Archives for May 2010
Join us tonight to celebrate the expansion of Citizens in Charge’s West Coast network supporting citizen rights.
Our Executive Director Amanda Roman will be moving to California later this month to put a Citizens in Charge presence in the state and region. This move is a great opportunity for us to expand and protect citizen initiative rights from coast to coast.
Each Tuesday Ballotpedia releases an update on the number of measures on state-wide ballots around the country. This week the total is up to 109. Of that total 89 are on ballot by legislative referrel and 20 are citizen initiated ballot measures. We will keep you informed about what is on ballots around the country each Tuesday with an update from Ballotpedia.
Join us this summer in San Francisco! Citizens in Charge Foundation is hosting the U.S. Conference on Initiative & Referendum. This will be a unique gathering of academics, journalists, activists, elected officials, think-tank leaders, political professionals and - best of all - citizens from all over the nation discussing ways to expand and protect citizen initiative rights.
Yesterday petition groups in Missouri turned in signatures for a variety of measures hoping to get on the ballot this year. Ballotpedia covered the turning in of signatures on Twitter and also put up a story on Watchdog.org about what’s going on in the state regarding initiative & referendum this year. Make sure to go and check it out.