Potential Ballot Proposals

The Gazette lists some of the potential ballot proposals for 2008.

Whether to legalize marijuana use for medical reasons;

Whether to repeal the state ban on embryonic stem-cell research;

Whether to approve a constitutional mandate to ensure every Michigan resident has affordable, comprehensive health-care coverage;

Whether to give voters the power to repeal tax increases passed by the Legislature and signed by the governor;

Whether to get rid of the state's full-time Legislature and replace it with a part-time body, and repeal term limits; or, alternately

Whether to get rid of the state's full-time Legislature, replace it with a part-time body, but without repealing term limits.

There has also been talk of proposals involving the Fair Tax, right to work, taxpayers bill of rights (TABOR), immigration.