Sentences with phrase «vote law challenge»
Vote law challenge settled in U.S. court ID definition broadened for in - person voting Nov. 7 and for all absentee ballots
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It sued North Carolina over a bathroom bill it said discriminated against transgender individuals, and has challenged state voting laws that it said disenfranchised minority voters.
«First of all there's an organizational and logistical challenge, to organize a vote in such a short notice,» said Aristides Hatzis, an associate professor of law and economics at the University of Athens.
Of course a recall law where 50 % of the electorate (I presume you mean those partaking in a referendum and not those entitled to vote absolutely) can dissolve Parliament would be a severe challenge to FPTP, as right now no majority party can dream of attaining 50 % of the vote in a general election.
The governor insisted that it was Grisanti's vote for the same - sex marriage law that cost him the primary, though the Buffalo Republican survived a challenge from Stocker in 2012 as well.
The existing law is good at stopping Banksy from offering free prints to those voting against the Conservatives in the election but anything more subtle remains a challenge.
But because the measure is a constitutional amendment, Florida law required that it get 60 percent of the vote — and that made it all the more challenging in a midterm election year, when turnout among younger voters is lower.
The American Center for Law and Justice has amended its lawsuit challenging the Landmarks Preservation Commission's vote on the mosque / Islamic Center near Ground Zero to include Mayor Bloomberg, whom the organization asserts used «political pressure» to clear the way for a project he has very vocally supported.
Cuomo captured 58 percent of the state committee's weighted vote, while Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout — who has challenged Cuomo for his failure to address legislative corruption — received 41 percent.
Cuomo captured 58 percent of the state committee's weighted vote, while Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout — who has challenged Cuomo for his failure -LSB-...]
Cuomo faced a primary challenge from Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout in 2014, who garnered 34 percent of the vote that year.
While Sal Albanese, who is also challenging Mayor Bill de Blasio in the Democratic primary, has been backed by the Reform Party, Dietl and Malliotakis are each attempting to convince their supporters to help them steal the ballot line by voting on primary day — Tuesday, September 12 — using a provision in state election law that effectively allows an open vote.
Chamness v Bowen challenges two particular characteristics of California's top - two law (Proposition 14): the ban on the ballot label «independent», and the original law's restriction on counting write - in votes.
The broadside from the veteran europhile minister comes as David Cameron tries to face down a significant challenge on his eurosceptic flank, with a letter from 95 Tory MPs demanding parliament be given a vote on all EU laws.
State Senator Roy McDonald, a Republican who voted for New York's landmark same - sex marriage law last year, needs to make up 106 votes as the lawyers here shift through Saratoga County's share of roughly 1,000 absentee ballots that will determine whether he has survived a primary challenge from Kathy Marchione, the county's clerk.
Education law, as summarized by the New York State School Boards Association and the New York State Bar Association, says the burden of proof rests on the entity or person who challenges vote results to establish facts that would justify invalidating results.
That distinction goes to Jason Paul, a little known Democrat from Colchester — a UConn law student challenging Democratic state Rep. Linda Orange, who voted against the gun control law.
The governor, a Democrat who faces a primary challenge from actress Cynthia Nixon, said his administrative action was necessary because the Republican - led state Senate has refused to pass a law to restore voting rights to parolees who've served their time.
Ravitch wrote on her blog today that she voted for Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham Law School professor who challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic Party ballot line.
Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham Law School professor who challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo, received several hundred votes when combined with various incorrect spellings of her name.
While Sal Albanese, who is also challenging Mayor Bill de Blasio in the Democratic primary, has been backed by the Reform Party, Dietl and Malliotakis are each attempting to convince their supporters to help them steal the ballot line by voting on primary day — Tuesday, September 12 — using a provision in state election law that effectively
Stocker's nuanced stance on gay marriage stands in contrast to the other two Republicans challenging the GOP senators who voted in favor of the law last year.
What many now believe is that the GOP was trying to determine who voted absentee for Murphy, so that in the subsequent key counting of the absentee ballots, the Tedisco campaign would be able to challenge the absentee ballots of those Murphy voters before the envelopes were even opened - a real no - no and against the law.
In 2014, Cuomo was also challenged from the left by Zephyr Teachout, an unknown law professor who ended up with 34 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary.
H.B. 7069 lawsuit: Duval County School Board members vote against joining an appeal of the latest decision against 13 school boards that are challenging the constitutionality of the state's 2017 education law, H.B. 7069, saying they can't afford to continue.
By a 4 - 3 vote, a divided court decided not to hear Vergara vs. California, a case challenging state tenure laws.
A lawyer representing Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach apparently had some doubts about making a standing argument in a suit challenging a state law requiring proof of citizenship to vote.
How the rest of the profession voted to allow this tells us something about how out of touch or apathetic they are with reality of today's job market and the challenges facing today's law grads.
By voting to support the LPP for at least another few years (and strengthening its sustainability by spreading the financial cost of the program more equitably across the profession), the law society's Benchers can start a brand - new narrative: of a governing body that's willing to show courage and vision in the face of challenging early returns, that won't abandon ship at the first sign of trouble ahead.