Sentences with phrase «rejected ballot measures»
Voters in Massachusetts and Georgia rejected ballot measures that would have paved the way for the creation of more charter schools.
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That split was reflected in the Boston, where voters rejected the ballot measure 62 percent to 38 percent.
In November 2010, California voters rejected the ballot measure and upheld AB 32.
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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.
Like a flyweight amateur getting in the ring against the heavyweight champ, the ballot measure calling for a state constitutional convention hit the canvas hard and fast: Voters rejected it by a ratio of 5 to 1.
California voters, having rejected every measure on the special election ballot last November, are feeling in a more positive frame of mind, it seems.
Andy's latest proposal to seize houses owned by private landlords and give them to councils is precisely the kind of measure that the public just rejected at the ballot box as unworkable.
Mrs. Osei said the Commission has also put in place measures to prevent a high incidence of rejected ballots.
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.
Indeed, voters statewide rejected charter school ballot measures in 1996, 2000 and 2004.
Referendum 55 marks the third time charter - school measures have appeared on this state's ballot; voters have rejected charter - school initiatives twice.
Among registered voters, 63 percent say preschool attendance is very important, nearly identical to the response in May 2006 (60 %)-- just before voters rejected a June ballot measure that would have taxed upper - income residents to fund universal voluntary preschool.
Voters in Missouri have passed the nation's first statewide ballot measure to protect dogs from the worst abuses at puppy mills, and voters in Arizona resoundingly rejected a legislative power grab on wildlife management.