Category:2009 ballot news
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Pages in category "2009 ballot news"
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- Abortion ballot measure leader comes under investigation
- Abortion initiative filed in Montana
- ACLU and CICF team up to fight restrictive Nebraska petition laws
- Activists in Oregon gear up to fight tax hike through veto referendum
- After all the waiting, finally here
- Alabama may incorporate initiative & referendum
- Alaska officials reject ballot measure settlement
- Alaska tax challenged in court
- All eleven Texas amendments pass
- All three Ohio amendments pass
- Annexation bill may stir up referendum in North Carolina
- Are Racinos in Arizona's future
- Arizona affirmative-action ban on 2010 ballot
- Arizona among states wanting health care amendments
- Arizona budget stalled by sales tax increase initiative
- Arizona governor wants sales tax measure on November ballot
- Arizona judge voids 2009 law
- Arizona legislators advance health care proposition
- Arizona medical marijuana initiative planned for 2010 ballot
- Arizona Representative not charged in false statement about petition
- Arizona residents want town's tax increases to go on the ballot
- Arizona sales tax measure may be 2010 initiative
- Arizona Senate supports ban on public campaign money
- Arizona Supreme Court hears arguments on First Things First challenge
- Arkansans will decide whether hunting is a constitutional right
- Arkansas Attorney General rejects union-ballot proposal
- Arkansas ballot initiative may extend terms of county officials
- Arkansas group backing illegal immigration measure
- Arkansas initiative to lengthen terms certified
- Attorney General in Arkansas rejects "secret ballot" initiative wording
- Automatic recount in Clatsop County recall
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- Ballot activist groups in Massachusetts file 30 initiatives by deadline
- Ballot title approved for Missouri reform of judicial selection
- Battle over Ohio's Issue 2 heats up
- Beer and wine grocery sales may be on Colorado ballot
- Book highlights 'limited' ballot measures in Kentucky
- Both sides of Maine Question 1 concerned about resource allocation
- Both statewide proposals pass in New York
- BP's first trip winds to a close
- Bundle of three tax initiatives gathering signatures in Colorado
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- California activists gear up for marijuana initiative
- California Chief Justice Ronald George condemns ballot initiatives
- California court upholds Prop 63 tax on wealthy
- California fireworks initiative to be on ballot
- California gaming tribes rank near top of nation's political givers
- California initiative to test law-makers for drugs may be on ballot
- California oil-drilling initiative to move to ballot this year
- California parties expected to wage war on "Top Two" proposition
- California petition beginning that would reform initiative process
- California Secretary of State approves Schwarzenegger recall petition
- California Supreme Court decision on Prop 8 will be released Tuesday, May 26
- California Supreme Court upholds Proposition 8
- California utility PG&E appears to have signatures for "right to vote" measure
- California voters in a "no" mood
- California voters reject tax, fund shift propositions
- California voters to decide on tax increase in November
- California voters will decide on taxes, land use and fireworks
- California water bond measure may re-ignite the north/south war of 1982
- Casino issue arises in Maine as signatures are filed
- Cañon City seeks relief from TABOR
- Charles County residents have no authority to petition tax increase, officials say
- Clatsop County voters cast ballots today
- Clean government amendment case to be heard by Colorado Supreme Court
- Cleveland mayor endorses Ohio's casino initiative
- Colorado county votes to put clean energy measure on ballot
- Colorado Governor to propose TABOR reforms
- Colorado gun rights initiative filed for 2010 ballot
- Colorado Supreme Court hears arguments on Secret Ballot Initiative challenge
- Colorado Supreme Court rules on Secret Ballot title challenge
- Connecticut senate nomination race is heating up
- Constitutional amendment forums open across Texas
- Country is in a recall mood, according to Los Angeles Times
- Court lacks authority to change I-1033 language, says judge
- Cuyahoga County Commissioners approve ballot measure
- Cuyahoga County residents push for government reform
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- D.C. board rejects same-sex marriage ban on ballot
- David Schlegel Honored with September Lilburne Award
- Day 3 in New England: Less roads, more questions
- Deadline set for Oregon gas tax opponents
- Decline of California property values leads to first-ever downward tick due to Prop 13
- Delaware forest referendum supporters must work to get it on ballot
- Delaware residents rally against alcohol referendum petition
- Dog racing in New England meets finish line as ban takes effect
- Dog track to close in Massachusetts because of measure
- Dueling development initiatives push forward in Florida
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- Federal judge grants signature privacy TRO
- Federal judge maintains ban on R-71 petition release
- Federal judge orders Prop 8 supporters to disclose internal campaign strategies
- Federal judge reverses ban on exit polling in New Jersey
- Federal judge rules that Michigan residency requirement is unconstitutional
- Fenced hunting ban resurfaces for 2010 North Dakota ballot
- Five questions most likely to appear on Massachusetts 2010 ballot
- Florida GOP leader calls for stop to fair district proposals
- Florida judges strike signature law, freeing development initiative
- Florida lawsuit calls for new petition forms
- Florida personhood amendment approved for circulation
- Foes of expanded domestic partnership rights file signatures
- Former Georgia congressional candidate to appeal ballot access ruling
- Frank Chopp endorses sales tax hike
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- Gay marriage opponents in Maine file signatures
- Gay marriage supporters in California file Prop 8 repeal measure by deadline
- GOP joins in Mississippi Voter ID campaign
- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Honored with November Lilburne Award
- Governor Pat Quinn moves forward with ethics reform
- Grants Pass votes to remove 5 council members from office
- Group files 7th ballot title lawsuit against Carnahan
- Grover Norquist says YES to Maine's TABOR II, protestors say "Go home"
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- Healthcare issue prompts U.S. Congressman to switch parties
- Healthcare measure may be coming to Kansas in 2010
- Healthy Democracy Oregon Honored with October Lilburne Award
- Hearing date set for Idaho ballot access lawsuit
- Helena newspaper editorial calls voter turnout 'shameful'
- High Priority: Legal purchase of medical marijuana the center theme of documentary
- High times at the University of Southern Maine
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- Illegal immigration may proceed to a vote in Fremont, Nebraska
- Illinois activist proposes "Putback Amendment"
- Illinois General Assembly to decide on proposed recall amendment this week
- Illinois proposed recall amendment waits on Senate decision
- Indiana town to vote on hospital expansion
- Iowa voters hoping for same-sex marriage vote
- Issue of gay marriage hits New Jersey
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- Language for same-sex marriage referendum filed in Maine
- Lawmakers introduce bill to ban federal health care in Florida
- Lawsuit aims and fires at Maryland petition laws
- Lawsuit filed against Ohio casino petition
- Lawsuits filed against Missouri judicial selection ballot measure
- League of California Cities files "lockbox" initiative
- Legislators in six states consider health insurance reform proposal
- Light-rail petition stopped as fight heads to Missouri Supreme Court
- Low voter turnout in Arizona city brings the idea of all mail-in election
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- Madison County residents petition for limit on property taxes
- Maine ads stir controversy
- Maine anti-tax group takes Secretary of State to court
- Maine ballot question indirectly affects New York
- Maine Chamber of Commerce withdraws support for TABOR II
- Maine finance campaign law challenged
- Maine implements absentee ballot service
- Maine may investigate alleged illegal fundraising
- Maine officials approve investigation of same-sex marriage fundraising
- Maine Questions 3 and 5 fly under the political radar
- Maine same-sex marriage law likely to be put on hold
- Maine same-sex marriage measure officially on November ballot
- Maine school consolidation debate heats up
- Maine secretary of state releases order of ballot questions
- Maine TABOR 2 campaign files complaint with ethics commission
- Maine TABOR supporters launch online service
- Maine tax code people's veto approved for June 2010 ballot
- Maine tax code repeal supporters aim for June 2010 ballot
- Maine tax veto under scrutiny, notaries didn't notify state of name change
- Maine town may overturn ban on political activity
- Mainers overturn same-sex marriage, reject tax-cutting measures
- Manchester proposed tax cap heads to court
- Marijuana activist gets $30k from national group
- Marijuana amendment possible for Minnesota 2010 ballot
- Maryland Citizen Group Honored for Work to Keep Referendum Process Open and Accessible
- Maryland court to rule on petition signature validation process
- Maryland may see bill that loosens petition requirements
- Maryland speed-camera petition falls just short of certification
- Massachusetts dog track betting not gone--yet
- Massachusetts group circulating petition for IRV issue
- Massachusetts lawmakers consider amending petition policies
- Massachusetts liquor retailers consider tax exemption initiative
- Massachusetts statewide sales tax measure gaining momentum
- McDaniel rejects another Arkansas ballot title
- Medical marijuana initiative gaining steam for 2010
- Medical marijuana initiative turns heads, confuses the mind
- Michigan 2010 insurance initiative spurs debate
- Michigan Democrats announce possible 2010 ballot proposals
- Michigan insurance rate reduction petition approved
- Michigan town submits zoning petition for referendum
- Milwaukee judge finds sick leave initiative unconstitutional
- Mining restriction proposal filed for Michigan's 2010 ballot
- Minneapolis Park Board circulates petition for financial independence
- Minnesota lawmakers remove reverse referendums from state law
- Minnesota to vote on instant-runoff voting method
- Mississippi Voter ID initiative surpasses signature halfway mark
- Mississippi Voter ID likely to be on 2011 ballot
- Mississippi Voter ID petition deadline weeks away
- Missouri affirmative action initiative faces another ACLU lawsuit
- Missouri court rejects and revises proposed affirmative-action ban
- Missouri early voting petition approved
- Missouri eminent domain ballot title litigation raises concerns about motive
- Missouri group files petition on referendum for restoring judicial elections
- Missouri groups plans initiative to reform judicial selection
