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- Gay Marriage Encore in Arizona
- Of the more than 20 states that have voted on constitutional amendments to ban gay marriage, only one has rejected the idea -- Arizona in 2006. Conservatives ...
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- No Affirmative Action Vote in Missouri
- The Associated Press reports that supporters of a ban on affirmative action in Missouri didn't gather enough signatures to get their proposal on the ballot: ...
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- Can an Initiative Save Vallejo?
- Visiting the Bay Area recently, I noted stories in the local papers detailing how the city of Vallejo is still teetering on the edge of ...
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- "A Philosophical Split" Among Abortion Opponents
- The Wall Street Journal looks at how a divide in the pro-life movement is playing out in ballot measure politics this year: In California, an ...
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- Criminal Sentencing on the Ballot in Oregon
- The last few years have seen a shift away from lock-'em-up sentencing policies and more focus on reentry and rehabilitation. The driving force behind the ...
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- Immigration on the Ballot in Arkansas?
- Immigration is cooling as a campaign issue, but a few ballot measures might heat the topic back up again. One state to watch: Arkansas. In ...
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- Bill Ritter's Laborious Tenure
- In his short time as Colorado's governor, Bill Ritter has served as referee-in-chief for disputes between business and labor -- and neither side has been ...
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- Try, Try Again
- South Dakota voters will again decide the fate of a ballot measure banning abortion. A group supporting such a ban claims to have collected twice ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures , Social Issues
- Vetoing the Veto
- Wisconsin's line-item veto authority is so unusual that we write about it in our textbook on state and local government. During the 1990s, Gov. Tommy ...
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- No Special Help Required?
- Having convinced Michigan voters to eradicate affirmative action in 2006, Ward Connerly and others are seeking to convince five other states to do the same this ...
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