The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar.
Leading Off
●CA Ballot: UC Berkeley's new poll of California finds Proposition 22, a ballot measure that would designate drivers for "App-Based Transportation and Delivery Companies" as independent contractors with some benefits rather than as employees, leading by a narrow 46-42 spread. Prop. 22 needs to win a simple majority to pass next week.
This has been the most expensive ballot measure campaign in California, and perhaps American, history, with just shy of $220 million being raised through mid-October. Thanks to massive expenditures from the rideshare giants Uber and Lyft and delivery companies like DoorDash, the yes side has taken in close to $200 million.