Voter Initiative Constitutional Amendment: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session on S.J. Res. 67 ... December 13 and 14, 1977 |
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adopted Amendment or repeal American Anticipatory Democracy ballot bill BIRCH BAYH CALIFORNIA YEAR Nov campaign candidates citizens Colorado Congress contents of petition Dakota democratic direct democracy direct legislation districts election Const electorate enacted failed FAUNTROY Federal filing before soliciting Filing provisions Form and contents Governor indirect initiatives information to voters INITIATED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT INITIATED STATUTES initiative and referendum initiative petition initiative process issues JAMES ABOUREZK legislature after approval majority of votes ment NADER national initiative North Dakota Oklahoma OUTCOME yes participation passed percent petition specified political polls precinct Preliminary filing problems prohibition qualified question reapportionment recall referenda repeal by legislature representative democracy representatives required on petition S.J. Res Secretary Senator ABOUREZK Senator HATCH Signatures required soliciting signatures special interest submitted Supp taxation tion turnout U.S. Senate Vote necessary voter initiative Washington Yes Const
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Page 156 - vote of the people of the United States ; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the House of
Page 24 - introduced the following joint resolution; which wns referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to give citizens of the United States the right to enact And repeal laws by voting on legislation in a national election. 1 Resolved by the Senate and House
Page 156 - by the Assembly and Senate of the State of California, jointly. That the Legislature of the State of California respectfully memorializes the Congress of the United States to adopt Senate Joint Resolution No. 67 as Introduced in the 95th Congress, 1st Session, proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for the enactment of
Page 30 - referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to give citizens of the United States the right to enact and repeal laws by voting on legislation in a national election. 1 Resolved by the Senate and House
Page 308 - from which the officer is to be recalled. CRS-44 4. Filing provisions - with officer with whom nomination petition was filed. After one recall election, no further recall petition may be filed against the same officer during the term for which he was elected. 5. Form and contents of petition specified - Yes
Page 305 - After one such petition and special election, no further recall petition may be filed against the same officer during the term for which he was elected, unless such further petitioners shall pay into the public treasury the entire costs of the first such election (Const., Art. II, $9; $306. 100).
Page 305 - No such petition may be circulated or filed against any officer until he has actually held his office six months, except that it may be filed against a member of the State legislature at any time after 10 days from the beginning of the first session after his election (Const., Art.
Page 162 - labored with it. It deserved well of its country. It was very like the present, but without the experience of the present; and forty years of experience in government is worth a century of bookreading; and this they would say themselves, were they to rise from the dead.
Page 273 - After one recall petition and election, no further recall petition may be filed against the same officer during the term for which he was elected unless the petitioners first pay into the public treasury all expenses of the preceding election
Page 199 - herein granted," so one must go to the Tenth Amendment—"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited to it by the States, are reserved to the States