Sentences with phrase «initiatives on the ballot in»

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.

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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The HSUS has officially withdrawn a ballot initiative petition on the same subject, which would have also phased out the confinement of egg - laying hens in battery cages.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 stateOn November 8th, US citizens will not only elect a new President; initiatives to legalise recreational cannabis are also on the ballot in five stateon 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 WEIn 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 WEin 1996, drew significant contributions from the National Education Association, a charter foe that is the parent organization for the WEA.