total vote difference for the proposition was 234,146.
California was super shit on the ballot measures this year. Voted against increased minimum wage and voted for slavery. This state isn’t as blue as people think.
“I’m not going out to vote for what GENOCIDISTS want!!”
This one especially is frustrating only because 10% of Californians make minimum wage or less. Unfortunately minimum wage workers are the most likely to not vote or not be registered to vote. This vote lost by less than a percent and the affected population control up to 10% of the vote if they actually all voted.
