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November ballot measures set
The Secretary of State’s Office announced on Thursday the lineup of questions that will appear on the ballot this November.
Voters Could Decide 7 Ballot Initiatives In 2010
Earlier this month, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced that seven initiative petitions, four relating to stem cell research, one pertaining to banning affirmative action programs, another to health carriers, and the last involving real estate taxation, met state standards for circulation.
Mail ballot drive OK’d
Backers of a voter initiative to let Idahoans put in permanent absentee ballot requests, rather than having to file a new request every election are shooting to get their measure on the ballot in 2012.
Ballot measure to ban ‘captive hunting’ approved
A proposed state ballot measure that that seeks to ban big-game hunting in fenced game preserves is ready for signatures.
Strickland, Cordray say casino ballot measure could kill charity casino nights
Ohio officials say passage of a casino issue on the state's fall ballot could threaten casino nights held by churches and charities.
Invalid signatures cloud future of petition for vehicle impound law
A judge has put the brakes on a controversial ballot measure that would have forced police to tow vehicles driven by unlicensed drivers.
Economic Policy Institute: Majority Sign-Up Doesn’t Result in Coercion
A new study shows that the majority sign-up process is not susceptible to intimidation and that such claims just don’t hold water.
Smoking-ban delay is unnecessary, unfair
According to a statewide poll, fully 65 percent of South Dakota voters support a statewide smoke-free law, a fact reflected in the law's strong bipartisan passage this session and bolstered by comments from lawmakers.
Think Twice: Signature Gatherers’ Criminal Histories Exposed
Laurits Harvey Nance might ask you to sign an initiative petition over the coming weeks, including one that pushes for harsher sentences for felony sex offenders. The irony? Nance was himself convicted of felony sodomy in the first degree in 1990, and the victim was his daughter, who was under 12 at the time.
You Paid For It: Citizens Group Fights National Takings
An organization of Missouri towns and cities is trying to scuttle a citizen effort to change national takings.
