Sentences with phrase «passed by popular vote»
«For the first time tonight, same - sex marriage has been passed by popular vote in Maine and Maryland,» said Robert P. Jones, a Washington - based pollster who specializes in questions about politics and religion.
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I am very proud that my country is the first to pass marriage equality by popular vote a huge turn out with over 60 % saying YES!!
Alternately, the Republicans also could reiterate the SAFE Act argument, which essentially was: Gun control is inevitable, because it's being pushed by an enormously popular and powerful governor, so we should work to temper it as much as possible (in this case, by adding stiffer penalties) giving enough of our members a reason to vote «yes» and help the measure pass.
As fate would have it, after 12 years of being single, I ended up getting married just a few months before Washington passed marriage equality by popular vote.
In the former case, a particular law will have been passed by the legislature and then it is put to a popular vote for affirmation / overturning, and in the latter case a new law is proposed by the people (generally through a petitioning process) and then voted on by the populace.