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- California Initiatives
- The Kelo decision continues to elicit a backlash. California voters will decide on two separate iniatitives in June that would limit the ability of local ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures
- Basketball Wins in Oklahoma City
- Voters easily approved the arena upgrades I mentioned yesterday. It sounds as though the NBA will soon feature the Oklahoma City Supersonics. Perhaps a name ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures
- Hoop Dreams
- Will Oklahoma City get an NBA franchise? We'll probably find out tonight. Oklahoma City voters are deciding whether to extend a one-cent sales tax to ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures , Local Offices
- Assisted Suicide by Any Other Name...
- Washington State is voting in November on an initiative, championed by former Gov. Booth Gardner, to legalize what many people would call "physician-assisted suicide.&...
- Categories: Ballot Measures
- Another Swing at Term Limits
- South Dakota legislators are hoping they can convince voters to eliminate term limits. The House yesterday approved a referendum to go before voters this November. ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures
- Not Quite Time to Light Up
- Sponsors of a proposed medical marijuana initiative in Michigan have turned in 170,000 more signatures than necessary to qualify for the state ballot.
- Categories: Ballot Measures
- One Way to Stop Intergovernmental Infighting
- State government and local governments in Florida fought with one another over taxes in January. Governor Charlie Crist and most legislators favored a constitutional amendment ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures , Economic & Fiscal Issues , Local Offices , State Offices , Voting Process & Voting Rules
- The Sushi Shortfall
- The Los Angeles Times explains why ballot initiatives are to blame for California's serious budget problems: SACRAMENTO -- -- The state is about to pump ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures , Economic & Fiscal Issues
- The Next Abortion Battles
- South Dakota's 2006 abortion battle, it turns out, was just a prelude. While voters rejected an abortion ban there -- designed to challenge Roe v. Wade ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures , National Politics , Polls , Social Issues
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- Mike Rounds: Stronger Than Arnold Schwarzengger?
- South Dakota's Mike Rounds is the latest governor to come out in favor of eliminating legislative term limits. From the AP: PIERRE -- A resolution ...
- Categories: Ballot Measures , State Offices
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