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Abortion fight keys on S.D
South Dakota will be America's battleground in the passionate dispute about abortion rights for years to come, a result of easy ballot access and a committed force of local anti-abortion activists.11-09-08 By Jessica | Comment (0)
6 of 26: Conservatives Lost Big on Ballot Measures While Progressives Made Significant Gains
The win record for conservatives this year is paltry -right-wing backers won only 23% of what they conceptualized and supported, and they failed to qualify even all that was attempted.11-08-08 By Jessica | Comment (0)
Colorado voters preserve affirmative action
Coloradans voted down Amendment 46, becoming the first state to reject an initiative being pushed across the nation that would have eliminated race- and gender- based affirmative action programs.11-07-08 By Jessica | Comment (0)
Depraved Right-Wing Attack Efforts Go Down in Flames
But the 2008 initiative scorecard totals more victories than failures, and it reflects the same broad political sentiment in the country in favor of progressive change that was expressed in the election of Barack Obama.11-07-08 By Jessica | Comment (0)
Angle gives up legal fight on tax petition.
Former Assemblywoman Sharron Angle has ended her legal battle for a public vote on her petition to limit raising property taxes.11-06-08 By Jessica | Comment (0)
Ohioans approve caps on payday interest rates
With Issue 5, payday lenders tried to partially overturn House Bill 545, which will lower the interest rate on payday loans from the current 391 percent ($15 per $100 on a two-week loan) to 28 percent.11-05-08 By Jessica | Comment (0)
Merit Pay for Oregon Teachers Fails
Measure 60 was failing by 21 points.11-05-08 By Jessica | Comment (0)
Voters say yes to state taxes, no to antiabortion measures
Unlike the presidential and congressional elections, there appeared to be no decisive drift either rightward or leftward. Instead, voters seemed to be picking and choosing based on local conditions.11-05-08 By Jessica | Comment (0)
Equality’s Winding Path
Even as the nation shattered one barrier of intolerance, we were disappointed that voters in four states chose to reinforce another. Ballot measures were approved in Arkansas, Arizona, Florida and California that discriminate against couples of the same sex. We do not view these results as reason for despair.11-05-08 By Jessica | Comment (0)
Equality’s Winding Path
Even as the nation shattered one barrier of intolerance, we were disappointed that voters in four states chose to reinforce another.11-05-08 By Jessica | Comment (0)
