Sentence examples for a ballot question from inspiring English sources

The State of Washington approved medical marijuana in 1998, with a ballot question that won 60 percent of the vote.

They are also circulating a petition for a ballot question that would urge the mayor "not to enter into agreements with corporate war profiteers like Lockheed Martin".

If the court legalizes same-sex marriage, conservative legislators might push for a ballot question to give voters the ultimate say.

The issue went to a ballot question, and Richard Scrushy, a prominent health-care executive, donated five hundred thousand dollars to support the pro-lottery campaign.

A gay rights group has sued Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly, challenging his approval of a ballot question that would prohibit same-sex marriage through a constitutional amendment.

Judge Daniel A. Procaccini of Superior Court ruled that a ballot question asking voters to establish a $600 million resort-style casino in West Warwick would be illegal.

But that question, known as a generic ballot question, is a measure of national sentiment, and does not necessarily reflect how Americans will vote in the governor's races around the country and in the handful of close Senate and House races that will ultimately determine the control of Congress.

Steve Strunsky (NYT) TRENTON: REFERENDUM CHALLENGED -- The League of Women Voters has filed a legal complaint to block a November ballot question on how to pay for roads and mass transit, on the ground that it is unconstitutional.

The appeals court rejected that claim, ruling that Maine can require organizations to decide whether a "reasonable listener would understand their advocacy as an invitation to contribute to a specific ballot question campaign".

Organizers of a petition said they had collected 393,000 signatures requesting a referendum on privatization, enough to force a national ballot question on asset sales if the petition is confirmed to be genuine, but on Tuesday the Electoral Commission found that about 100,000 were invalid.

In November of 2011, voters in the city of South Euclid, Ohio approved a rezoning ballot question to allow them to poach an existing Wal-Mart in the neighboring city of Cleveland Heights, by building a bigger one less than one mile away in South Euclid.