Sentence examples for approved a proposition from inspiring English sources
Last year, Nassau voters approved a proposition that gave the village zoning powers for the first time.
But that doesn't mean they get their way.In Missouri last year voters approved a proposition to toughen the regulation of the state's abusive puppy mills.
The voters approved a proposition to dismantle bilingual-education programmes, affecting mainly Latinos.See article: Lexington on Kenneth StarrMore Latino trouble for Americans.
In an election year when Town of Brookhaven voters approved a proposition to spend $100 million to purchase and preserve open space, the land underneath the cottages has taken on greater significance.
Nearly 30 states have passed laws against gay marriage, and California voters this month approved a proposition declaring that marriage could legally exist only between a man and a woman.
In 1998 voters approved a proposition that allowed judges in each county to unify their superior and municipal courts into a single superior court with overarching jurisdiction, subject to the approval of a majority of superior and municipal court judges within that county.
The wedding bonanza could end in November if California voters approve a proposition changing the state constitution so that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid.
But in September, the board approved a ballot proposition that would gut most of the supervisor's powers and allow council members to hire an administrator.
In Lakeland, voters approved a transportation proposition to replace school buses, but they defeated two construction proposals totaling $52.4 million, which would have built new athletic fields and classrooms for full-day kindergarten.
Like the SFPRC, this is one of the "buyers' clubs" set up in California after 1996, when the state's voters approved an initiative, Proposition 215, permitting the medical use of marijuana.
The issue of illegal immigration was of particular importance in California; in 1994 Californians approved a ballot initiative (Proposition 187) to deny illegal immigrants social services (later overturned by a federal court).
