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New Poll Says Voters Oppose Gay Marriage Block
A majority of California voters oppose a November ballot initiative that would amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage, according to a survey released Friday.
The Field Poll found that 51 percent of likely voters say they would vote against...Tags: Family, Local Authority, Minority Groups, Court Administration, Social Sciences
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Advocates Seek to Stop Same-Sex Marriage Measure
Associated PressSAN FRANCISCO -- Gay rights advocates asked California's highest court Friday to keep off the November ballot a citizens' initiative that would again ban same-sex marriage. Lawyers for Equality California filed a petition arguing that the proposed...Tags: Family, Referenda, Local Authority, Court Administration, Minority Groups
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11 Initiatives Slated For November Ballot
California's November ballot will include 11 initiatives, dealing with topics ranging from abortion to high-speed rail construction to gay marriage.
Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced the general election lineup on Friday, but it could grow.
The...Tags: Railway Transportation, Family, Referenda, Minority Groups, State Budgets
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Teens And Abortion
An initiative that would require a 48-hour waiting period and parental notification before a minor could get an abortion has qualified for the California ballot.
Similar proposals were rejected by voters in 2005 and 2006.
Secretary of State Debra...Tags: Voting, Referenda, Elections, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Abortion
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Times Poll: Californians narrowly reject gay marriage
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBy bare majorities, Californians reject the state Supreme Court's decision to allow same-sex marriages and back a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at the November ballot that would outlaw such unions, a Los Angeles Times/KTLA Poll has found. But...Tags: Government, Family, Referenda, National Government, Court Administration
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Many reject California ruling on same-sex nuptials
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLOS ANGELES — By bare majorities, Californians reject the state Supreme Court's decision to allow same-sex marriages and back a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at the November ballot that would outlaw such unions, a new Los Angeles Times/...Tags: Family, Referenda, Court Administration, Minority Groups, Laws
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Electronic voting is facing a recall
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSecond of two parts Electronic voting was widely embraced -- with the help of the federal government -- as the cure for inaccuracies in vote counting that roiled the 2000 presidential election. But eight years later, the fix has spawned a new round of...Tags: US Elections, Government, Polls, Referenda, National Government
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Early primary paid off for state and Clinton
CAPITOL JOURNALCalifornians can be thankful the state held its presidential primary on the earliest day legally possible. And Hillary Rodham Clinton should be especially grateful. Clinton probably wouldn't even be in the race today if California had not rescued her...Tags: US Elections, Government, Polls, National Government, Primaries
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Letters to the editor
Post-election buzz Re "Split decision for Clinton, Obama; McCain takes major states handily," Feb. 6 I'm almost 56 years old, and the political impressions that affected me most growing up were the intensity of the Cold War and the civil rights...Tags: Health Treatments, Personal Income, Government Health Care, Budgets and Budgeting, Beverly Hills
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Five Counties May Use Contested Voting Machines In February
The Associated PressCalifornia's secretary of state will let five counties use their electronic voting machines in the February primary election, despite her claim that the machines were sold without proper certification. Secretary of State Debra Bowen is suing the...Tags: Voting, US Elections, Primaries, Elections
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