Sentence examples for Popular ballots from inspiring English sources

The decision to proceed to popular ballots among Greek and Turkish Cypriots averted a total breakdown in Mr. Annan's efforts to reunite the island.

Direct democracy, ie rule by referendums and popular ballots, is actually pretty awful.

Democrats actually won the popular ballot for the House by 1.4 million votes.

Emmen voters agreed last June that becoming Swiss would be decided by popular ballot.

Prime Minister George A. Papandreou of Greece said he would put a new European debt deal to a popular ballot.

Lawmakers in Maine signed gay marriage into law only to see it overturned by a popular ballot in November.

Legislating through popular ballot initiatives has been shown to be a blunt instrument in many states, most famously California.

Most other states don't have the power to change voting rules by popular ballot, meaning that legislatures will, in effect, have to vote to disempower themselves.

That was the popular ballot initiative that mandated more generous cages for veal, egg-laying hens, and pregnant pigs by 2015.

This fall, more than 1,200 artists took part in the $250,000 ArtPrize contest in Grand Rapids, Mich., and the winner was chosen through popular ballot.

Apart from Vermont, where legislators passed a limited law legalizing use, states have changed their marijuana laws by popular ballot initiatives.