Group submits signatures for change in ND Constitution
2 years, 8 months ago

Group submits signatures for change in ND Constitution

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A group that wants to change the state constitution to require voter approval of constitutional amendments from a simple majority to 60% and limit a measure to a single subject is a step closer to bringing the matter to a public vote. Secretary of State Al Jaeger on Friday said the sponsoring committee delivered 910 petitions with a claimed 33,624 signatures, just over the 31,000 signatures that must be approved to get the proposed measure on the November ballot. The citizen-led Protect North Dakota’s Constitution believes the voter threshold for amending the state constitution isn’t high enough. Citizen initiatives allow residents to bypass lawmakers and get proposed state laws and constitutional amendments on ballots if they gather enough signatures from voters.

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Arkansas election officials checking signatures of 3 measures vying for November ballot
6 months ago

Arkansas election officials checking signatures of 3 measures vying for November ballot

Associated Press  

— Supporters of proposals to expand Arkansas’ medical marijuana program and repeal a casino license turned in thousands of signatures on Friday to try and get their measures before voters in the November election. “Our canvassers found voters eager to place an amendment on the ballot that will eliminate barriers to access and make it less expensive to acquire and …

Campaign to get new political mapmaking system on Ohio’s ballot submits more than 700,000 signatures
6 months, 1 week ago

Campaign to get new political mapmaking system on Ohio’s ballot submits more than 700,000 signatures

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Backers of a proposal to change Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system delivered hundreds of thousands of signatures on Monday as they work to qualify for the statewide ballot this fall. Citizens Not Politicians dropped off more than 700,000 petition signatures to Republican Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office in downtown Columbus, according to Jen Miller, director …

Supporters of a proposed voter ID amendment in Nevada turn in thousands of signatures for review
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Supporters of a proposed voter ID amendment in Nevada turn in thousands of signatures for review

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. RENO, Nev. — Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment that would require voters to show photo identification at the polls have turned in signatures as part of an effort to get the proposal on the 2024 ballot. The Repair the Vote political action committee submitted about 179,000 signatures to state …

A new front opens over South Dakota ballot initiatives: withdrawing signatures from petitions
9 months, 3 weeks ago

A new front opens over South Dakota ballot initiatives: withdrawing signatures from petitions

Associated Press  

Kristi Noem has signed a bill to allow signers of ballot initiative petitions to revoke their signatures — a move opponents decry as a jab at direct democracy and a proposed abortion rights initiative, which would enable voters to protect abortion rights in the state constitution. Hansen said he brought the bill to counter misleading or fraudulent initiative tactics, alleging …

GOP lawmakers try to thwart abortion rights ballot initiative in South Dakota
10 months, 2 weeks ago

GOP lawmakers try to thwart abortion rights ballot initiative in South Dakota

Associated Press  

— South Dakota’s Republican-led Legislature is trying to thwart a proposed ballot initiative that would enable voters to protect abortion rights in the state constitution. If voters approve it, the three-paragraph addition to the South Dakota Constitution would ban the state from regulating abortion in the first trimester and allow regulations for the second trimester “only in ways that are …

Group can begin gathering signatures to get public records measure on Arkansas ballot
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Group can begin gathering signatures to get public records measure on Arkansas ballot

Associated Press  

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin on Wednesday approved the wording of a proposal that would create a constitutional right to access public records and meetings, clearing the way for supporters to begin gathering signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Griffin’s approval was needed before the group could begin gathering the 90,704 valid signatures from registered voters …

Signature-gathering starts anew for mapmaking proposal in Ohio that was stalled by a typo
1 year, 1 month ago

Signature-gathering starts anew for mapmaking proposal in Ohio that was stalled by a typo

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Backers of a proposal to change Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system will finally be able to start gathering signatures, after clearing a second round of state approvals Monday. Their proposal would replace the current Ohio Redistricting Commission, made up of three statewide officeholders and four state lawmakers, with an independent body selected directly by citizens. Among them …

Lawsuit filed over new Arkansas law on initiative signatures
1 year, 10 months ago

Lawsuit filed over new Arkansas law on initiative signatures

Associated Press  

— A lawsuit was filed Friday challenging a new Arkansas measure that makes it harder to get initiatives on the ballot by raising the number of counties where signatures must be gathered. Republican state Sen. Bryan King and the League of Women Voters of Arkansas filed the lawsuit challenging the new restriction approved by the majority-GOP Legislature and signed by …

Signatures gathered to place pot legalization before voters
2 years, 5 months ago

Signatures gathered to place pot legalization before voters

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A group that wants to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota turned in more that 25,000 signatures to the secretary of state Monday in an effort to place the matter before voters in November. The group, New Approach North Dakota, needed 15,582 signatures to get the measure on the ballot for the general election. “We think that …

SD pot legalization campaign submits signatures for ballot
2 years, 8 months ago

SD pot legalization campaign submits signatures for ballot

Associated Press  

— Advocates for legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota on Tuesday submitted petition signatures to the secretary of state, saying they were confident they had collected enough to place the initiative on the November ballot. South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws, the organization that launched the campaign, has scrambled in recent days to gather the nearly 17,000 signatures of registered …

North Dakota OKs marijuana legalization petition format
2 years, 8 months ago

North Dakota OKs marijuana legalization petition format

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger has approved the formatting of a petition for a proposed ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. The sponsoring committee behind the petition must obtain 15,582 valid signatures by July 11 for the measure to be placed on November’s ballot. If supporters miss that deadline but obtain the …

Florida Senate OKs new hurdles for constitutional amendments
4 years, 10 months ago

Florida Senate OKs new hurdles for constitutional amendments

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — It would become much harder for citizens to change the Florida constitution through petition drives under a bill passed by the Florida Senate on Monday. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that requires paid petition gatherers to register with the secretary of state, outlaws paying gatherers based on the number of signatures they collect and creates fines if …

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