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| x California Proposition 8 |
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Proposition 8 was a California ballot proposition passed in the November 2008, general election. The measure added a new section (7.5) to Article I of the California Constitution. The new section reads: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is...
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| x LGBT rights |
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender social movements share inter-related goals of social acceptance of sexuality and gender minorities. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and their allies have a long history of campaigning for...
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| x California state elections, November 2008 |
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The California state elections, November 2008 were held on November 4, 2008 throughout California. Among the elections taking place were those for the office of President of the United States, all the seats of California's delegation to the House of...
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| x California Proposition 2 |
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Proposition 2 was a California ballot proposition in that state's general election on November 4, 2008. It passed with 63% of the votes in favor and 37% against. Submitted to the Secretary of State as the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, the...
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| x California Proposition 4 |
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Proposition 4, or the Abortion Waiting Period and Parental Notification Initiative, also known to its supporters as Sarah's Law, was an initiative state constitutional amendment on the 2008 California General Election ballot
The initiative would...
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| x California Proposition 1A |
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Proposition 1A was a California ballot proposition and a bond measure that allocated funds for the California High-Speed Rail Authority. It was approved by voters in state elections on November 4, 2008.
Originally known as the Safe, Reliable High...
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| x California Proposition 3 |
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Proposition 3, or the Children's Hospital Bond Act, is a California bond issue via initiative that qualified for the November 2008 ballot. The campaign to enact the measure is supported by hospitals--all donors to the campaign of over $5,000 are...
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| x California Proposition 5 |
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California Proposition 5, or the Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act (or NORA) was an initiated state statute that appeared as a ballot measure on the November 2008 ballot in California. It was disapproved by voters on November 4 of that year....
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| x Animal rights |
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Animal rights, also referred to as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of humans. Advocates approach the issue from different philosophical...
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| x Cruelty to animals |
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Cruelty to animals sometimes refers to the infliction of suffering or harm to animals, other than humans, for purposes other than self-defense. Others broaden its use to include harm for specific gain such as killing animals for food or fur use....
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| x Property tax |
Property tax, or millage tax, is an ad valorem tax that an owner is required to pay on the value of the property being taxed. Property tax can be defined as "generally, tax imposed by municipalities upon owners of property within their jurisdiction...
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| x California Proposition 13 |
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Proposition 13, officially titled the "People's Initiative to Limit Property Taxation," was a ballot initiative to amend the constitution of the state of California. The initiative was enacted by the voters of California on June 6, 1978. It was...
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| x High-speed rail |
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High-speed rail is a type of passenger rail transport that operates significantly faster than the normal speed of rail traffic. Specific definitions include 200 km/h (125 mph) and faster — depending on whether the track is upgraded or new — by the...
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| x Parental notification |
Many jurisdictions have laws applying to minors and abortion. These parental involvement laws require that one or more parents consent or be informed before their minor daughter may legally have an abortion.
In Canada, abortion care is subject to...
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| x Arizona Proposition 107 |
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Arizona Proposition 107 was a proposed same-sex marriage ban, put before voters by ballot initiative in the 2006 General Election. If passed, it would have prohibited the state of Arizona from recognizing same-sex marriages or civil unions. The...
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| x Arizona Proposition 200 |
Proposition 200, an Arizona state initiative passed in November 2004 with 56% of the vote, requires individuals to produce proof of citizenship before they may register to vote or apply for public benefits in Arizona. The proposition also makes it a...
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| x Arizona Proposition 102 |
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Arizona Proposition 102 was an amendment to the constitution of the state of Arizona adopted by a referendum held in 2008. It added Article 30 of the Arizona Constitution, which declares
On August 26, 2008, the Arizona Attorney General and Secretary...
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| x Arizona Proposition 207 |
Arizona Proposition 207, a 2006 ballot initiative officially titled the "Private Property Rights Protection Act", requires the government to reimburse land owners when regulations result in a decrease in the property's value, and also prevents...
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| x Florida Amendment 2 |
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Florida Amendment 2 was an amendment made to the Constitution of Florida in 2008. It added Article I, Section 27 to the constitution, which defines marriage as a union only between one man and one woman, and thus bans the creation of similar unions,...
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| x Arizona Proposition 204 |
Arizona Proposition 204, the Humane Treatment of Farm Animals Act , is a ballot measure that appeared on the Arizona ballot on November 7, 2006. The measure would require that pigs and calves used for veal on factory farms be given enough room to...
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| x Same-sex marriage |
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Same-sex marriage (also called gay marriage) is a legally or socially recognized marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or social gender.
Same-sex marriage is a civil rights, political, social, moral, and/or religious issue in many...
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| x Massachusetts Sensible Marijuana Policy Initiative |
The Sensible Marijuana Policy Initiative, also known as Massachusetts Ballot Question 2, was an initiated state statute that replaced prior criminal penalties with new civil penalties on adults possessing an ounce or less of marijuana. The...
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| x Cannabis |
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Cannabis, known as marijuana, marihuana, and ganja (from Sanskrit: गांजा gañjā, meaning "hemp"), among many other names refers to any number of preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug. The most common form of...
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| x Massachusetts Greyhound Protection Act |
The Greyhound Protection Act is a Massachusetts statute that will gradually eliminate commercial dog racing by 2010. It was enacted as Question 3 on the November 4, 2008 ballot in Massachusetts.
It will shut down the state's two tracks, Raynham...
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| x California state elections, 2004 |
California's state elections were held November 2, 2004. Necessary primary elections were held on March 2. Up for election were all the seats of the State Assembly, 20 seats of the State Senate, and sixteen ballot measures.
There are 40 seats in the...
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| x California Proposition 65 |
Proposition 65 was a California ballot proposition on the November 2, 2004 ballot. It failed to pass with 3,901,748 (37.6%) votes in favor and 6,471,506 (62.4%) against. It was a state constitutional amendment that would have required voter approval...
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| x California Proposition 60A |
Proposition 60A was a California ballot proposition on the November 2, 2004 ballot. It passed with 7,776,374 (73.3%) votes in favor and 2,843,435 (26.7%) against. It was a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment, providing for the California...
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| x California Proposition 61 |
Proposition 61 was a California ballot proposition on the November 2, 2004 ballot. It passed with 6,629,095 (58.3%) votes in favor and 4,750,309 (41.7%) against. The proposition was the result of an initiative and authorized the sale of $750 million...
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| x California Proposition 62 |
Proposition 62 was a California ballot proposition on the November 2, 2004 ballot. It failed to pass with 5,119,155 (46.1%) votes in favor and 5,968,770 (53.9%) against.
Officially known as the Voter Choice Open Primary Act, the proposition was an...
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| x California Proposition 64 |
Proposition 64 was a California ballot proposition on the November 2, 2004 ballot. It passed with 6,571,694 (59.0%) votes in favor and 4,578,725 (41.0%) against. It was an initiative statute that limited the California law on unfair competition,...
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| x California Proposition 60 |
Proposition 60 was a proposition in the state of California on the November 2, 2004 ballot. It passed with 5,806,708 (67.3%) "Yes" votes, and 2,829,284 (32.7%) "No" votes. It was a legislative constitutional amendment intended to codify in the...
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| x California Constitution Article XXXV |
On November 2, 2004, Californians approved Proposition 71 (codified as California Constitution Article XXXV), the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative. The initiative makes conducting stem cell research a state constitutional right. It...
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| x Stem cell research policy |
Stem cell research policy, a controversial topic, varies significantly throughout the world. There are overlapping jurisdictions of international organizations, nations, and states or provinces. Some government policies determine what is allowed...
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| x Briggs Initiative |
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California Proposition 6 was an initiative on the California State ballot on November 7, 1978, and was more commonly known as The Briggs Initiative. Sponsored by John Briggs, a conservative state legislator from Orange County, the failed initiative...
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Berkeley (pronounced /ˈbɜrkli/) is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the...
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| x Rehabilitation |
Rehabilitation means; To restore to useful life, as through therapy and education or To restore to good condition, operation, or capacity.
The assumption of rehabilitation is that people are not permanently criminal and that it is possible to...
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| x California Proposition 6 |
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California Proposition 6, also known as the Safe Neighborhoods Act and The Runner Initiative, is a statutory initiative that appeared on the November 2008 ballot in California. This proposition was rejected by voters on November 4 of that year....
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| x Drug-Related Crime |
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Illegal drugs are related to crime in multiple ways. Most directly, it is a crime to use, possess, manufacture, or distribute drugs classified as having a potential for abuse (such as cocaine, heroin, morphine and amphetamines). Drugs are also...
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| x California Proposition 7 |
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California Proposition 7, would have required California utilities to procure half of their power from renewable resources by 2025. In order to make that goal, levels of production of solar, wind and other renewable energy resources would more than...
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| x California Proposition 9 |
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Criminal Justice System, Victims’ Rights, Parole, Constitutional Amendment and Statute.
This measure amends the State Constitution and various state laws to (1) expand the legal rights of crime victims and the payment of restitution by criminal...
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| x Renewable energy |
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Renewable energy is energy generated from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable (naturally replenished). In 2006, about 18% of global final energy consumption came from renewables, with 13%...
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