Word: balloting
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...dissonance between the people and their leaders on term limits is deafening. Limit proposals have passed overwhelmingly in every state in which they have been on the ballot (22 so far), but a dozen term-limit bills were introduced in the past Congress and none was debated, even at the subcommittee level. That's changing now, but artifice is the rule. Some Democrats favor retroactivity: members already at the limit would be forced out immediately. Others of both parties call for exempting sitting members altogether. Gingrich's dance is the most intricate. Newt, himself a 16-year veteran, says...
...former New York Times executive and four corporate CEOs are among the eight nominees on the ballot for the Board of Overseers' five openings, the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) announced Wednesday...
Weissman declined to specify what his priorities as an Overseer would be, saying only that he would outline his positions in his statement for the ballot...
...democracy, it's not good government and it's going to have a terrible impact on the city in general," the mayor added. "People have money to buy a ballot issue and rush it down everyone's throats...
Question 9, the state ballot referendum to abolish rent control, was passed by a 51 to 49 percent margin on November...