2000 Ballot Measures - Defenders of Wildlife State Biodiversity Programs Biodiversity, Citizens and the States 2000 Ballot Measures Defenders of Wildlife operates a State Biodiversity Clearinghouse to broaden the influence and expertise of activists on issues affecting wildlife and wildlands. The State Biodiversity Clearinghouse provides information, strategies, tactics and organizing tools to grassroots activists working to strengthen state wildlife and wildlands protection.
Ballot measures are an important tool for state activists.
Ballot measures give citizens the power to propose bills and laws, and to enact or reject them at the polls. Twenty-six states allow some form of ballot action by state citizens. A few states allow measures in any general, primary, or special election. Following is a breakdown of 2000 ballot measures by topic, including updates on previously reported measures and what to look for in 2002. This measure will oblige the state to fund conservation and revitalization of brownfields and greenspaces in Ohio.