Sentences with phrase «while public voting»

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While the public vote has been the focus of much debate about the planned Islamic center and mosque, the commission can not prevent the developers from building such a community center.

The expert judge's winner was «The Barber and His Son» by Supriya Pal, while the public vote winner was «Careful Shaving» by Nimai Chandra Ghosh — as featured above.

Not exact matches

While Pai also had the support of fellow Republican commissioner Michael O'Rielly for the $ 17 million deal, Democrat Mignon Clyburn voted against the settlement in May (although the decision was not made public until this week).

Snap is going public and enjoying the benefits of an IPO (influx of cash) while giving away zero voting power to new investors.

But while voting is about the public good, it's also a personal choice each voter must be willing to live with.

No Lutheran pastor in my childhood ever made — whether in or out of the pulpit — a public political comment (though it was generally assumed that most of them, if they voted at all, voted Republican), and while we occasionally talked politics at home (my father was a Robert Taft isolationist Republican), the true family passion was religion.

They couldn't find anything on her, so they just made up some crazy stories and reported them as being truthful and purposely misleading the voting public, all the while e-fallating Obama on a nightly basis, despite the fact that this glorified empty suit has driven our economy over a cliff.

While Christians can certainly run for public office, I'm under no obligation to vote for them.

Public betting trends have Baltimore taking in 54 percent of the votes, 53 to win outright, while 60 percent favor the over.

The winner will be decided by a combination of votes from the public, a panel made up of former footballers and managers, while the captain of each Premier League club will also have one vote each.

They're missing a trick: while a narrow majority voted to leave the EU, it's clear the public want change on a range of policy issues.

b) to be issued voters Identity Cards «to enable» them «to vote in public elections and referenda» while resident abroad and being outside the jurisdiction of the Republic of Ghana at the time of such elections, and doing so from / at their places of residence abroad or designated centres close to their places of residence abroad or from / at the Ghana Mission / Embassy within their jurisdiction abroad;

Cosy...» Beth commented on George Pascoe - Watson's article on the Conservatives» plan to win back the female vote: «While he is «reaching out» to women voters, George Osborne is taking a slash and burn approach to the public sector.

g) A Declaration that it is discriminatory for Respondents particularly 1st Respondent to continue to register abroad and ensure that a category of citizens studying abroad or working in Ghana's Missions / Embassies abroad vote in public elections and referenda while in abroad to exclusion of the Applicants.

c) «to vote in public elections and referenda» particularly Presidential and Parliamentary elections while resident abroad and being outside the jurisdiction of the Republic of Ghana at the time of such elections, and doing so from / at their places of residence abroad or designated centres close to their places of residence abroad or from / at the Ghana Mission / Embassy within their jurisdiction abroad;

This is because the Tories have been promoting primaries for a good while, and not as far as I can see on the basis of any other argument except that they think it would be good to engage more of the public in party political democracy and because it makes them look more welcoming as a party which might garner votes in the long run.

A law can easily change with a single legislative vote while a constitutional amendment requires approval by two separately elected Legislatures and then a public referendum, they say.

While the governor can sign bills into law, only a majority vote by the public would ultimately ratify Cuomo's constitutional amendment.

While discussing his «no» vote on Intro 182, Councilmember Jumaane Williams, a vocal critic of the compromises made to the bill, continued speaking after his two minutes of allotted talk time had expired, as Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Public Advocate Letitia James urged him to stop.

While in public Mr Cameron has fought a tough campaign in support of the «no» vote, he is reportedly extremely concerned at the criticism faced by his deputy.

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio receives 10 % of the Democratic vote while current Comptroller John Liu has the support of 9 %.

A number of speakers challenged the continuing anachronism of having 26 seats reserved for bishops in the House of Lords, while others pointed out the contrast between the recent House of Commons vote against legalising assisted dying and the overwhelming public support in favour suggested that a more representative Parliament would also be a more progressive one.

But Perez must now join with Schumer and Pelosi as part cheerleader, part fundraiser, part organizer and recruiter, part public messenger, helping frame the party's arguments and identity, while charting a strategy to turn energy into votes in upcoming elections.

But while Cuomo was able to get several Republican Senators to vote to enact same sex marriage in 2011, he could not get them to budge on several issues that the Democratic left was pushing for, including, further increasing the minimum wage, allowing children of undocumented immigrants college aid known as the Dream Act, and public financing of political campaigns.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)-- When looking at the results of Wednesday's re-organization meeting for the Buffalo School Board, the public will read Dr. Barbara Seals Nevergold retained her position as President of the Board while Sharon Belton - Cottman was voted Vice President of Executive Affairs and...

Iowa Democrats should make sure the public knows that while they were focusing on more important issues, Republicans kept trying to waste time on a marriage vote.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)-- When looking at the results of Wednesday's re-organization meeting for the Buffalo School Board, the public will read Dr. Barbara Seals Nevergold retained her position as President of the Board while Sharon Belton - Cottman was voted Vice President of Executive Affairs and Theresa Harris - Tigg was voted the Vice President of Student Achievement.

In this case the tactic maintained some proportionality by bypassing the 5 % threshold, but is largely disfavoured by the public due to it awarding smaller parties extra list seats while parties with a higher party vote percentage that don't win an electorate receive no seats; this occurred in 2008 when ACT was awarded 5 seats on the back of one electorate seat and 3.7 % of the party vote, while New Zealand First with no electorate seats and 4.1 % of the party vote were awarded none.

EMLD and SLF wrote to the Lib Dem peers urging them to stay on into the evening to vote to retain the General Duty, while the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS)-- which is not affiliated to any political party — and others also lobbied hard.

Public Votes accounted for 80 % of total votes, whiles an Impact Assess Research conducted by the Agape Research Center made the remaining 20 % of the final rankVotes accounted for 80 % of total votes, whiles an Impact Assess Research conducted by the Agape Research Center made the remaining 20 % of the final rankvotes, whiles an Impact Assess Research conducted by the Agape Research Center made the remaining 20 % of the final rankings.

Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (3rd right) makes a remark, while National Commissioner, Prof. Anthonia Okoosi - Simbine (2nd left) and other stakeholders watch with interest, at the public presentation of a Report on «Disability Votes Matter,» in Abuja on 25th October, 2017.

Christina Ayala has been the target of various court actions, and is now the subject of a state investigation into allegations she was using a false address while voting, campaigning and accepting public campaign financing.

While the Assembly Democratic majority has voted to repeal the LLC loophole, the Senate Republican majority has defended it, arguing that Democrats already have inherent advantages due to their support from public - sector unions.

We the public have voted and we say no to Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his quest to seek a third term in public office.In my opinion, this corporate micro-manager does not want to lose his political immunity while in public office from possible Federal prosecution for discriminating against three pregnant woman who lost their job's in his company.

They also want a declaration that «it is discriminatory for respondents, [particularly the Electoral Commission] to continue to register abroad and ensure that a category of citizens studying abroad or working in Ghana's Missions / Embassies abroad vote in public elections and referenda while living abroad to the exclusion of the applicants.»

While the bill is still awaiting approval in three separate committees — Budget and Appropriations, Legislation, and Public Safety and Social Services — the Democratic Caucus is pushing for the committees to approve the proposal in order to move forward on a late night vote of the full 17 - member county Board of Legislators on Monday, July 17.

But polls show that overhauling Medicare is unpopular with the public, and even while the overall budget plan has wide GOP support in the House, Senate Republicans are still discussing what to do with it as a vote looms this week.

While Heastie did not have public commitments for the 76 votes he needs to be elected leader of the 150 - member body, he seems close to compiling insurmountable support within the conference.

While campaigning to be elected the NBA President, the former Attorney - General of Kano State had begged to be voted to redeem the negative public perception of the NBA as a body of corrupt elements.

«While unsuccessful in challenging these unconstitutional barriers in the courts, with the slate we're bringing together in 2012, we hope to rally the voting public to help us overcome them in the streets.»

While some of this is normal in a conference speech, here it veered towards the extreme: the gay vote, pro-Europe liberals, public service workers, boxes were being ticked for parcels of leftish voters in every other sentence.

While it is not a matter of voting in Albany, Malliotakis has opposed the city's public matching of campaign funds, but says she is participating in it this year out of necessity, given that her main opponent, de Blasio, is doing so.

While records like committee votes or bill reports are public, most of the documents that reveal legislative activities — such as emails and correspondence between constituents and lawmakers, or phone logs — remains hidden.

Shannon Maher Bañaga, a senior manager of governmental affairs for Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., told attendees at an Energy Bar Association conference this week that while she doesn't imagine that the Senate will ultimately come up with enough votes to override a veto, that doesn't mean Republicans won't look to the Congressional Review Act.

For the second year in a row, the public weighed in through the Internet, voting for its top discovery while the Breakthrough team was hammering out its choices.

«While he continues to paint himself as a modern Teddy Roosevelt, his very short voting record shows him repeatedly siding with industry,» says the Sierra Club's Matthew Kirby, who works on western public lands issues.

Nearly all of the winners had been previously announced, but «Star Trek» took the Hollywood Film Award after being voted upon by the public at large, while «The White Ribbon» took the Hollywood World Award.

O'Donnell, a former teacher and teachers union representative, cast the sole vote against it, while Tony Thurmond, D - Richmond, a candidate for the 2018 race for state superintendent of public instruction, expressed concerns about the bill but didn't vote.

While performance data is not yet available for these newly opened schools, we do know that over two hundred students voted with their feet to leave Jackson public schools and enroll in one of these new charter schools.