Monthly Archive for Initiative and Referendum
Initiative and Referendum Stories Posted in November 2007
New Jersey's problems require radical solutions
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: New Jersey · Source: Asbury Park Press
Voter turnout earlier this month was the lowest for a general election in New Jersey history. This was in spite of the fact that all 120 seats in the Legislature were at stake. Perhaps the stay-at-homes feel the Legislature is irrelevant in today's world. Perhaps they're right.
Constitution trumps initiatives, but will it always?
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: Washington · Source: The News Tribune
The basics of the case were pretty straightforward. All nine justices of the state Supreme Court ruled last week that the Legislature acted legally in 2005 when it adopted a budget plan that exceeded spending limits contained in a 1993 citizen-passed initiative.
Doug Clark: State needs constitutional changes, too
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: Virginia · Source: News & Record
Larry Sabato has a point.
LTE: A puppet show
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: Oregon · Source: Daily Astorian
At latest count, but not final, 13,189 registered voters in Clatsop County had expressed their wishes on ballot Measure 4-123 ("County retrieves 330 stray votes," The Daily Astorian, Nov. 8).
Opinion: Ballot measures kick off 2008 election year in Oregon
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: Oregon · Source: Statesman Journal
It's often hard to pick one event or issue to write about when there are so many from which to choose. So here are some observations on a few events of last week that mark the official start of the 2008 election year.
Sharon home rule transition steps outlined
Category: City Government · State: Pennsylvania · Source: The Sharon Herald
Steps taken for local I&R.
Opinion: The people didn't really speak, given the low turnout
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: Washington · Source: Crosscut
Here's a bracing corrective from reader Patrick Higgins, arguing that "the people" didn't really speak, as we pundits like to say, since the large majority of voters stayed silent. Mr. Higgins, you have the microphone:
Opinion: State should focus on educating voters about propositions
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: New York · Source: Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
If your radar screen is full today with politically identified flying objects — candidates running for local offices — be aware that there's something election-related that's coming in pretty low, obscured by inattention.
Opinion: State Republican chairman Tom Wilson answers our questions
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: New Jersey · Source: Courier Post
An interview with New Jersey Republican chairman Tom Wilson
Vote for change
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: New Jersey · Source: Asbury Park Press
Over the past two weeks, we have endorsed 18 candidates for seats in the state Legislature and six candidates for county positions. Some are Republicans, some are Democrats. Some are incumbents, some are challengers. But they all share one thing in common: They offer voters the best chance for fundamental change — change that is desperately needed in Trenton and in Freehold, the Monmouth County seat.
I&R in New Jersey?
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: New Jersey · Source: Home News Tribune
Democrats will try to defy historical trends and strengthen their hold on the Legislature while Republicans hope to restore a measure of political balance to New Jersey government in statewide elections Tuesday.
Opinion: Texas propositions
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: Texas · Source: Houston Chronicle
Voters should approve state propositions 1-16 on the Nov. 6 ballot
Propositions on 2007 general election ballot
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: Arizona · Source: Yuma Sun
The following is a recap of the propositions appearing on Tuesday's 2007 general election ballot:
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Alabama needs I&R
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: Alabama · Source: The Birmingham News
Regarding the editorial "To do (or not to do)" (The News, Oct. 27): The history of our Legislature makes it obvious that even if there were no squabble over rules in the Senate, much of the to-do list of needed legislation falls into the never-do category. A majority of legislators and their special-interest bosses prefer the status quo.
Tempers flare over electoral petition
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: California · Source: The Mercury News
State Democratic Party Chairman Art Torres on Thursday asked Attorney General Jerry Brown to investigate what Torres called fraudulent "bait and switch" tactics to deceive voters into signing a petition to place a Republican-backed Electoral College measure on the ballot.
'Off-year' ballot still generates issues, ads
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: Washington · Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Old media -- including newspapers -- have been complaining about declining advertising revenue, but there is one recommendation that would answer many of the industry's financial challenges: round-the-clock issues campaigning.
Vote for Home Rule Charter in Easton
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: Pennsylvania · Source: The Morning Call
I&R included in new city charter.
Spirited debate as Karcher, Beck near finish line
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: California · Source: Asbury Park Press
Both state senate candidates support I&R.
Ethics, school funding issues in Assembly race
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: New Jersey · Source: News Transcript
New Jersey Republicans support I&R.
China Emergent
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: · Source: The Atlantic Monthly
Socialists for I&R? There's hope for Minnesota yet.
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