Time: Tue Oct 29 06:54:41 1996
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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: piml] C-NEWS: Ballot issues in 1996
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>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
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>
>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
>
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