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In regional elections last month, it was ejected from two state legislatures and barely scraped in to the third.
ECONOMIST: Will the new face for the Free Democrats be tough enough?
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Opting out would require action by state legislatures, two Democratic sources told CNN on Tuesday.
CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS
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The opposition is likely to retain control of at least two of Malaysia's 13 state legislatures and should perform well in urban constituencies where middle-class voters have clamored for change.
NPR: Voting Begins In Tight Malaysian National Election
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The opposition is likely to retain control of at least two of Malaysia's 13 state legislatures and should perform well in urban constituencies where a growing bank of middle-class voters have clamored for political change.
NPR: Voting Begins In Tight Malaysian National Election
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According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, thirty-two states have some sort of voting identification law.
CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS
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But the movement stalled, and by the 1982 deadline, the amendment was ratified by 35 state legislatures, three states short of two-thirds required by the Constitution.
CNN: A new version of the ERA
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That means that the fight against ObamaCare for the next two years will be waged primarily in the courts and state legislatures.
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In the past two years, following Republican election gains in 2010, GOP-dominated state legislatures have passed more than 130 bills intended to reduce access to abortion.
WSJ: Roe v Wade: After 40 years, deep divide is legacy
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That has supporters, including the NRF, the SSTGB and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), mulling over how to revamp two bills, both called the "Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act, " which have been pending in the House and the Senate since 2007.
FORBES: Magazine Article
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Proponents of the bill would really like to do away with electoral voting altogether but, realizing how difficult it is to gain the two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress to approve and three-fourths of state legislatures to ratify a Constitutional amendment, have instead devised this clever end-run.
FORBES: Campaign 2016 Has Already Begun In A State Legislature Near You