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School referendum gives taxpayers say over their wallets
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | about 9 hours ago
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Gov. Mitch Daniels recently declared the new referendum process is "working pretty darn well" in Indiana. Capital construction projects and operational increases for schools have failed more often than not since November 2008 – a 58 percent failure rate...
Tags: capita incomes, construction project, statewide average, schools referendums, Indiana State Teachers Association, property tax, Indiana Urban Schools Association, Indianapolis, Referendums in the United Kingdom, Taxpayer Bill of Rights, Direct democracy, Elections, Referendum, Education
Mayor calls hotel tax vote flawed
Torrance :: CA :: USA | about 10 hours ago
Credibility Now they are saying county election procedures may have contributed to the measure's failure, which came on a 138-vote margin. That's because a technical glitch at the Office of the Los Angeles County Registrar- Recorder/County Clerk caused an untold...
Tags: Efrain Escobedo, council members, hotel tax, Torrance, Postal voting, Ballot, Rancho Palos Verdes California, Elections, Absentee ballot, Palos Verdes
Matt McCarten: Right to demonstrate supported - pity about the reason, though
Auckland :: New Zealand | 1 day ago
Credibility The march yesterday, organised by various conservative organisations, was less about democracy and more about the need by social conservatives to impose their will on others. The pro-smackers point to their avalanche of referendum support as proof they...
Tags: minimum wage, Parliament, initiators referendums, New Zealand, Auckland, Referendums in New Zealand, Politics, Labor, Direct democracy, Elections, Referendum
Editorial: Hidden danger of rule by poll
Auckland :: New Zealand | 1 day ago
Credibility 59 AM Sunday Nov 22, 2009 The thousands who joined the "march for democracy" in central Auckland yesterday were advancing two causes...The very word democracy, after all, means "government by the people"...The constitutional problem was well expressed...
Tags: binding referendums, New Zealand, Auckland, Referendums in Australia, Referendums in New Zealand, Politics, Direct democracy, Elections, Referendum
Quacking idea
Gosport :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility The bath plug, porn films and dodgy mortgages might have caused outrage. But it was the Conservative MP Sir Peter Viggers' attempts to claim more than £1,500 from the taxpayer for that ornamental garden ornament which provided the iconic image of the...
Tags: Gosport, Conservative Party, United Kingdom, Parliament of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal, Peter Viggers, Husting, Politics, International Democrat Union, Elections, Freedom of information legislation
Catholic Church’s ideal bet: Moral, competent patriot
Manila :: Philippines | 1 day ago
Credibility Morality, patriotism and competence are the top qualifications the Catholic Church is looking for in the country�s next leaders as it plunges into the election season early next year, Caloocan Bishop Deogracias I�iguez said. �The standards remain the...
Tags: Catholic Church, Philippines, Manila, Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, Politics, Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines, Candidate, Elections, Religion Belief, Episcopal Church, Kapampangan people, Paciano Aniceto
South state recall drive fizzles
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility I'm euphoric," Adams said Friday. "People generally don't like recalls," he said. "I'm up for re-election in June, in the primary...The recall effort was launched after Adams provided one of three GOP votes needed in the Assembly to pass temporary income...
Tags: Assemblyman Anthony Adams, Orange County GOP, Los Angeles, California gubernatorial recall election, Petitions, Anthony Adams, Elections
Elections Office open today to receive charter ballots
Pensacola :: FL :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility The Escambia County Elections Office will be open from 9 a.m. to noon today to receive ballots and issue replacement ballots for the City of Pensacola charter referendum. All mail ballots must be returned to the Elections Office no later than 7 p.m.
Tags: Escambia County Elections Office, Pensacola, Absentee ballot, Elections, Ballot, Pensacola Florida, Politics
Nassir Commissioner calls for voter registration extension
Malakāl :: Sudan | 1 day ago
Credibility Nassir County commissioner, Upper Nile State, Major General Gathoth Gatkuoth, called for extension of voter registration process saying his county is experiencing food short which diverts local population from giving full attention to registration. Some...
Tags: voter registration, registration process, Sudan, Malakāl, Famine, Environment, Elections, Malakal, Disaster Accident
March organisers confident (Newstalk ZB)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 1 day ago
Credibility Organisers of yesterday's March for Democracy in Auckland are confident their stand has made a difference to the debate over the government's response to referenda. Estimates of the turnout yesterday vary from around four to six thousand. Prime Minister...
Tags: Hundreds of Aucklanders, John Key, Newstalk ZB, prime minister, queen st, initiated referenda, New Zealand, Auckland, Democracy, Politics, Elections, Referendum, Varieties of democracy, Protests, Direct democracy, Social Issues, Mandatory sentencing, Manukau City, Sentence, Law Crime, Corporal punishment in the home, New Zealand citizens-initiated referendum, Constitution of New Zealand, Referendums in New Zealand
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