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Category:December 2011
From Ballotpedia
Pages in category "December 2011"
The following 150 pages are in this category, out of 150 total.
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- A Miracle in Sussex County
- Alabama officials support changes to immigration law
- Alaska coastal management initiative given go-ahead for signature collection
- Appeals court rejects insanity claim in Cynthia Lord case
- Applications available for 107th Indiana Supreme Court Justice
- Approved liquor privatization measure faces lawsuit in state of Washington
- Attorney argues conflict of interest in two Oregon Supreme Court decisions
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- Candidate declares for Arkansas State Senate
- Case against Judge Williams to proceed with more charges
- Chairman of the Indiana Democratic Party resigns
- Challenger who nearly defeated speaker to seek re-election in New Mexico again in 2012
- Chancellor Fair to join Mississippi Court of Appeals
- Change is in the air for Virginia's top office
- Chief Justice Shepard to retire from Indiana Supreme Court
- Chiropractors cheer Oklahoma Supreme Court decision
- Chutich and Rodenberg appointed to Minnesota Court of Appeals
- Cloture vote on DC candidate ends in filibuster
- Connecticut Supreme Court takes over redistricting
- Conspiracy to Have Judge Killed Thwarted
- Court run by clerks while judge vacations in China
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- Deadline to turn in validated signatures arrives for MA initiatives (Updated)
- Decision by State Board of Elections could quash public funding
- Delaware GOP hopes to unite to capitalize on redistricting
- Derek K. Smith appointed to the 21st circuit court in Tennessee
- District court judge accused of ethics violation for second time
- Drug-free in Mississippi
- Durfee to head Rhode Island's Judicial Nominating Commission
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- Federal Courts, Empty Benches:The Wednesday Vacancy Count 12/14/2011
- Federal Courts, Empty Benches:The Wednesday Vacancy Count 12/21/2011
- Federal Courts, Empty Benches:The Wednesday Vacancy Count 12/7/2011
- Federal immigration lawsuit to proceed in Eleventh Circuit
- Federal judge orders Idaho state Medicaid division to reevaluate reimbursement rates
- Federal lawsuit challenges Wisconsin voter ID law
- Ferrara confirmed to Massachusetts Superior Court
- Five judges appointed to DC courts
- Florida ruling kicks religious funding amendment off the 2012 ballot
- Florida term limit lawsuits leads to possible amendment
- Four Massachusetts initiatives still alive for ballot access
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- Jason A. Rossell sworn in as Kenosha County Circuit Court judge
- Jenkins appointed to Orleans Parish District Court
- Jerry Sandusky hearing starts today
- John A. Olson appointed to Seventh Judicial District
- John T. Fowlkes nominated to serve as federal judge for the Western District of Tennessee
- Judge Barbara Crowder returning challenged campaign donations
- Judge Bates retiring from Mississippi Justice Court
- Judge dismisses murder charge
- Judge Donnelly appointed chair of commission
- Judge McManus to retire from Nevada County Superior Court
- Judge Shirron to retire from Seventh Circuit
- Judge Williams to lead Criminal Division of Baltimore City's Circuit Court
- Justice Eakin back to rhyming ways
- Justice Holland has book published in Taiwan
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- Maine Supreme Court upholds life sentence in attempted murder case
- Man gets life for conspiring to murder NJ Federal Judge
- Maryland "Dream Act" referendum opponents drop half of legal challenge, case continues
- Maryland Governor makes Christmas judicial appointments
- Michael Boggs to join Georgia Court of Appeals
- Michigan judge suspended by Supreme Court
- Michigan lawmakers approve rules for film incentive program
- Minnesota House Speaker releases proposed 2012 calendar
- Missouri researchers to take a closer look at online voting
- Missouri's Robin Carnahan asked to refrain from writing proposed renewable energy initiative language (Updated)
- Montana man challenges 2011 medical marijuana law
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- NCAA says lawsuit over nickname controversy should be thrown out
- Nebraska Governor supports speeding up Keystone XL process
- Nevada District judge Robert Perry passed away
- Nevada Supreme Court closing in on its 60,000th case
- New chief judge in Midland County, Michigan
- New Jersey decides on new congressional map
- New York-New Jersey Port Authority gets a fresh face
- Newly elected New Jersey Assemblywoman faces court challenge
- NH High Court to hear open meetings case addressing attorney-client privilege
- NH Republicans propose amendments to alter structure of state courts
- NM Representative proposes bill to rename state federal courthouse
- No wage cut for Minnehaha County deputies, judge rules
- North Carolina Republicans seek immigration law in 2012
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- Occupy Oklahoma City injunction denied
- Ohio election law veto referendum scheduled to appear on the 2012 ballot
- Ohio Judicial Center dedicated
- Oregon gillnet fishing initiative returns to the state attorney general for ballot language changes
- Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown seeks re-election in 2012
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- Proposed New Jersey bill could move school elections to November
- Proposed Oklahoma performance audit amendment may be on November 2012 ballot
- Proposition 22 an insufficient bulwark against Brown's plan to end state's redevelopment agencies
- Proposition 8 supporters ask appeals court to overturn ruling
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- Recall signatures go before judge in Maricopa County
- Redistricting Roundup: A holiday gift for candidates as states approve new maps before end of the year
- Redistricting Roundup: Commission looks to approve map before deadline
- Redistricting Roundup: Court drawn maps seeming likely to be used in Texas for 2012 elections
- Redistricting Roundup: Only weeks remain in 2011, with many maps unfinished
- Redistricting Roundup: Two states alter 2012 primary dates
- Rhode Island attorney sues Supreme Court
- Ruling on abortion initiative in Nevada near
- Rulings could curb domestic violence on reservations
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- Snohomish Family Drug Court judge retires
- South Carolina Supreme Court rules illegal gaming machines to be destroyed
- South Dakota legal battles to require $1.23 million in 2012
- State Legislative Tracker: Candidates file in Illinois and Ohio
- State Legislative Tracker: Collective bargaining on the agenda for 2012
- State Legislative Tracker: States finish up 2011 work, go on holiday break
- Supreme Weekly: Election fever - Races in Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas
- Supreme Weekly: Freshman governors and their 2011 Supreme Court appointments
- Supreme Weekly: Michigan, Ohio, New Mexico and Colorado
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- Tennessee GOP leaders push for estate and Hall tax cuts
- Texas elections in state of confusion after US Supreme Court blocks redistricting maps
- The process of placing a Kansas measure on the ballot
- The Tuesday Count: A pair of citizen initiatives elevate 2012 count in two states
- The Tuesday Count: A rush of developments occur in 2011's last breaths
- The Tuesday Count: Lawsuit knocks measure from ballot for the time being
- The Tuesday Count: Two governors, two separate tax increase proposals
- Three Nebraskan judges named to presiding positions
- Three races decided, one to run-off in Georgia special elections
- Tribal law judges reunite Montana tribe
- Two death penalty sentences reversed in California
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- Washington marijuana supporters submit thousands of petition signatures
- West Virginia Treasurer under federal investigation, may draw challengers in 2012 election
- West Virginia University and Big East Conference in jurisdiction fight over lawsuits concerning WVU's transition to the Big 12
- Williams sworn in to DC Superior Court
- Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice ruled in cases involving law firm that represented him without charge
- With 2012 coming, Idaho initiative supporters must meet May deadline
- WV Judges propose steep penalties for truancy to the WV Legislature
- Wyoming Supreme Court to review life sentence
