Sentence examples for ballot a question from inspiring English sources

Or the Legislature could place on the ballot a question to call a constitutional convention.

Confronted with the idea of a buffer zone outside abortion clinics during an appearance on ITV's Bite the Ballot, a question and answer session with younger voters, Miliband did not appear to be fully briefed on Cooper's plan but said nothing that contradicted her stance.

This past spring, lawmakers placed Proposition 59 on the November ballot, an advisory question about money in politics.

And in Nevada (a state ranked eighth in campaign spending on judgeships), two legislators — the Senate minority leader, William Raggio, a Republican, and Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley, a Democrat — pushed through a ballot question that citizens will vote on this November on whether to institute a merit selection system for judges.

Maine law requires any individual or group that raises or spends more than $5,000 to influence a ballot question vote to disclose donors who gave more than $100 for that purpose.

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".

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.

Romney Wednesday said he supported "110percentt" Ohio's Issue 2, a ballot question that would uphold a law rolling back collective bargaining rights for public employees, after declining to take a position Tuesday.

DENVER, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Colorado voters will decide in November whether to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients under a ballot question approved on Monday, a proposal opposed by some religious and disability-rights organizations.

It's a safe bet that Massachusetts lawmakers will duck the subject, leading to a ballot question in November 2012, leading to a major emotional clash in this heavily Catholic state.

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.