Ballot Initiative and Referendum Resources
I. Relevant Organizations
Ballot
Initiative Strategy Center (BISC)
BallotFunding.org
No state limits contributions to ballot measure campaigns.
Ballotfunding.org researches and discloses the top funders to ballot
measures in each state. Additionally, this organization monitors
and analyzes state ballot measure campaign contribution disclosure
laws.
Initiative
and Referendum Institute
The Initiative and Referendum Institute is a 501(c)(3)
non-profit, non-partisan, educational and research organization
that analyzes, promotes and defends the initiative and referendum
process.
The
Campaign Finance Institute
Campaign
Finance Information Center
The
Center for Responsive Politics
II. Tools and Resources
CFTE Look at Election
Issues
CFTE examines previous elections, definitions, lessons learned,
and 2004 outlook.
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Questions A Journalist Should Ask About Poll Results
Is your campaign using polls to help guide the ballot process? If
so, you should know what reporters and journalists expect from polling
results. The National Council on Public Polls has produced this
guide that can help. If you’re a campaign manager or an interested
participant in a campaign, you should read this.
Ten
Things You Should Think Through Before You Sponsor an Initiative
(BISC)
Top
5 Reasons for Using Public Opinion Research in Ballot Measure Campaigns
(BISC)
Sample
Transportation Surveys (National Transportation Library)
Find
out if your state allows initiatives or referenda (BISC)
History
of the Initiative & Referenda Process (BISC)
The
Effects of Ballot Initiatives on Voter Turnout in American States
(BISC)
List
of qualified campaign consultants(media, polling, etc.) (BISC)
Powerpoint presentations
from "Transit Initiatives and Communities: Lessons Learned"
Conference, December 2003
Lessons
Learned: A Conference on Transit Referenda and Why They Succeed
or Fail(PDF)
Compiled transcripts from the 2001 Transit Initiatives Conference
held in San Jose
STPP:
Measuring Up: The Trend Toward Voter Approved Transportation Funding
Using
a Defensive Campaign to Build Stronger Coalitions (BISC)
Lessons
Learned from a Successful Defensive Campaign to Stop an Anti-tax
Spending Limit (BISC)
III. Campaign Finance
A
Buyer’s Guide to Ballot Measures - The Role of Money in 2002
Ballot Initiative Campaigns (PDF) (BISC)
Campaign
Finance Reform Blind Spot: Ballot Measure Disclosure (PDF) (BISC)
Ballot
Funding Disclousure Requirements for each State (Ballotfunding.org)
IV. Highlights of Web-based tactics
Denver-lightrail.com
Interesting site showing businesses and attractions in close proximity
to Denver's light rail system.
V. Initiative Outlook, Results, Analyses
Factors
Influencing Voting Results of Local Transportation Funding Initiatives
with a Substantial Transit Component: Case Studies of Ballot Measures
in Eleven Communities(PDF)
Research by Peter Haas at San Jose State University, California
Why
Campaigns for Local Transportation Initiatives Succeed or Fail:
An Analysis of Four Communities and National Data(PDF)
Research by Peter Haas at San Jose State University, California
CFTE
Outlook at 2004 Public Transportation Ballot Initiatives
CFTE
2003 Elections News and Information
November
2003 Initiatives and Referenda Election Results (BISC)
Analysis
of 2002 Transportation Ballot Measures (BISC)
Results
for All 2002 Initiative and Referenda Elections (BISC)
If you know of a link that should be added to this list,
please contact us at info@cfte.org.
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