Author: Jackie Mitchell
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San Francisco ballot measure to urge school district to offer algebra to 8th graders will be on March ballot
Voters in San Francisco, California, will decide on seven ballot measures on March 5, 2024, including Proposition G, which issues a policy declaration regarding the school district’s mathematics curriculum. Specifically, Proposition G would make it the official policy of San Francisco to encourage the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) to offer Algebra 1 to…
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Initiatives to provide a constitutional right to abortion and legalize marijuana qualify for the ballot in Florida pending court review
In November, voters in Florida will decide on two citizen-initiated ballot measures—Amendment 3 and Amendment 4—pending the state supreme court’s review. Amendment 3 would legalize marijuana, and Amendment 4 would provide a state constitutional right for abortion. To qualify for the ballot, 891,523 valid signatures were required for each initiative. Florida Amendment 3 Amendment 3,…
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Mississippi House passes constitutional amendment for new state initiative and referendum process that would prohibit initiatives related to abortion
The Mississippi House of Representatives passed a proposed constitutional amendment that would create a new state initiative and referendum process. On Jan. 24, the constitutional amendment, House Concurrent Resolution 11, was passed 80-39. Among House Republicans, 78 voted ‘Yes’ and one voted ‘No’. Among House Democrats, 38 voted ‘No’ and one voted ‘Yes’. The one…
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Voters in San Francisco, California, will decide on seven local ballot measures on March 5
Voters in San Francisco, California, will decide on seven ballot measures on Mar. 5, 2024, including one bond measure, one charter amendment, four ordinances, and one declaration. The ballot measures concern topics related to housing bonds, allowing commercial spaces to be converted to residential properties without incurring a real estate transfer tax, local ethics laws,…
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Signatures certified for ballot initiative related to police pursuits in Washington; five more are pending signature verification
On Jan. 11, 2024, Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs (D) certified that enough valid signatures were submitted for Initiative 2113, meaning the initiative was certified to the state legislature. Initiative 2113 was designed to remove certain restrictions on police officers’ vehicular pursuits. The Let’s Go Washington PAC, which is sponsoring the initiative, submitted 434,594…
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Florida abortion rights initiative surpasses signature requirement to appear on 2024 ballot pending state supreme court approval
Floridians Protecting Freedom has submitted 911,169 valid signatures to place an initiative on the Nov. 2024 ballot that would prohibit any state laws that restrict, delay, penalize, or ban abortion before fetal viability. To qualify for the ballot, 891,523 valid signatures (equal to 8% of the total votes cast in the last presidential election) were…
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Let’s Go Washington PAC submitted 2.6 million signatures for six ballot initiatives that could appear on the ballot in Nov. 2024
Let’s Go Washington, a campaign supporting six citizen-initiated ballot measures in Washington, submitted 2.6 million signatures for the initiatives before the deadline on Dec. 29, 2023. At least 324,516 signatures must be found to be valid for each initiative. That’s 1.95 million total signatures between the six initiatives. State Rep. Jim Walsh (R-19) sponsored the…
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Voters decided 264 local ballot measures in 29 different states in the top 100 largest cities in the U.S. and state capitals
There were 264 local measures in 29 different states within the top 100 largest cities in the U.S. and state capitals. Of the 264 measures, 219 (82.95%) were approved, and 45 (17.05%) were defeated. Eleven (4.16%) were citizen initiatives and 253 (95.83%) were referred to the ballot by city councils, school districts, or other local…
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Minimum wage set to increase in 25 states in 2024 by an average of $0.86
In 2024, the minimum wage will increase in 25 states. The increases range from $0.23 in Michigan (a 2.23% increase from 2023) to $2.00 in Hawaii (a 14.29% increase from 2023). The 2024 increases come from state laws adopted in the past that provided for incremental increases and inflation adjustments. Twenty-two states have increases on…
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Signatures submitted for Washington initiative to remove restrictions on police officers’ ability to engage in vehicular pursuits
Let’s Go Washington, a committee sponsoring six citizen-initiated ballot measures for 2024, submitted signatures for a third initiative—Initiative 2113—on Dec. 14. State Rep. Jim Walsh (R-19) sponsors the six initiatives, along with Let’s Go Washington. Let’s Go Washington was founded by Brian Heywood, a Republican donor and the CEO of Taiyo Pacific Partners. Initiative 2113…