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« Barrington hosting emergency meeting on school aid | Today | Phone companies to PUC: Forget records' probe » June 19, 2006Court to decide on governor's ballot questionsPROVIDENCE -- Secretary of State Matt Brown is asking a court to decide whether voters will be presented with two nonbinding ballot questions during the November election. The questions on limiting property taxes and voter initiative are being pushed by Governor Carcieri. Although they're not binding, the governor has used the results of such questions in the past to show that voters support certain issues. The Democrat-dominated General Assembly recently stripped the Republican governor of his power to place questions on the ballot, but not before the governor moved to put the two questions to voters in November. The bill said the law would "take effect upon passage." -- Associated Press, with projo.com reports Jeff Neal, a spokesman for the governor, said Carcieri had ordered the secretary of state's office to put the question on the ballot before the bill passed, and would fight in court to ensure the questions make it to voters. The governor submitted the questions to the secretary of state's office on May 3, and the General Assembly passed the bill May 25, Brown's office said in a news release. Carcieri vetoed the bill on May 30. The House overrode the veto on June 6, and the Senate overrode it June 13. The governor's office submitted amended versions of one of the questions twice, on May 30 and June 1. In a filing last week, Brown, a Democrat, asked the Superior Court in Providence for a declaratory judgment. He also asked the court to expedite the process because his office must begin printing the ballot by Aug. 9. The case has been assigned to Superior Court Judge Stephen J. Fortunato, and is schueld for a hearing July 3, a court clerk said today. -- Associated Press, with projo.com reports Posted by Andrea Panciera CommentsPost a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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