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Jerry Brown is accusing Republicans of attempting to block the people's right to vote on the upcoming budget.

Governor Jerry Brown is considering a plan that would let the public bypass the legislature entirely and get the tax extension on the ballot in November through the initiative process. But a new poll released Thursday by the Public Policy Institute of California shows that public support for a special election is dropping. We talk to PPIC CEO Mark Baldassare about what it says about Californians.