What drives support for inefficient corrective policies? Evidence from an energy ballot initiative

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Tarduno
Keyword(s):  
Ballot Initiative

Faith and Fair Housing

2013 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 284-316
Author(s):  
Bruce G. Merritt
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Property Values ◽  
Fair Housing ◽  
Ballot Initiative ◽  
White Neighborhoods ◽  
Property Owners ◽  
Fair Housing Act ◽  
Minority Families

In 1964, a California ballot initiative, Proposition 14, aiming to rescind a recent fair-housing act, proved controversial. Supporters argued that property owners had a right to sell to whomever they wished. An undercurrent addressed the supposed deleterious impact to property values if minority families could move into white neighborhoods. Racist motives were denied. This article analyzes the divisive effects of the issue on one southern California church community as it pondered the role of organized religion in matters of social justice.

Homeward Bound?: Micro-Level Legislative Responsiveness to Ballot Initiatives

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
State Legislature ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Legislative Behavior ◽  
Ballot Initiatives ◽  
Ballot Initiative ◽  
American States ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Direct Legislation

Recent macro-level studies examining the indirect effects of direct legislation on public policy in the American states are decidedly mixed. This study tests whether the macro-level logic of legislative behavior in response to ballot initiatives holds true at the micro-level for individual legislators. I examined the determinants of legislative votes on “counter-majoritarian” legislation—bills that directly challenge the outcomes of earlier statewide ballot initiatives. In 1999, the Colorado state legislature tried to overturn the outcomes of three previous ballot contests. I find that in two of the three cases, a legislator's vote on these bills was related to the vote in his or her district on the respective ballot initiative. This helps explain why many legislators will vote contrary to the outcome of a statewide initiative vote.

Evaluating ballot initiative support for legalised marijuana: The case of Washington

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 6-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loren Collingwood ◽  
Ben Gonzalez O’Brien ◽  
Sarah Dreier
Keyword(s):  
Ballot Initiative
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