date:Nov 05, 2012
use the ballot box to decide issues in addition to candidates are deciding on about the same number of mesures that they did in 2010, according to the Denver-based National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). This year, a state-by-state analysis by NCSL shows 12 popular referenda, 42 citizen initiatives, and 115 bills referred to the people by a state legislative body.
In California, Proposition 37 started out with polling that said it could get as much as 90 percent of the vote.
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