Sentences with phrase «initiative on the ballot»

A statewide initiative on the ballot asks voters to make an exception, and instead direct the tax revenue from marijuana sales toward public education and drug - prevention programs.

(There is also an alternative initiative on the ballot).

Grassroots organizations in Arizona and Florida have begun efforts to place initiatives on ballots in their states, and interest appears high in other states, including ones with smaller immigrant populations.

Clearly, the hot Senate race is one reason, but there are several controversial ballot initiatives on the ballot as well.

Elected officials at the meeting criticized the 15 - member commission for moving too quickly as it tries to get initiatives on the ballot.

California's Proposition 64 was the most important of all the legalization initiatives on the ballot this November.

The four initiatives on the ballot from 1984 through...

Groups consider trying to put charter - school initiative on ballot As prospects for a bill allowing charter schools dims in the Washington Legislature, some in the so - called «education reform» movement are considering compromise options or again asking the voters about it.

The current case in point is the battle over a labeling initiative on the ballot in Washington State (Initiative Measure No. 522).

We're allowed to say to all Washington State voters: There's a terrible initiative on the ballot — I - 1082 — that was written and sponsored by the insurance industry.

The fight over charter schools has lasted more than a decade in Washington state, with year after year of legislation introduced in Olympia, and two initiatives on the ballot in 1996 and 2000.

Detroit, which was rejected for Amazon's HQ2 primarily due to its lack of a regional transportation network, has planned to put the initiative on the ballot in early June.

A small, anti-charter group is hoping to gather more than 360,000 signatures to put this initiative on the ballot in November, with the goal of closing every charter school in California.

The lawsuit claims that because the funding of religious education has nothing to do with these issues, the commission lacked the authority to place this initiative on the ballot.

In June, several groups filed a lawsuit challenging the commission's placement of these initiatives on the ballot.

It got twice the signatures needed to place the initiative on the ballot.

Final note: If the legislature doesn't pass anything, the Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy, a coalition of environmental, labor, and social - justice groups, has pledged to put another initiative on the ballot in 2018.