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NEWS ABOUT: ballot initiative

ballot initiative stories: 9 news summaries
ELECTION DAY

 Gay Marriage to Gambling: 
 Key Ballot Initiatives 

Two states vote on taxpayer bills of rights, to curb spending

Oct 27, 09 4:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Voters in six states will head to the polls next Tuesday to decide ballot initiatives on everything from medical marijuana to livestock care. The Atlantic lists some of the most interesting, and the most likely to reverberate across state lines.
  • Question 1, Maine. Maine voters are being given
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gay marriage • taxes • Ohio • casino • Maine • Washington state • referendum • ballot initiative • Election 09

 Recession Sparks Efforts 
 to Legalize Pot 

Full-scale regulation and taxation on the table in Calif.

Jul 24, 09 6:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The recession has given marijuana-legalization advocates an unexpected boost, Time reports, as cash-strapped states are tempted by possible revenues from pot taxes. With an existing medical-marijuana market and cuts to education and health services pending due to a huge budget deficit, California advocates are preparing both legislation and ballot initiatives... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • medical marijuana • legislation • recession • marijuana • Oakland • budget deficit • ballot initiative • taxation

Whistleblowers Eye 6-Figure Gov't Retirees

Amid criticism, group outs fat-cat pensioners on the public dime

Jun 24, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - A California interest group is on a mission to publicize the names of public retirees with outsize pensions, arguing that they’re bankrupting local governments, the Wall Street Journal reports. Atop one list sits a former small-town administrator who pulls in $499,674.84 a year. But critics say this... More »

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California • pensions • privacy • ballot initiative • government employees • $100K Club • Keith Richman

 Gay Marriage 
 Debate Key to 
 SF Mayor's Future 

Focus on issue could mount with new ballot initiative

Jun 1, 09 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - As San Francisco’s mayor looks to become California’s next governor, his gay-marriage activism may threaten his success—especially if voters are again asked to decide the issue for themselves, the AP reports. Though all the Democratic candidates support gay marriage, Gavin Newsom has a particularly strong association with... More »

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California • gay marriage • San Francisco • governor • Gavin Newsom • ballot initiative

Ballot Measures a Final Test for Schwarzenegger

Outgoing gov must convince Calif. voters to endorse budget fixes

May 6, 09 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Deep into Arnold Schwarzenegger's second term, the novelty of holding political office has given way to the hard realities of governing, the New York Times reports. In the eyes of his constituents, too, the Governator’s celebrity sheen has faded, enough that Schwarzenegger is worried about the passage of several... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Sacramento • budget • governor • budget gap • balanced budget • ballot initiative

Ballot Questions May Hinge On Obama Turnout

Gay marriage, marijuana, other issues on the line

Oct 31, 08 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has a lot riding on his coattails. The impact of a presidential candidate's support on candidates for lower offices can be substantial, and this year's slates also include 153 ballot questions. Besides swinging gubernatorial and congressional races, measures concerning everything from gay marriage to gambling are up for... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • California • gay marriage • Election 2008 • young voters • ballot initiative

Obama May Get Out the
Anti-Gay Marriage Vote


Obama candidacy may bring out conservative black vote on Prop. 8

Sep 21, 08 4:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Black voters energized by Barack Obama’s candidacy may also support a Californian ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage, the New York Times reports, though Obama himself opposes the ban. Opponents and supporters of Proposition 8 say African Americans will play a crucial role, and each side is trying to... More »

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Barack Obama • California • gay marriage • African Americans • ballot initiative

ANALYSIS

 Calif. Ban on 
 Gay Marriage 
 Losing Steam 

Prop. 8 proponents fall off after change in language explicitly limits personal rights

Sep 18, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - More Californians are opposing a gay-marriage ban there after language in the measure was made more explicit, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. A Field Poll showed a sharp increase in the majority who would vote no, from 51% in July to 55% today. A clause that would place a... More »

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gay rights • California • gay marriage • ballot initiative • Proposition 8

No Kidding: Bush Sewage Plant Makes Nov. Ballot

SF group secures enough signatures to make satirical measure legit

Jul 18, 08 2:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco voters will decide in November not only who will succeed President Bush but also how they will remember him. A group calling itself the Presidential Memorial Commission has pushed through a ballot initiative to rename an area sewage plant after the outgoing president, the Chronicle reports. A White... More »

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California • Republican • San Francisco • sewage • referendum • liberal • George W. Bush • liberal rage • ballot initiative

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