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Elections & Campaigns Unit
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So how’d we get to Romney vs. Obama anyway?
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Most states choose their candidate through a primary Opened up elections to being more “democratic”
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If me, and a few hundred thousand of my buddies think something should be a law, can we make this happen or what ?
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Allows citizens to propose or initiate a statute or constitutional amendment Once enough signatures are gathered on petitions, the law is usually stayed, or stopped from going into effect, until the voters have decided the question Wyoming is the only state where a law passed by the legislature is not stayed when petition signatures mandate a referendum.
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What if the legislature are too lame to pass a controversial law? Can I get in on that?
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Allows citizens to refer a statute passed by the legislature to the ballot so that voters can enact or repeal the measure Every state allows the legislature to place a measure on the ballot
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What if my elected official totally sucks?
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A procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before his or her term has ended 2012 Successful Recalls 2012 recall of Bob Ryan, Mayor of Sheboygan, WIBob Ryan 2012 recall of Wisconsin State Senator Van H. WanggaardVan H. Wanggaard 2012 Unsuccessful Recalls 2012 recall of Wisconsin Governor Scott WalkerScott Walker
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