Sentences with phrase «including voter initiatives»

Meanwhile, the commission contended that the word «legislature» ought to be interpreted to mean «the legislative powers of the state,» including voter initiatives and referenda.

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A partisan and clumsy initiative to win the hearts and minds of «ethnic» voters led to four resignations, including that of multiculturalism minister John Yap.

On Monday they unveiled a «People of Faith for Obama» a new initiative to mobilize voters that included Web video of the president and a faith platform.

Gov. Gray Davis of California and civil rights groups announced a deal last Thursday to drop legal challenges to a 1994 voter - approved initiative that sought to end public services, including education, to illegal immigrants.

The co-location initiative began in 2000 when California voters approved Proposition 39, which mandated that district facilities be «shared fairly among public school pupils, including those in charter schools,» and that districts provide charters with facilities that were «reasonably equivalent» to those given to district schools.

It includes questions placed on ballots through a citizen - initiative process as well as measures that legislatures have put before voters in statewide referendums.

So a coalition of respected educational interests, including the League of Education Voters, has filed this initiative.

The landmark ballot initiative now law thanks to Missouri voters, requires dog breeders to meet certain humane standards, including by reducing the number of dogs held for breeding to no more than 50.

The November 2014 elections included a North Dakota voter initiative emblematic of the vigorous debate taking place nationwide about child custody.