Tag: ballot measure
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Marijuana legalization campaign submits signatures for Missouri ballot initiative
A marijuana legalization campaign submitted signatures for a Missouri ballot initiative on Sunday. Legal Missouri 2022, the PAC supporting the initiative, stated that it submitted more than 385,000 petition signatures. If enough signatures are verified, the initiative will appear on the ballot this November. If implemented, the measure would legalize marijuana possession and use for…
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The campaign behind California dialysis initiative files signatures for a place on the November ballot
Californians for Kidney Dialysis Patient Protection filed 692,521 raw signatures to place an initiative on the November ballot. The measure would enact staffing requirements, reporting requirements, ownership disclosure, and closing requirements for chronic dialysis clinics. The ballot initiative would also prohibit clinics from refusing to care for a patient based on the patient’s form of…
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Texans approve property tax amendments; Austin voters decriminalize marijuana
Texans approved two statewide constitutional amendments reducing the property tax limit for school taxes on homesteads of the elderly and disabled and increasing the property tax exemption from $25,000 to $40,000 for all households. According to unofficial results on election night, Proposition 1 was approved by a margin of 86.98% to 13.02%. Proposition 2 was…
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Alabama to decide $85 million bond issue to fund public historical sites and state parks on May 24
Alabama voters will vote on 10 constitutional amendments in 2022. One measure will be on the May 24 primary election ballot. The other nine amendments will appear on the Nov. 8 general election ballot. Voters will decide a constitutional amendment on May 24 that would amend the state constitution to issue up to $85 million…
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Online sports betting initiative campaign in California submits 1.6 million signatures
On May 2, Californians for Solutions to Homelessness and Mental Health Support announced that proponents had submitted 1.6 million signatures to local election officials for verification to place an initiative that would legalize online sports betting in the state on the ballot. Sports betting in any form is currently illegal in California. The initiative was…
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New Tennessee ballot measure to change constitutional language on clergy serving in the General Assembly
Tennessee’s 112th General Assembly adjourned and certified a new constitutional amendment to put onto the ballot on April 28. This amendment would remove a section of Tennessee’s Constitution that disqualifies religious ministers from being elected into the Tennessee General Assembly. The newly certified amendment will join three others already certified to be on the ballot…
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Texas May 7 ballot measure election preview
Texas voters are heading to the polls on May 7 to decide two statewide constitutional amendments and a variety of local ballot measures. The constitutional amendments concern state property taxes. Proposition 1 would amend the state constitution to authorize the state legislature to reduce the property tax limit for school maintenance and operations taxes levied…
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Oklahoma voters could decide in November on changing the state’s judge selection process
The Oklahoma State Legislature is considering a constitutional amendment for the Nov. 2022 ballot that would establish a new judicial selection process in Oklahoma that is more similar to the U.S. federal court system structure. Judicial selection refers to the process used to select judges for courts. At the state level, methods of judicial selection…
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Voters in Little Rock to decide measure to reduce an ad valorem tax for the Central Arkansas Library System
Voters in Little Rock will decide on a ballot measure that would reduce the existing capital-improvement millage from 1.8 to 1.3 mills on May 24. This would equate to $130 per $100,000 of assessed property value. The existing limit is a combination of two separate ad valorem taxes each at 0.9 mills. The measure would…
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Maryland voters will decide on a ballot measure to require Howard County Circuit Court judges to serve as orphans’ court judges in November
On April 8, the Maryland General Assembly voted to send a ballot measure to voters in November to require Howard County Circuit Court judges to serve as orphans’ court judges and remove the election requirement of three orphans’ court judges. The bill would also make changes to state law, if the amendment is approved, to…