Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of ColumbiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gambling
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Lottery Initiative
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of ColumbiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gambling
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
State Lotteries
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Intergovernmental RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gambling
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
The Initiative
Author: Joseph F. ZimmermanPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438453396
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The initiative is the product of the populist movement, which in the late nineteenth century sought to increase voter control of what were viewed as unrepresentative state and local governments. Today, twenty-four states allow registered voters to place proposed state laws on the referendum ballot, and eighteen states authorize voters to place proposed state constitutional amendments on the referendum ballot by collecting a specified number of valid voter signatures. Numerous local governments have a charter provision or a state law provision allowing voters to employ the popular lawmaking device. In The Initiative, Second Edition, Joseph F. Zimmerman traces the origin and spread of the initiative in the United States. The initiative has been a controversial device since first being introduced in South Dakota in 1898, with arguments both in support and in opposition. Zimmerman examines and evaluates both the legal foundation of the initiative, and the arguments against its use. He then concludes with a chapter that develops model constitutional, statutory, and local government charter provisions to assist jurisdictions and their voters contemplating adoption of the initiative or amendment of already existing constitutional, statutory, and charter initiative provisions.
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations for 2008: U.S. Dept. of State fiscal year 2008 budget justification
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related ProgramsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Lawmaking by Initiative
Author: Philip L. DuboisPublisher: Algora Publishing
ISBN: 0875863124
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This book describes the history of the initiative process and the major issues that have arisen during its increasing use in recent years. By elucidating the problems that have arisen and their possible solutions, the authors seek both to inform the debate about the wisdom of the initiative and to offer suggestions for improvement to jurisdictions that choose to use the process. With the aid of more than 40 charts and tables, the authors compare the major features of the initiative in the American jurisdictions that have adopted the procedure-24 states and the District of Columbia. They draw particularly on the experience in California, the most frequent U.S. user of the initiative and a major battleground in the development of ideas about the process. The book also discusses the use of the initiative in other countries, particularly Switzerland, where the process originated and the only other major country in the world that makes extensive use of the initiative today.
The Massachusetts register
Author: For a Dollar and a Dream
Author: Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197604889
Category : Gambling
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
This first comprehensive history of America's lottery obsession explores the spread of state lotteries and how players and policymakers alike got hooked on wishful dreams of an elusive jackpot. Every week, one in eight Americans place a bet on the dream of a life-changing lottery jackpot. Americans spend more on lottery tickets annually than on video streaming services, concert tickets, books, and movie tickets combined. The story of lotteries in the United States may seem straightforward: tickets are bought predominately by poor people driven by the wishful belief that they will overcome infinitesimal odds and secure lives of luxury. The reality is more complicated. For a Dollar and a Dream shows how, in an era of surging inequality and stagnant upward mobility, millions of Americans turned to the lottery as their only chance at achieving the American Dream. Gamblers were not the only ones who bet on betting. As voters revolted against higher taxes in the late twentieth century, states saw legalized gambling as a panacea, a way of generating a new source of revenue without cutting public services or raising taxes. Even as evidence emerged that lotteries only provided a small percentage of state revenue, and even as data mounted about their appeal to the poor, states kept passing them and kept adding new games, desperate for their longshot gamble to pay off. Alongside stories of lottery winners and losers, Jonathan Cohen shows how gamblers have used prayer to help them win a jackpot, how states tried to pay for schools with scratch-off tickets, and how lottery advertising has targeted lower income and nonwhite communities. For a Dollar and a Dream charts the untold history of the nation's lottery system, revealing how players and policymakers alike got hooked on hopes for a gambling windfall.
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2003: Justification ... Department of State, Broadcasting Board of Governors
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related AgenciesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 956
Book Description
Gambling Politics
Author: Patrick Alan PiercePublisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN: 9781588262684
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Examines the dramatic growth of legal gambling in the United States--and the shifting and often contentious politics accompanying its spread.
Sure up Your Funds
Author: Preston S. WalkerPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1503587312
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
I HAVE more than 25 years of political, non-profi t fund raising experience.. Preston Walker brings a riveting and innovative focus to the fundraising world. Prestons book captures the ideal fundraising enthusiast.Making fundraising fun and exciting. Sure up your funds is on the cutting edge of raising capital. Love it.. Jeff rey Walker, MBA/HCM Dir. of Quality & System Improvement, American Heart Association