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Stories Posted on October 29, 2007

Simple majority backers trying to get out vote

Category: Education · State: Washington · Source: Tri-City Herald

Supporters of a ballot measure to amend the state's constitution and allow school levies to be approved by a simple majority vote are courting the most reluctant of eligible bachelors -- the apathetic voter.

Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2007 · 1:00 PM ET

County ballot measure asks who's in charge

Category: Government Spending · State: Oregon · Source: The Oregonian

Next week, Clatsop County voters will decide whether Joshua Marquis becomes one of the better paid district attorneys in Oregon's smaller counties, putting to rest a question that has roiled this community for months.

Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2007 · 12:58 PM ET

Opinion: Easton would control destiny with home rule

Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: Pennsylvania · Source: The Morning Call

''The charter provides for an innovative and unified form of government with a full time mayor and six part-time council members comprising a seven-member council...''

Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2007 · 12:55 PM ET

Ballot measure worth mulling

Category: Taxes · State: California · Source: SGV Tribune

WHEN is an emergency not an emergency? When it's a tax, we suppose.

Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2007 · 12:52 PM ET

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