In The News 
Effort to place secret ballot guarantees in Missouri Constitution rolls on
John Loudon - Chairman of Save Our Secret Ballot/Missouri - hopes to have the additional 150,000 signatures collected by this fall.
Group sues to toss casino petition
A group pitching casinos in Ohio's major cities played fast and loose while rounding up more than 850,000 signatures and should be disqualified from the ballot, opponents said in a lawsuit filed this afternoon.
Reformers: No Marijuana Legalization In California This Year…Ballot Measure In 2010?
While reformers have seen the profile of medical marijuana and overall pot legalization raised in 2009, they don't expect the California measure to pass this year.
Bloggers Need to Steer Clear of Phony ‘Populist’ Patrick Byrne
Patrick Byrne is running a smear campaign from the headquarters of Overstock.com, and other bloggers at Huffington Post and elsewhere have started a "truth squad" to nail him to the wall when he goes after the media.
TABOR: attractive to business leaders as voters, less so as university administrators
Top-dog prominent Colorado business leader and state Republican Party giant Bruce Benson voted for the Taxpayer Bill of Rights in 1992, joining in the effort to limit state government and to slow down taxing and spending. Now, as CU President, Benson is not so sure about all that.
Casino petitions questioned in Cuyahoga County
The Cuyahoga County prosecutor has been asked to investigate whether circulators for a group pushing a constitutional amendment to allow casinos in Ohio lied about where they lived while they worked on the campaign.
Karl Rove and Co. Pounding the Pavement for SOS Ballot
Karl Rove, Lt. Governor Peter Kinder and former state Sen. John Loudon are all pounding the pavement luxuriously carpeted hotel ballrooms this week to rally the corporate class against basic workers' rights
Organizers seek support to block union vote law
Organizers sought backing in terms of people and money on Thursday in a Joplin stop to stump for a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at requiring a secret ballot in union elections.
Will Slot Machines Help Bring Casinos to Ohio?
The organizers of the ballot initiative that would bring four casinos to Ohio say the state’s newly approved slot machine plan may affect their efforts … but only a little.
Grover Norquist abandons mandatory minimums
Grover Norquist, the leader of the right-wing Americans for Tax Reform, has come out strongly against mandatory minimum sentencing measures like Measure 11, which was sponsored by right-wing activists.
