A majority of states which allow ballot initiatives received a failing grade on fairness and transparency in the initiative process, according to a new report from the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC).
Doug Bruce remains for now one step ahead of the law. The controversial father of the Taxpayers Bill of Rights is apparently running from the law by staying at home and refusing to answer the door. In a high…
Maine already has a TABOR-like spending-limitation law. Proposed by Governor John Baldacci, it passed the state legislature in January 2005 — just two months after voters rejected a radical tax-capping initiative (the “Palesky Tax Cap”).
Baldacci, a Democrat,…
Last week, the backer of Missouri’s TABOR initiative told a district court judge that initiative signatures should be considered valid even if submitted in a trash bag.
The judge, Richard Callahan, trashed the TABOR initiative instead. Yesterday he
A quick update from the TABOR battle in Montana:
In court actions filed Tuesday, Attorney Jonathan Motl accused that state’s TABOR proponents of “the most extensive, consistent and deliberate assault on Montana’s initiative process witnessed to date.” Montanans…
Montana’s version of TABOR, Constitutional Initiative 97 (or CI-97), hasn’t officially made the ballot yet. Its signatures still await certification by Sec’y of State Brad Johnson. That could come as soon as this Friday.
Or maybe not. The CI-97…
The political advocacy group Missourians in Charge (MIC) turns out to be neither — not Missourians, nor in charge. Not really a group, even — just a lone Beltway insider backed by a New York City libertarian and an army…
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