Ballot Initiative

TABOR Initiatives Shot Down In Maine And Washington, With Colorado Used As Negative Example

ColoradoPols | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver


Yesterday, two versions of Colorado's controversial Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR) went before the voters in Washington state and Maine. Where, in...

We All Sink or Swim Together

Mike Lux | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


Mike Lux

Conservatives understand that a headline the day after the Maine initiative about them succeeding at rolling back the gay marriage bill helps them build momentum, and helps deflate and discourage progressives.

Washington Anti-Gay Ballot Measure Signatures Under Scrutiny

McClatchy | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics


Washington election workers say they've never seen a ballot measure attract as much scrutiny as this year's Referendum 71, which would strike down a l...

Signature Gathering Reform: The Most Critical and Immediate Fix to Direct Democracy

Kristina Wilfore | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics


Kristina Wilfore

Only by implementing solutions to the problems that exist will states be able to provide people with a ballot measure process that works for voters instead of against them.

California Marriage Equality -- How We Will Win

Christine Pelosi | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics


Christine Pelosi

Today's California Supreme Court ruling on Prop 8 all but invited marriage equality proponents back to the ballot box.

'Vote No on Everything' Urges Changes to California Proposition System

Brian Normoyle | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics


Brian Normoyle

The voters of California sent another message that they want their leaders and legislators to do their jobs. The problem is the very system used to send this message is at least partially to blame for the state's problems.

Gay Marriage in Iowa? Come on, San Francisco!

Nato Green | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics


Nato Green

If it's not worth it to win marriage equality, to unite to spite the right, it's definitely worth it to stop the insurgent Iowan and Vermontian hubris and salvage our street cred among freaks.

6 of 26: Conservatives Lost Big on Ballot Measures While Progressives Made Significant Gains

Kristina Wilfore | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics


Kristina Wilfore

If you read this headline and you're automatically thinking, "Wait, what about California, you fool?! Don't you care about marriage equality?" Just h...

Election Shows States Moving Forward with Progressive Agenda

Joel Barkin | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Joel Barkin

The table is set to wipe away the legacy of decades of failed conservative ideology, but what becomes of that opportunity is up to us.

Premature Emancipation? A Pragmatist's View of the Gay Marriage Struggle

Gary Cohan | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Gary Cohan

Civil rights are not won in the war zone of national elections or State referenda but, rather, in a series of small but important evolutionary steps.

ACORN's Plan To Turn Registrations Into Votes

Bertha Lewis | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics


Bertha Lewis

We want to assure you that partisan attacks will not interfere with ACORN members' determination to involve low-income, minority, and new American voters across the country.

Making Lemonade Out of Lemons: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Ballot Measure Process

Kristina Wilfore | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics


Kristina Wilfore

Brace yourselves people...on Tuesday progressives will advance important victories on a number of ballot measures including health care reform In Mont...

Not All Politics Is Local: Connecting the Dots on Abortion Initiatives

Jessica Arons | Posted 11.30.2008 | Living


Jessica Arons

Unless voters in South Dakota, Colorado, and California defeat these measures this Election Day, an abortion ban may be coming soon to a place near you.

Does the Mormon Church Speak for You on Marriage?

Kristina Wilfore | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics


Kristina Wilfore

Several producers of antigay propaganda also market anti-Mormon propaganda -- but now Mormons are joining forces with them over Prop 8.

Ward Connerly Cashes In: Profiteering exposed by...The American Conservative!

Kristina Wilfore | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics


Kristina Wilfore

Ward Connerly, the California lobbyist who has been running a divisive, multi-million dollar campaign to outlaw equal opportunity programs across the ...

Alms for the Media Consultant? Catholic Dioceses Nationwide Fund Political Fight in WA State

David Goldstein | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics


David Goldstein

The Catholic Church has started pouring in hundreds of thousands of dollars from dioceses across the nation to fight I-1000, Washington's Death with Dignity initiative.

McCain "Mum" on Divisive Initiatives

Kristina Wilfore | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


Kristina Wilfore

McCain's choice is clear: flip-flop and pander to the right wing or oppose these divisive initiatives as he has in the past. To stay "mum" on the issue is not "straight talk" we can believe in.

McCain Out Of Sync On Gay Marriage

Ryan Rivera | Posted 06.11.2008 | Home


Ryan Rivera

With a new poll finding 63 percent of Americans see gay marriage as a "strictly private" decision out of bounds for government regulation, John McCain's recently reiterated position that marriage should be between one man and one woman puts him in the minority.

Gay Marriage And Nazism

Ryan Rivera | Posted 05.28.2008 | Home


Ryan Rivera

The Calif. court ruling to "destroy the man-woman definition of marriage" is akin to Nazis "following orders to gas the Jews?" Really? That's the language of a major campaign presently underway to sway Calif. judges.