Do regular citizen vote for the ballet on marijuana laws?

It's a ballot initiative, meaning that yes, regular citizens will decide it. This is just how we got medical marijuana. We were the first and a dozen more states have followed us. And the initiative seems to be popular too, it's look today as if it might pass.

The thing about California is our state legislature is paralyzed by competing special interests. Anything big like this gets done only through the initiative process. The bad thing about that is that you can 'buy' any law you like, if you have enough money to advertise it a lot. There's another initiative that would forbid cities from starting their own electrical companies without a 2/3 vote of citizens. PG&E is behind this, paying for these ads with our electric bills. They call it 'The Citizens' Right to Vote Act' but it might better be called 'The Act to Protect PG&E's Profits Forever'.

It is a ballot initiative. If the people vote to pass it by 50% +1 then it will be law. It isn't like the Presidential election at all.

Right now the polls of likely registered voters show less than 40% are in favor of passage. This is mainly because all the pot heads have never gotten around to actually registering or voting.

If this passes it will be very bad for California. Employers will leave the state even faster than they are now.

I suggest stop thinking or try harder.

Couple of corrections.

Going to vote - yes but NO guarantees it will pass. Especially with help from people calling it the "weed law". "regular citizen vote" ABSOLUTELY matters in a Presidential election even with Popular Vs. Electoral debate. We call them voters. The votes will be counted. In CA who knows when voters will reverse their decision. In CA the people speak and vote often and on just about every thing. There is always red tape and goes hand in hand with government implementation, signing of laws and start dates.

The local ballot measures are somewhat effective. It does matter when you vote. The courts do listen to a degree at what the ballot tally was.

In California they may listen less but ultimately to not vote means they do whatever they want. So get out and vote ya/nay as your conscience allows.