Palin cannot advocate for or against a ballot measure, officially, but she took what she calls "personal privilege" to discuss Ballot Measure 4. "Let me take my governor's hat off just for a minute here and tell you, personally, Prop 4, I vote no on that. I have all the confidence in the world that the Department of Environmental Conservation and our Department of Natural Resources have great, very stringent regulations and policies already in place. We're going to make sure that mines operate only safely, and soundly" said Palin. Renee Limoge with Alaskans Against the Mining Shutdown, a group opposing Ballot Measure 4, said her group was "very pleased" that Palin made her intentions clear. Full Article at KTUU