Sentence examples for petitioned onto from inspiring English sources

In 1978, the now famous Prop 13 was petitioned onto the ballot, placing a cap on property taxes – the main local source of school funding.

Of the 32 major education initiatives to be voted on this year, 11 were petitioned onto the ballot, often by grass-roots organizations, more than double the previous record of 5, in 1996, says the Initiative and Referendum Institute, a nonpartisan organization that has tracked such measures since 1904.

The group aims to petition onto the 2012 ballot in all 50 states.

Recently, EPA has been petitioned to remove all refuge requirements.

Citizens petitioned Pres.

She petitioned the central government.

So, the State Legislature, which had failed previously to pass election reform, approved a bill to allow candidates to petition their way onto the ballot.

According to Mugenzi, many Rwandans are forced to sign petitions to hold onto their jobs and to prevent social exclusion.  .

In 2006, El Paso County Attorney Bill Louis denounced Bruce as a "narcissist, sociopath and crackpot enabler" for supporting Colorado's Amendment 38, a referendum designed to ease rules for petitioning measures onto election ballots.

So why not treat maps like people, gathering signatures on a petition to get a map onto a primary ballot to start the election process where everyone would have access and a say?

Creating or signing a petition to put a rainforest onto the IUCN protected area categories (e.g. IUCN Category II: National Park, IUCN Category Ia: Strict Nature Reserve).