Sentence examples for minimum ballot from inspiring English sources

Some early analysis in July by the California Legislative Analyst's Office predicted that a proposed $15 hourly minimum ballot initiative could reduce the number of jobs and increase prices and the cost of living statewide, but also potentially increase sales tax revenue.

Thanks to a minimum wage ballot initiative, Arkansas low-wage workers will see their pay go up to $7.50 from $6.25 The minimum wage is then set to increase again in 2016 to $8 and in 2017 to $8.50.

Back in 2014 four states approved minimum wage ballot measures followed soon after by four others in 2016.

A coalition of business groups that formed a campaign committee to oppose a statewide $15 minimum wage ballot initiative said the proposed deal was "overreaching".

Recent polls in Arkansas, Alaska and South Dakota all showed support for the minimum wage ballot measures, even though the legislatures in those states are GOP-controlled.

The passage of SeaTac's minimum wage ballot initiative, which SEIU helped to fund, marked the first concrete policy win for the national Fight for $15 movement.

Democrats are now pushing minimum wage ballot initiatives in jurisdictions throughout the country -- some of them double the federal minimum wage -- hoping the measures' popularity will help drive voter turnout.

Despite the business community's opposition to the South Dakota's minimum-wage ballot initiative, the state's hourly minimum wage increases to $8.50.

Smith was first eligible for the ballot five years after he retired, and is allowed to be on the ballot through 2017 if he continues to meet the minimum vote threshold.

Once Acorn showed some success in Florida with the minimum-wage ballot initiative, it became a target to the conservative media.

To learn more about the minimum wage ballots in different states, The Guardian spoke to the people it would most affect: a low-wage worker in Alaska, a businessman in South Dakota and a lawmaker in Nebraska.