Sentences with phrase «ballot question asks»

Basically, the ballot question asks voters to pay more in property taxes so the schools have more funding.

During his tenure on the Village Board, Mr. Hesterman was instrumental in posing to voters a ballot question asking for approval to create Glen Ellyn's Village Links Golf Course, according to his daughter, Susan Edwards.

ALBANY — New Yorkers have overwhelmingly defeated a ballot question asking whether the state should hold a constitutional convention, with only 19 percent voting yes, based on results from nearly half the state's election districts.

Thankfully, in Massachusetts, voters will have a chance to weigh in on the underlying Common Core standards, in the form of a November 2016 ballot question asking voters if the state should return to their superior pre-Common Core standards in mathematics and English Language Arts.

Not exact matches

The question might seem a befuddling one for a ballot in the heartland, but it stems from a New Jersey legal case in which a Muslim woman went to a family court asking for a restraining order against her spouse claiming he had raped her repeatedly.

If her question is placed on the November ballot and enough voters are in favor of dissolving the district, Fiddyment and other like - minded Gurnee residents plan to ask the voters in the March primary if they want to re-establish a park district.

On August 14th, the Park Board of Commissioners voted to place a referendum question on the November 6 general election ballot asking voters to choose whether or not to support a $ 39 million bond issue.

Gurnee Park District actions this year made Eileen Fiddyment and others angry enough to circulate petitions to get a referendum question on the November ballot that will ask voters whether the district should be dissolved.

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.

The Park Board voted unanimously last week to place a referendum question on the Nov. 2 ballot asking voters to approve purchase of the land and construction of playing fields and a facility.

The first step in the process is gathering residents» signatures on petitions asking the Cook County Board of Elections to add the question to the November ballot, according to Ron Castrogiovanni, a spokesman for a group of residents.

CAROL STREAM — The Carol Stream Park District is beginning to seek support for an April ballot question that will ask voters if they approve of a 7.5 - cent tax rate increase to pay for maintenance of parks and equipment.

The Cary Park District, having only $ 300,000 in its land acquisition fund, voted to place a question on the April ballot asking voters for the money needed for the purchase.

Glen Ellyn — A Nov. 2 referendum asking Glen Ellyn voters if they want to fund a new library cleared a final hurdle when the Village Board unanimously approved placing the question on the ballot.

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.

The park district's proposed referendum question could appear alongside a November ballot request from New Trier High School asking voters to approve $ 89 million in funding for a major renovation of the aging Winnetka campus.

The four park proposals are among more than 20 questions that will be on the ballot, most of them asking for tax increases.

A question on the April 13 ballot will ask voters whether they want to approve an 8 - cent tax increase to pay for a 26 - mile trail system, operation and maintenance of parks, and the new recreation center.

On this week's Capitol Connection, our Alan Chartock asks Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group about one of the six ballot questions New Yorkers will vote on next Tuesday — specifically, question as to whether certain judges in New York should be allowed to serve up to ten years after the age of 70...

Massachusetts» highest court ruled today that a question asking voters to repeal the state's casino law can go on the November ballot.

No self - respecting pollster would ask the question that Alex Salmond proposes to put on the ballot paper in his referendum.

A question on the ballot asks if voters approve selling bonds to raise $ 35.5 million for a like - new renovation.

Asked for an example, she cited the fact that on the Republican primary ballot question the pollsters included the 31 percent of people who said they were planning to vote in the Democratic primary.

Of the three propositions on the New York state ballot Tuesday, voters rejected the question asking for a constitutional convention but approved public pension forfeiture and a Forest Preserve land bank.

That back of the ballot contained a question asking New Yorkers if they wanted to hold a constitutional convention — it's an issue that comes around once every 20 years.

Under what circumstances would someone ask a question like my one, and not know that general elections ballots are secret?

When The Marist Poll last asked this question in early February, 44 % of Democrats reported they backed Gillibrand, 27 % threw their support behind Ford, and 4 % said they were going to cast their ballot for Tasini.

That's a question Republicans in New York are hoping that voters who cast absentee ballots are starting to ask themselves in the wake of murky news on Friday about a new FBI investigation related to Hillary Clinton.

The contender for New York City's Democratic mayoral ballot took one more question about this Twitter handle Thursday morning from Univision during an interview; this time asked: «Why did you pick an Hispanic name and how dangerous were you really?»

In the IPPR's own words, it gave participants «the chance to take part in a mock AV ballot, using their alternative preferences» and then «asked people a number of detailed questions about their understanding of electoral systems and their concerns about the strengths and weaknesses of these systems».

When Marist asked this question last week, prior to Lazio's withdrawal from the race, 52 % of likely voters backed Cuomo, 33 % tossed their support behind Paladino, and 9 % thought they would cast their ballot for Lazio.

ALBANY — Voters are being asked to decide three ballot questions on Tuesday: whether to overhaul the state's redistricting procedures, whether to direct the Legislature to go paperless and whether to borrow $ 2 billion to boost technology in schools.

That's a 24 point lead for Democratic congressional candidates in the so called «generic ballot» question, which asks voters their preference for the U.S. House without naming the candidates running in each district.

Last week, the common council voted 3 - 2 to put a question on the ballot asking the voters which they prefer.

We asked Harvard Graduate School of Education faculty to share thoughts and reactions to the election, during which Republicans maintained control of the House and Senate and — in an important local contest — a ballot question to expand the cap on charter schools was rejected by voters.

Asked whether the aim is to head off a contentious ballot question campaign in the fall, Rosenberg says, «It would be great if that could happen.»

The Our Schools Now campaign is a ballot initiative effort that would put a question on the ballot in November 2018 asking Utahns if they would raise their own taxes if they could be sure that money went directly to education with a primary goal of reducing class sizes and improving education turnouts in Utah.

Last spring, Republican lawmakers placed an alternative question on the ballot, known as Initiative 42A — which essentially nullified 42 by asking voters to keep Mississippi's school funding system as it is.

If it turns out that I am not on the ballot this year, and therefore can not participate in the debates, I hope the moderators will ask the candidates these and other important questions.

Voters around the state will see questions at the bottom of their ballot asking for an increase to property taxes to fund local schools.

Click here for a list of energy questions Americans should ask of all their candidates, up and down the ballot this year.

Each year, BNC sends ballot notices to every member of the N.C. State Bar living in North Carolina — asking each a simple question: Of the Tar Heel lawyers whose work you have observed firsthand, whom would you rate among the current best in these categories?

The complaint filed Thursday in U.S. District Court by former Supreme Court Chief Justices Ronald D. Castille and Stephen Zappala Sr. and Philadelphia attorney Richard A. Sprague also asks for an injunction to prevent the tally of votes on the ballot question.

Two former Supreme Court chief justices and a prominent Philadelphia lawyer are asking a federal court to declare a ballot question extending state judges» retirement age unconstitutional and any votes cast on it invalid.

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. - On «This Week in South Florida» with Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg, several Broward County leaders called for a question on the 2020 Florida ballot to ask voters to ban semi-automatic weapons.