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A week before the election, some confusion remains over whether votes on one measure will count.
Issue 1, a statewide measure that calls for the repeal of an Ohio law that limits strip club operations, is subject to a Supreme Court ruling that could invalidate the Nov. 6 election results.
Voters could decide as soon as Feb. 5 whether to pay an additional 0.5 percent sales tax to hire more police officers, firefighters and paramedics.
Modesto City Council members today can take another crack at adjusting a ballot measure designed to make them more accountable to voters, but this time with an eye on making the initiative as understandable as possible.
Next month’s ballot will be free of statewide issues - but don’t think voters in a state so pivotal to the 2008 election will get off so easily next year.
A measure on the Feb. 5 ballot to alter term limits for California lawmakers may inadvertently open the door for dozens of termed-out Assembly members to return to their old seats in Sacramento, according to independent legal experts.
Succumbing to the clock and a tax-wearied electorate, the Florida Legislature appeared poised Monday to send voters a scaled-back property tax proposal that offers a couple hundred dollars to homeowners.
Voters to see parcel tax renewal on ballot
Supporters of a ballot measure to amend the state’s constitution and allow school levies to be approved by a simple majority vote are courting the most reluctant of eligible bachelors — the apathetic voter.
Next week, Clatsop County voters will decide whether Joshua Marquis becomes one of the better paid district attorneys in Oregon’s smaller counties, putting to rest a question that has roiled this community for months.
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