Sentences with phrase «ballot measures in»

Across the state, members engaged as never before in non-partisan efforts to register voters and to educate school communities on key ballot measures in addition to working on their own time to support important races at the local, county and state levels.

Indeed, voters statewide rejected charter school ballot measures in 1996, 2000 and 2004.

An article («Schools to See Big Windfalls From State Ballot Measures») on state ballot measures in the Nov. 13 issue misidentified, on second reference, M. Dane Waters, the president of the Washington - based Initiative & Referendum Institute.

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In addition, a GOP primary battle for a U.S. House seat in Alabama will be decided, along with 31 ballot measures in six states, and mayoral elections in Boston, Seattle, Detroit and Cleveland.

A proposal that would have shifted the order of ballot measures in some communities — allowing local proposals to be at the top of the page — was rejected on Wednesday by an Assembly committee.

There had been 32 ballot measures in the past to try to get same - sex couples the rights that every heterosexual couple takes for granted.

That three more states have legalized gay marriage by ballot measures in just one year should be a clear indication that this issue is not going away.

The recently approved ballot measure in Michigan that approved the use of government funds for embryo - destructive research is a case in point.

Advocates of the ballot measure in Crystal Lake say that kind of intervention is crucial to preserving the city's past — and improving its future.

New York: With many Americans genuinely unhappy with the direction of the country, a ballot measure in New York state could indicate how much desire there is to blow up the political system and start all over.

The Saratoga Casino and Raceway is planning to apply for a full - size casino license after voters approved a state ballot measure in November.

Paterson also says people should see opportunity in defeats like the ballot measure in Maine: «I think there's this feeling that if legislation fails that it's this colossal loss for the cause.

We also ask him if he thinks Obama needs to take a stronger position on issues important to the gay and lesbian community like the ballot measure in Maine.

It was easily the most expensive ballot measure in Massachusetts history, with more than $ 40 million raised by both sides.

The Massachusetts operation, called Families for Excellent Schools - Advocacy, a pro-charter group, was hit with a record $ 426,500 fine for failing to disclose its donors related to a 2016 Massachusetts ballot campaign — a race that became the most expensive ballot measure in state history.

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ballot measure in Massachusetts history, with more than $ 40 million raised by both sides.

Then, against the urging of many in the environmental community, Bauman and Ryan ran an op - ed in the Seattle Times in January 2015, arguing for a tax swap and vowing to run a ballot measure in 2016.

Even as voters nationally elected a notorious climate denier as their next president, several environmental groups rallied to help defeat a ballot measure in the state of Washington that would have taxed carbon emissions.

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In California, there is a proposed ballot measure called the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.

Another ballot measure asks voters if they want to restore the more favorable solar rates, though that measure is being contested in the state Supreme Court.

The next steps for the states that voted «yes» on their respective ballot measures will vary, as regulators in each state will likely spend several months deliberating on the specific framework for a legal marijuana market.

But the study found that cannabis ballot measures did increase the overall voter turnout in Colorado and Washington in 2012 (though not in Oregon, where the initiative did not pass).

Studies looking at 2012 voter turnout in Colorado, Oregon, and Washington have found that ballot measures legalizing marijuana did not drive younger voters to the polls.

While the ballot measure victories in November offered good news for cannabis businesses and their landlords, it also offered a cause for caution.

In November, voters approved ballot measures legalizing recreational marijuana in California, Nevada, Massachusetts, and tentatively, MainIn November, voters approved ballot measures legalizing recreational marijuana in California, Nevada, Massachusetts, and tentatively, Mainin California, Nevada, Massachusetts, and tentatively, Maine.

A comparable rush could shortly be under way in Maine, where the state is currently recounting votes after a recreational marijuana ballot measure narrowly passed.

Fairbanks said the ballot measure would only cover «12 percent of Californians, who are in certain health - care programs.»

Ballot measures approved in both states on Tuesday will take months to go into effect, with pot enthusiasts in Oregon having to wait until next summer to legally indulge and neither state likely to make marijuana available for commercial sales before 2016.

A Tuesday ballot measure to legalize same - sex marriage in Washington state is still pending.

Jackson and other religious leaders challenged the city on the measure saying the matter should be put to District voters in a ballot initiative.

Oregon has been a major battleground for this issue: a ballot measure sharply restricting homosexual rights lost heavily in 1992; a scaled - down version was defeated by several percentage points in this election.

This fall in Washington, Maryland and Maine, voters will decide whether same - sex marriage should be legal, and in Minnesota, voters will weigh in on a ballot measure amending the state's constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

You know they just started issuing marriage licenses to gays in a couple of the states that have now approved ballot measures.

A federal judge in Oklahoma has issued an order putting on hold the certification of a ballot measure that forbids state courts from considering or using international laws, as well as Sharia, or Islamic law.

For at least two of these Californians (one says she is a distant relative of Mitt Romney's), the day church leaders called on Mormons to support Proposition 8 — a 2008 ballot measure to prevent same - sex marriages — was the last time they sat in the pews.

If we start preaching the gospel again, we will have to get used to ethnic, theological, and political diversity because we will share our lives with people whose ultimate allegiance lies with something greater than a political party, greater than a ballot measure, greater even than the highest office in the world.

Alaskans will vote on a reform ballot measure to fully legalize weed in November and so will Oregonians.

If you live in a state that has a ballot initiative on Tuesday to label GMO products, please turn out to vote to have such measures passed.

Arizona, California and Florida have passed similar measures through ballot initiatives, and Maine, Colorado and Oregon have passed related laws in their state legislatures.

But the April 3 ballot measure asking voters to pay for the last 12 - acre parcel of the Dole estate and its 150 - year - old Italianate house has some residents questioning whether the Crystal Lake Park District belongs in the historic preservation business.

The league passed the rule in early 2016 through a ballot measure that secured 95 % of votes from UIL - member school superintendents, the league said in a statement.

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.

While New Trier and the park district have yet to make a final decision of whether or not to place the referendum requests on the November ballot, officials from both organizations said they are talking to each other and understand the potential challenges of asking voters to support two measures in one election.

Park commissioners plan to put a referendum measure on the ballot in April seeking financing for the proposed two - story building, which is to include a gymnasium, weight room, aerobic room, locker rooms and meeting rooms.

Forest preserve commissioners from District 4, who represent central DuPage, had requested the Forest Preserve District buy the land as part of the $ 75 million borrowed by the district as a result of a ballot measure approved by voters in 1997.

The White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives are up for grabs, along with thousands of other offices in state and local governments across the country, even as voters weigh in on scores of ballot initiatives and other measures.

The measure dovetails with a separate bill that would require presidential and vice presidential nominees to release their tax returns in order to qualify for the ballot in New York.

The bills include measures aimed at early voting in New York, making it easier to vote through an absentee ballot with «no excuse» voting, pre-registration for 16 - and 17 - year - old future voters, and making it easier to change a party ahead of a primary.