Sentences with phrase «ballot referendum in»

For example, DeVos and her husband bankrolled the successful 2004 ballot referendum in Michigan banning gay marriage.

County voters will decide the issue through a ballot referendum in November.

Voters approved the amendment through a ballot referendum in the fall.

In other words, the strategist leading Jung's candidacy is also working on a project that is helping to unite an anti-Semitic movement behind a crazy ballot referendum in New York.

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The claimants argue that the government lacks a mandate to exit the single market given it was not on the referendum ballot in June.

And the evangelist's ministry took out full - page ads in newspapers support a ballot referendum that would ban same - sex marriage.

Prior to Pishevar's tweetstorm, organization Yes California Independence Campaign started laying groundwork in hopes of putting a referendum on the ballot in 2019.

Mounting tension in Iraq following the Kurdish independence referendum is impacting oil production and exports; the ballot included three provinces of Iraqi Kurdistan and the oil - rich Kirkuk region.

I live in Maryland, where we have a lot of controversial questions on Tuesday's ballot, including referenda on marriage equality, the rights of immigrants and the expansion of gambling.

There is much to be said, for instance, on behalf of Justice Kennedy's complaint that the decision deprives the people of California of the right to govern themselves by referenda, if the losers of a plebiscite can challenge the outcome and, with the collusion of friendly state officials unwilling to defend the people's will, win in court what they can not win at the ballot box.

The group, headed by Du Page County Board member Michael Formento, is trying to collect 2,100 signatures in an effort to get three advisory referendum questions on the ballot.

The Glen Ellyn and Oak Brook Park Districts will proceed with a lawsuit Wednesday against the Du Page County Board of Election Commissioners despite a successful petition drive in Glen Ellyn to place three alternative referendum questions on the ballot.

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.

«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.

The decision halts an election board hearing scheduled for Thursday to review petitions the group filed with the DuPage County Election Commission in December for a referendum question on the March 16 ballot.

The group recently succeeded in getting a Park District referendum on the March 19 ballot seeking to raise $ 3 million of the $ 6 million to $ 8 million its attorneys believe is needed to buy the land.

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.

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.

Residents petitioned the Wilmette Park District to place the referendum on the ballot in hopes the village would later arrange for private redevelopment of the historic building at 1041 Ridge Rd.

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.

An article in some Oct. 31 editions incorrectly stated that the Addison Park District is seeking a 12 - cent increase in its tax rate on the Nov. 5 referendum ballot.

Park commissioners plan to put a referendum measure on the ballot in April seeking financing for the proposed two - story building, which is to include a gymnasium, weight room, aerobic room, locker rooms and meeting rooms.

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.

Voters in the district ultimately would have to support the idea through a referendum request on the November ballot.

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.

A referendum asking Arlington Heights voters whether a non-binding vote should be taken before gambling is introduced or expanded in the village has survived a challenge and will remain on the November ballot, the village electoral board ruled Monday.

A constitutional amendment must be approved by two separately elected sessions of the Legislature and then goes to voters in a ballot referendum.

Now, after the Conservative Party's surprisingly won an absolute majority in the May ballot, Mr Cameron decided to fast track the referendum, to be held as soon as 23rd June 2016.

OR SPOIL YOUR BALLOT PAPER WITH A SUITABLY CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE BOGUS AV v FPTP UK REFERENDUM - A LIBDEMCON COALITION CON.

In the wake of an appellate court decision, Spa City's charter change advocates are once again trying to get their hands on electronic images of ballots cast in November's charter referendum that was defeated by a narrow 10 - vote margiIn the wake of an appellate court decision, Spa City's charter change advocates are once again trying to get their hands on electronic images of ballots cast in November's charter referendum that was defeated by a narrow 10 - vote margiin November's charter referendum that was defeated by a narrow 10 - vote margin.

If you stir in legislation such as the European Referendum Act 2015 which set the question to appear on the ballot paper but failed to address the legal consequences of a vote to leave, and the anomalies thrown up by the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011, not least the ability to avoid a fixed - term, then the unsatisfactory basis upon which the country has gone to the polls three times in the last three years is underscored.

In an open ballot, however, members of the government majority that had launched the constitutional reform process could not permit themselves to vote against the result of the referendum.

Now, after the Conservative Party's surprisingly won an absolute majority in the May ballot, Mr Cameron decided to fast track the referendum, which is now set for June 2016.

Political capital: Brown's failed here, pitching STV as the likely option on the referendum ballot would have driven a wedge in to westminster.

John Rentoul prefers the two - ballot system and Philip Blond wants a multi-option referendum with AV + in the mix as well.

Onondaga County legislators have scheduled a special session Aug. 31 to vote on a proposed consolidation of jail operations under the sheriff's office in time to get a proposition on the ballot Nov. 7 for a public referendum.

Eight polls have so far been conducted since the Scottish Government accepted in January that the question on the referendum ballot paper should read, «Should Scotland be an independent country», as recommended by the Electoral Commission.

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

And even if it does not feature in the British election debate, the idea of replacing means - tested cash benefits with an unconditional, universal weekly payment to every adult citizen as a right of citizenship will soon be tested at the Swiss ballot box, with a referendum on basic income in Switzerland due sometime this year.

Given the difficulty of getting a statewide petition on the ballot in New York, the law is unlikely to be overturned by a referendum, as was the case in California.

STONY POINT - Rose Memorial Library Board President Jennifer Lima has been promoting a ballot referendum seeking $ 717K in funding for a new library.

On October 27, 2017, Kyle Bailey, campaign manager for the Maine Committee for Ranked Choice Voting, sent an email message to ranked - choice voting supporters announcing that the group had filed the paperwork to pursue a veto referendum in opposition to LD 1646: «We will have 90 days to collect 61,123 valid signatures to put a People's Veto on the June 2018 ballot.

Two People's Pledge ballots in North West Lib Dem seats find overwhelming majority favour EU referendum

Its recommendations will take the form of ballot referenda to be offered to voters in this year's general election.

On March 5, 2018, Dunlap announced that a sufficient number of valid signatures had been submitted to place the referendum on the ballot, meaning that ranked - choice voting would be used for federal and state offices in the June 2018 primary election.

BY DYLAN SKRILOFF STONY POINT - Rose Memorial Library Board President Jennifer Lima has been promoting a ballot referendum seeking $ 717K in funding for a new library.

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That agreement and a successful referendum on the 2013 statewide ballot made it possible for Wilmorite and others to compete for casino licenses elsewhere in New York.