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Now, after a string of corruption scandals, Charter Amendment ER, a measure on the Nov. 5 ballot, would strengthen the Ethics Commission by boosting its budget, increasing penalties for wrongdoing ...
Los Angeles voters are being asked to make decisions on several charter amendments and ballot measures that would significantly change the way government works. Here is what you need to know.
Tacoma’s charter, the city’s constitution, comes up for review once every 10 years. Tacoma voters back 4 of 6 amendments to the city charter, a once-in-a-decade opportunity Skip to main content
Two items on the Nov. 8 ballot would alter Miami-Dade County’s charter to beef up the county’s legal defenses of its “home rule” autonomy against some state action.
The court ruled 7–2 that a right to privacy under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment extended to a woman's decision to have an abortion, but that this right must be balanced against the state's two legitimate interests in regulating abortions: protecting women's health and protecting the potentiality of human life.
Charter Amendment One was a citizen-led referendum defeated in Gainesville, Florida's city election on March 24, 2009. [2] Titled the "Amendment to the City Charter Prohibiting the City from Providing Certain Civil Rights," the measure would remove the legal protections not explicitly covered under the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992, specifically with reference to sexual orientation and ...
Charter Amendment 3 A charter amendment reducing the size of the State Board of Education from eleven members to nine members [30] Passed 20,511 (51.00%) 19,668 (49.00%) [59] 2002 Initiative 62 An initiative to allow some nonviolent drug offenders to go through a treatment program rather than drug courts [60] Passed 86,162 (78.17%) 24,063 (21. ...
A 10-person Charter Review Committee met for several months to review a narrowly tailored list of potential amendments. After that, city commissioners decided to place five amendments on the ballot.