Earlier this year, the Democracy Alliance, a group of wealthy Democratic donors that includes George Soros, agreed to spend tens of millions of dollars at the local level, on such initiatives as building up progressive networks, launching ballot initiatives, and countering Republican groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council.
The "Prepare" tab offers polling places directions, links to Messenger to "make plans with friends to go together," info on voter requirements, and the newly launched ballot guide.
Bruce and city officials disputed, even before the election, as to whether his measure would apply to the city's Stormwater Enterprise Fee; and after threatening to launch a ballot initiative to cut property taxes after an initial 5-4 vote by the city council over two years, the city council then voted 5-4 to phase out the authority immediately.
At the same time, the Communication Workers Union is preparing to launch a ballot for strike action across its 140,000 membership at Royal Mail in a dispute over pay.
Also, a year ago, proponents in California were poised to launch a ballot initiative for 2014 to legalize marijuana in the Golden State, adding to the sense of momentum for legalization, but later decided to wait until 2016 for fear of losing at the polls, as they did in 2010.
On Thursday Unison, among other unions, launched a ballot in England (Wales will follow later) which, if members vote yes, could see in October the first NHS strike over pay since 1982.
A group called American Entrepreneurs for Securities Reform has launched a ballot initiative in South Dakota that, if passed in November, would ban all naked shorting in the state, and force all brokers registered there to comply across the United States.Opponents worry that the language is vague enough to outlaw all short-selling, though the initiative's backers deny this is their intention.
In Maui County, which includes the islands of Maui and Molokai, both with large GMO corn fields, a group of residents calling themselves the Shaka Movement sidestepped the company-friendly council and launched a ballot initiative that called for a moratorium on all GMO farming until a full environmental impact statement is completed there.
The Scotland boss was launching the ballot for this season's award.
For the second set of experiments, the dishonest recommenders are assumed to give a high recommendation value between 0.8 to 1.0, thus launching a ballot stuffing attack.
