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Ballotpedia:The BP Review
Vol. 1, Issue 4: 8/18/2009 Ballot measure news


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  • Voting on marriage continues to dominate headlines in ballot measure-land.
  • Sen. Susan Collins plans to stay neutral on Maine same-sex marriage
  • Washington R-71 donor names to be made public
  • Gay rights strategist Chad Griffin asks that ACLU, others not be allowed to intervene in federal lawsuit challenging Prop 8.
  • Leading marriage equality groups want a 2012 repeal effort in California...2010 off the table.
  • Will 2010 be a banner year for ballot initiatives in Massachusetts?
  • Today is election day for the Seattle Plastic Bag Tax, Referendum 1, 2009. It's also the deadline for local ballot measures in Colorado in a local-ballot landscape that is shaping up with some potentially lively local ballot measures.
  • Ballotpedians have started a chart to assess the degree of information available on California county election websites about local ballot measures.
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