Sentences with phrase «as voters decide»

As voters decide whether to allow more charter schools, a Globe review has found that the schools enroll English - language learners at much lower rates than those in traditional systems, even as many charter schools have been stepping up efforts to recruit more of the students.

Samuels said Cuomo's role is critical as voters decide on the November ballot whether to hold a constitutional convention next year.

Not exact matches

Donald Trump was elected as the 45th president of the United States, gold had its best quarter in a generation, Warren Buffett decided he likes airlines again and voters in the United Kingdom elected to leave the European Union.

This fall in Washington, Maryland and Maine, voters will decide whether same - sex marriage should be legal, and in Minnesota, voters will weigh in on a ballot measure amending the state's constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

For those fortunate enough to live in a competitive electoral context such as a swing state, the sheer size of the electorate renders the possibility of one voter being the deciding factor statistically infinitesimal.

Given he wasn't elected until his final year on the ballot, giving the voters 15 chances to decide he was worthy, it's not as if I was alone in this opinion, either.

As Glen Ellyn voters head to the Civic Betterment Party's caucus on Saturday to decide who will likely be the next village president, they likely will recognize similarities between candidates Greg Mathews and Gary Fasules.

Carl Paladino argues in an LA Times profile that the personal failings of elected officials should not be considered when voters are trying to decide whether they're qualified to hold elected office, and cites former Gov. Eliot Spitzer as an example of someone forced to resign when he should not have.

Looking at these results, one could argue that the British voters decided at the very last moment to prevent the formation of another coalition government, assumingly returning to their traditional attitude of regarding coalitions as an exception.

I have written about this extensively in the past so won't dwell on it here but, as I outlined in my 2015 Policy Exchange paper, these «just about managing» voters are the ones that decide elections.

It's up to Cuomo to decide whether to appoint Singas, or someone else, as district attorney to fill in until November, when voters make a choice.

As school budget planning continues over the next few weeks, we may see additional districts deciding to seek voter approval for an override.»

He became the eighth Democratic member of what is known as the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), a breakaway faction that caucuses with Republicans in the New York Senate, effectively giving the GOP a majority in a chamber that voters have all but decided should be in Democratic control.

As mentioned, a lot of this uncertainty around the final few list seats to be allocated in Lothian depends on what voters who previously supported Margo MacDonald decided to do.

According to a press release sent out earlier today by Davis, the state Board decided on Sept. 15 to advise county boards of elections that both sides of the ballot should contain text and a graphic, such as an arrow, that highlight to voters the need to turn the ballot over to locate the constitutional convention question.

The attention of Nigerians and indeed, the world shift to Bayelsa and Kogi states of Nigeria today as voters proceed to the polling units to decide who govern them for the next four years.

According to the political science lecturer, if the President decides to shrug off pressure from leaders and supporters of his party as well as some of his ministers to grant the Montie trio pardon, it could win him floating voters.

That is why the suburban voters, who represent 2/3 of the county electorate, will hold the deciding edge in the three countywide contests, as well as the legislative races that will determine control of County Hall.

The party decided last year to open its primaries to unaffiliated voters as well as party members.

New Paltz voters will have to decide in November whether they prefer Susan Zimet or Randall Leverette as their town supervisor.

Editorial by Former Assmbly Ryan Karben New York voters will decide whether to bet on expanded casino gambling as a jackpot for state government coffers and economically adrift upstate communities.

New York voters will decide whether to bet on expanded casino gambling as a jackpot for state government coffers and economically adrift upstate communities.

As sponsors of the local law we can propose the guidelines for term limits but ultimately the voters will decide on whether or not they believe county officials should be limited to 12 years of consecutive service,» said Legislator Dixon.

The groups also said lawmakers shouldn't duck the issue of publicly financed campaigns by asking voters to decide in a statewide referendum — one of many ideas being floated as lawmakers move closer to the April 1 state budget deadline.

The «job that isn't even open yet» stuff might strike you as strange as it seems to brush aside the little technicality that the AG seat will be «open» in the fall for voters to fill no matter when or whether Cuomo decides to run for governor.

That's because state Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat who votes with the Republicans, decided as voters were headed to the polls that he would stick with the GOP.

Even if he throws his support to Rivera, as long as Padernacht's name still is available for voters to select, it's possible he could be a spoiler — particularly in a low - turnout race that could be decided by just a few thousand, or even hundred, votes.

Individual voters choose what they want to choose — whether or not the information and perspectives they hear were all actually correct information and fair perspectives (their job at the time to decide if they accept any information, whatever its nature, or whether they check it)... whether or not they later change their mind or wish they'd known other information (as happens to many people after most elections anyway)... and the democratic process respects their freely made choice as the result.

As promised, the New York Public Interest Research Group has submitted an amicus (friend of the court) brief in support of the lawsuit that challenges the wording of the ballot proposal on casino expansion that voters will be asked to decide on Election Day next month.

As some observers questioned such an attack would resonate with the wealthy voters of Richmond Park, the ex-Tory MP decided to keep things civilised.

All school district budgets should be decided by a simple majority of local voters; as Assemblyman Kevin Cahill (D - Kingston) was quoted yesterday as saying, the 60 % override vote for tax levies exceeding the cap is «undemocratic».

«Elections would be decided more by which candidate would be better qualified to represent the district as chosen by the voters, not which outside groups are willing to spend more to influence the election,» he said.

Having spent the first part of the campaign seeing the pro-Remain message they badly need voters to hear — that Brexit represents a risk the NHS can't afford to take, that a Leave vote would trigger further austerity — drowned out by Conservative in - fighting, Britain Stronger In Europe might decide, as David Lloyd George once quipped, that «a change of nuisance is as good as holiday».

It also revealed the president's anxiety about how the investigation could sway voters as they decide whether to keep congressional Republicans in power or force him to face an aggressive Democratic majority.

The New York Times warned that Weiner's rivals — in a «direct appeal to women voters who may decide the [primary] races» — are lumping Weiner and Spitzer together «as two wayward men obsessed with reclaiming power and unworthy of redemption.»

DeFrancisco said he believes it would be more practical for the state legislature to offer propositions for constitutional changes, which voters could decide on individually as separate ballot measures.

Voters in five states cast primary ballots today, deciding the political future of longtime Members such as Sen. Orrin Hatch (R) and 21 - term Rep. Charlie Rangel (D).

WASHINGTON, DC — In remarks made at a post-election event for members, Republican Liberty Caucus National Chairman Dave Nalle observed that «If you nominate a candidate who has a position to please every constituency you run the risk that voters will decide that this is the same thing as having a position to alienate every constituency and respond by not turning out to vote,» referring to the drop in Republican voter turnout since 2008.

Suburban voters, who represent 2/3 of the Erie County electorate, will hold the deciding edge in the three countywide contests in next month's elections, as well as the legislative races that will determine control of County Hall.

As part of the state's constitution, New York voters get to decide every 20 years whether the state should hold a constitutional convention to rewrite or amend the state's constitution.

Now that the state budget has been passed, school districts in New York have a better idea on what to expect in state aid, as voters get ready to decide local school budgets on May 16.

As our Matt Hunter reports, in a number of Capital Region districts, voters will be deciding whether to spend the money to have a full - time police officer stationed at the school.

In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which data from over 50 million Facebook profiles was secretly scraped and mined for voter insights, many Facebook users have decided to delete their accounts — but untangling yourself from a site like Facebook is not as easy as pressing «delete.»

Mr Burnham, who stood against Ed Miliband for the party leadership in 2010, claimed many voters had «decided the coalition is a failure as a government», but «what they aren't yet convinced is that we have the answers».

Polling evidence suggests that, if we get our arguments across effectively, economics will trump immigration as the deciding consideration for most voters.

«As much as Barry respects the hard - working men and women of the Hotel Trades Council, it was common knowledge for some time that their endorsement was off the table, and as a result Barry decided to remain in the district to continue reaching out to voters,» said Ryan Monell, a spokesman for Mr. GrodenchiAs much as Barry respects the hard - working men and women of the Hotel Trades Council, it was common knowledge for some time that their endorsement was off the table, and as a result Barry decided to remain in the district to continue reaching out to voters,» said Ryan Monell, a spokesman for Mr. Grodenchias Barry respects the hard - working men and women of the Hotel Trades Council, it was common knowledge for some time that their endorsement was off the table, and as a result Barry decided to remain in the district to continue reaching out to voters,» said Ryan Monell, a spokesman for Mr. Grodenchias a result Barry decided to remain in the district to continue reaching out to voters,» said Ryan Monell, a spokesman for Mr. Grodenchik.

«I'll let the voters decide how corrupt, unethical, and ineffective my primary opponent is as a legislator and whether he needs to be find another line of work outside of Tallahassee.

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Voters are set to decide whether to elect Bernie Sanders» stepdaughter as mayor of Vermont's largest city, where the independent senator got his political start.

As for his presence on YouTube, I'll leave it to you to decide whether his appearance on the Ali G show a few years back, which comes up high in his search results there, will help or hurt his presidential chances, especially with younger voters:

The same poll found that only 23 percent of voters see the mess surrounding Cuomo's Moreland Commission on Public Corruption — Teachout's highest - profile weapon against the governor — as a deciding factor in the governor's race.