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Recently in ads and in public, Democrats have been trying to tie the proposal directly to generally unpopular Gov. A. Paul Cellucci and Lt. Gov. Jane Swift and make the question a referendum on their leadership...
...People turn to the initiative process to put pressure on Congress to act," says M. Dane Waters, president of the Initiative and Referendum Institute. Waters points to women's suffrage which was initially imposed by ballot initiatives...
...Oklahoma referendum would let the state dip into the principal of its education trust fund to supplement the income generated by the fund...
...Under a Georgia referendum, teachers and other school employees and their families would receive payments, as police already do, if they are "killed of permanently disabled by an act of violence in the line of duty...
...around since 1902, when the Supreme Court upheld the rights of voters to institute change outside the corridors of legislative power. Sometimes, it's a question of checks and balances: If a state legislature wants to change the Constitution, they must present the modification, in the form of a referendum, to the voters for passage. In 24 (mostly western) states, however, voters who collect enough signatures are able to stick their initiative on the ballot - and then campaign like mad to get it passed...