initiative
Medicaid Expansion
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared a citizens’ initiative to put Medicaid expansion on the November ballot, despite a legal challenge from Republican legislators.
Read moreCalifornia Justices Urged to Block 3 Californias Ballot Bid
Accusing a Silicon Valley billionaire of abusing the initiative process, an environmental group urged the California Supreme Court to erase a November ballot measure to divide the Golden State in three.
Read morePlan to Divide California in Three Gets on Ballot
The nation’s most populous state and its $2.7 trillion economy could be broken up, as California officials late Tuesday qualified a plan for the November ballot that would slice the Golden State in three.
Read moreIdea to Split California in Three Probed by Leery Lawmakers
If one California is great, might three be better? Probably not, opponents of a voter-sponsored initiative to divide the state told members of the Legislature during an informational hearing Wednesday.
Read morePolitical-Spending Voucher Program Upheld in Seattle
Two Seattle taxpayers lost their constitutional challenge to a voter initiative that sends vouchers to residents so they can financially support political candidates.
Read moreGreek Debt
A citizen of debt-ravaged Greece failed Tuesday to have the European Court of Justice revive a legislative initiative that would cancel the debts of member states in the midsts of existential crises.
Read moreRent Control
Two residents of Mountain View, California, claim the city’s Rental Housing Committee failed to implement a voter-approved rent-control ordinance, the Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act, in Santa Clara County Court.
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Nonprofit Challenges Santa Fe’s Forced Disclosure of Donors
A New Mexico nonprofit has challenged the constitutionality of a Santa Fe city law that requires nonprofits that spend more than $250 speaking about municipal ballot issues to reveal the names and other information about their donors.
Read moreHealth Care Groups Fight Colorado Over Voting
Health care advocates brought a federal complaint against Colorado, claiming a voter-approved constitutional amendment discriminates against urban voters by making it more difficult for them to place petitions on the ballot.
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