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Democrats Wonder if Legal Pot on State Ballots Will Fire Up Young Voters in 2012
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyDemocratic strategists think they know what will lure young, liberal voters to the polls in 2012: legal pot, or at least the potential for it. A ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana in certain quantities has fired up 20-somethings in California, and as a result Democrats are considering pushing for similar measures in swing states two years from now, The Wall Street Journal reported. A coalition of pot advocates and left-leaning political groups are testing the waters for marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington state, and they're considering doing the same in Nevada. ...
Special Interests Beware: Californians Fight Back on Prop. 14, Other Measures
By Lou Cannon - Politics DailySUMMERLAND, California -- California's dependence on the initiative process has often been criticized as an impediment to good government, but Californians showed at the polls this week that they have the ability to ignore one-sided political ad campaigns and stand up to special interests. The most well-known ballot initiative was Proposition 14. Approved by voters on Tuesday, it will replace partisan ballots in the primaries (excepting presidential contests) with a single ballot from which the top two candidates will advance to the general election. Its enactment seems likely to encourage ...
Marijuana Legalization Could End Up On California Ballot
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyProponents of an initiative that would legalize marijuana in California say they have collected enough signatures to put it onto the 2010 ballot. A minimum 433,971 valid signatures were required to move the measure forward, and advocates say they've gathered more than 680,000, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. "It was very easy," the initiative's main proponent, Richard Lee, told the paper. "People were eager to sign. We heard they were ripping the petitions out of people's hands to do it." The measure would make it legal for adults over 21 years old to possess up to an ounce of marijuana ...
Update: Gay Marriage Ban Passes in California
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyWednesday, 11/5: It was a squeaker, but California has voted to make gay marriage unconstitutional. When the final tally shakes out the numbers will be something like 52. For an update on all California's ballot measures, click here.Out here in California voting can sometimes seem more like a homework assignment than a civic duty. That's because in addition to all the candidates to choose from, there is a host of state ballot measures the public has to mull over. This year there's a baker's dozen of propositions, dealing with everything from parole to conditions for farm animals to alternative ...
Gay Marriage Gaining Momentum
By David Knowles - Politics DailyTwo major developments in New York and California have thrust the issue of same-sex marriage back into the political spotlight. First, California's Supreme Court struck down the state's ban on gay marriage, saying it violated the California Constitution. Second, yesterday, New York's governor directed all of his state's agencies to begin recognizing same-sex marriages performed in places, like California, where the practice is legal. While California's court decision will be tested in November with a ballot initiative to amend the state's constitution so as to outlaw gay marriage, new polls ...
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