Time: Tue Oct 29 06:54:41 1996 To: From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: piml] C-NEWS: Ballot issues in 1996 Cc: Bcc: cravens >From: "Cravens, Roger D." <rbg3@CCDOSA1.EM.CDC.GOV> >To: "'piml'" <piml@mars.galstar.com> >Subject: piml] C-NEWS: Ballot issues in 1996 >Date: Tue, 29 Oct 96 09:36:00 EST > > >From: Steve Ertelt >Subject: C-NEWS: Ballot issues in 1996 >Date: Thursday, October 24, 1996 12:09PM > >A study by the Free Congress Foundation shows that voters in 20 states and >DC will face a total of 93 citizen-initiated, statewide ballot questions >on 11/5. Leading the way will be term limits (17 initiatives in 13 >states), followed by 16 initiatives (in 11 states) dealing with >environmental and wildlife issues. Taxes will be the focus of 11 measures >in seven states. Ten states have ballot questions dealing with gambling. >Increasing the minimum wage is on the ballot in four states. In addition, >the state legislatures in 39 states have placed 149 measures on the >ballot. Below is a brief summary: > > CAMPAIGN FINANCE >STATE MEASURE TITLE DESCRIPTION >AR Initiated Act 1 Limit campaign contributions >CA Prop. 208 Limit camp. contributions & spending >CA Prop. 212 Limit camp. contributions, prohibit > lobbyist contributions >CO Amendment 15 Enact campaign finance reform >ME Question 3 Campaign finance reform; public > financing of political campaigns >MT Initiative 125 No corporate spending on ballot > initiatives >NV Question #10 Limit campaign contributions > > CRIMINAL JUSTICE >AL Amendment #3 Regarding guilty pleas >AZ Prop. 102 Try juveniles as adults >CT Question 1 Victims' rights amendment >IN Question #1 Victims' rights amendment >MT Initiative 123 Allow lawsuits for threats, etc. >NV Question #02 Victims' rights amendment >NC none Victims' rights amendment >NC none Certain "restraints on liberty" as > punishment for crime >OK Question 670 Re signatures needed for grand jury >OK Question 674 Victims' rights amendment >OR Measure 26 Amend principles for dealing w/criminals >OR Measure 40 Victims' rights amendment >SC Number 1 (A) Victims' rights amendment >SC Number 1 (B) Deny bail to those charged w/viol. crime >SC Number 2 (B) No convicted felons may serve in office >UT Prop. 3 Jury size >VA Const. Amend 2 Victims' rights amendment >WI Joint Res. 28 Eligibility of convicts for office > > GAMBLING >AL Amendment #4 Profit bingo in Morgan Co. >AL Amendment #5 Bingo prizes established by local law >AZ Prop. 201 Agreements between state & Indian tribes >AR Amendment 4 Re state lottery >AR Amendment 5 Authorize lotteries >AR Amendment 7 Re state lottery >AR Amendment 8 Re state lottery >CO Amendment 18 Permit certain gambling in Trinidad, CO >MI Proposal A Restrict gambling to pol. fundraising >MI Proposal E Allow gambling in Detroit >NE Amendment #1 Authorize off-track betting >OH Issue 1 Allow gambling to support education >WA Initiative #671 Gambling on Indian land > > GOVERNMENT REFORM >MN Amendment 2 Recall of elected state officials >NV Question #03 Re signatures needed for recall election >NM Const. amend III Recall of elected county officials >NC none Grant veto power to governor >ND Measure #3 Term of state reps. from 2 to 4 yrs. >OR Measure 30 Unfunded mandates >SC Number 2 (A) No convicted felons in state legis. > > LEGAL REFORM >CA Prop. 213 Limit lawsuits by felons, drunk > drivers, uninsured drivers > > SOCIAL ISSUES >CA Prop. 209 No affirmative action by gov't >CA Prop. 210 Increase minimum wage >CA Prop. 215 Doctors may prescribe pot to patients >CO Amendment 17 Parental rights amendment >KY none End separate schools for "white" and > "colored" children >MO Prop. A Increase minimum wage >MT Initiative 121 Increase minimum wage >OR Measure 36 Increase minimum wage > > TAXES >CA Prop. 218 Voter approval needed for new taxes >CO Amendment 11 End property tax exemption for churches >FL Question #1 2/3 maj. needed of voters for new taxes >ID Prop. 1 Limit property taxes >NE Initiative 412 Limit property taxes >NV Question #11 2/3 vote of legis. to raise taxes >NV Question #16 New taxes must pass legislature twice >OR Measure 44 Increase cigarette tax >OR Measure 46 Majority of registered voters needed to > OK new taxes >SD Const. amend. B 2/3 vote of legis. for new taxes > > TERM LIMITS >Term limit measures are on the ballot in 15 states: AK, AR, CO, >ID, ME, MO, MT, NE, NV, ND, OK, OR, SD, WA and WY (W.S. JOURNAL, >10/16). > MISCELLANEOUS >SC Number 2 (C) Allow almost-18 yr. olds to vote in > certain circumstances > > > -- >The Ultimate Pro-Life Resource List >http://www.prolife.org/ultimate > > > ------- >To unsubscribe from c-news, send the message UNSUBSCRIBE c-news to >majordomo@world.std.com. Contact owner-c-news@world.std.com with questions. > >
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