Sentence examples for constitutional initiative from inspiring English sources

In California, however, voters passed a constitutional initiative in 1972 that applies to both government and business invasions of privacy.

The king's constitutional initiative may lead to the institutional breakthrough many hoped for at the start of his reign in 1999.

Similarly, the federal constitutional initiative allows citizens to put a constitutional amendment to a national vote, if 100,000 voters sign the proposed amendment within 18 months.

The instruments of this system at the federal level, known as civic rights (Volksrechte, droits civiques), include the right to submit a constitutional initiative and a referendum, both of which may overturn parliamentary decisions.

Colorado-run "Personhood USA" dumped lots of money into a national campaign to get this constitutional initiative on state ballots, and Mississippi jumped on the "No More Abortion" train faster than you can say "Get me off this train!" Women aren't the only Mississippians suffering from the strict laws of this ultra-conservative state.

In Montana, conservative groups tried to force voters to confront Constitutional Initiative 98, an attempt to "rein in" judges by establishing new recall elections and making it easier to remove judges for specific rulings.

These included unsuccessful constitutional initiatives in 1981, 2005 and 2012.

These activists are still working hard, fighting for candidates and constitutional initiatives on the ballot this November.

In fact, many believe that it was the Bush campaign's very strategic placement of anti-gay-marriage state constitutional ballot initiatives throughout moderate and conservative leaning states (like Ohio) which brought out conservative Bush voters and carried the day for him in that election.

One would amend the California constitution to allow the voters to call a constitutional convention by initiative.

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.