Sentences with phrase «against ballot measure»

«According to Leading Women For Shared Parenting, though, the Association went beyond that, actually donating some $ 60,000 of Association money to the outfit to actively campaign against Ballot Measure No. 6.

If the election were held today, would you vote for or against this ballot measure?

Uber and Lyft left Austin last year after losing an expensive fight against a ballot measure that would have required the ride - hail companies to conduct fingerprint background checks on drivers.

SB102 (Orr)-- prohibits college and universities, local board of education, schools using public funds to advocate for or against ballot measures.

Not exact matches

All four were unsuccessful, including Friday morning's dramatic 2 a.m. vote that failed when Sen. John McCain cast his ballot against the measure.

If the Catholic church spoke out against abortion or supported a pro-life ballot measure, would anyone blink an eye?

The state ethics panel is examining whether her comments violated the law against state advocacy on ballot measures; it had already ruled that a state Web site was improperly slanted toward mining interests.

Like a flyweight amateur getting in the ring against the heavyweight champ, the ballot measure calling for a state constitutional convention hit the canvas hard and fast: Voters rejected it by a ratio of 5 to 1.

The ballot measure would keep in place for another 10 years a half - century old exemption that allows local governments to keep the debt they incur for improving sewer systems from counting against their constitutionally mandated debt limits.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has called the DREAM Act a nonstarter in his house, and with good reason — politically speaking — considering the fact that a number of his new members actively campaigned against the measure during the 2014 elections and were successful at the ballot box as a result of their opposition.

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.

Log Cabin Republicans facilitate Laguna Beach resolution against anti-gay marriage amendment: «Working with the City Council, California Log Cabin Republicans helped secure a resolution at the city council meeting this evening reiterating it's opposition to anti-marriage equality ballot measures.

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...

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.

As the arguments for and against the Arizona ballot question have unfurled in recent months, the California measure's effect on test scores has attracted widespread attention.

Georgia PTA dedicated its efforts over the past year to advocating against the Opportunity School District ballot initiative, which would have put a state political appointee in charge of public schools with few accountability measures and removed control from locally elected school boards and families.

But even the teacher's union is against the Nov. 4 ballot measure that would boost educators» pay by roughly $ 10 million a year at the expense of local property owners.

This includes your customers and those influenced to vote for or against politicians and ballot measures.

Citing figures from the California secretary of state, Maplight.org reports that Bill Gates has donated $ 700,000 to the campaign against Proposition 23, the ballot measure that would repeal a California law related to reining in global warming.

Seventy - three percent of voters of color, versus 57 percent of whites, cast their ballots against the industry - backed measure.

Then, against the urging of many in the environmental community, Bauman and Ryan ran an op - ed in the Seattle Times in January 2015, arguing for a tax swap and vowing to run a ballot measure in 2016.

The law in Alaska forbids a governor from officially lobbying for or against a ballot initiative such as Ballot Measballot initiative such as Ballot MeasBallot Measure 4.

The addition of a requirement of a 50 % majority is likely to be effective given the relatively low level of support some ballots have achieved when measured against all those entitled to vote.