Sentence examples for ballot label from inspiring English sources

The results, therefore, do not speak directly to the distribution of opinion on Proposition 58 as it will be presented to voters in the ballot label.

In a second decision today, the court struck a blow to the movement to limit Congressional terms, ruling unanimously that it was unconstitutional for a state to attach a pejorative ballot label next to the names of candidates for Congress who refused to work for a constitutional amendment to permit states to limit Congressional terms.

The ballot label read like a campaign mailer: "Safe, Reliable, High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act: To provide Californians a safe, convenient, affordable and" etc.

Even ardent defenders of the practice acknowledge that in purposefully manipulating district lines, state legislators hope to dictate electoral outcomes at least as much as proponents of pejorative ballot labels do". Proponents and opponents of gerrymandering disagree only on the propriety of doing so.

But even before voting adopts new hardware, the ballots and labels could be improved.

— Patrick Farrell The Mercury News: Though Proposition 37 — the statewide California ballot initiative to label genetically engineered food — was soundly thumped by voters 53 percent to 47 percent, food activists professed to be pleased: they enlisted four million voters to their cause, and vowed to bring the battle to other states.

When the state Legislature placed top two on the June 2010 ballot, its official label, title and summary were highly contested.

SACRAMENTO — Once riding high, Proposition 37, the statewide ballot measure to label genetically engineered foods, has seen its voter support plummet during the last month, and a new poll shows the high-stakes battle now is a dead heat.

2. Proposition 37. Food activists around the world kept a close eye on California this past November when the time came to vote on Proposition 37 -- a ballot initiative to label genetically modified organisms in food.

The attorney general's official summary of Laws' proposal says it would have "likely negligible fiscal effect on state and local governments". The "Intolerant Jackass" name has been removed from its official title, and has now been given a far less colorful label: "Ballot measures.

Those corporations were among the top 10 donors to anti-labeling campaigns that spent over $100 million to defeat GMO labeling ballot initiatives in California, Washington, Oregon and California - using dirty tricks to do so, such as mailers from fake front groups, false claims in ads and voter guides, and the largest money laundering operation in Washington State election history.