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#Missouri #USNaziParty calls in #ICE to interfere with #ballotinitiative
#BrianTylerCohen 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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This is #totalitarian shit!!!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JHstHZSRiMs&pp=QAFIAg%3D%3D
There's no #humantrafficking , it's being used as an excuse to allow #ICETerrorists to target petition gatherers.
#USLaw #law #Elections #AbolishICE #farright #FederalTerrorists
Missouri Republican calls in ICE to interfere with ballot initiative
The USA PotatoCA Organizers’ Proposal Would Tax Billionaires to Mitigate Medicaid Cut Harm
One of the largest health care worker unions is spearheading the push to get the proposal on the November 2026 ballot.
Hacker NewsLuigi Mangione-Inspired Ballot Initiative Targets Health Insurance Denials
#HackerNews #LuigiMangione #HealthInsurance #BallotInitiative #HealthCareAccess #InsuranceDenials #Advocacy
GiddingsMJ
The lawmaking power of Idaho voters — our ballot initiative process — is under attack again • Idaho Capital Sun
Dorothy Moon, the chairwoman of the extremist faction of the Idaho Republican Party, proclaimed on election night that: “We’re not ever going to let Reclaim Idaho bring another initiative.” Moon was honked off that the citizen initiative group had just run a third initiative drive seeking reform of Idaho laws. Reclaim Idaho ran its first […]
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️Direct Democracy Strategy for the Left
https://jacobin.com/2024/12/direct-democracy-ballot-initiatives-left
* 2-party system not working
* ballot (popular) initiatives can
push policy to the left
rebuild fighting working-class political base
prepare movements to govern democratically
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_initiative
* form of direct democracy by which a petition meeting certain hurdles can force a legal procedure on a proposition
* proposition put directly to plebiscite/referendum
#DirectDemocracy #PopularInitiative #BallotInitiative #democracy
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Via #DemocracyDocket @ 1:30pm EDT on Nov 01, 2024
The #Ohio #SupremeCourt ruled that Attorney General #DavidYost (R) wrongfully rejected a proposed Ohio #VotersBillOfRights. The proposal will now move forward in its process toward becoming a fully-fledged #BallotInitiative.
Via #DemocracyDocket @ 8:01pm EDT on Aug 15, 2024:
In a win for voters, the #Idaho #SupremeCourt dismissed a lawsuit from state Attorney General #RaúlLabrador (R) seeking to block a November #BallotInitiative that would implement an #OpenPrimary system and other #ElectoralReforms.
David AnoThe #MichiganSupremeCourt ruled 4-3 the state #Legislature lacked the authority to
#AdoptandAmend petition language for a pair of #BallotInitiatives in 2018. Justices said the tactic is unconstitutional because the Legislature circumvented the petition initiative process in 2018. Increases to #Michigan's standard minimum wage, tipped #MinimumWage & an expansion of the state's earned sick time laws are slated to take effect in February.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/31/michigan-supreme-adopt-and-amend-case-mimimum-wage/74617606007/
#news #politics #BallotInitiative
#AdoptandAmend petition language for a pair of #BallotInitiatives in 2018. Justices said the tactic is unconstitutional because the Legislature circumvented the petition initiative process in 2018. Increases to #Michigan's standard minimum wage, tipped #MinimumWage & an expansion of the state's earned sick time laws are slated to take effect in February.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/31/michigan-supreme-adopt-and-amend-case-mimimum-wage/74617606007/
#news #politics #BallotInitiative
Via #AliceMirandaOllstein, #healthcare reporter for #Politico
#Arizona #SupremeCourt rules to uphold the state’s 1864 near total #AbortionBan, which will wipe out nearly all access in the state (currently up to 15 weeks). Voters will likely have the chance to override this ban in November via #BallotInitiative.