Sentences with phrase «ballot measure asking»

But the April 3 ballot measure asking voters to pay for the last 12 - acre parcel of the Dole estate and its 150 - year - old Italianate house has some residents questioning whether the Crystal Lake Park District belongs in the historic preservation business.

Another ballot measure asks voters if they want to restore the more favorable solar rates, though that measure is being contested in the state Supreme Court.

Not exact matches

Inspired after a string of awful - to - middling governors won with less than 50 per cent support, a Maine ballot measure will ask voters to endorse ranked - ballot voting and instant run - offs — one of the electoral alternatives the Trudeau government is considering.

Nonetheless, some experts caution that asking voters to consider two referendum questions on the November ballot might not produce the desired outcomes for either organization, in particular, if those casting ballots fear that supporting both measures would mean higher taxes.

While New Trier and the park district have yet to make a final decision of whether or not to place the referendum requests on the November ballot, officials from both organizations said they are talking to each other and understand the potential challenges of asking voters to support two measures in one election.

While the state Democratic Party is neutral on the ballot measure and its standard - bearer and two U.S. senators are all opposed, Chairman John Burton gave a one - word answer to the San Francisco Chronicle back in April when asked at the party's convention what will bring out young, first - time Barack Obama voters again: «pot.»

We also ask him if he thinks Obama needs to take a stronger position on issues important to the gay and lesbian community like the ballot measure in Maine.

The chief of staff for the League of Education Voters filed a measure today that would ask voters this November to allow up to 40 charter schools in Washington - if supporters can accumulate 241,153 signatures by July 6 to get it on the ballot...

Those plans may end up on hold if charter - school foes submit enough signatures by Wednesday to place a measure on the November ballot asking voters to repeal the charter - school law.

Deasy said district officials, administrators and teachers should demonstrate unity to the public in requesting the federal dollars at a time when California voters are being asked to support a tax - hike measure, Proposition 30, on the November ballot.

Public school advocates gathered enough signatures to get a repeal measure on the state ballot, forcing him to navigate the fallout from teacher walkouts and an effort to overturn a signature accomplishment while asking for another term.

The district's 2012 Measure G language, which appeared on the ballot, asked voters to approve the parcel tax for: «protecting core academics — reading, writing, math, science, attracting and retaining quality teachers, providing lower class sizes for the youngest children, preparing students for college and the workforce, and improving safety on and around school campuses.»

Initially, the task force decided to ask voters to fund a new regional facility, and the measure got on the ballot in 2011.

She publicly opposes the measure on the November ballot — aiming to ban fracking, cyclic steaming and acidizing countywide and all petroleum activities in rural residential zones near the two cities — and asked for a presentation to the board and public.

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.