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Ballot Measure 47 was an initiative in the U.S. state of Oregon that passed in 1996, affecting the assessment of property taxes and instituting a double majority provision for tax legislation. Measure 50 was a revised version of the law, which also passed, after being referred to the voters by the 1997 state legislature.
A man drives his scooter past sculptures of flamingos at voting booths on the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections offices on August 20, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The general election ...
Here’s a primer on early voting in South Florida: When are early voting hours? Early voting at 33 polling locations in Miami-Dade and 28 centers in Broward runs daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m ...
Here are Broward’s 28 early voting locations. African-American Research Library — Fort Lauderdale , 2650 Sistrunk Blvd. (NW Sixth St.) Broward College - A. Hugh Adams Central Campus ...
The list of Oregon ballot measures lists all statewide ballot measures to the present. In Oregon , the initiative and referendum process dates back to 1902, when the efforts of the Direct Legislation League prompted amending the Oregon Constitution for the first time since 1859.
The Portland, Oregon, voter has in this year of our Lord 1912, about 100 candidates for office on his ticket; and 39 long initiative and referendum proposed state laws, and 22 proposed city laws—and altogether proposing an indebtedness on the taxpayers of forty to fifty millions of dollars.
In just a few weeks, voters will begin receiving mail ballots and picking their preferred party candidates at the federal, state and county levels. Here’s what you should know about the Aug. 20 ...
The 24th Amendment, ratified in 1964, abolished the use of the poll tax (or any other tax) as a pre-condition for voting in federal elections, [19] but made no mention of poll taxes in state elections. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 made clarifying remarks which helped to outlaw the practice nationwide, as well as make it enforceable by law.