Justine Sarver is executive director at the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC), a national organization providing resources for progressive ballot measures.
In the past two years, lawmakers filed more than 100 bills to overturn voter initiatives in 24 states, according to Chris Melody Fields Figueredo, executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, a progressive group.
Kristina Wilfore, the executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, a liberal-leaning policy group in Washington, said the lack of unity and focus among conservatives this year on measures like Colorado's may put Mr. McCain in a difficult position, forcing him to choose sides.
The campaign director for the ballot measure took responsibility for the endorsement flap. .
It also appears likely to grant corporate boards one of their greatest desires, by blocking planned S.E.C. rules aimed at allowing dissident shareholders to put director candidates on ballots sent out to shareholders by the company.
"We need to design and test our ballots and train our poll workers so they know what they're doing," said Ted Selker of MIT, co-director of the ballot project.
The firm sent a letter to Barnes & Noble shareholders last week, asking them to vote for three independent directors on a ballot that would fill nine open seats at the annual meeting.
Current proposals only give sponsors the ability to put alternative director nominees on a ballot.
"Under the new online registration system it's just one of the ways you can have your identity verified," says Oliver Sidorczuk, director of Bite the Ballot.
Thirteen directors are on the ballot at Freddie Mac, including Richard F. Syron, the company's new chairman and chief executive.
It also appears likely to grant corporate boards one of their greatest desires, by blocking planned S.E.C. rules aimed at permitting dissident shareholders from putting director candidates on the ballots sent to shareholders by the company.
