IN the realm of California ballot initiatives, the preliminaries are over. Yes, some people cared deeply about the recently-passed Proposition 14 and its effort to change state government via an open primary election system. Two big companies cared enough to invest more than $70 million in their own pet initiatives, designed to feather their nests a bit more. Both lost.
Americans for Limited Government has spent large amounts of money around the country in support of TABOR-like ballot questions and other initiatives. Oregon $561,177
The first of a series of nine public hearings on three ballot initiatives in the Nov. 8 general election was held Thursday evening in Southaven. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann and his staff hosted the 5:30 p.m. hearing at the DeSoto Civic Center.
If Colorado voters approve three controversial ballot issues aimed at lowering taxes and curbing government borrowing, 99 percent of the state's general fund would have to be used for K-12 education, a draft analysis by the Colorado Legislative Council shows. The remaining one percent, or about $38 million, would be left for all other departments, including human services, health care, corrections, higher education, the judiciary and other state agencies, the July 8 memo states.
The 2010 California ballot isn't just a list of traditional ballot initiatives and propositions - at times it's a toe-to-toe slugfest between the state Legislature and anyone standing in its way. Most of the national attention has gone to Proposition 19, which would make California the first state to legalize marijuana for adults 21 and over. But look further down the ballot, and the recurring theme is of the Democrat-controlled Legislature fighting to expand its authority, while outsiders seek to curtail it.
Wagner examines the role US states can play within Electoral College reform, particularly within the context of state ballot initiatives. Over 200 Congressional resolutions called for the elimination or modification of the college, while public opinion polls from the past 50 years have continually demonstrated that Americans favor abandoning the current system and replacing it with direct election. With state action as the only viable solution for reform, he provides a brief description of the current winner-take-all system, as well as its most viable reform alternatives: the proportional and district systems. He will then consider Amendment 36, which was Colorado's failed ballot initiative to adopt proportional representation for the 2004 presidential election.
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