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LOS ANGELES (KABC) — <\/span>When you look through the state voter guide for the June primary, you may notice blank pages and some candidates missing.<\/p>\n

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It’s not a mistake. It’s actually a choice made by the candidates, including Democrat Tom Steyer and Republican Steve Hilton, both running for governor, and state Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is seeking reelection.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been hearing a lot of people sort of aghast – why isn’t our favorite candidate x, y, z in the voter guide,” said Roxanne Hoge, the chair of the L.A. County Republican Party.<\/p>\n

The reason is Proposition 34. Passed by California voters in 2000, it established limits on campaign contributions for certain offices.<\/p>\n

For governor, you must agree not to spend more than $11,767,000 for the primary and stay under $19,611,000 for the general election.<\/p>\n

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If you don’t agree to that, you don’t get to be in the voter guide.<\/p>\n

“A hundred million dollars is not unusual for statewide campaigns, so the fact is, if we would have agreed to those limits, there’s no way we could have won,” Hilton said.<\/p>\n

According to the Secretary of State’s office, the candidate statement costs $25 per word, not to exceed 250 words, which would cost $6,250.<\/p>\n

“I decided to not to go ahead and pay the ransom fee in order to be in that voter information bulletin,” said Gloria Romero, a Republican candidate for California lieutenant governor. “Many other candidates chose to as well. I think in today’s day and age, I think we’re much more savvy in terms of how we want to target, I think, high-propensity voters who we believe we really need to market to to get our vote out.”<\/p>\n

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Romero pointed to other options such as websites, social media and direct mail.<\/p>\n

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