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Called Popular referendum, or alternatively Veto Referendum, Citizen referendum, Statute referendum, Statute remand, People's veto, or Citizen's veto, in which a predetermined number of signatures (typically lower than the number required for an initiative) qualifies a ballot measure for voting on repealing or not a specific state law. 23 ...
From 1960 to 2012, initiative measures appeared on primary, general, and special election ballots. [1] In October 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill (Senate Bill No. 202) which requires all future ballot initiatives to be listed only in general elections (held in November in even-numbered years), rather than during any statewide ...
In California, a ballot proposition is a referendum or an initiative measure that is submitted to the electorate for a direct decision or direct vote (or plebiscite). If passed, it can alter one or more of the articles of the Constitution of California , one or more of the 29 California Codes , or another law in the California Statutes by ...
Allocation for Instructional Materials. Legislative Initiative Amendment. 21 – Passed – Juvenile Crime. Initiative Statute. 22 – Passed – Limit on Marriages. Initiative Statute. 23 – Failed – 'None of the Above' Ballot Option. Initiative Statute. 24 – Removed from ballot by order of the California Supreme Court. Proposed ...
It was approved by voters in a referendum held as part of a special election on 10 October. On the same day voters approved two other major political reforms, Proposition 4, which granted women the vote, and Proposition 7, which introduced the initiative and the optional referendum. Proposition 8 added Article 23 of the Constitution of California.
The year before the 2003 recall, GOP primary voters handily rejected a similar moderate, former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, in favor of a much more conservative nominee, the bumbling Bill ...
4 – Passed – University of California. Competitive Bidding. Grounds for Denial of Admission. 5 – Failed – Interest Rates Allowable. 6 – Failed – Bills and Statutes-Effective Date. Governor's Consideration. Referendum. 7 – Passed – Judges. Censure, Removal, Judicial Performance Commission.
It was placed on the ballot through the California initiative (or referendum) process under which a proposed law or constitutional amendment, termed a "proposition," is placed on the ballot once its backers gather a sufficient number of signatures on a petition. When passed, Proposition 13 became article 13A of the California state constitution.