Sentences with phrase «by ballot measures»

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The biggest problem with it is the mechanism: As a ballot measure, it could only be repealed or amended by another ballot measure.

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If dollars were votes, big pharma would be beating California's controversial drug - price control ballot measure Proposition 61 by a margin of about 7 - 1.

Ryan's congressional campaign committee gave $ 50,000 to Give Voters a Voice, the main group behind an effort to qualify a repeal measure for the November ballot, according to documents filed by the campaign.

The OCA was supported by Oregon's branch of Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition and worked constantly to put draconian and far - reaching anti-LGBT measures on the state ballot.

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.

[17] Donna L. Minnis, «Wildlife Policy - Making by the Electorate: An Overview of Citizen - Sponsored Ballot Measures on Hunting and Trapping,» Wildlife Society Bulletin 26, no. 1 (1998).

Californians overwhelmingly passed a similar measure, The Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, by ballot initiative last fall.

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 tax returns bill has been derided by Senate Republicans as a «P.R. stunt» but Stewart - Cousins insisted the measure was part of a consistent set of policy proposals (a different, but similar bill that would link releasing tax returns to ballot access, was defeated as a hostile amendment on the Senate floor).

Former NYC Mayor Mike Michael Bloomberg is among the nation's top financial backers of the school - choice movement, topping the list of New York's political contributors by donating $ 1.8 million to ballot measures and political action committees focused primarily on school choice.

These measures offer a more equitable voting experience by allowing busy New Yorkers more options for casting their ballots.

By Joe Mahoney, CNHI News Service ALBANY — New York voters have anemic attendance at the ballot box, and advocates for measures designed to boost turnout say squabbling lawmakers are partly to blame.

The last ballot measure that really got voters going was New York City's term limits referendum in 1993 — famously superseded by the 2008 City Council vote allowing Mayor Bloomberg's third term.

By law, the council could vote to put the measure on the ballot or the mayor could appoint a charter revision commission to do it.

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.

Like a flyweight amateur getting in the ring against the heavyweight champ, the ballot measure calling for a state constitutional convention hit the canvas hard and fast: Voters rejected it by a ratio of 5 to 1.

Improving New York State's voter registration and ballot access measures with an eye on moving toward a statewide vote - by - mail program

This time, the 62 - page ballot measure was crafted by political professionals and has the backing of many elected officials, including Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is running for governor in 2018.

Today's by - elections offer parties hope and headaches in equal measure: why politicians must not neglect the broader implications of these local ballots

Two gun safety groups in Maine are getting more than $ 3 million from a nonprofit backed by former New York City Mayor Bloomberg in preparation for a big gun control measure on the November ballot.

Bloomberg made a well - publicized contribution of $ 500,000 this year to California's Proposition 29, the ballot measure that would have raised the state's tobacco tax by a dollar a pack.

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 ads come as Democrats are creating the Women's Equality Party, a new ballot line that is aimed at highlighting support for the women's agenda package, which was first proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2013 and includes anti-housing and workplace discrimination measures and a provision aimed at curtailing human trafficking.

Saland, who also voted for the marriage law after providing input on religious protections in the measure, led Neil DiCarlo by only 42 votes in a race that will likely go to the more than 900 outstanding absentee ballots.

Opponents of the measure pointed to the favorable language before voters on the ballot as set by the state Board of Elections, which touted claims the amendment would bring more jobs, added school aid and lower property taxes.

Mainers United for Marriage, the gorup working to pass a ballot measure legalizing same - sex marriage in the state, hit their target in a $ 100,000 matching donation challenge offered by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes (pictured) and his partner Sean... Read

Mainers United for Marriage, the gorup working to pass a ballot measure legalizing same - sex marriage in the state, hit their target in a $ 100,000 matching donation challenge offered by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes (pictured) and his partner Sean Eldridge, the Bangor Daily News reports:

Andy's latest proposal to seize houses owned by private landlords and give them to councils is precisely the kind of measure that the public just rejected at the ballot box as unworkable.

Originally, the advocacy groups formed a coalition, led by Ohio's League of Women Voters, which gathered more than 200,000 signatures for the measure to make it to November's ballot.

The measure needs to be passed again by lawmakers next year and could appear on a statewide ballot as soon as 2017.

Three years after California voters passed a ballot measure to raise taxes on corporations and generate clean - energy jobs by funding energy - efficiency projects in schools, barely one - tenth of the promised jobs have been created, and the state has no...

The language of the ballot measure was approved by the clerk of the Ulster County Legislature after lawmakers moved to put the issue before voters.

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.

California's Proposition 37, a ballot measure for labeling genetically modified foods, lost at the polls in November after supporters were outspent by a factor of five.

The statewide ballot measure, which provided $ 3 billion in funding for stem cell research at California universities and research institutions, was overwhelmingly approved by voters, and called for the establishment of an entity to make grants and provide loans for stem cell research, research facilities, and other vital research opportunities.

A marathon debate over education funding continues in Ohio, where school groups are already divided over a May 5 ballot measure that proposes hiking the state sales tax by 1 cent in order to raise revenue for schools.

That state ballot measure was passed by California voters in 2000 and, in...

The measure, put on the ballot through petitions circulated by the National Taxpayers Union, loses by a 9 - 1 margin.

In a dramatic turn of public opinion, Californians defeated a ballot measure that would have capped administrative spending by the state's nearly 1,000 districts at 5 percent of their total budgets and required that the other 95 percent go to classroom expenses, such as teachers» salaries and school supplies.

State is facing a projected $ 1 - billion deficit, with reduced revenues caused by Measure 5, a 1990 state ballot initiative capping property taxes.

In their lawsuits, filed last May, the groups argued that Proposition 39, a state ballot measure passed by voters in 2000, grants charters» access to facilities in...

According to a 2010 report by the California Fair Political Practices Commission, 15 organizations spent a combined $ 1 billion on state campaigns and ballot measures from the beginning of 2000 to the end of 2009.

Meanwhile, the string of state - ballot victories by foes of bilingual education was broken in Colorado, where a surge of last - minute spending helped defeat a measure there that would have all but ended bilingual education.

The chief of staff for the League of Education Voters filed a measure today that would ask voters this November to allow up to 40 charter schools in Washington - if supporters can accumulate 241,153 signatures by July 6 to get it on the ballot...

Those plans may end up on hold if charter - school foes submit enough signatures by Wednesday to place a measure on the November ballot asking voters to repeal the charter - school law.

Despite some victories this year — passage of a state ballot measure for more school funding and a revamped L.A. school board that the union perceives as more «teacher - friendly» — many instructors said they felt beaten down by large classes, staff cutbacks, rising teacher dismissals and public disrespect.

The measure was rejected in King County, but not by as large a margin as when charters were last on the ballot eight years ago.

In order to get a measure on the ballot without opposition, Boards are told by their consultants to wait until the last possible meeting to vote to approve the measure for the ballot.

The ballot measure is down by 11 points, having lost support among Democrats, especially from the progressive wing.