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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.
Immigration Issue Resurface on Some State Ballots
More people have tried to get something like this on the ballot this year than ever before.
Immigration on Voters’ Back Burner
Illegal immigration dominated Arizona's political debate during the 2004 and 2006 election cycles, as voters passed half a dozen ballot measures aimed at toughening immigration enforcement and denying state benefits to illegal immigrants. But this year, with conservative border activists unable to garner enough signatures to make use of the ballot and as economic concerns dominate the agenda, immigration appears to have fallen by the wayside.
Voter ID filed for 2011 in Mississippi
Fillingane, R-Sumrall, has filed an initiative with the Mississippi Secretary of State office, that if successful, would let the state's voters decide whether they should have to show identification at the polls.
Billingual Debate
The debate about whether public school students should be taught in English or their native language has come to Oregon. In November, voters in the state will be asked to decide on an initiative that would limit the amount of time English-language learners can be taught in their native tongue.
State Superintendent Castillo Opposes Language Measure
State schools superintendent Susan Castillo told Hispanic leaders Wednesday that she's against a ballot measure that limits to one or two years the time students can be taught in a language other than English.
The Oregon Ballot Initiative: Following the Money
Erik Sorensen, a spokesman for Causa, an Oregon immigrant-rights group is opposed to one of the Sizemore initiatives and has assisted in bringing to light the way in which this anti-ESL initiative has been funded.
