Sentences with phrase «passed by ballot»

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But the story is bigger than vote tallies — by how much did these ballots pass?

Proposition 14 was a proposed constitutional amendment placed on tlie ballot by real - estate leaders, designed to repeal an existing open - housing law and to prevent any future Legislature from passing such a law.

... and is it ok if I put in a ballot for my great uncle who passed away after he was attacked by a a flock of crows?or is it gaggle of crows?

What if Slavery was put on the Ballot for a Vote, state by state would it of passed???? You can vote on civil rights, and the Supreme Court will finally have to legalize it, just like they did when Blacks could not marry out of their race as recent as 1971 in some states.

Californians overwhelmingly passed a similar measure, The Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, by ballot initiative last fall.

The first of two ways an amendment can be incorporated into the state constitution takes at least four years: two separately elected state legislatures must first vote to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot; then the majority of New Yorkers must vote on it and pass it by referendum.

The only time a statewide ballot proposition to limit gay marriage was defeated was in Arizona in 2006, although a narrower version of that initiative was passed by the state's voters in 2008.

The Times called for the Senate to return to Albany and pass Kavanagh's early voting and voter - friendly ballot design bills, as well as bills allowing for «no - excuse» absentee voting and online voter registration, sponsored respectively by Assemblymembers Jim Brennan and Michael Cusick.

It is unfair to alternative candidates for sitting MPs to be cocooned from challenge by a «trigger ballot», and unfair to rank and file members not to be able to hear alternative candidates unless and until they pass one.

The Senate President's primary concern is seeing the amendment put on the ballot and passed by the residents of New Jersey.

On September 7, U.S. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley issued a preliminary injunction, ordering the state not to enforce the ballot access law passed earlier this year by the legislature.

But an amendment would need to be passed by both this year's and next year's Legislatures and wouldn't appear on the ballot for voter approval until the same day in 2017 that the convention vote will be held.

If it passes, it then needs to be signed by Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz before it's placed on the general election ballot in November to be approved or disapproved by the voters.

Mainers United for Marriage, the gorup working to pass a ballot measure legalizing same - sex marriage in the state, hit their target in a $ 100,000 matching donation challenge offered by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes (pictured) and his partner Sean... Read

Such amendments must be passed by two consecutive legislative classes, then the public via singular ballot amendment.

Mainers United for Marriage, the gorup working to pass a ballot measure legalizing same - sex marriage in the state, hit their target in a $ 100,000 matching donation challenge offered by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes (pictured) and his partner Sean Eldridge, the Bangor Daily News reports:

The ballots — which represent a second attempt to try to pass a labor contract with the state — are due at the New York City offices of the American Arbitration Association by 9 a.m. Thursday.

If the repeal initiative qualifies for the November ballot and gets the majority of votes, any future gas taxes passed by the legislature would also require voter approval.

The measure needs to be passed again by lawmakers next year and could appear on a statewide ballot as soon as 2017.

Three years after California voters passed a ballot measure to raise taxes on corporations and generate clean - energy jobs by funding energy - efficiency projects in schools, barely one - tenth of the promised jobs have been created, and the state has no...

Also: Independent candidates can petition their way onto the ballot if they're passed over for the special election by party leaders.

This whole medicinal pot issue is a little thorny, since marijuana is illegal under federal law — period, end of story, even in states that have passed legislation or ballot initiatives making the drug legal for use by people who are sick, those individuals are still subject to arrest by federal officials for possession or cultivation.

According to an order for declaratory judgment which was sent by Rosenblum to a New York state Supreme Court judge on Oct. 17, the mayor will seek to nullify a decision by the Democratic majority of Leon Potok, David Finch and Ilissa Miller on the village board to authorize a ballot referendum that — if passed by public vote on Election Day — would restrict Rosenblum's ability to appoint a village attorney as well as certain land use board members.

Now that the bill has passed in the Assembly twice, and was approved by the Senate, the resolution will appear on the ballot in November.

It is very likely that the Ohio Libertarian Party will bring a new lawsuit, very soon, arguing that the new ballot access law passed by the 2011 legislature is just as unconstitutional as the old one that was declared unconstitutional in 2006.

On May 9, the Alabama ballot access improvement bill, SB 15, passed the House Constitution and Elections Committee by a unanimous vote.

Lib Dem rules state that motions passed by the annual conference automatically become party policy, but Mr Clegg's chief of staff, Norman Lamb, said earlier this week that its ministers would ignore any ballot that clashed with the coalition deal.

Once elected, incumbents have helped redraw their own districts to their and their party's advantage and regularly pass legislation benefiting the people and interest groups that help them stay in office (redistricting will be done differently in New York next time thanks to a constitutional amendment passed at the ballot by voters in 2014).

That state ballot measure was passed by California voters in 2000 and, in...

In their lawsuits, filed last May, the groups argued that Proposition 39, a state ballot measure passed by voters in 2000, grants charters» access to facilities in...

Laura Preston with the Assn. of California School Administrators said concerns had grown in the Capitol over the noisy divide between teachers unions and other educational organizations that could impede efforts to pass Proposition 30, the November ballot initiative backed by Gov. Jerry Brown.

Arizona law allows for a «veto referendum» on laws passed by the legislature if opponents gather the requisite signatures to put the issue on the ballot.

They did so because if the bill failed, it would go to a ballot measure — and, in a national atmosphere in which support for charters was rising among both Republicans and Democrats as well as championed by the Obama administration, the union leaders were convinced that such a ballot measure would pass and leave lasting damage on Massachusetts» public schools.

After an intense lobbying spree and threats from Governor Jerry Brown to take the measure directly to voters via ballot initiative should it fail to pass, Senate Bill 32 (SB 32) was approved by the California legislature yesterday.

The overall visibility and severity of these impacts have brought the drought to the forefront of California politics: landmark legislation regarding the regulation of groundwater recently was recently passed by the state legislature and has now been signed by the governor, and a «water bond» will feature prominently as Proposition 1 on the California ballot this November.

Back in 2010, California's voters passed a ballot initiative that redefined all levies and charges imposed by the state government as «taxes.»

58.7 The election of members of a district school board shall be conducted in the same manner as the election of members of the council of a municipality that has not passed a by - law authorizing the use of a ranked ballot election.

The B.C. referendum was conducted by mail - in ballot, and required one - third of the province's lawyers to participate and two - thirds to vote in favour in order to pass.

On November 8th 2016 Ballot Question # 4, which will allow for the recreational use of marijuana, was passed by Massachusetts voters in a fairly wide margin of 54 % to 46 %.