Help:Categories for local ballot measures
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See Political topic categories for local ballot measures.
Administration
- Category:Home Rule charter, Name of State, Year
- Category:City incorporation, Name of State, Year
- Category:Charter amendment, Name of State, Year
- Category:Salary compensation, Name of State, Year
- Category:Advisory committee, Name of State, Year
- Category:City ordinance, Name of State, Year
- Category:District creation, Name of State, Year
Alcohol
Category:Local alcohol is a child category of
Category:Local alcohol, Texas, 2009 goes on a specific local ballot measure article. It is a child category of:
- Category:Local alcohol, Texas, which is a child category of:
- Category:Local alcohol, 2009, which is a child category of:
Annexation
Bonds
- Category:School bond, Name of State, 2009
- Category:City bond, Name of State, 2009
- Category:County bond, Name of State, 2009
Budget
- Category:City budget, State, 2009
- Category:County budget, State, 2009
- Category:School budget, State, 2009
Business Regulation
Category:Local business regulation, California, 2009
Car Impound
Elections
Example:
- Category:Local election and voting laws, California, 2009. This goes on ballot measures such as:
- Changing the number of members of a city, county or school board
- Changing from an elected city clerk to an appointed city clerk
- It should go on land use ballot measures that try to expand or limit voting rights; for example, a ballot measure that says that when a city changes zoning, that decision must go on the ballot for a vote.
Electrical Aggregation
English language
Environment
Fireworks
Gambling
Immigration
Land
Land purchase
Land use, zoning
Example:
- Category:Zoning, land use and development, California, 2009. This goes on ballot measures about:
- Zoning
- Development restrictions
- Restrictions on specific types of development (size of store, building heights, etc.)
- It should go on land use ballot measures that try to expand or limit voting rights; for example, a ballot measure that says that when a city changes zoning, that decision must go on the ballot for a vote.
Marijuana
Military recruitment
Motto (city)
Rent control
Signage
Smoking
Spending limits
Taxes
Business tax
Gas tax
Sales tax
Hotel tax
Income tax
Property tax
- Category:School property tax, Oregon, 2009
- Category:City property tax, California, 2009
- Category:County property tax, Arkansas, 2009
- Category:District property tax, Colorado, 2009
Utility tax
- Category:City Utility tax, Oregon, 2009
- Category:County Utility tax, Oregon, 2009
- Category:Utility usage fees, Oregon, 2009
Tax cuts
Term limits
Category:Local term limits is a child category of
Category:Local term limits, California, 2009 goes on a specific local ballot measure article. It is a child category of:
- Category:Local term limits, California, which is a child category of:
- Category:Local term limits, 2009, which is a child category of:
Transportation
Category:Local transportation, California, 2009

