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Apr 23 2024
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Uber defends Nevada ballot petition to cap all contingency fees at 20%
April 23 (Reuters) - In a new brief defending a ballot initiative to cap contingency fees in all civil litigation in Nevada at 20%, ridesharing company Uber argued that the petition meets all of Nevada’s statutory requirements for court approval. Uber, which is the lead sponsor of the Nevada initiative, said its ballot petition addresses only one issue – the 20% contingency fee cap – and
ReutersApr 18 2024
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Potential ballot measure could stiffen penalties for drug and retail crimes
A group of local leaders and business owners are pitching a ballot measure to reform a decade-old law. This group says it has gathered enough signatures for a ballot measure to fix this by imposing tougher penalties for a range of property crimes. "I'm a business owner of 30 years in this community, and I've had it," Tricia La Belle, president of the Greater LA Hospitality Association, said. "
CBS News (Online)Apr 19 2024
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Californians are worried about crime, setting the stage for a ballot measure showdown
Democrats completely dominate California’s state government, and one aspect of that hegemony is their ability to act without compunction. When doing whatever they want to do, Democratic officeholders don’t have to worry about competition from the state’s shriveled-up Republican Party nor, for the most part, criticism from equally shrunken political media. Thus, the Capitol has become an echo
CalMattersApr 12 2024
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Abortion initiative meets signature quota to get on Colorado ballot
Abortion initiative clears signature threshold to get on Colorado ballot A reproductive rights campaign working to enshrine abortion into Colorado’s constitution announced Friday it had collected enough signatures to get its measure on the November ballot. Abortion is legal in Colorado, and there is no gestational age limit for the procedure. But there’s also no constitutional amendment
The HillApr 12 2024
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Two states warn that Biden may be kept off their ballots
The secretary of state role has become increasingly fraught since the 2020 election. Now it may be harder than ever for these officials, whose role calls for impartiality, to be seen as nonpartisan, says Richard Winger, founder of Ballot Access News. Ohio’s and Alabama’s declarations have been seen by some as a partisan reaction to the unsuccessful effort supported by Colorado’s Democratic
Christian Science MonitorApr 26 2024
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Judge Dana Hathaway pushes back against efforts to remove her from ballot
Wayne County Circuit Judge Dana Hathaway is firing back at an activist’s attempts to remove her from the ballot, saying she followed the directions given to her by the Michigan Bureau of Elections. Highland Park activist Robert Davis, who is known for disqualifying candidates from the ballot, is contesting Hathaway’s bid to run for reelection to the Wayne County Circuit Court. In a complaint
Detroit Metro TimesMar 20 2024
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Ballot fraud trial hears testimony
MADISON, Wis. -- A former Milwaukee elections official charged with fraudulently requesting three military absentee ballots under fake names and sending them to a Republican lawmaker who embraced election conspiracy theories told investigators that she did it because she was tired of being harassed over outrageous arguments and wanted to shift attention to real flaws in the election system.
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteApr 17 2024
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Nebraska Sen. Ricketts donates $500k to anti-abortion ballot campaign
The conservative effort to put an abortion ban on the ballot in Nebraska has been bankrolled entirely to date by Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.). Ricketts donated $500,000 cash on March 26 to the group Protect Women and Children, according to its campaign finance report filed with the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission. The group reported no other donations. “Nebraska’s commonsense
The HillApr 25 2024
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Voters can request absentee ballot applications for June 11 primary beginning Friday
North Dakota military service members and residents currently overseas can request absentee ballots for the state’s June 11 primary beginning Friday. Domestic North Dakota voters can begin to request their absentee ballots on May 2, according to state election law. Voters who choose to vote absentee must fill out a ballot application and have their ballots postmarked, dropped off in person to
Yahoo NewsMar 27 2024
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Kennedy moving to get on N.J. ballot as independent
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to seek New Jersey’s 14 electoral votes in his independent bid for the presidency, his state director and advisor, Jamel Holley, told the New Jersey Globe. New Jersey has relatively easy ballot access for independent candidates, with just 800 signatures needed to get on the ballot for the presidency – that’s 200 less than what Joe Biden and Donald Trump needed to
New Jersey Globe