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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Fight Over Affirmative Action in Michigan The man behind the California racial preference ban is back at it again, this time in Michigan, where his ballot initiative could prevail over a strong, organized opposition

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '06: Courting Missouri's Moms | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

...soon be easier to buy wine in Harvard Square if a Massachusetts ballot initiative passes this November...

Author: By Stephanie S. Garlow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Can Bacchus Break Into Bay State Chains? | 10/24/2006 | See Source »

...Republican district without a Republican on the ballot. The only names voters will see in the District 22 space on the general election ballot will be Democratic front-runner Nick Lampson and Libertarian Bob Smithers. If they want to vote Republican in the race for the new term beginning in January they will have to write in Sekula-Gibbs' name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '06: Tom DeLay's Gift to the Democrats | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

...Sekula-Gibbs got a small boost when Gov. Rick Perry decided to call a special election to fill out the few months remaining in DeLay's current term, also on general election day, Nov. 7. The Texas Secretary of State then ordered that the special election ballot should go atop the general election ballot, putting Sekula-Gibbs' name in full view of the voters, along with four other Republicans and a Libertarian. Former Democratic Congressman Lampson, who was redrawn out of his old Houston-area district as part of the infamous DeLay redistricting plan, chose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '06: Tom DeLay's Gift to the Democrats | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

...Republicans are hoping that seeing Sekula-Gibbs' name at the top of the ballot in the special election, voters will be more likely to write in her name when they get to the regular ballot. To help Republicans do so, Sekula-Gibbs sings a little ditty at her campaign spots to the tune of "Roll Out the Barrel" - "Vote twice for Shelley. Special and then write...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '06: Tom DeLay's Gift to the Democrats | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

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