Sentences with phrase «as referendum on»

This group resolved that a separate referendum question should be put on a new preamble at the same time as any referendum on the republic, and that such a preamble should recognise «Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders as the original inhabitants of Australia who enjoy with all other Australians fundamental human rights».

I don't know, I'm not part of that conspiracy, and I see a lot of assertions on here and elsewhere by people who imply they are smart, or at least smart enough to know more on this issue than the climate scientists who actually professionally study it, who throw around large highfalutin science terms, but that repeatedly misconstrue the basic climate change issue itself, conflate the process of science with Climate Change refutation, seem to have an extensively poor understanding of the issue, and take small select bits of data as part of the ongoing total picture of increasing overall corroboration, to falsely equate that with a flaw in Climate Change theory itself, or as a referendum on it.

2013 also saw Australia elect a climate - skeptic government in an election that was hailed as a referendum on climate change.

Whether voters saw the race as a referendum on education reform or a vote of confidence in an incumbent, Torlakson will remain the primary voice on education in California for another four years.

«This [race] is definitely being watched nationally as a referendum on reform,» Mike Petrilli, the executive vice president of the right - leaning Fordham Institute and Bennett ally, told the Associated Press.

«We didn't look at this as a referendum on prioritizing education.»

Though Tuesday's result is being framed as a referendum on Bennett's school choice and accountability policies, Pastore's account squares with poll numbers suggesting conservative voters responded to arguments that school boards should have control over their own policies.

Cleveland voters last week soundly rejected a levy intended to bolster the school district's finances, a move widely interpreted as a referendum on the performance of its leader, Barbara Byrd - Bennett.

As a referendum on gentrification in Brooklyn, the movie can occasionally be a bit tedious.

Still, that didn't stop him from framing the match as a referendum on women's liberation versus male superiority: the only thing that sells better than sex might be feuds between the sexes.

The new law permits up to four gambling casinos in upstate New York, as long as a referendum on November's ballot is approved to amend the state's constitution to allow the expanded gambling.

This election, which is widely seen as a referendum on an unpopular president and global anxieties paired with a dysfunctional government, has put Republicans in a position to rack up their majority to the highest number in decades.

He said he would press ahead with devolution of powers to all nations as well as referendum on the UK's EU membership.

A number of years ago they sought to use Carl McCall's candidacy as the referendum on campaign finance reform — at a time when nationally he was the most glaring example of the Pay to Play abuse of raising funds from groups doing business with your office (e.g., State Comptroller)

The Welsh devolution referendum on law - making powers also known as the Referendum on the law - making powers of the National Assembly for Wales was a non-binding referendum held in Wales on 3 March 2011 on whether the Welsh Assembly should have full law making powers in the twenty subject areas where it has jurisdiction.

During the race, Weprin tried to paint Turner as a Tea Party candidate bent on destroying Medicare and Social Security while Turner tried to frame the election as a referendum on unpopular President Barack Obama's policies.

Turner supporters have painted the campaign as a referendum on President Barack Obama and the Democratic majority in the Senate.

The Indiana race drew the most attention of all the races on Tuesday's ballots because some cast it as a referendum on the power of the tea party movement.

Republican Tim Burns framed the race as a referendum on Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D - Calif.)

In the tax receiver's race, which the Democrats framed as a referendum on abolishing that position, George Sullivan easily bested former councilman Bill Edwards with 64 percent of the vote.

In the race's closing days, Tedisco's campaign was sharply critical of Murphy's support President Obama's stimulus plan, but Boehner told reporters Tuesday the district's vote should not be seen as a referendum on Republican policies in Washington.

If Republicans are eager to frame the election as a referendum on Democratic rule, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D - Calif.)

The former Liberal Democrat leader launched a stinging rebuke of the prime minister, as the referendum on the alternative vote (AV) is expected to result in a defeat for voting reform.

Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor, framed the election as a referendum on corruption, and alleged Sunday that voters «don't know whether Chris McGrath even thinks corruption is a problem.»

(CNN)- House Republican Leader John Boehner thrashed Democrats» handling of the economy in a campaign speech from his hometown Friday, framing the midterm elections as a referendum on another two years of the same Democratic policies or a GOP he vowed would get people back to work.

(CNN)-- Campaigning for Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic nominee in Virginia's gubernatorial race, Vice President Joe Biden depicted Republican nominee Ken Cuccinelli as a puppet of the tea party and framed the race as a referendum on the conservative grassroots movement, one day before voters head to the polls on Election Day.

The recent elections in Virginia, where 11 Democratic women defeated incumbent Republicans in legislative races, were seen in part as a referendum on Mr. Trump.

As protests mounted, and subsequent campaigns were run as a referendum on Proposition 187 (the sitting governor was replaced by Gray Davis, a Democrat, who ran a campaign explicitly against Proposition 187), the Republican brand in the state suffered as well.

«He can drive his agenda and put his bill out there and make every Democrat in Congress who is running state their position on that bill and I would run this election as a referendum on guns because I believe the American people get it,» said Cuomo.

Last year, after de Blasio began the session calling on the Senate to make mayoral control permanent, the Republicans granted just a one - year extension, which was explicitly justified as a referendum on the mayor's education agenda.

Both the «no» and «yes» to campaigns hosted cross-party events as the referendum on the alternative vote looms ever closer.

Whatever the outcome on May 6th, this election will be remembered, first, as the surge of extreme parties who have swept a third of expressed votes, while the two main parties combined totalled only 56 % of vote share, and, second, as a referendum on the President.

The Democratic Party's elites have thoroughly abandoned their mid-1990s skepticism about increasing future low - skill immigration, and have tried to present support for upfront amnesty and increased low - skill immigration as a referendum on whether Hispanic Americans (and nonwhites generally) are to be accepted as full American citizens.

4) Calgary - Glenmore In 2009, outgoing Wildrose leader Paul Hinman narrowly won a hotly contested by - election that was seen as a referendum on then - Premier Ed Stelmach «s popularity in Calgary (which was low).

My opposition to Mr. Hagenbuch's re-election serves as a referendum on ALL of the longstanding legacy directors, including those who are not up for re-election because the incumbent directors refuse to declassify the board.

The verdict, no matter how it comes down, is going to be seen as a referendum on Silicon Valley culture.

Our political struggles over nations and nationalisms are best understood as referenda on the West's meta - politics over the last three generations, which has been one of disenchantment.

A statement by Penguin Random House added: «The book will provide critical insights into key relationships in Westminster, global conflicts, the coalition negotiations of 2010, as well as the referendums on Scottish Independence and Britain's exit from the EU — in each instance, offering vital lessons for the future.

Mr Cameron said a Tory government would introduce true reforms such as referendums on council tax increases and the «right of initiative» - allowing voters to propose new laws.

Some of the more intense campaigns in the Southern Tier were framed as referendums on shale gas development.

Not exact matches

Lagarde, meanwhile, is regarded as a consensus - builder who can contend with the increasing dissatisfaction among EU member states — in three years Britain plans to hold a referendum on its membership — and bring positive change to the organization.

Hammond's commitment to find the funds for Brexit preparations stands in sharp contrast to promises made by the Leave campaign before last year's referendum, which had assured Britons that leaving the EU would leave the country with hundreds of millions of pounds more a week to spend on other priorities such as its rickety National Health Service.

B.C.'s referendum can be seen as a more civil version of populist incursions into economic policy going on around the world.

Cambridge Analytica is under investigation in both the U.S. and the U.K. for the way it obtained data on as many as 87 million users from Facebook and for whether it used that data to target voters on behalf of the Trump campaign in the U.S. and the Brexit referendum in the U.K.

The odds of Britain voting to leave the European Union in a June referendum narrowed on Tuesday as attacks in Brussels were seen boosting the Out campaign.

The referendums come amid shifts in American opinions on marijuana in recent years that have energized efforts to legalize cannabis, a drug that remains illegal under federal law even as Colorado and Washington state have been given the go - ahead to experiment with legalization.

«Strike4Repeal,» as the day of action is called, hopes to pressure the government into calling a referendum on the constitutional ban.

«Risks appear more linked to referendums on a ratification of a new EU treaty or other EU - related issues, rather than questioning the EU membership outright, as support for EU membership appears fairly rooted.

Trump's victory could temporarily derail stronger growth, higher rates narrative by raising expectations of a) protectionism, b) the Italian referendum following Brexit and US election as repudiation of elites and c) the Fed keeping rates on hold in December.

She said the vote would be a referendum on legacy directors at Wynn, following the allegations of sexual harassment that led to the resignation of her ex-husband Steve Wynn as CEO.