BOSTON – Secretary of State Bill Galvin said seven initiative petition campaigns submitted enough certified voter signatures to meet the requirement for consideration by lawmakers and that he will send the proposals to the Legislature for consideration during the session that starts in January, moving the initiatives one step closer to the ballot.
In addition to a constitutional amendment seeking to impose an additional tax on incomes above $1 million, the six questions deal with expanded gaming, charter schools, Common Core education standards, protection of farm animals, recreational marijuana and health care pricing.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A satirist went to Yale University recently to stage what may be a revealing spoof on campus, posing as an activist and asking passersby to sign a petition to repeal the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution – more than 50 did.
Filmmaker Ami Horowitz appears in a video approaching people and asking them if they would sign the petition to repeal the part of the country's founding document that guarantees freedom of expression, the press, assembly and religion.
