Sentences with phrase «york ballot measure»

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Labor unions are leading the fight against a New York ballot measure to hold a constitutional convention, arguing that it's just too risky to tinker with the state's governing document and threaten existing protections for worker's compensation, unemployment benefits and...

Labor unions are leading the fight against a New York ballot measure to hold a constitutional convention, arguing that it's just too risky to tinker with the state's governing document and threaten existing protections for worker's compensation, unemployment benefits and collective bargaining.

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The measure dovetails with a separate bill that would require presidential and vice presidential nominees to release their tax returns in order to qualify for the ballot in New York.

The bills include measures aimed at early voting in New York, making it easier to vote through an absentee ballot with «no excuse» voting, pre-registration for 16 - and 17 - year - old future voters, and making it easier to change a party ahead of a primary.

Former NYC Mayor Mike Michael Bloomberg is among the nation's top financial backers of the school - choice movement, topping the list of New York's political contributors by donating $ 1.8 million to ballot measures and political action committees focused primarily on school choice.

By Joe Mahoney, CNHI News Service ALBANY — New York voters have anemic attendance at the ballot box, and advocates for measures designed to boost turnout say squabbling lawmakers are partly to blame.

The last ballot measure that really got voters going was New York City's term limits referendum in 1993 — famously superseded by the 2008 City Council vote allowing Mayor Bloomberg's third term.

Improving New York State's voter registration and ballot access measures with an eye on moving toward a statewide vote - by - mail program

Two consecutive legislatures must approve putting a constitutional amendement on the ballot, which means the earliest New York's voters would get to decide on the measure would be November 2013.

Two gun safety groups in Maine are getting more than $ 3 million from a nonprofit backed by former New York City Mayor Bloomberg in preparation for a big gun control measure on the November ballot.

A majority of NYC voters support a ballot measure to allow as many as seven casinos in the state, according to a New York Times / Siena College poll, even though they don't want any of those in the five boroughs and probably won't travel upstate to visit those that are built.

The measure would require presidential and vice presidential candidates release five years of tax returns 50 days before the election in order to appear on New York's ballot.

New York voters were on their way to approving three propositions that appeared on ballots across the state, including a measure to take redistricting out of the hands of lawmakers...

The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), which as part of its mission seeks to raise judicial standards and reform the legal system, will discuss the issue at its upcoming House of Delegates meeting on June 17, and consider voting on whether to take a position on the ballot measure, a spokesperson has confirmed.

New York: With many Americans genuinely unhappy with the direction of the country, a ballot measure in New York state could indicate how much desire there is to blow up the political system and start all over.

Sleepy elections occur about once every four years in New York, Unlike the one in 2007, this year's features no ballot measures, fewer contests for the bench and no particularly high profile ones.

A long list of environmental groups in New York is urging voters not to call a constitutional convention, adding their voices to a growing list of organized groups allied against the measure on November's ballot.

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