amendment
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The measure proposes an amendment to the city charter that would allow youth voters to participate only in school board and city elections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Florida voters took a big step toward cutting their own taxes, passing a constitutional amendment to significantly slash local property-tax bills.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
The panel worked with Le Hegarat on an amendment to address that, external.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
In October, Insurance Commissioner John King released a proposed waiver amendment that would replace the federal premium tax credit with a Predictable Fixed Credit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Anthony didn’t see the amendment as progress for African American men; she saw it as “an outrage against women.”
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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However, neither the school nor the trust are complacent on such issues and amendments will be kept under careful review as a result of the coroner's report.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Byers said at Tuesday’s City Council meeting that she would pursue amendments to the ordinance to clarify that, beyond partnerships of three or more, multiple twosomes can also be registered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
He argued for the need to construe these amendments in the light of humanity, “in the light of progress and civilization” that we want to see.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
The human study protocol, all amendments, and the informed consent form received approval from the Institutional Review Boards at the participating sites.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Constitutional amendments guaranteeing African Americans “equal protection of the laws” and the right to vote proved as impotent as the Emancipation Proclamation once a white backlash against Reconstruction gained steam.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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