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Fannin County lists primary election referendums
27 May 2012, 12:12 am
BONHAM — Voters in Fannin County will join their counterparts all of the state Texas in going to the polls to vote for candidates in the party primaries. In addition to those candidates, voters will also get a chance to support a number of party
referendums or propositions.
State NAACP opposes T-SPLOST
25 May 2012, 4:45 pm
The Georgia state conference of the NAACP is preparing to announce its opposition to the July 31 transportation tax
referendums statewide, its president said.
Haslam says suburbs' rush to create schools is too hasty
24 May 2012, 12:00 am
As Shelby County's suburban cities prepare for Aug. 2
referendums to create municipal school districts, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam says those communities may not realize how much it will cost to run a school system.
Republican primary ballot offers referendums
20 May 2012, 4:37 pm
Johnson County Republican Party Chairman Henry Teich called the primary elections under way important and urged residents to vote for two reasons. First, several county races, including all the commissioner and constable races, consist only of Republican candidates. With no Democratic opponents in those races, the primary, or any necessary runoffs, will decide the winners.
Voters pass school budget referendums in three cities
15 May 2012, 11:20 pm
Voters in Portland, South Portland and Scarborough passed each city's school budget referendum. In Portland, the school budget passed by a vote of 1,000 to 562. Voters in South Portland passed the school budget by a vote of 413-277. In Scarborough, the school budget passed by a vote of 683-585. Residents in Lewiston also voted on a school budget referendum. Continue to check wmtw.com for the ...
NDP demands referendums on casino
15 May 2012, 2:51 pm
The NDP's finance critic Michael Prue is calling on the Province to allow
referendums to take place in Mississauga and Toronto on the issue of a casino coming to town.
referendums: Yes in Zionsville, no in Johnson County
8 May 2012, 10:36 pm
Zionsville voters Tuesday passed a school-funding referendum that educators said with help the district avoid teacher layoffs and program cuts. With nearly all of the Boone County town's precincts counted, about 57 percent had voted in favor of the referendum. The Zionsville School Board has already voted to cut what amounts to nearly 17 full-time positions from the district's payroll to help ...
School referendums: EACS Rejected, FWCS Accepted
8 May 2012, 10:24 pm
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana’s NewsCenter) – It’s celebration and sadness this Primary Election for some area school districts and their ballot questions on school renovation projects.
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State NAACP opposes T-SPLOST - Atlanta Journal Constitution
25 May 2012, 4:33 pm
The Georgia state conference of the NAACP is preparing to announce its opposition to the July 31 transportation tax
referendums statewide, its president said. A spokesman for the campaign to pass the Atlanta-area referendum, Jeff Dickerson ...
Europe's democratic deficit - The Guardian
25 May 2012, 2:53 pm
Yet when it comes to questions of complex economics, the left have a tendency to place too great an emphasis on
referendums and elections. The vast majority of people haven't the time or energy to keep up with the daily shifts of the financial ...
Assembly OKs ban on paying for referendums - Newsday
24 May 2012, 10:03 pm
Nearly 10 months after Nassau taxpayers voted down a measure to spend up to $400 million for a new Nassau Coliseum, the State Assembly has passed a bill that would prohibit private individuals or corporations from paying for public
referendums.
Martin calls on Taoiseach to debate treaty with leaders - Irish Times
24 May 2012, 4:31 am
referendums WERE for decisions by the people and not for securing profiles for individual politicians, the Taoiseach said. Enda Kenny was responding to Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, who said a party leaders’ debate on the fiscal treaty should be facilitated.
Republican primary ballot offers referendums - Cleburne Times-Review
20 May 2012, 4:17 pm
Johnson County Republican Party Chairman Henry Teich called the primary elections under way important and urged residents to vote for two reasons. First, several county races, including all the commissioner and constable races, consist only of Republican ...
referendums should be held on casinos: NDP - Metronews.ca
18 May 2012, 6:57 pm
That’s the message from New Democrats outraged that there won’t be any mandatory local
referendums before Ontario’s new casinos are built. In the wake of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.’s expansion into 29 potential “gaming zones” across ...
