Sentences with phrase «ballot measure meant»
In 2004, this editorial page backed Proposition 71, a $ 3 billion ballot measure meant to bypass then - President George W. Bush's ban on human embryonic stem cell research and to put California in the forefront of this hugely promising field.
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Business owners and others in the industry planned two days of lectures and discussion about what the ballot measures mean for businesses.
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Nonetheless, some experts caution that asking voters to consider two referendum questions on the November ballot might not produce the desired outcomes for either organization, in particular, if those casting ballots fear that supporting both measures would mean higher taxes.
Two consecutive legislatures must approve putting a constitutional amendement on the ballot, which means the earliest New York's voters would get to decide on the measure would be November 2013.
The rally, headlined by Sen. Terry Gipson, Senate hopeful Justin Wagner and Assembly candidate Andrew Falk, comes after a half - dozen candidates for state Senate failed to qualify for the Women's Equality Party, the new ballot line formed this year meant to boost the package of measures proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2013.
The package of measures, known as the Women's Equality Agenda, was put to the forefront this election season when state Democrats formed the Women's Equality Party, a new ballot line meant to promote the omnibus legislation.
The Assembly's passage of the constitutional amendment overnight means the measure has cleared two consecutively elected Legislatures so it's ready for the November ballot.
The issue even made it to the ballot box in 2016 when HISD added a measure meant to put pressure on the state legislature to change its school funding system after lawsuits failed to do the same.
The group's measure was cleared in March by the Secretary of State's office for circulation, meaning supporters have until Sept. 21 to collect some 366,000 valid voter signatures needed to qualify it for the ballot.