Sentences with phrase «ballot proposal in»

The deal with the Denver Classroom Teachers Association «will add $ 7.6 million in teacher compensation for 2016 - 17 school year, with the possibility of $ 11.1 million if voters approve the district's mill levy ballot proposal in November.»

Although Morrison doesn't study embryonic stem cells — his area is adult stem cells, including how they develop into cancer cells — he pushed for a 2008 ballot proposal in Michigan that overturned a law restricting hESC research.

Tonight at Saratoga Springs City Center, the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce and Saratoga Springs Convention and Tourism Bureau will host a forum to examine the full - scale impact of the arrival of a resort - style casino in the Spa City following the passage of a statewide ballot proposal in November.

State Sen. John DeFrancisco says he will oppose a state ballot proposal in November for a New York constitutional convention, calling it an expensive exercise that would likely accomplish nothing.

Legislators quietly put the three ballot proposals in place for the November 4 election, hoping they would win approval without much controversy, especially for a plan to heap more debt on New York taxpayers.

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He told a congressional committee that there are several proposals designed to drive up wages in Mexico, including the right of workers to vote by secret ballot on collective agreements.

Here are some details about that November 2004 ballot proposal: 1) there was already in place a Utah law strictly banning same - sex marriage, which I fully supported; 2) all three candidates for the office of attorney general of Utah (the chief law - enforcement officer in the state) opposed the amendment, including the LDS (Mormon) Republican incumbent, Mark Shurtleff, mostly because they considered it a poorly drafted amendment; 3) I refused to endorse the amendment, but I did not urge people to vote «no»; 4) the leadership of the LDS Church, which has a record for being as strongly opposed to same - sex marriage as the Catholic Church, did not issue a statement urging its members to vote one way or the other; 5) inasmuch as two thirds of Utahans belong to the LDS Church, this means that the leadership of at least 80 percent of Utah churchgoers did not urge a «yes» vote on the amendment.

There's no chance that the PGA Tour will do anything the LPGA thought of first, so when this year's ballot comes in the mail, I'll have to settle for writing in the seven players named above who qualified under my proposal.

The board then will decide whether to present the projects to the voters in one referendum question or in two or three referendum proposals on the November ballot.

Kelly said a $ 10 million bond proposal may be put on the ballot in March.

«We're thinking about putting it on the ballot in November,» Park District Director William Grady said Thursday after voters had narrowly rejected a referendum proposal on Tuesday.

Referendum proposals seeking property tax increases to bolster sagging school, library, municipal and park district budgets will be on the Nov. 4 ballot in more than two dozen towns, villages and cities throughout Will and southern Cook Counties.

Within weeks, supporters collected more than 3,000 signatures to get a referendum proposal on the March 2002 ballot to sell $ 25 million in bonds for the purchase.

Suits filed by two Du Page County park districts to have non-binding referendum proposals placed on the November ballot could have significance throughout Illinois and provide the basis for similar actions in counties across the state.

The Oak Brook Park District joined the Glen Ellyn Park District this week in suing the Du Page County Board of Elections in an effort to get non-binding referendum proposals on the November ballot.

But Long, who received the state Conservative Party's unanimous endorsement yesterday, and so will be on the November general election ballot no matter what happens in the GOP primary (unless there's a post-primary deal, a la Paladino - Lazio 2010), was careful not to offer a full - throated endorsement of Ryan's proposal — or to say she would vote for it if she had the opportunity — saying she needs more time to review it.

Cannabis has not always fared well on the ballot, Proposition 19 lost in California in 2010, and, a poorly conceived and widely maligned proposal lost out in Ohio in 2015.

The ballot created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's re-election campaign praised his proposals in the 2018 State of the State address to combat sexual harassment and reform how harassment settlements are handled in state government.

Legislator Kevin Hardwick says he is confident the people of Erie County will vote for the proposal if it is put on the ballot in November.

Cuomo's proposal will allocate $ 7 million to the Fiscal Year 2019 Executive Budget, an incentive for counties in New York to offer early voting 12 days before Election Day, giving voters eight hours on weekdays and five hours on weekends to cast their ballots.

This proposal would remove all of the conditions precedent for absentee ballots and allow voters to request an absentee ballot as an alternative to in - person voting.

KINGSTON — Proposal Number One on this year's ballot pertains to a constitutional amendment that would allow casino gambling in New York State.

Very special thanks to our representatives in the state Legislature — Sen. Betty Little, Assemblyman Steve Englebright, Assemblyman Dan Stec and Assemblyman Bill Jones — whose vision and tireless efforts earned this proposal a place on the ballot.

During his 2018 State of the State speech on Wednesday in Albany, Governor Andrew Cuomo spent little time on government ethics reform, but did address at somewhat greater length his proposals to increase access to the ballot box and change state campaign finance law.

On Wednesday, the mayor praised Schneiderman's proposal, in a statement saying it would «help bring New York up to speed and ensure New Yorkers statewide aren't turned away from casting their ballots as a result of senseless roadblocks.»

In August, the commission will hold two public meetings to finalize its report outlining its findings and any ballot proposals to amend the charter.

A proposal that would have shifted the order of ballot measures in some communities — allowing local proposals to be at the top of the page — was rejected on Wednesday by an Assembly committee.

Davis said opponents also could benefit from having the proposal in a prominent place on the ballot.

National Democrats have not been financially active in support of the Ohio redistricting measure, perhaps because the party's House leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), has helped raise $ 10 million (or more) to fight a similar proposal on the ballot tomorrow in California, where Democrats are a majority of the House delegation.

«The independent commission to be created if voters support ballot proposal one this November is neither independent or capable of restoring the public's trust in the process,» Dilan continued.

«NYPIRG believes that New Yorkers are entitled to a neutral ballot proposal — not one which subtly or overtly nudges a voter in a particular direction,» NYPIRG said.

«It would keep roughly one point two billion dollars in New York that we lose to neighboring states... Proposal one is on the backside of the ballot so you will need to pay attention to find it, but it's worth.»

«Simply put, NYPIRG believes that New Yorkers are entitled to a neutral ballot proposal — not one which subtly or overtly nudges a voter in a particular direction,» the brief states.

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.

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.

In order for that to get on the ballot this November, Ononcaga County Legislators would have to approve the proposal by September.

Davis says opponents could also benefit from having the proposal in a prominent place on the ballot.

Then, from December to March, over 280 volunteers worked to refine and prioritize project proposals that would go on the ballots in their respective districts.

Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot proposal Tuesday to reform the state's redistricting process by requiring bipartisan cooperation in making new maps.

The Working Families Party was up in arms over the proposal, suggesting in an email to supporters a wealthy candidate could «hijack» the ballot line through the petitioning process.

Remember to look on the back of your ballot for three proposals: Whether to hold a constitutional convention, a constitutional amendment that would strip state officers of their pensions if convicted of a felony and an amendment that would create a 250 - acre land bank in forest preserve lands.

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a proponent of city - county mergers, has proposed forcing county executives throughout the state to submit official merger proposals by Aug. 1 and putting them to a popular vote in November, on the same ballot as the mayoral race.

In other state legislature - related ballot measure news, Nebraska and South Carolina lawmakers saw ballot proposals introduced recently about term limits for state legislators.

It's school vote day today on the North Fork, with budget proposals and open school board seats on the ballots in all five local school districts.

A handmade sign urges voters cast ballots in favor of a school bonding proposal in Albany on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015.

In addition, several other political action committees are spending more than $ 4.4 million they raised on several advisory - only ballot proposals aimed at driving Democratic turnout, including a proposal asking voters if they support an increase in the minimum wagIn addition, several other political action committees are spending more than $ 4.4 million they raised on several advisory - only ballot proposals aimed at driving Democratic turnout, including a proposal asking voters if they support an increase in the minimum wagin the minimum wage.

If the proposal wins second passage in the legislature, it could be on November's ballot.

Finally a reminder that there will be a yes / no ballot on these new proposals for choosing the Shadow Cabinet on TUESDAY of next week (14th September) from 10 - 5 in the PLP Office.

Weingarten, the former president of New York City's United Federation of Teachers, said during a telephone briefing with reporters on Friday that Astorino's proposal to run on a «Stop Common Core» ballot line in the November's election might appeal to some teachers who also oppose the standards, but his other positions likely wouldn't.

Citizens collecting signatures in 2012 for a vote to upsize the board fell about 200 signatures shy of the required amount, but the Town Board opted to put the proposal on the ballot.