Sentences with phrase «ballot language»

"Ballot language" refers to the wording or content of an official voting document, typically a ballot or questionnaire, that allows people to cast their votes or opinions on a particular matter. Full definition
As a result of the episode, lawmakers have called for reforms in how ballot language is written for constitutional amendments.
But when asked about the issue without the positive ballot language, voters were evenly divided over the issue.
Anti-gambling groups in New York spent very little to stem the tide of the pro-casino effort, but they point to what they saw as tilted ballot language before voters.
Approved ballot language for the Education SPLOST renewal vote called by the School Board for Nov. 8;
-- Took another step toward a November referendum on a penny sales tax increase, directing attorneys to come back with proposed ballot language for a 30 - year increase in the tax.
CarbonWA was preparing to turn in its signatures before the alliance had even started to gather theirs, or written final ballot language.
State Representatives Kathleen Clyde and Michael Stinziano stated concerns over possible confusion on referendum ballot language.
The original ballot language recommended by the state Attorney General's office was properly neutral: «The proposed amendment to section 9 of article 1 of the Constitution would allow the Legislature to authorize and regulate up to seven casinos in New York State.
Polls show a slim majority of New Yorkers support building new casinos, when they are read the exact ballot language that includes the claims of job creation and tax reduction.
Ohioans for Payday Loan Reform are presenting ballot language to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine.
CarbonWA was being asked to trust not just that the polling on the alliance measure was good but that it would get better when ballot language was nailed down; not just that the policy had moved its way but that it would continue to do so after January 1, when CarbonWA's 350,000 signatures became worthless.
It also saddles you with shitty ballot language.
After a quickly aborted effort in 2014, the group began fundraising and investigating tax - swap ballot language for a 2016 effort.
As the statewide vote approached, opponents warned that new casinos would exacerbate addictive gambling, while good - government groups cried foul after the state Board of Elections approved ballot language that included a warm description of the potential benefits of the change («promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes») but none of the possible drawbacks.
The initiative's backers yesterday turned in proposed ballot language that Mr. Unz had crafted with Mr. Glodis.
But it has never produced final ballot language that can be polled, or that CarbonWA could have evaluated in deciding whether to abandon its signatures.
Updated: Common Cause's Susan Lerner takes a different view, noting the recent court ruling that removed the word «independent» from the ballot language before voters when it came to describing the new redistricting commission.
Dick Dadey, with Citizens Union, says even though the judge will not allow the commission to be described as independent in the ballot language, he still sees the glass as half full.
The ballot language that was originally proposed came from the state attorney general's office.
Though the New York Public Interest Research Group hasn't taken a position on the amendment, they find the ballot language troubling.
Leaders of the committee backing the ballot referendum that would expand casino gambling in New York do not believe the ballot language before voters next month is leading or overly rosey.
Opponents say those claims are not 100 percent substantiated, and have assailed the Cuomo administration for manipulating the ballot language to put this proposal in the best possible light.
All in all, the pro-casino campaign is huing rather closely to the ballot language voters will have before them next week: Namely that the casino amendment will create jobs, lower property taxes and provide for school aid, a contention that opponents say is wrong and good - government groups cringe at.
Common Cause's executive director, Susan Lerner, is a petitioner in a lawsuit filed in response to the ballot language.
Citizens Union, along with the League of Women Voters, helped write the ballot language, which originally described the measure as creating an «independent» commission.
Even the ballot language itself emphasized the potential jobs and tax cuts, and did not even use the word «gambling».
-- Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group, criticizing the ballot language.
What the opponents say: «The ballot language is laced with marketing spin, from the title, «Smart Schools Bond Act of 2014,» to highly dubious promises that the $ 2 billion will «equalize opportunities for children to learn» and lead to «high - quality» pre-K programs,» E.J. McMahon, president of the fiscally conservative Empire Center, wrote in an op - ed published in the New York Post.
And — echoes of Cuomo's Moreland Commission mess here — they are angry the ballot language describing the new commission includes the word «independent.»
Anti-gambling groups have called the ballot language «spin,» and say the casinos will also cause more gambling addiction.
The court filing came a day after a poll from Siena College showed a majority of voters, after being read the ballot language, said they would support the referendum.
But when they find out what the ballot language omits — that it would reinstate bilingual education — that support turns to opposition.
Allowing the oversight committee to establish the implementation timeline would have ensured that the ballot language was driving when and how funds would be distributed to school sites.
Voters won't know they will be granting sweeping new powers to take away schools from local control and place them under state jurisdiction as the ballot language is vague, only asking if the state should intervene in failing schools.
Under the proposal, the citizen's initiative could be amended or repealed by a majority vote of each chamber if the ballot language states as much.
Commissioners have requested that ballot language be developed for the 1 percent surtax earmarked for transportation and transit projects countywide.
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