Marsy's Law is based on a ballot measure that California voters approved in 2008.
In May 2008, in a landmark decision, the California Supreme Court struck down a state law, based on a ballot initiative, that had banned same-sex marriage.
Ahead of major strikes on Thursday, the prime minister attacked the National Union of Teachers (NUT) for taking part in industrial action based on a ballot held almost two years ago.
We've already had the theatre gongs from the Evening Standard and the Critics Circlee (the latter, by the way, are still the best of the bunch because they're based on a secret ballot by people who've actually seen all the shows).
The foundational principles of any democracy -- a free, equal, universal, adult suffrage based on a secret ballot; civil freedoms of speech, conscience, assembly, association, and the press; and freedom from arrest (and assassination) without trial -- are being violated everyday.
The estimate of 60,000 lost votes in 2000 is based on a percentage of ballots in which no votes had been cast in the major races, Mr. Creelan said.
Every student has the ability to participate in civic life, not as a drone who has to be told how to think by self-serving politicians catering to special interests, but as a citizen who can responsibly cast a ballot based on a more substantial knowledge of the issues.
But the report said, based on a statistical analysis of ballot sheets, that Mr. Préval's choice as his successor, Jude Célestin, had placed third, not second, as announced when the initial results were released in early December.
The early results, which are based on a count of five million ballots out of a potential 12.4m, suggest 66% voted for the new constitution, while 34% were against.
TECHNICIAN: Yes, I can't imagine anything would really be different based on a few Florida seniors misunderstanding the ballot and accidentally voting for George W. Bush.
He mentioned a point in the statement that I didn't quote, namely, that voters should not be asked to cast their ballots based on a wide range of hypothetical, theoretical or imaginary outcomes.
