In the 2011 election only 44.8 percent of First
Nations people voted as opposed to 61 percent of the electorate, yet this is the fastest growing segment of the population, Ms. Manitowabi noted.
Not exact matches
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.
had hoped to find both the necessary
votes and time on the House floor for consideration of a bill that would spin the
nation's air traffic controllers and thousands of
people working on modernizing the aviation system into a private nonprofit corporation.
«Give generosity to those who seek to form opinion and discernment to those who
vote, that our
nation may prosper and that, with all the
peoples of Europe, we may work for peace and the common good.
It is a call for like - minded
people of like - faith to UTILIZE the religions freedom established by our forefathers to
vote into office a
person who... according to our shared beliefs... fits in with our concept of what makes a
person «honest, forthright, [and has] a healthy vision for the
nations future & its citizens.»
The Republicans have positioned themselves so that religious
people vote for them on social issues, while they pursue an economic agenda that disadvantages me, and probably you, and leads to a
nation in which prosperity is reserved for the very few.
Making laws based on religious beliefs and
voting for
people just because they share your religious beliefs gives this
nation an established religion.
They would be rightly called part of the «evangelical right wing»; they believe abortion is the great evil of our generation, that the US is a Christian
nation, and that «no one who is a Christian can
vote for this (policy / party /
person).»
Quit
voting for a
person just because of his or her religious affiliations especially in a
nation that forbids the government from championing or assaulting any specific religion.
America is the only industrialized
nation where so many
people «live poor and
vote rich.»
Taking a mandate from his small base (compared to the UK population and also the nine million
people that
voted Labour at the last general election), he and Momentum are sweeping the
nation with a message of progressive change.
The English Democrats believe that violence should never undermine the democratic process of our
nation, also with the newly selected Labour candidate never having received any
votes, it was only right that the
people of Batley and Spen should have a choice on election day.
He added: «Your
vote will be a great instrument in your hands and it will allow you to participate in changing the lives of our
people and transforming our
nation.
«What we did last year, with the creation of the Women's Equality Party, the first state in the
nation to say that women's issues are so significant that we believe that women —
people should have the right to
vote for a candidate who is on that line.»
Ghanaians will not repeat such a big mistake by
voting for another old
person in the
person of Nana Addo to experience such a bitter situation where the entire
nation was in apprehension, therefore Nana Addo should honorably throw his support for President Mahama to go for the second term.
The General Overseer tasked the youth to resist the temptation of being used by some disgruntled politician to foment trouble and urged the electorate to
vote for
people who have the development of the
nation at heart.
And while the UK - wide picture seemed relatively proportional, in every region and
nation which
people actually live and relate to, we see seats not matching
votes.
yup
people are going to
vote for a hedge fund director who played a large roll the economic crisis our state,
nation, and world finds itself in.
Yesterday's 43 to 3
vote by the NYC Council will launch the largest local ID program in the
nation — also allowing transgender, homeless, and elderly
people who sometimes struggle to get driver's licenses to secure an ID.
«The Kenyan
people, by this
vote, have moved to strengthen the frontiers of their democracy, and it is my hope that, regardless of the decision taken by Kenya's Supreme Court, the delivery of progress and prosperity to the Kenyan
people will continue in a process of national reconciliation and in conditions of freedom and the rule of law to the benefit of the welfare and stability of the Kenyan
nation.»
By calling on politicians to ensure politics is relevant, young
people can finally be encouraged to have a say in the
nation's future and halt this downward spiral of non
voting.
Tossing his «boring» prepared remarks into the air, President Donald Trump on Thursday unleashed a fierce denunciation of the
nation's immigration policies, calling for tougher border security while repeating his unsubstantiated claim that «millions» of
people voted illegally in California.
«We are no longer the 52 % who
voted Leave and the 48 % who
voted Remain, but one great union of
people and
nations with a proud history and a bright future.
If
people with disabilities register and
vote at the same rate as the rest of the
nation, between 5 & 10 million more
votes will be cast in the next Presidential election!
When we do
vote, We The
People will once again solidify our commitment to the Judeo - Christian values upon which our
nation was founded.»
In a
nation where more
people vote for an American Idol than do an American president, it's sometimes hard to find an abundance of common sense.
The National Chairman of the Party, Uche Secondus, during the PDP National discourse held today in Abuja under the theme «
Nation Building: Resetting the Agenda,» called on Nigerians to rescue the nation by voting in a transparent government that will serve the people's int
Nation Building: Resetting the Agenda,» called on Nigerians to rescue the
nation by voting in a transparent government that will serve the people's int
nation by
voting in a transparent government that will serve the
people's interest.
You are guaranteed a federal government that will relate with all Nigerians not on the basis of ethnicity, religion, political affiliations and the percentage of
votes but on equity and justice as citizens of one
nation, one
people, and one destiny.
Boko Haram extremists killed 41
people, including a legislator, and scared hundreds of
people from polling stations but millions
voted across Nigeria Saturday in the most closely contested presidential race in the
nation's history.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- The New York City Council has
voted to pass bills that will create an outside watchdog for the
nation's biggest police department and make it easier for
people to file profiling claims against it, overriding mayoral vetoes.
People in Scotland have begun
voting on whether they want the country to stay in the United Kingdom or become an independent
nation.
With less than 64 percent of eligible New Yorkers registered to
vote — ranking the state 47th in the
nation — Cuomo announced the state Department of Motor Vehicles would allow
people to register to
vote on its website.
New York State Senator Reverend Ruben Diaz (D - Bronx) is calling for all New Yorkers to attend the «Stand Up And Be Heard Let the
People Vote» Rally on Sunday, July 24, 2011 at 3PM in front of Governor Andrew Cuomo's New York City office located at 633 Third Avenue near 41st Street and march to the United
Nations.
Today is the UK's first
nation - wide referendum in 36 years, and it's critical that
people go out and
vote to protect decades of democratic progress.
If the
people of Scotland
vote for their country's independence, this brand new
nation could have four very different futures
Four futures for an independent Scotland If the
people of Scotland
vote for their country's independence, this brand new
nation could have four very different futures
Vaccine
Nation says the «Most Influential
People in Vaccines» list was compiled after receiving hundreds of
votes for those representing all sectors of the vaccine research industry.
This
Vote to Play essentially amounts to a Sales Democracy for the PS + free
peoples of the PlayStation
Nation
The council on Tuesday night unanimously
voted to support a two -
person delegation heading to Copenhagen, Denmark, next month to attend the United
Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties.
Among the developed
nations, the US is the only one led by
people who either deny climate change exists or feel that bringing it up will lose them too many
votes.
In the last election one - third of First
Nations people were under the age of 16, meaning that a large number of these individuals are now eligible to
vote, the young woman enthused.
Ms. Arnwine is a prominent leader of Election Protection (EP), the
nation's largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition, launched in 2004 to assist historically disenfranchised
persons to exercise the fundamental right to
vote.
Thus it's not surprising that when the United
Nations General Assembly
voted on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples (the DRIP — an unfortunate acronym if ever there was one) in September 2007, only Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States
voted against it.
In a
nation where democracy is touted because
people can be told what to think and who to
vote for, Bitcoin represents a little hope that
people actually want a saner world, and that we can have it in spite of the insecure children who currently hold the power.
Jinse states that Chinese cryptocurrency regulations were incorporated into the
nation's «General Principles of the Civil Law of the
People's Republic of China» legislation, which was
voted on and passed on March 15th.
Our Government needs to Stop Spending, and start reducing our Debt, Start Protecting our Homeland 1rst, Stay out of other countries and there mess, We need to Rebuild our
Nation and get a grip on our Government, Our Government Representatives were hired to do what the
people want, not what it takes to get relected or to Benefit there pockets, They were
Voted to Office because of what they said they are going to do, We agreed and
Voted them in, and in return we got BACK STABBED, Let's take back OUR COUNTRY, Fix Our Crooked Government, Lower the Unemployment Rate and Watch our Economy & Housing Rise back up..