Sentences with phrase «other voting groups»

Perhaps more than any other voting group in America, black Americans know there is a great deal to lose.

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Obama lost big with such rural white voters, but won more votes from woman, minorities and others groups clustered in or near cities.

SINGAPORE, April 19 - Bowing to criticism from the Singapore Exchange and other investors, embattled Noble Group is removing a provision in its $ 3.4 billion debt restructuring proposal that penalised shareholders voting against the plan.

The NDP may have been born in Saskatchewan, but at the federal level, the Conservatives are saying they're no different from any other Ottawa political group: they want what you've got, and if you vote for them, they'll take it.

Katz refused to send anyone to council; council voted to end formal negotiations and look at other options — including building the arena without the Katz Group's involvement.

Emma Boorboor, election reform campaign director at U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG), told me that in October 2015, she sent a letter to Vanguard CEO Bill McNabb and two other Vanguard employees outlining her concerns with the mutual fund company's voting policies with respect to corporate political disclosure.

Besides Mr. Drexler, major (5 % or greater) shareholders in the firm, as of the annual proxy in April, include FMR LLC (which includes the Fidelity Contrafund), Baron Capital Group, BlackRock, and T Rowe Price, all of whom voted in favor of the directors up for election as well as the other management proposals — and Columbia Wanger Asset Management (whose parent Ameriprise, did not return requests for information).

Following the egregious no - vote IPO of Snap Inc. and requests by CII and other concerned investor groups, three major index providers opened public consultations on their treatment of no - vote and multi-class structures.

Institutional investors aren't as reliant on proxy advisers to make voting decisions as some business groups and other critics might think, according to a new survey by consultancy Morrow Sodali Global LLC.

One of the governance principles is that «Shareholders should be entitled to voting rights in proportion to their economic interest...» In other words, the Group does not favour multi-voting share structures that characterize over 80 companies on the TSX and that have been popular in Canadian IPOs over the last few years (see comments on Aritzia's IPO here).

There are many other tactics shareowners use as levers including, investor statements endorsed by a broad group of institutional investors; direct outreach to other shareholders; proxy voting services; and other investment advisors to gain support for specific shareholder proposals; and, outreach to consumers and the press as a way to draw public attention to an issue or a company.

The small - business community votes, and they are watching health - care policy more closely than any other group.

The most enthusiastic and very anti-Democratic voting group this time, others studies show, is the old.

This evening, the US House of Representatives voted unanimously that groups such as ISIS are committing genocide against Christians and other minorities in the Middle East.

Last week, the group announced it is partnering with other socially conservative outfits to spend $ 240,000 in TV ads «highlighting pro-abortion health care votes of so - called «pro-life Democrats.»»

«For example, the gap among voting blocs that gave a B or better to the Republicans versus the Democrats was greater among white evangelicals than all other religious groups and all voters, as reported in these data,» he wrote.

Yet, Gold's generation represents one exception to the pattern; unlike any other age group, millennial evangelical women were more likely than their male counterparts to vote for Trump, according to the Cooperative Congressional Election Study (CCES) provided to CT by Ryan Burge, politics researcher and blogger for the site Religion in Public.

Prior to the referendum, Archbishop Martin commented that he had «no affiliation with any group of No campaigners» and that he would not tell others how to vote on the issue.

Meanwhile, at San Jose State the team voted to wear multicolored armbands against Wyoming in support of the 14, and groups at other WAC schools demanded that Wyoming be dropped from their schedules.

We didn't consider any other position groups besides quarterback at pick 12 but Vander Esch was high on our list then, garnering 4 % of the fan vote for that pick.

In other business, the district voted unanimously to renew its contract with the South Cook Organization for Public Schools, a group that has lobbyists in the Statehouse in Springfield to represent the interests of south and southwest suburban elementary schools.

Associate members do not elect board members or vote on bylaw changes, but they are welcome to participate in all other opportunities given to members, such as discussion groups, sponsorship opportunities, group discounts, conference attendance, and so on.

ssociate members do not elect board members or vote on bylaw changes, but they are welcome to participate in all other opportunities given to members, such as discussion groups, sponsorship opportunities, group discounts, conference attendance, and so on.

As the chance of a vote happening became realistic, knowledgeable groups supporting one side or the other started spreading their message.

FightBack and other LGBT groups will focus on defending the «Yes» votes, but other than that they won't keep spending money on a battle they've already won.

According to him, the experiences he has gathered as a minister and ambassador will make various interest groups like chiefs, religious groups, youth, women groups, businessmen among others, who may share his ideas vote for him at the party's congress, insisting that these groups could also form his «constituency».

In the context of the Scottish referendum vote, this decision has implications for the following groups: (i) potential future Scottish citizens residing in rUK; (ii) potential future Scottish citizens residing in other EU member states; (iii) UK citizens residing in Scotland who will not opt for Scottish citizenship; (iv) non-UK EU citizens residing in Scotland who will not qualify or opt for Scottish citizenship.

He's argued that there's no basis for the kind of brute force used by the police against unarmed citizens in the protest organized by pro-opposition pressure group Let My Vote Count Alliance, and others.

There is nothing wrong with plural voting, other than the fact that all historical occurrences of it on a national elections scale were designed to favour certain groups on questionable bases (white male property owners, for example).

Convener of pro-opposition pressure group Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA), David Asante and twelve others are to be prosecuted by the Police on Tuesday, September 22 for their role in the violence that characterized Wednesday's demonstration.

The party, thus, has been clamouring for a new roll, in collaboration with pressure group Let My Vote Count Alliance and some other parties.

The group, NYCLASS, «feels very good» about the chances of a new measure being unveiled as early as January, as pressure has been mounting for a compromise after Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito failed to corral enough votes for an outright ban or other reforms.

In a post on National Review Online that has since been removed and replaced, Thomas Peters of NOM congratulated his group and other anti-gay activists for toppling the bill that hasn't even reached the floor for a vote yet:

Black, who is the SNP's youth campaign co-ordinator for the Scottish Parliament election, added: «It's troubling to see the latest polls showing that young people are much less likely to be certain to vote in the election than other age groups.

And while Blum admits his vote has hurt his relationship with groups such as the National Republican Congressional Committee, he says there are other outlets he can turn to for support.

STV is the system of choice of groups such as the Proportional Representation Society of Australia (which calls it quota - preferential proportional representation), [2] the Electoral Reform Society in the United Kingdom [3] and FairVote in the USA (which refers to both STV and instant - runoff voting as ranked - choice voting, [4] although there are other preferential voting methods that use ranked - choice ballots).

The comment I made to the press was inclusive and rebuts the idea of a «formal» group or any faction but recognises that perhaps on other major European votes, some of the MPs who voted for the Motion last Monday, may or may not vote along similar lines in the future.

The rank and file left leaning Lib Dem grouping has been weakened too much by haemorrhaging membership and the leaders payroll vote has already won out in other key conflicts over the NHS, tuition fees and secret courts.

The group will issue a mid-day situational report on day of voting capturing opening of the polls, voting and conduct of EC officials and all other stakeholders in the elections.

Four new factors may make tactical voting less likely among some particular groups of voters, and its results more unpredictable among others, this time.

In the week before the referendum, Vote Leave donated money to two other Leave groups — # 625,000 to BeLeave, run by fashion student Darren Grimes, and # 100,000 to Veterans for Britain, who both then spent this money with AggregateIQ.

The Conservative Party also voted Wednesday to support two other proposed constitutional amendments that are more widely supported by politicians and interest groups.

Given the Labour Party's geography of support, but also given the increased level of opposition the party faces on the left of the political spectrum from Sinn Fein, Solidarity - People Before Profit, the Social Democrats and other left - wing groupings / independent candidates, it was argued that Labour would struggle to convert votes into seats if their national support levels fall below the 10 % level, as indeed proved to be the case with the February 26th election.

Working - class voters are most concerned with immigration, and they are more likely than other groups to vote for UKIP.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

But sources confirmed that the group's board has voted to dissolve and give their contracts and services to other providers.

Critics, meanwhile, contend that the establishment of majority - minority districts can result in packing, which occurs when a constituency or voting group is placed within a single district, thereby minimizing its influence in other districts.

The two groups — on one side Leave.EU and its offshoot Grassroots Out, on the other Vote Leave — have today submitted detailed applications to the Electoral Commission.

Mayor de Blasio and other Democrat officials called for his resignation after Schulkin was caught on tape by the conservative group Project Veritas saying, «Certain neighborhoods in particular, they bus people around to vote.

But a last - minute ad campaign by labor unions and other interest groups ultimately dissuaded voters for voting «yes» on the ballot question.