Ballot Initiatives
Marijuana Legalization, Minimum Wage Increase Both Winning in Alaska
With about a quarter of the vote counted
California Voters Approve Sentencing Reform
Nonviolent felonies downgraded to misdemeanors
Developing: WA Voters Approve Tighter Background Checks on Guns
Time to buy a 3D printer, or just shop on the black market.
Developing: Minimum Wage Increases Winning in Neb., Ark., N.D.
Alaska and South Dakota also have votes
Guns, Drugs, and Money: Here's What's on State and Local Ballots in the 2014 Midterms
Ballot initiatives across the country offer more substance in the midterm elections than the battle for Senate control.
Initiative to Split Up California Fails to Qualify
Too many signatures determined to be invalid
Progressives' Latest Plot to Take Power From the People and Give It to Legislators
California Senate passes bill to rein in the voter initiative process
Los Angeles Starts Forcing Marijuana Dispensaries Shut and Threatening Landlords
Measure D institutes medical marijuana protectionism for early shops.
Challenge to California's School Transgender Law Fails to Make Ballot
Too many signatures thrown out to force a vote
Marijuana Legalization Initiatives Cleared to Gather Signatures in California
One a proposal from the Drug Policy Alliance
Will Sacramento Residents Get the Chance to Stop a Massive Stadium Subsidy?
Hundreds of millions for a not-very-good basketball team
Could California's Bullet Train Head Back to the Voters?
Another ballot initiative is filed in Sacramento
Effort to Repeal Calif. Transgender Law Moves Forward
Opponents want to bring rule requiring schools to accommodate student gender choice to a vote
Calif. Public Pension Initiative Cleared for Signature-Gathering
Will voters rein in public employees?
Supreme Court Won't Consider Case Overturning Va. Law Controlling Who Circulates Petitions
Only allowed residents of the state to circulate petitions to get third-party candidates on ballots
California Judge Sends High-Speed Rail Plan Careening Backward Into the Station
State not allowed to spend bond money until the plan comes into compliance with authorizing ballot initiative
Opponents of Calif. Transgendered Bill Turn in Petition for Repeal
Gathered 620,000 signatures to put it for a vote
Washington State's Wrongheaded GMO Labeling Initiative Set to Go Before Voters
Polls show the latest mandatory GMO labeling ballot measure is too close to call.
Rifts Exist Among Democrats in State, Municipal Levels
It's frequently not the Republicans fighting the unions for pension reform
Latest Calif. High-Speed Rail Defense Banks on Folks Not Grasping Sunk Costs Fallacy
State argues that trains that aren't even built yet can't be stopped
Gov. Brown Not Stopping High-Speed Rail Because of Judge's Ruling
Judge didn't specifically order them to stop yet, so on it goes
Judge Rules Calif. High-Speed Rail Plan Violates Rules for Funding
More information requested before he decides whether to essentially kill it
How Concerned Should Ballot Initiative Lovers Be About the Prop. 8 Punt?
Does it give states coverage to simply ignore the people's wishes?
Libertarian Leads Effort for Gay Marriage Recognition in Arizona
Ballot initiative signature-gathering gets underway
Portland, Ore., Votes Against Water Fluoridation
Fourth time since 1956 they've rejected it
