2008. November 4, 2008 to be precise.
Proposition 8 was put to a vote in California one time and one time only: on November 5, 2008.
6,401,482 Californians voted against Proposition 8 (47.76%) in November 2008. A vote against Proposition 8 was a vote in favor of same-sex marriage.
6,401,482 Californians (47.76%) voted against Proposition 8 in November 2008. A vote against Proposition 8 was equivalent to voting to continue to permit same-sex marriage in California.
Proposition 50 would allow either house of the state legislature to suspend members — with or without pay — by a two-thirds vote.
California had 55 votes in the 2008 election.
As of 2008, 17,304,091 people were registered to vote in CA.
Barack Obama opposed California's Proposition 8, but it wasn't until May 9, 2012 that he publicly announced support for the legalization of same-sex marriage. Prior to that, he supported civil unions.
Obama won California by a large margin in 2008.
It was a ballot measure put before voters in November 2008, the same day Barack Obama was elected. People voted on it so their opinions would count. If they didn't answer the question, then their opinion would not have counted.
plurality vote.
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Voting no on California's Proposition 8 meant opposing an amendment to the state constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry. A vote against Pop 8 was a vote in favor of same-sex marriage.