Sentences with phrase «ballot initiatives backed»

Ohio — Gov. Bob Taft (R) is retiring: The failure of the four ballot initiatives backed by «Reform Ohio Now» on Nov. 8 should be sobering for Democrats who believed passage of the measures would be an early sign of big gains in the Buckeye State next year.

Laura Preston with the Assn. of California School Administrators said concerns had grown in the Capitol over the noisy divide between teachers unions and other educational organizations that could impede efforts to pass Proposition 30, the November ballot initiative backed by Gov. Jerry Brown.

Vivint's move comes as Florida readies for a ballot initiative backed by the solar industry to reduce taxes on PV systems.

Not exact matches

The ballot initiative had been backed by labor unions.

We peel back the layers to reveal how the Internet is changing the way candidates run for office, promote ballot initiatives, and mobilize voters.

The convention question is one of three statewide ballot initiatives on the backs ballots Tuesday.

A Realtor - backed ballot initiative expanding property tax loopholes for homeowners over 55 could drive turnout among Republican - leaning voters.

Eighty - four percent would back term limits for lawmakers and 79 percent back term limits for state elected officials; 77 percent support ending the practice of limited liability companies giving unlimited funds to campaigns; 74 percent back allowing initiative and referendum on the ballot; 65 percent support banning full - time employment for the Legislature.

This all changed when the Party began to support candidates that ignored ballot initiatives and sought an extension of voter - backed term limits.

The November ballot will include two funding initiatives for public education, including one backed by Gov. Jerry Brown.

Maine happens to be the only state where the mayor is backing both a candidate and a ballot initiative.

Investigators at the Stanford Graduate School of Business analyzed data from Arizona's 2000 general election, looking for a link between where voters cast their ballots and whether they backed a school - funding initiative.

When it came to persuading Washington state voters to back a ballot initiative on charter schools, President Clinton wanted nothing to do with the issue.

Included in the Capitol Update this week: * Trigger Cuts Enacted: Reductions to K - 12 Are Less Than Initially Feared * Multiple Tax Initiatives Vying for November 2012 Ballot; Governor's Proposal Polls Well * Stay Tuned During the Holidays: Legislature Back - to - Session on January 4, 2012

As a member of CCSA Advocates, you will be kept abreast of any developments related to the ballot initiative and any opportunities to help us hold this measure back.

Sinquefield also backed a similar ballot initiative two years ago that failed to collect enough signatures.

Missourians for the Protection of Dogs, the group spearheading the ballot measure to prevent puppy mill cruelty, launched a statewide radio campaign urging state lawmakers not to undermine the citizen - backed initiative.

The Coalition to Ban Ohio Dog Auctions is spearheading a citizen - backed ballot initiative — the Ohio Dog Auctions Act (LSC 129 2393).

In mid-April 2016, solar advocacy group the Energy Freedom Coalition, backed by SolarCity and headed up by former Arizona Corporation Commissioner Kris Mayes, launched a ballot initiative that would have guaranteed retail rates for net metering customers, and prevented additional demand charges.

For more information about the utility and Koch - backed funding of a misleading ballot initiative in Florida, read the recent joint release published by the Center for Media and Democracy and the Energy and Policy Institute.

At the start of the campaign for California's Proposition 23, the ballot measure that would suspend the state's global warming law, opponents darkly warned that the Texas oil companies backing the initiative would spend as much as $ 50 million to win the election.

I - 732 is a citizen ballot initiative to fight climate change; to make polluters pay when they damage our air, water and health; and to give that money back to the people in the biggest anti-poverty measure in this state since groceries were made sales tax exempt in 1977.

Back in 2010, California's voters passed a ballot initiative that redefined all levies and charges imposed by the state government as «taxes.»

California ballot initiatives have gone back and forth on pot for some years now.

The proposed initiative, called Fair Affordable Insurance Rates (FAIR), is backed by consumer groups the Consumer Watchdog and Consumer Federation of America (CFA), and requires 305,000 signatures of Michigan voters by May 26, 2010 in order to appear on the state ballot in November.