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Quackenbush Ballot -- To Elect or Appoint? The Quackenbush scandal in California is blamed in part on the fact that the insurance commissioner is an elected rather than appointed position. Now the state legislature is considering a ballot initiative to return the decision-making on this job to the politicians. From Capital Public Radio in Sacramento, Suzanne Marmion reports.

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Quackenbush Ballot — To Elect or Appoint?

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The Quackenbush scandal in California is blamed in part on the fact that the insurance commissioner is an elected rather than appointed position. Now the state legislature is considering a ballot initiative to return the decision-making on this job to the politicians. From Capital Public Radio in Sacramento, Suzanne Marmion reports.