Sentences with phrase «measure on the ballot in»

Park commissioners plan to put a referendum measure on the ballot in April seeking financing for the proposed two - story building, which is to include a gymnasium, weight room, aerobic room, locker rooms and meeting rooms.

Environmental groups did not put a climate measure on the ballot in 2012 (they didn't want to put the election of Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee at risk).

Not exact matches

The next steps for the states that voted «yes» on their respective ballot measures will vary, as regulators in each state will likely spend several months deliberating on the specific framework for a legal marijuana market.

Ballot measures approved in both states on Tuesday will take months to go into effect, with pot enthusiasts in Oregon having to wait until next summer to legally indulge and neither state likely to make marijuana available for commercial sales before 2016.

Jackson and other religious leaders challenged the city on the measure saying the matter should be put to District voters in a ballot initiative.

This fall in Washington, Maryland and Maine, voters will decide whether same - sex marriage should be legal, and in Minnesota, voters will weigh in on a ballot measure amending the state's constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

A federal judge in Oklahoma has issued an order putting on hold the certification of a ballot measure that forbids state courts from considering or using international laws, as well as Sharia, or Islamic law.

For at least two of these Californians (one says she is a distant relative of Mitt Romney's), the day church leaders called on Mormons to support Proposition 8 — a 2008 ballot measure to prevent same - sex marriages — was the last time they sat in the pews.

Alaskans will vote on a reform ballot measure to fully legalize weed in November and so will Oregonians.

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.

Nonetheless, some experts caution that asking voters to consider two referendum questions on the November ballot might not produce the desired outcomes for either organization, in particular, if those casting ballots fear that supporting both measures would mean higher taxes.

While New Trier and the park district have yet to make a final decision of whether or not to place the referendum requests on the November ballot, officials from both organizations said they are talking to each other and understand the potential challenges of asking voters to support two measures in one election.

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.

The sometimes - controversial measure can now be placed on the ballot for the general election in November 2018.

In Nebraska, the legislature can call a special statewide election to vote on a proposed amendment, but an 80 % vote is required to place any such measures on a special election ballot.

Even when signatures are collected to put a measure on the ballot, they are audited in some way, and that is less critical of an issue than signing someone up to vote.

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.

National Democrats have not been financially active in support of the Ohio redistricting measure, perhaps because the party's House leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), has helped raise $ 10 million (or more) to fight a similar proposal on the ballot tomorrow in California, where Democrats are a majority of the House delegation.

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.

California voters, having rejected every measure on the special election ballot last November, are feeling in a more positive frame of mind, it seems.

The package of measures is a cornerstone of Cuomo's re-election effort and he's gone as far as creating a new ballot line to promote the issue and calling on state lawmakers to sign a pledge backing the package, which has stalled in the Legislature.

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.

The measure would require presidential and vice presidential candidates release five years of tax returns 50 days before the election in order to appear on New York's ballot.

While the state Democratic Party is neutral on the ballot measure and its standard - bearer and two U.S. senators are all opposed, Chairman John Burton gave a one - word answer to the San Francisco Chronicle back in April when asked at the party's convention what will bring out young, first - time Barack Obama voters again: «pot.»

Massachusetts, on the other hand, is one of the deepest blue states in the nation, but voters there don't seem to be warming up to the legalization measure on their ballot this fall.

The threshold for qualifying a ballot measure is based on participation in the previous gubernatorial election.

As CalWatchdog.com's Chris Reed argued, «That is good news for those considering taking on public employee unions in 2016 with ballot measures putting limits on government pensions or scrapping state laws allowing teachers to receive lifetime tenure after less than two years on the job.»

-- engage in measured debate on how we approach the next round of trigger ballots for sitting MPs.

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...

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.

We also ask him if he thinks Obama needs to take a stronger position on issues important to the gay and lesbian community like the ballot measure in Maine.

A long list of environmental groups in New York is urging voters not to call a constitutional convention, adding their voices to a growing list of organized groups allied against the measure on November's ballot.

Ghana's Electoral Commission has issued an eight - point measures it will put in place on December 7 to «guarantee the credibility of the ballots» when millions of Ghanaians vote to elect a president and 275 members of parliament.

The debate over the safety and environmental sustainability of GMOs has intensified in the last year in the United States, with California placing a measure to label food products with genetically altered ingredients on its November ballot.

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A list of state legislative referendums on the Nov. 7 ballot that appeared in the Nov. 1 print issue should have included a measure that would authorize a state lottery...

If it receives the required 650,000 valid petition signatures and carries a statewide vote, probably on the November 1992 ballot, the measure would give California residents the most sweeping educational - choice program in the nation.

As the arguments for and against the Arizona ballot question have unfurled in recent months, the California measure's effect on test scores has attracted widespread attention.

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

The George Lucas Educational Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, private foundation that is operated for educational purposes, and, as such, we do not take positions on any legislation or ballot measures, nor do we endorse or oppose any candidates in elections to public office.

In the 2007 — 08 election cycle, total spending on state and federal campaigns, political parties, and ballot measures exceeded $ 5.8 billion.

Despite the nation's troubled economic times, voters across the country approved several state and local ballot measures Nov. 5 that call for billions of dollars in new spending on school programs for students of all ages.

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.

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...

With these two additions, voters will weigh in on six ballot measures this fall, including high - profile measures regarding gay marriage and marijuana legalization.

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 part because of the Lau ruling, the district has built up a robust offering of language - learning pathways, even as many districts around California either diminished or did away with their bilingual offerings in the wake of a 1998 state ballot measure that put severe restrictions on bilingual educatioIn part because of the Lau ruling, the district has built up a robust offering of language - learning pathways, even as many districts around California either diminished or did away with their bilingual offerings in the wake of a 1998 state ballot measure that put severe restrictions on bilingual educatioin the wake of a 1998 state ballot measure that put severe restrictions on bilingual education.

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.

It now has the dubious distinction of being the fourth Proposition 39 bond measure on the ballot for the November elections where the bond measure was the only item on the ballot in a school district.