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.
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 current case in point is the battle over a labeling
initiative on the ballot in Washington State (Initiative Measure No. 522).
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.
Not exact matches
The danger, Cook knows, is that he is now America's most high - profile gay, and there will be a desire for him to weigh
in personally
on ballot initiatives, speak at campaign events, and give time, talent and treasure to LGBT causes.
Continuing
on the topic of jobs, raising the minimum wage beyond the $ 7.25 federal hourly rate is a key
ballot initiative for this midterm cycle
in several red states including Alaska, Arkansas, South Dakota and Nebraska.
Initiatives to land marijuana legalization
on 2016
ballots are well underway
in Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Nevada, while a handful of other states could also put legalization to a vote.
Facebook this week dropped its opposition to the
initiative, which organizers said was
on track to appear
on the November
ballot in California.
Jackson and other religious leaders challenged the city
on the measure saying the matter should be put to District voters
in a
ballot initiative.
Local media
in the state, tonight, is reporting that
ballot initiative SQ755, which bars state courts from using Islamic or international law, is
on the path to approval — Yes votes outweighing Nos by more than two - to - one, with about 40 - percent of the precincts
in.
It was a popular - vote
ballot initiative in response to the Supreme Court decision
on affirmative action.
The HSUS has officially withdrawn a
ballot initiative petition
on the same subject, which would have also phased out the confinement of egg - laying hens
in battery cages.
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.
Unless two - thirds of San Diego voters approve a
ballot initiative on Nov. 8 to raise $ 350 million to help build a new downtown football stadium, the Chargers likely will leave San Diego after this season and eventually play as the second team
in Rams owner Stan Kroenke's football complex
in L.A. beginning
in 2019.
In Grayslake, Park District officials are hoping that a recreation
initiative will win approval and have put two questions
on the
ballot.
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.
On November 8th, US citizens will not only elect a new President; initiatives to legalise recreational cannabis are also on the ballot in five state
On November 8th, US citizens will not only elect a new President;
initiatives to legalise recreational cannabis are also
on the ballot in five state
on the
ballot in five states.
Update: One more point to note is that an all - online approach like this is perhaps particularly well suited to a low - profile campaign like a typical
ballot initiative, since success
in this kind of campaign often depends
on getting a core group of supporters to the polls.
In Arkansas, the State Supreme Court still hasn't ruled
on whether a medical marijuana
initiative should be included, but according to the state's Division of Elections, Arkansas has already printed the
ballots with the
initiative on it and just won't count the votes if the court decides the other way.
Ballot initiatives in three Bay Area localities — San Francisco, Oakland and Albany, CA — could join their neighbor Berkeley
in imposing a 1 - cent - per - ounce tax
on sugar - sweetened beverages like Coca - Cola and Pepsi.
The chart below shows election years and the signature requirement for
initiatives designed to appear
on the
ballot in that year, with gubernatorial election years bolded.
«We have to stop this attack
on the program we fought so hard for and that has served as a model for the
ballot initiative wins
in Maine and Seattle just two weeks ago.»
A group of state senators went
on a fact - finding trip to Colorado and consulted with 75 experts to come up with a number of recommendations
on how the state legislature should respond if the legalization
ballot initiative passes
in November.
The Women's Equality Party, a major
initiative of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's (D) reelection strategy, was made a permanent party
on the state's
ballot in part because of Catch and Release.
Voters looking to see who's
in the running for national delegate
in their neighborhood should visit Who's
On the
Ballot, a web app that gives voters a customized look at the delegates, the candidates, polling sites and voting
initiatives in their neighborhood.
He is currently embroiled
in an all - out campaign to pass four
ballot initiatives in a special election
on Nov. 8 — none of which is ahead
in the polls at the moment.
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.
Cuomo
in January announced the latest
initiative to reduce spending: a proposal that would require county governments to draft a consolidation plan to share services by Aug. 1, which would then go
on the
ballot for voter approval
in November.
Also
on June 26, the court held
in a different 5 - 4 ruling that the proponents of Proposition 8, a 2008 California
ballot initiative that banned gay marriage
in that state, did not have standing to defend the
initiative in federal court.
The
initiative that benefited from voters casting their
ballots in schools was Proposition 301, which proposed a new sales tax to be spent
on education.
Voters
in California will be the first
in the country to cast
ballots on an
initiative that supports human stem cell research
in a concrete way: by providing funding.
The
initiative requires the signature of 8 percent of all registered California voters — that's 807,615 people —
in order to be
on the
ballot this coming November.
Tax hikes that would have raised more money for education
in Illinois were voted down
in 48 of 60 local school district referendums, or 80 percent of the
ballot initiatives held across the state
on Nov. 5.
Advocates
on both sides of California's
ballot initiative to curtail bilingual education
in public schools went before the state school board this month, several months before the voters will decide the issue.
If the
initiative gathers the requisite number of signatures to be
on the
ballot, with a single vote this November, California's voters could eliminate one of the most egregious examples of inequity
in its educational system — and it won't cost taxpayers any additional funds to do it.
Attention has turned to Massachusetts, where parents and advocates are gearing up for a
ballot initiative in November to raise the cap
on charter schools
in the state.
If students demonstrate competencies
in these areas, they will likely succeed
in a career or higher education environment, and they can transfer these skills to vote knowledgeably
on candidates and
ballot initiatives, be a good juror, effectively communicate concerns to elected leaders and mediate conflicts that arise
in the community or workplace.
An especially intense spotlight had been trained
on the scores of students whose native language is not English — largely because of Proposition 227, the
ballot initiative passed last year that curtailed bilingual education
in the state's classrooms.
In Idaho, a Homestead Exemption
initiative, which would exempt the first $ 50,000 of assessed value
on residences from property tax, was placed
on the November
ballot by petition.
In cases of
ballot initiatives, unions have a bloc of votes they can count
on should they need to press for one outcome or another.
It includes questions placed
on ballots through a citizen -
initiative process as well as measures that legislatures have put before voters
in statewide referendums.
Supporters of a proposed Oregon
ballot initiative that would put a two - year cap
on the amount of time that English - language learners could receive instruction
in their native languages or take English - as - a-second-language classes are looking forward to the November
ballot, now that they have gathered enough signatures to put the measure up for a statewide vote.
On the 74, Richard Whitmire wonders why parents and teachers
in wealthy communities like Newton, Massachusetts, are so actively fighting a
ballot initiative that would allow more charter schools to open
in other areas
in the state.
Mr. McIntire's group and other anti-tax supporters need to gather 14,714 valid signatures from registered voters
in the county by early May to put the
initiative on the state's September
ballot — or...
Proposed
ballot initiatives on teacher tenure and the political use of union dues qualified last week for the next statewide elections
in California.
The groups, led by the League of Education Voters, filed a
ballot initiative in the hopes of forcing a November vote
on the free but independent public schools, which are allowed to use unconventional techniques and hire nonunion employees.
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.
September 9, 2012 Charter schools
on the
ballot again
in Washington State Charter schools are
on the
ballot in Washington for a third time with an
initiative that promises more choice.
Charter schools are
on the
ballot in Washington for a third time with an
initiative that promises more choice.
Jim Spady of Dick's Drive -
In Restaurants, who has fought along with his wife, Fawn, to bring charter schools to this state, noted that the first charter - school initiative, on the ballot in 1996, drew significant contributions from the National Education Association, a charter foe that is the parent organization for the WE
In Restaurants, who has fought along with his wife, Fawn, to bring charter schools to this state, noted that the first charter - school
initiative,
on the
ballot in 1996, drew significant contributions from the National Education Association, a charter foe that is the parent organization for the WE
in 1996, drew significant contributions from the National Education Association, a charter foe that is the parent organization for the WEA.