Sentences with phrase «voters initiative»

State law allows such voter initiatives for towns and villages, but not for cities.

He is relying on voter initiatives for legislative redistricting and saving money from good revenue years.

One awful example of this has been the relentless effort by LA - based Mercury Insurance, as well as other big companies like State Farm, to undermine the most effective (actually, the only real) insurance regulatory law in the nation, known as «Prop. 103,» passed by voter initiative in 1988.

Yet no one should forget that charter schools were approved by voter initiative after efforts in the Legislature were thwarted.

Redistricting reform in our country has largely been accomplished through citizens rising up and achieving it through voter initiative and referendum.

Meanwhile, the commission contended that the word «legislature» ought to be interpreted to mean «the legislative powers of the state,» including voter initiatives and referenda.

In a 6 - 2 decision today in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action (companion case Schuette v. Cantrell), the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal's ruling and upheld a Michigan voter initiative that bans the practice of race - conscious admissions to the state's public universities.

They attack her for her involvement in efforts to remove the grotesque amounts of money now flooding into judicial elections — often from out - of - state corporate front groups - and supporting a Nevada voter initiative that would replace such a system with merit selection of judges.

LePage has said he will block expansion until the state can find a way to fund it, setting up a potential legal fight once voter initiative formally becomes law in mid-February.

The 1987 Legislature put that on the ballot to head off a stronger voter initiative.

The November 2014 elections included a North Dakota voter initiative emblematic of the vigorous debate taking place nationwide about child custody.

Prominent regulatory challenges and voter initiatives in a number of big cities question the legality of the San Francisco - based company's operations.

SQ 777 does not respect laws passed by voter initiative, like the cockfighting ban of 2002.

The Oregon and Alaska measures will legalize recreational marijuana possession and usher in state - licensed retail pot shops similar to those that opened this year in Washington state and Colorado, which became the first to allow cannabis use for pleasure under 2012 voter initiatives.

The Legislature put that on the ballot, with a grudging nod from the NRA, to stave off a voter initiative calling for a seven - day ban.

Through a voter initiative in 1993, a two - term limit for city elected officials was created.

It would also, however, strike out key elements of Proposition 227 — that landmark 1998 voter initiative that requires all public school instruction to be conducted in English with some limited exceptions.

Under Massachusetts law, voter initiatives must propose a new law or amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution and must only cover a single topic.

The Humane Society is considering backing a voter initiative similar to Proposition 2 in Ohio and is pushing for one in New York.

As Orin Kerr explains at Volokh, the California Constitution provides that voters can amend the constitution by voter initiative.

First are voter initiatives.