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RT @bueti: EGP Council votes with about 2/3 majority to have 2 leading candidates (Spitzenkandidaten) for European election 2019.

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With city data indicating that African - Americans have been charged with marijuana crimes twice as frequently as white residents, the Oakland City Council voted unanimously in March to allocate 50 percent of medical marijuana and cannabis sales permits to people affected by the war on drWith city data indicating that African - Americans have been charged with marijuana crimes twice as frequently as white residents, the Oakland City Council voted unanimously in March to allocate 50 percent of medical marijuana and cannabis sales permits to people affected by the war on drwith marijuana crimes twice as frequently as white residents, the Oakland City Council voted unanimously in March to allocate 50 percent of medical marijuana and cannabis sales permits to people affected by the war on drugs.

«A significant share of the ECB Governing Council typically votes with the president.

Council agreed but cut Ford's victory dance short by promptly voting to do away with plastic bags altogether as of Jan. 1, 2013.

The closed - session council vote was unanimous with one councilman abstaining due to a conflict of interest, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reported.

«With that vote Russia made a commitment to us, to the Syrian people, and the world to stop the killing in Syria,» Haley said of February's UN Security Council ceasefire in Syria.

So after the pro-democracy legislators in Hong Kong's Legislative Council (Legco) voted down Beijing's proposal to replace the former British colony's undemocratic electoral system with another equally undemocratic version, the only thing we should expect is that this is not the end of the story.

According to the South China Morning Post, a record - high 2.2 million people turned out to vote, compared with the 1.8 million that turned out in the 2012 Legislative Council election.

With those stats from the city of Oakland's Department of Race and Equity in hand, the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to overhaul the nation's first equity program to set aside 50 percent of medical marijuana and cannabis business permits during the first phase of permitting for people affected by the War on Drugs.

With 14 votes in the U.N. General Assembly, the region can be key to Canada's 2020 bid for a non-permanent U.N. Security Council seat.

The committee decided by 15 votes to 10 to enter into negotiations with the European Council, with a view to agreeing on a common text.

The minutes of the meeting say a «fulsome discussion ensued,» with three council members voting for the postponement and 14 voting against.

The ECB's monetary policy in September was a non-event, with the governing council neither making any changes to the existing policy nor adding new ones as they voted to leave interest rates and non-monetary policies on hold.

In the Public School Board races, Michael Janz was re-elected in a landslide in Ward F. With 15,671 votes and 71.4 percent of the total vote, Janz earned the most votes of any trustee and council candidate and the highest percentage of any candidate in this election except Don Iveson.

«That this House expresses profound concern that, despite voting 279 in favour and none against the motion calling on the Government to refer genocidal atrocities of Daesh to the United Nations Security Council on 14 April 2016, still, no such referral has been made; recalls the words of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in an article in the Telegraph on 27 March 2016, Daesh are engaged in what can only be called genocide of the poor Yazidis, though for some baffling reason the Foreign Office still hesitates to use the term genocide; and calls on the Government to ensure that the unanimous will of Parliament is implemented with urgency.»

With the assistance of foresighted men like Msgr. Oesterreicher, and the unofficial but crucial input from Jewish historians and theologians, the declaration — after numerous drafts, several years of intense debate, and even a last second bid by reactionaries to thwart it — was voted on and finally passed at the Council, by an overwhelming margin.

Its unacceptable and it needs to change, Thats is exactly why i voted for Bill De Blasio because he is one of the only men on the NYC Council with common decency and SENSE!

I think an authoritative religious council residing in Mecca should be democratically elected from muslim populations around the world, as should the cardinals in Rome, with women voting also.

He concluded his statement by saying, «I think, I shall give my vote for integration with sadness of heart and the deepest misgivings because I can not see clearly that it is the leading of the Holy Spirit».37 F. Berkeli (formerly the mission secretary of the Lutheran World Federation) of Norway agreed with Max Warren and voiced the same apprehension about the administrative unity of the two councils.

It's a compilation of dozens of books written by men in the first century, voted into canon by a council of bishops from a selection of - hundreds - of such books after being «sanitized» of anything that didn't jibe with church dogma.

Presbyterian general assemblies are not universal councils of the church, and setting agendas and shaping deliberations in concert with other churches and their councils would help to avoid the conceit that authority in the church belongs to a voting majority of seven hundred commissioners.

The American Chemistry Council trade group responded with a written statement that called Wednesday's vote «unwarranted.»

The National Leadership Council represents a group with voting power that lets franchisees» voices be heard and has franchisee involvement in the decision - making process.

Council members voted 5 - 1, approving a special - use permit for the Downers Grove Park District to proceed with the project.

The Village Council last month voted unanimously to approve the project with minor revisions, despite opposition from environmental groups and residents.

Last September, the City Council voted to allocate $ 8 million to build the complex, with plans to open it in 2002.

The New York City Council voted 28 - 20 to require certain retailers to collect a fee on each carryout bag, paper or plastic, with some exceptions, with Mayor Bill de Blasio expressing support for the measure.

Despite initial reservations about his independence, the New York City Council voted 48 - 2, with one abstention, to approve de Blasio's pick to head the city Department of Investigation: Mark Peters.

This election, in contrast, was praised by observers as being generally smooth and peaceful, with the country's Constitutional Council confirming Monday that Ouattara scooped 83.66 percent of the vote.

The graphs below show how changes in the shares of council seats won by each party are strongly correlated with changes in general election vote intentions.

This new responsibility was shared, however, with an unwieldy new Financial Stability Oversight Council and its 10 voting members.

DC's City Council is one vote away from enacting a progressive tax increase that will prevent budget cuts to safety net services — and we're going to try to get that vote with an action at City Hall on Wednesday.

Using other online tools such as email and Facebook and even offline tools like phone calls and text messages, they urged supporters to ask Susan to use her relationship with NYC Council Speaker (and expected candidate for NYC Mayor in 2013) Christine Quinn to allow the council to vote on paid sick days legisCouncil Speaker (and expected candidate for NYC Mayor in 2013) Christine Quinn to allow the council to vote on paid sick days legiscouncil to vote on paid sick days legislation.

The Working Families Party voted to endorse a slew of City Council candidates, with a few candidates getting the nod over the objections of one of the party's local chapters.

Third, the Constitutional Committee organized a national election of 25 Constitutional Assembly representatives to draft the constitution, a task that the Constitutional Assembly, renamed Council, completed within the four months assigned to it in 2011 by producing a partly crowd - sourced constitution bill, fully consistent with the conclusion of the National Assembly, and passing it unanimously with 25 votes to 0, a rare feat.

Also Dickson community to community meet the people tour may turn out to be the game changer for the ruling party as the tour afforded the governor the opportunity to interface with the communities in all the nooks and crannies of the council to sell his agenda to the locals The APC may have captured power at the federal level but the PDP remains a formidable party in the state where money, to a large extent, plays a major role in swaying the vote.

As supporters and opponents go head - to - head with their positions on the Horse - Carriage Ban, lobbyists will be targeting City Council Members with a full on assault to sway their votes, but there's one legislator who could not be bought.

Also on the republican list of demands: abolition of the Privy Council; full proportional representation in elections for the House of Commons; decentralisation of power to local and community authorities; a voting age of 16; fixed - term parliaments; state funding of political parties; a ban on outside earnings for MPs; more powerful Commons select committees, with powers to confirm or block ministerial appointments; elected police chiefs and elected mayors in all the major cities.

In the EU referendum, Essex voted overwhelmingly to leave the EU, with all 14 District Council areas voting to leave, the smallest margin being in Uttlesford.

Casino opponents with the group SAVE Saratoga say the March vote by the City Council puts a full - size casino in the Spa City out of the question.

The electorate of Stoke - on - Trent voted to remove the post of elected mayor on 23 October 2008, to be replaced with a system of council leader and cabinet.

Only yesterday, the Christian Council of Ghana capped months of protestations against the practice of homosexuality with a strongly worded message against the practice and courting Ghanaians not to vote for any politician who believes in the rights of homosexuals.

The Lib Dems also benefited from a Brexit backlash, with huge wins in two south - west London councils, Kingston and Richmond, both areas with a heavily pro-remain vote.

With nearly six weeks left before the general election, Republican City Council candidate Dan Halloran opened up his Bayside campaign offices Saturday to get out the vote.

Many states in the USA and Germany and other countries have a power of recall leading to a new election, either through a petition from the people or a council vote of no - confidence with a special majority.

Comrie, head of the Council's Queens coalition, received 62.46 percent with 5,393 votes, while Vanel, an attorney, received 37.54 -LSB-...]

Sheehan may split the progressive vote with Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin and he will take the more conservative section of Democratic voters.

Relative to the number of seats being contested, the average Remain vote across councils with elections this week is 52 %.

In the Long Beach City Council race for three seats, the three Democrats were leading with all precincts counted: Incumbents Scott Mandel and Chumi Diamond and West End Neighbors Civic Association President John Bendo, who garnered the most votes.

«You have been supportive of historic candidacies and create a space and a platform for those leaders of color, those leaders who are women... Tish James is one of those, who for 17 years has been lockstep with this party,» former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito said to party members before the vote.