Article: Swiss reject vote-on-citizenship system

Article: OUTLOOK GRIM FOR RACE DATA INITIATIVE CALIF. RECALL TRUMPS PUSH FOR `PRIVACY'
The Boston Globe;  October 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ...SACRAMENTO - Backers of a ballot initiative to virtually ban state and local governments...election tomorrow. The campaign for the initiative, known as Proposition 54, has run out...ballot in the special election. The initiative's sponsors have been vastly outspent...

Article: Control board decides to review voter initiative.(Metropolitan Times)(Top Of The News)
The Washington Times;  February 6, 1997 ;     497 words ......an unprecedented review of a ballot initiative voters approved in November that would...The board's plan to decide whether Initiative 51, which 80 percent of voters supported...to review the measure. We believe an initiative should be treated like legislation...

Article: Businesses Already Fighting Utility Dereg Initiative
Orange County Business Journal;  July 6, 1998 ;     700+ words ......mobilizing opposition last week after an initiative that would gut the state's electric...November ballot. Qualification of the initiative also set in motion a high-stakes legal...unraveling the deregulation process, as this initiative attempts to do, you can't stop it...

Article: BACKERS OF WATER-CONSERVATION INITIATIVE FILE ETHICS COMPLAINT.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  August 1, 2001 ;     484 words ......Seattle's water-conservation ballot initiative say a city review panel is stacked against...voters an independent assessment of the initiative. Pageler said it was modeled after the...response to the proliferation of statewide initiatives. The panel met for the first time last...

Article: Media agency of the year: Initiative; Hurting just three years ago, Initiative completed its turnaround in 2008 with a new-biz boom.(Initiative Media Worldwide)
Advertising Age;  March 2, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Byline: MICHAEL BUSH Late last year, Initiative found itself in a position that had...of the year. Going into that pitch, Initiative had already won NFL buying assignments...surely prove difficult to sway. But Initiative, together with sibling agency DraftFCB...

Article: INITIATIVE PROCESS NEEDS CAREFUL STEERING.(Editorial)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  April 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ...It's initiative season again. Solicitors with petitions...corners and aboard ferry boats seeking initiative signatures. The state's registered...measures in pursuit of signatures is Initiative 776. It constitutes just the sort of...

Article: Suit to halt Wal-Mart vote is planned: Union opposes initiative for 'big-box' change.
AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ);  June 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ......turns in petition signatures for an initiative that could overturn a key portion of...seek an injunction against putting the initiative on the November ballot on the grounds...runs afoul of a state law forbidding initiatives on rezonings or to amend the text of...

Article: INITIATIVE WINS BALLOT SLOT JUDGE BACKS VOTE ON TOBACCO FUND DIVERSION, BUT QUESTIONS LEGALITY.(News)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  July 29, 2000 ;     501 words ......Friday that Community Memorial Hospital's initiative to divert roughly $250 million in tobacco...requirements necessary for keeping the initiative from the ballot, but he expressed...Long vowed to continue fighting the initiative if it is approved by voters. ``What...

Article: Anti-trap initiative part of wider movement.(The Seattle Times)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  October 10, 2000 ;     700+ words ......outlawed in Washington state under a voter initiative that backers say is part of a global...animals are damaging property. A similar initiative is on the ballot in Oregon, and versions...California, Massachusetts and Colorado. The initiative is also similar to measures that have...

Article: MOROCCO'S 'NATIONAL INITIATIVE': ITS IMPORTANCE AND CHALLENGES
Al Bawaba;  November 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ......implementation of Morocco's National Initiative for Human Development can create critical...Middle East, Africa and beyond. The Initiative is a perennial development "mobilization...ascendancy to the throne in 1999. The Initiative was in part founded on the recognition...

Article: Fear of voter initiative motivating factor in passage of new employers' sanction law in Arizona
Arizona Capitol Times;  July 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ......of businessmen only adds fuel to the initiative that seeks even harsher penalties against...energizes the people that are working on the initiative," Burns said. "Part of the goal for...maybe cool down the support for the initiative and get something on the street that...

Article: Initiative is Misleading and Dangerous/Gwen Chaplin against I-694
Yakima Herald-Republic;  October 21, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Washington voters should be wary of Initiative 694, the anti- abortion measure on the...ballot. This dangerous and confusing initiative is the most serious threat to a woman...Court's Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. Initiative 694 puts a woman's health at risk, and...

Article: Loma Linda council orders study of South Hills initiative
Redlands Daily Facts;  June 29, 2006 ;     424 words ...The consequences of an initiative that would protect most of the 3...prepare a report that will examine the initiative's fiscal impact, its consistency...the report rather than adopt the initiative as law or call for an election...

Article: Anti-quota initiative moves a step closer to California ballot.(Originated from Knight-Ridder News Service)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  August 8, 1995 ;     618 words ......political maneuvering, authors of an initiative to end affirmative action programs in...co-authors of the California Civil Rights Initiative. ``No significant portion of the American...University, Hayward and co-author of the initiative, filed the ballot language Monday with...