{"id":27,"date":"2006-06-17T17:35:35","date_gmt":"2006-06-17T17:35:35","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-02-23T21:22:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T21:22:57","slug":"initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evanravitz.com\/vote\/initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballot Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Initiative: “The right or procedure by which legislation may be introduced or enacted directly by the people, as in the Swiss Confederation<\/a> and in many of the States<\/a> of the United States;” <\/cite>
\n– Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary<\/p>\n

Searchable Database<\/a>\u00a0of ALL US Initiatives and Referenda by the National Conference of State Legislatures<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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PAST Successes of State Initiatives<\/h3>\n

(Many were later adopted by Congress) (Mouseover)<\/p>\n

Abolition of poll taxes<\/p>\n

Aid to dependent children, blind, mentally ill<\/p>\n

Animal rights<\/a><\/p>\n

Bottle deposit bills<\/p>\n

Clean Elections<\/a><\/p>\n

Direct election of US Senators<\/p>\n

Direct primaries<\/p>\n

Environmental initiatives<\/a><\/p>\n

Food sales tax exemptions<\/p>\n

Legal marijuana<\/a><\/p>\n

Medical marijuana<\/a><\/p>\n

Merit systems for civil servants<\/p>\n

Minimum wages<\/a><\/p>\n

Mining reclamation<\/p>\n

Mining severance & oil extraction taxes<\/p>\n

Nuclear Freeze<\/a><\/p>\n

Old age pensions<\/p>\n

Open meetings<\/p>\n

Prohibiting cyanide mining<\/p>\n

Renewable Energy\u00a0Requirements for Utilities<\/a><\/p>\n

Public school funding<\/p>\n

State financial audits<\/p>\n

Sunshine laws<\/p>\n

Tax limits<\/p>\n

Term limits<\/a><\/p>\n

Victim rights<\/p>\n

Women’s suffrage<\/a><\/p>\n

Workman’s compensation<\/p>\n

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FUTURE Potential of National Initiatives<\/h3>\n

(Percentages show popular support. I’ve left in older polls to show how progressive Americans really are.)<\/p>\n

Trade must be fair (88%)<\/a><\/p>\n

Stronger Environmental Protection (83%)<\/a><\/p>\n

Enforce equal pay for women (79%)<\/a><\/p>\n

Protect roadless areas (76%)<\/a><\/p>\n

Pay $50\/yr. more to cut hunger (75%)<\/a><\/p>\n

Re-instate limits on campaign donations (72%)<\/a><\/p>\n

Label genetically modified foods) (68%)<\/a><\/p>\n

Universal Health Care (67%)<\/a> End foreign military aid (65%)<\/a><\/p>\n

U.S. cut greenhouse gases now (65%)<\/a><\/p>\n

U.S. sign 37 treaties it now blocks (various)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ballotpedia<\/a> has lots more!<\/strong><\/p>\n

“On the most major issues we’ve dealt with in the past 50 years, the public was more likely to be right…based on the judgment of history…than the legislatures or Congress.”<\/cite> -George Gallup, Sr.<\/b><\/p>\n

Initiatives are intended “to restore, not destroy, representative government”<\/i> and “In order to clean house the one thing we need is a good broom. Initiatives and referendums are good brooms.”<\/i>-President\u00a0<\/b>Woodrow Wilson <\/b><\/p>\n

“The cure for the ailments of democracy is more democracy.”<\/cite> -John Dewey<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Initiative: “The right or procedure by which legislation may be introduced or enacted directly by the people, as in the Swiss Confederation<\/a> and in many of the States<\/a> of the United States;” <\/cite>
\n-Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary<\/p>\n

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PAST Successes of State Initiatives<\/h3>\n

(Many were later adopted by Congress) (Mouseover)<\/p>\n

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