Direct Legislation; Or, The Veto Power in the Hands of the PeopleC.F. Taylor, 1900 - 173페이지 |
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... made , resulted in 32 ballots for and 2,583 against it - 81 to 1 against the action of Councils . Councils were flooded with petitions , mass - meetings were held and the press DEMOCRACY AND DIRECT LEGISLATION . 11 was practically a unit.
... made , resulted in 32 ballots for and 2,583 against it - 81 to 1 against the action of Councils . Councils were flooded with petitions , mass - meetings were held and the press DEMOCRACY AND DIRECT LEGISLATION . 11 was practically a unit.
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... ballots , and vote yes or no on each issue , thus : MARK YOUR CHOICE . For President , Bryan , McKinley , Woolley , Barker , Debs , etc. X For Vice - President , Stevenson , Roosevelt , Donnelly , etc. X 1. Shall the Philippines be ...
... ballots , and vote yes or no on each issue , thus : MARK YOUR CHOICE . For President , Bryan , McKinley , Woolley , Barker , Debs , etc. X For Vice - President , Stevenson , Roosevelt , Donnelly , etc. X 1. Shall the Philippines be ...
19 페이지
... ballot to show how a person who did not agree wholly with either party might thru the referendum express his real convictions fully and accurately . The voters in this way could express their thought on each individual issue with entire ...
... ballot to show how a person who did not agree wholly with either party might thru the referendum express his real convictions fully and accurately . The voters in this way could express their thought on each individual issue with entire ...
23 페이지
... ballots and to vote yes or no on each issue . ( See above , page 18. ) 5. It makes for political purity , stopping corrupt legisla- tion , and destroying the concentration of temptation which exists where a few legislators can take ...
... ballots and to vote yes or no on each issue . ( See above , page 18. ) 5. It makes for political purity , stopping corrupt legisla- tion , and destroying the concentration of temptation which exists where a few legislators can take ...
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... ballot may be used not merely one day in the year , but any day the public good requires that the great engine of popular sovereignty may be made to move whenever the people see fit to turn on the steam . It is the key to the ful ...
... ballot may be used not merely one day in the year , but any day the public good requires that the great engine of popular sovereignty may be made to move whenever the people see fit to turn on the steam . It is the key to the ful ...
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163 페이지 - ... but the people reserve to themselves power to propose laws and amendments to the constitution and to enact or reject the same at the polls, independent of the legislative assembly...
109 페이지 - The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small.
58 페이지 - ... such laws as may be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, support of the state government and its existing public institutions...
145 페이지 - Were I to assign to this term a precise and definite idea, I would say, purely and simply, it means a government by its citizens in mass, acting directly and personally, according to rules established by the majority ; and that every other government is more or less republican, in proportion as it has in its composition more or less of this ingredient of the direct action of the citizens.
164 페이지 - The veto power of the Governor shall not extend to measures referred to the people. All elections on measures referred to the people of the state shall be had at the biennial regular general elections, except when the Legislative Assembly shall order a special election.
164 페이지 - The legal voters or such fractional part thereof of the State of Utah, as may be provided by law, under such conditions and in such manner and within such time as may be provided by law, may initiate any desired legislation and cause the same to be submitted to a vote of the people...
164 페이지 - ... petition, and every such petition shall include the full text of the measure so proposed. Initiative petitions shall be filed with the secretary of state not less than four months before the election at which they are to be voted upon.
164 페이지 - Court at the regular election last preceding the filing of any petition for the Initiative or for the Referendum shall be the basis on which the number of legal voters necessary to sign such petition shall be counted.
163 페이지 - He asked that his proposition be submitted to a vote of the people at the next general election, and offered to give bonds for the performance of the terms of his contract.
71 페이지 - ... believing, as I do, that the mass of the citizens is the safest depository of their own rights, and especially, that the evils flowing from the duperies of the people, are less injurious than those from, the egoism of their agents, I am a friend to that composition of government which has in it the most of this ingredient.