Sentence examples similar to amendment initiative from inspiring English sources

The statement said that if the Legislature lacked the will to change campaign finance laws, the group would press for approval of a constitutional amendment allowing "initiative and referendum" on the issue.

blocking district funding "to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, or distribution" of controlled substances was dropped — but Harris is expected to reintroduce the amendment following Initiative 71's victory.

According to News Corp.'s venerable Fox News, a special election on Oct. 10, 1911, under the leadership of reform Gov. Hiram Johnson, gave Golden Staters the power to recall elected officers, enact laws and constitutional amendments by initiative, and repeal state laws by referendum.

Nineteen allow constitutional amendments by initiative.

But Xenophon says he wants to secure several amendments to the carbon farming initiative amendment bill, which implements the $2.5bn emissions reduction fund.

New Mexico, unlike California, does not allow direct constitutional amendments or initiatives.

"Whenever an amendment or an initiative has been challenged, almost always the court rejects that and upholds the people's initiative power," said Andrew Pugno, a lawyer for backers of the proposition, citing past state bans on the use of race, sex or ethnicity in college admissions and caps on property taxes.

The abortion initiative, Amendment 6, seeks to bring Florida laws into line with more restrictive federal laws.

A ballot initiative, Amendment 5, would give the Senate, not the governor, final approval over the choice of State Supreme Court justices — similar to the federal system.

The initiative, Amendment 8, would remove 19th-century language in the State Constitution that bars religious or sectarian institutions, or people, from receiving state money.

Also on the Senate agenda this week is the carbon farming initiative amendment bill which, as it stands, is opposed by Labor, the Greens, the PUP and the independent senator Nick Xenophon.