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- A Boon for Reform?
- California voters have repeatedly voted down initiatives that would take redistricting out of the hands of legislators. But supporters of this year's version are hopeful ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures
- Parental Notification Leads in California
- In 2005 and 2006, Californians rejected ballot initiatives to require minors to notify their parents before having an abortion. But, it looks like the third time might ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures , Polls , Social Issues
- California Gay Marriage Ban Trailing
- It looks like Jerry Brown's strategy paid off. The ballot proposition that would ban gay marriage in California is losing badly, according to a new ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures
- Will Florida's Gay Marriage Ban Pass?
- Here's some interesting new polling on Florida's gay marriage ban from the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute: Florida voters support 55 - 41 percent an amendment that would ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures , Social Issues
- "Our Gettysburg"
- Finally, both sides of the gay marriage debate have found something on which they agree: The California campaign this fall will be a seminal moment ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures , Social Issues
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- Mary Cheney Ponies Up for Gay Marriage
- Mary Cheney has given $3,000 to the campaign against the gay marriage ban in California -- as in, the side that favors gay marriage. Yes, that ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures , Social Issues , Voting Process & Voting Rules
- Arkansas to Vote on Gay Adoption Ban
- The culture wars go through Arkansas this fall, as the Associated Press reports: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A proposal aimed at effectively banning gays ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures , Social Issues
- Sick Leave Showdown
- Ohio is voting on a ballot initiative this fall that would make it the first state to require employers (with 25 or more employees) to provide ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures , National Politics , State Offices
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- Affirmative Action Off the Ballot in Arizona?
- Today, an initiative to ban affirmative action in Arizona is likely to get kicked off the ballot by Secretary of State Jan Brewer. "We'll ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures
- 6 Comments
- California's "Tyranny of the Minority"
- The short version of California's budget stalemate: Republicans in the legislature won't accept a budget with any tax increases. Democrats won't accept a budget without ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures , Economic & Fiscal Issues , State Offices
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