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Granting women the constitutional right to vote in California. Proposition 7 (1911) Passed: Establishing the constitutional direct democracy powers of initiative and referendum in California. Proposition 8 (1911) Passed: Establishing the constitutional direct democracy power of recall in California. Proposition 14 (1964)
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 ...
Reitman v. Mulkey, 387 U.S. 369 (1967), was a United States Supreme Court decision that set an important legal precedent that held that a state could not authorize invidious discrimination by private landlords without entangling itself in the ensuing discriminatory private decisions.
A statewide anti-Chinese referendum was passed by 99.4 percent of voters in 1879. 1880: Miscegenation [Statute] Made it illegal for white persons to marry a "Negro, mulatto, or Mongolian." 1890: Residential [City Ordinance] The city of San Francisco ordered all Chinese inhabitants to move into a certain area of the city within six months or ...
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 ...
The presumption of the military established a dangerous precedent for subsequent civil-military relations." [97] Lansana would be overthrown in a counter-coup two days later. Charles Manson was released from the Terminal Island prison in California after being incarcerated since 1960 and ordered to complete a 1957 prison sentence. Telling the ...
1967 Goa status referendum was held in the state of Goa, India, on 16 January 1967, to decide the future of the Union Territory of Goa. 1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendum on abolishing the monarchy was held in Sikkim on 14 April 1975. It was approved by 97.55% of voters, and resulted in Sikkim becoming an Indian state.
1967 Democratic Republic of the Congo constitutional referendum; 1967 Liechtenstein Alps referendum; 1967 New South Wales new state referendum; 1967 New Zealand licensing hours referendum; 1967 Philippine constitutional plebiscite; 1967 Swiss real estate referendum