Sentences with phrase «state voters face»

«While we appreciate Governor Cuomo's intentions, his proposed executive order will do little to address the issues New York State voters face on Election Day.

State voters faced two referenda in 2005: the $ 2.9 Rebuild and Renew New York Transportation Bond Act and a budget reform amendment.

Not exact matches

The voters should demand face to face debates at multiple sites / markets throughout the state and throughout the campaign season so that the issues can be presented and compared and the voters given a chance to see how the candidates [all statewide races] stack up against one another.

With the state budget more than a month overdue and thousands of state employees facing layoffs or furloughs, voters are starting to take notice of how the inaction in Albany is impacting the state, according to a new Marist Poll out this morning.

House Republican Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered the official GOP rebuttal to the president's State of the Union address on Tuesday night in a bid to offer voters a new face for the party ahead of the midterm elections.

They could wrap up weeks before Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and all 213 state lawmakers face voters in the November elections.

Given the appalling state of the deficit even at the end of this Parliament, and the likely positioning of the main parties on the economy then, the coalition will face the real possibility that voters will opt for a softer message.

But Long, who is facing Rep. Bob Turner and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos in a June 26 primary, might have a difficult time winning over the state's Democratic voters who hold a wide enrollment advantage.

But even if candidates for Congress at least know that they will face voters on June 26, this news does nothing for those in the State Assembly or State Senate and those who hope to join that club.

Kathy Hochul, to «come out of hiding and face the voters of New York State.»

«It's sort of an extension of the Rust Belt, where manufacturing jobs were sent out of the state, and jobs and the economy are a big factor for these small - town voters,» said one Republican strategist, noting that Democrats faced similar fates in nearby Ohio and Pennsylvania.

The vulnerable Democrat faces re-election this fall in Louisiana, a state with large swaths of conservative voters.

In terms of what issues area voters feel are the most important facing New York State along with Monroe County and the City of Rochester, problems with the economy came in number one.

They faced questions from Buckeye State voters as they vie for the support of blue collar and minority voters who underpin the Democratic coalition.

These results from suburbs in nearly every corner of the state strengthen Democratic hopes that moderate voters will be less inclined to back Republicans as long as Trump is the face of the party.

The poll comes in the wake of a stretch of high - profile corruption charges — including those facing Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — 55 percent of voters say all state elected officials should be voted out of office so new representatives can start with a clean sState Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — 55 percent of voters say all state elected officials should be voted out of office so new representatives can start with a clean sstate elected officials should be voted out of office so new representatives can start with a clean slate.

Still, he said anti-establishment energy by voters could come to play further down the Republican primary ballot in his state, where Rep. Martha Roby is facing opposition by Becky Gerritson the leader of the Wetumpka, Ala., tea party group.

«It is therefore imperative that the federal government avoid the use of force and especially militarization of the state to avoid low voter turn - out and also to avoid violence or a face - off with the remnants of the proscribed IPOB secessionist movement», the report said.

Whoever emerges from the GOP field faces an uphill climb to deny Cuomo a third term as the state has 3.4 million more registered Democrat voters than registered Republicans.

On key issues facing the state — reducing corruption, improving public education, balancing upstate and upstate concerns, improving infrastructure, growing the economy and planning for the state's future — only between 23 percent and 35 percent of voters believe the governor has done a good or excellent job.

An amendment to the state's constitution faces even more hurdles: It must be approved twice by separately elected sessions of the Legislature and then approved by voters in a referendum.

For many voters, the new machines can be confusing — which is why Liz Benjamin caught up with Robert Donovan, who is the co-chair of the New York State Democratic Laywers Council, and John Conklin, a spokesman for NYS Board of Elections, to get a tutorial on how they work — and some of the problems you might face using them on election day.

«Perhaps simplistically,» a Council of Europe report states, «voters are known generally to prefer faces to institutions, individuals to collectives, the more so if they feel they have had an effective say in exercising a personal preference.»

The use of the recall is showing no sign of letting up, with 15 recalls already scheduled for the ballot in 2012, and the governor of Wisconsin facing a serious recall challenge, with over one million voters — 25 % of the state's registered voters — signing a petition that could lead to his removal.

The state's economic situation is still a major issue facing Governor Paterson, and voters say they are not satisfied with how he is managing it.

But ultimately, voters in Iowa and other early primary states will expect a good dose of face - to - face campaigning from their presidential candidates.

Voters are voting in two western states today — Washington, where Sen. Patty Murray (D) is seeking a fourth term, and Wyoming, where Republicans face a heated four - way battle to succeed term - limited Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D).

Ehrlich faces a tough job of convincing voters in this Democratic - leaning state to cross the aisle to support him for a second term, but he has shown a knack for doing just that during both his time in Congress and in the 2002 gubernatorial race.

It's Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D), Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R), and the legislative leadership in both states (mostly R in Florida, bipartisan in Michigan) who should face the voters» wrath (if any) over «disenfranchisement.».

Astorino, the Westchester County executive, took the unusual step of wading into the other party's primary Wednesday, saying New York voters deserve to have a debate on the challenges facing the state.

A Siena College Poll released Tuesday morning shows voters in New York State still believe government corruption is still the top issue facing lawmakers in Albany as they wrap up this year's legislative session.

On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order designed to expand voter registration opportunities in New York — another example of our state showing leadership in the face of a regressive federal administration.

Candidates across the state who will be facing the voters tomorrow will criss - cross their respective districts / cities, hoping to convince fence - sitters and holdouts to support them at the polls.

«While acknowledging the potential negatives of such a convention — e.g., the risk of amendments being approved that would weaken the home rule authority of local governments — the Executive Committee viewed the opportunity to strengthen the position of municipalities in New York's governmental structure as more important and voted to approve NYCOM's support of a «Yes» vote on the constitutional convention question facing New York voters this November, with the additional stipulation that municipal officials would need to run for and be elected as delegates to the convention if our intended outcomes are to be achieved,» the guide states

The state's leading pundits had the primary as a «liberal revolt» by those who feel the governor has drifted too far to the right and needed to hear a message, but expect that these voters will come right back into the Cuomo fold in November when faced with a conservative alternative on the ballot like Astorino.

New York's governor may have won a comfortable margin in the Democratic primary, but his challenger's stronger - than - expected performance shows he faces difficulties with environmentalists, state workers and voters critical of his handling of corruption.

«And while almost nobody likes the «Legislature,» that big impersonal word, many voters still back their own state Senator, a person with a name and face they know,» Carroll said.

(CNN)-- Illinois voters head to the polls Tuesday in primary balloting for virtually all statewide offices, including Republican races to see who will face off against the state's Democratic governor, who's considered vulnerable, and against Sen. Dick Durbin, the number two Democrat in the U.S. Senate.

Kirk is arguably the most vulnerable Senator up for re-election this cycle, facing voters in a strong Democratic state that Obama twice carried by double - digit margins.

Clinton could help Braley with female voters as he faces state Sen. Joni Ernst — the Republican nominee looking to become the first woman elected to Congress from the Hawkeye Sstate Sen. Joni Ernst — the Republican nominee looking to become the first woman elected to Congress from the Hawkeye StateState.

Paterson fares a little better on whether he understands the problems facing the state, but he still does not receive majority support from voters.

The decision comes just one month after the same panel indicated the state faced better odds if it licensed three full - scale casinos instead of four, as New York voters approved in 2013.

«Former state Sen. Malcolm Smith — who faces federal corruption charges in a trial that starts Monday — blew tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on a self - promotional newsletter marking the end of his 14 - year career.The four - page mailer — filled with 36 pictures of Smith with the heading «accomplishments» repeated across the top — landed in the mailboxes of 123,000 voters in southeast Queens in the days between Christmas and New Year's.»

In an age when science influences every aspect of life — from the most private intimacies of sex and reproduction to the most public collective challenges of climate change and the economy — and in a time when democracy has become the dominant form of government on the planet, it is important that the voters push elected officials and candidates of all parties to explicitly state their views on the major science questions facing the nation.

Proposition 37, one of 174 ballot issues facing voters next month in 37 states, would be the first such law in the United Sstates, would be the first such law in the United StatesStates.

Malloy administration officials are so excited about the notion of a budget surplus that they are talking about proposing a targeted election year tax cut to win over middle - class voters even though the state faces a projected $ 3.2 billion combined deficit over the three fiscal years following this year's election.

Facing $ 4 billion in education cuts over the next two years, voters will decide whether to authorize dipping deeper into the state's $ 25 billion education trust fund to make up some of the difference.

Even following statewide voters» approval of Proposition 123 in 2016, a segment of small charter schools serving a combined 84,000 Arizona students still faces $ 20 million in additional state cuts in the next fiscal year.

California voters may face difficult decisions regarding the future of education in the state in November as the state ballot could feature several propositions that would have an enormous impact on the educational landscape.

Proposition 30, approved by voters in 2012, provided critical revenues to California at a time when the state faced daunting fiscal challenges.