Is Yesterday’s SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision a Win for Ballot Measures?
Josh Gerstein explores as one of his five questions about Schuette.
Category Archives: direct democracy
“Montana justices reject attempt to block initiative that forbids Medicaid expansion”
Missoulian: “The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday denied an attempt to block officials from approving petitions for an initiative prohibiting the state from using funds or staff to administer the Affordable Care Act and forbiding the state from expanding… Continue reading
“Montana Supreme Court Removes Top-Two Ballot Measure from 2014 Ballot”
“In Prop. 8 ruling’s wake, initiative sponsors take protective steps”
Important LA Times report.
I recently was on a Federalist Society panel discussing these issues.
New Casebook: The Law of Direct Democracy
Henry Noyes has written a new casebook for Carolina Academic Press.
I’ve seen the table of contents and it looks like great coverage.
“2011-2012 Ballot Measure Overview”
Here, at the National Institute on Money in State Politics.
“Proposed Voter Bill of Rights ballot item refiled”
Cincinnati Enquirer: “The group of African-American leaders pushing the inclusion of a Voters Bill of Rights in the Ohio Constitution has revised its amendment summary and submitted new signatures after Attorney General Mike DeWine rejected their initial attempt to… Continue reading
CA Court Blocks Sacramento Arena Initiative
Following up on this post, a trial court has issued this ruling holding that the arena measure may not go on the ballot. The court offers two reasons: (1) the proposal must be made as an amendment to… Continue reading
“Pennsylvania Circulator Residency Victory”
“ACLU of Nevada and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights File Challenge to Voter ID Initiative”
See this press release.
“Voters’ bill of Rights Blocked in Ohio”
Listen to Audio from Recent Federalist Society Conference (Dealing with Some Election Law Issues)
Here:
Panel One: Has the United States Supreme Court killed California’s initiative process or helped check its abuses?
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
This panel will focus on what effect the United States Supreme Court’s holding that initiative… Continue reading
“STOP files suit to challenge Sacramento city clerk’s rejection of arena-vote petitions”
Sacramento News and Review:
Earlier this month, City Attorney James Sanchez sent a confidential memo to select staff. The city won’t release it, but multiple sources told SN&R that its contents explored ways to successfully quash the arena ballot initiative,… Continue reading
“Clerk rejects petitions for arena vote”
SacBee: “The campaign to force a public vote on Sacramento’s downtown arena plan was dealt a considerable blow Friday, when the city’s top elections official rejected the measure for “major” legal flaws and ruled it should not appear on… Continue reading