Sentences with phrase «before going to voters»

Those proposals would have to be voted on by the current Legislature as well as the one that takes office in 2019 before going to voters statewide for final approval.

Cuomo is pushing legalization of casino gambling through a constitutional amendment that would need approval by two separately elected state legislatures before going to voters.

The district can sell only up to $ 200,000 a year in bonds before going to voters for approval.

Not exact matches

These local and mayoral elections are unusual because they come just five weeks before voters will go back to the polls for the general election, and slap - bang in the middle of the political parties» election campaigns.

If they act the part they are seeking before they get it, it will give them practice in living this success, and it will cause voters to see them in the role, which will make the election more likely to go in their favor.

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's campaign said on Friday it had been the target of a «massive» computer hack that dumped its campaign mails online 1-1/2 days before voters go to the polls to choose between the centrist and his far - right rival Marine Le Pen.

«Leave» backer with a year to go to Brexit: «I am never going to vote again» U.K. voter gets disheartened by a watered - down BrexitAs of Thursday, there is now exactly one year to go before Brits actually leave the European Union.

He has been backed up by the Republican National Committee, which launched a website «Lyin» Comey» last week that makes the case that Democrats should hate the former FBI director because he cost Hillary Clinton the election by reopening an investigation into her emails days before voters went to the polls.

The Church of England has released a special prayer before voters go to the polls for the EU referendum on June 23rd.

How funny... he managed to pause right at the exit of the church door... for all the world to see him... in a perfectly orchestrated photo shoot... 45 days before voters go to the voting booth.

With every election cycle, the number of voters who grew up and went to school before there were national standards for public science education is decreasing.

He had encouraged people to vote a day before people went to polling stations and said it was «heartening» to see an increased voter turnout.

«Not only are those ads relatively inexpensive; they've allowed often cash - strapped campaigns to determine whether their dollars were well spent, before voters went to the polls.»

A new Siena poll finds Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin leads GOP businessman Bob Turner 48 - 42 percent among likely voters in Democrat - dominated NY - 9 with five weeks to go before the Sept. 13 special election to fill ex-Rep.

The governor reversed himself on the timing of a casino public referendum, saying he would like it to go before the voters this fall even though there are no statewide elections scheduled, and not in 2014.

To give you an idea of just how unhappy lawmakers are with the governor's habit — like other governors before him — of stuffing non-budget policy items into the budget, Deputy Senate Minority Leader John DeFrancisco has suggested the Legislature move a constitutional amendment that would go before voters to outlaw anything other than spending from being put into the annual spending plaTo give you an idea of just how unhappy lawmakers are with the governor's habit — like other governors before him — of stuffing non-budget policy items into the budget, Deputy Senate Minority Leader John DeFrancisco has suggested the Legislature move a constitutional amendment that would go before voters to outlaw anything other than spending from being put into the annual spending plato outlaw anything other than spending from being put into the annual spending plan.

But with seven days to go before elections, the television advertising market is swamped with political messages from all corners, marking a challenge for campaigns that need to distinguish themselves among undecided voters.

The leader of the Senate Republicans said he's against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to require local governments in each county to offer government consolidation plans to go before voters in November.

But with the midterm elections less than two months away, leaders have not yet decided whether they will schedule a vote on the legislation before voters go to the polls.

There are three ballot propositions going before voters statewide in November: A proposed constitutional amendment to establish a redistricting commission (with members to be appointed by legislative leaders), a constitutional amendment to permit electronic distribution to state legislators of pending bills, and a $ 2 billion school bond issue.

In Ohio, Illinois and North Carolina, voters go to the polls on March 15, a month before the next Federal Election Commission fundraising report deadline.

The Senate GOP has introduced a $ 5 billion bond act to go before voters in November.

«This is why we need to take the power to raise tolls out of the hands of these bureaucrats who are not accountable to voters and require members of the Legislature, who just went before voters, to approve any toll or fee increase as I have proposed (A. 6153),» said Tedisco.

Washington (CNN)-- A day after divided Senate Democrats had to delay a pre-election vote on renewing tax cuts due to expire at the end of the year, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Friday still didn't rule out a House vote on extending tax breaks for middle - income Americans before voters go to the polls.

In 1997, the last time New Yorkers voted on a constitutional convention referendum, opponents poured more than $ 750,000 into an advertising and direct mail campaign in the two weeks before voters went to the polls.

«Prince» Anthony Weiner is in big trouble, the voters in his district are «MAD» at «Big Brother» Obama, Washington DC, etc, etc, and they see voting for the Republ - I - CAN as a way of sending a message «We are not going to take it anymore», plus I am sure there are many people who live outside the state and have seen the «PRINCE» in action on CNN < C - SPAN, etc and will be willing to send a check to him as a way of saying «BYE BYE WEINER» Before there was the «Oracle at Delphi» there was Count Vampire J. Machiavelli VJ Machiavelli http://www.vjmachiavelli.blogspot.com No More Schumer, Pelosi, Rangel, Engel «After Four Years of Scandals it is time for the Lazio Team»

«It has to pass the next Legislature, it has to go before voters.

Besides VOIP, good ol' spam will also work nicely — let's us go tell some voters that their polling places have changed or that they need to renew their registration before they can vote.

The mayor also unveiled an $ 84.9 billion executive budget for fiscal 2018, which begins on July 1 — just months before voters go to the polls for the mayor's re-election.

That's a stretch — but the skirmish nonetheless is putting the fight to set voting rules for the presidential election on center stage, eighteen months before voters go to the polls.

«Pension forfeiture is necessary and long overdue and I am very pleased to have voted in support of the measure so that it can now go before voters this fall for their final approval.»

The amendment, due to go before voters on Election Day, is aimed at removing the process from state lawmakers and in to the hands of a commission appointed by the Assembly and Senate.

Last Thursday, as British voters went to the ballot box, former FBI Director James Comey sat before a United States senate intelligence committee hearing to provide testimony on the events leading up to his firing by President Trump.

Voters in Norwich North will be going to the polls on July 23rd in the final major political event before the summer recess.

Parliament had gone down in voters» expectations steadily since before Blair came to power, as a quick glance at turnout figures will tell you.

Predictably, Democrats sprang into defense mode, with a call to supporters on the day before voters go to the polls in HD 72.

After a great deal of horse trading, a timetable for the election debates has been set, culminating in a head - to - head between the prime minister, David Cameron, and his opposite number Ed Miliband a week before voters go to the polls.

In order to change the state's constitution, the measure must be passed by two consecutively elected houses of the legislature, then go before voters, where polls show it would likely be approved.

The number of Onondaga County voters who either filled out affidavit ballots or went before a judge to try to get their vote counted was higher than normal for a presidential primary, said Czarny, although he noted that there are no historical numbers from past presidential primaries to use as a comparison.

Even as Romney's «Orca» was going belly - up on Election Day, another group of conservatives were enjoying the fruits of labor that began long before voters headed to the polls.

With two years to go before the 2017 mayoral election, 61 percent of white voters say he doesn't deserve another term.

But the same survey shows more than half of Republican voters in the South Florida House district remain undecided with about one month to go before the special primary to replace Rep. Jose Felix Diaz, who resigned his seat effective Sept. 26 to run in Senate District 40.

Voters living between Brighton Beach and Bergen Beach are going to the polls to pick between Councilman Lew Fidler (D — Marine Park) and Republican attorney David Storobin, ending a heated campaign for the seat Kruger gave up last December before pleading guilty to accepting $ 1 million in bribes.

The amendment to legalize casino gambling would then go before voters in a referendum.

The state is considering a plan to dramatically increase the number of casinos on non-Indian lands in New York, a proposal that could not go before voters until at least November 2013.

The Scottish first minister, speaking days before voters go to the polls on Thursday to decide whether Scotland will leave the UK for good, suggested measures extending devolution to Scotland could be matched south of the border.

«Before going to the voting booth next month, voters should review our ratings and consider how their legislators represented them.

Still, lawmakers do have time to sort out the changes: A constitutional amendment must be approved twice by separately elected legislatures before it goes before voters.

With hours to go before polling opens, a ComRes poll for ITV News suggests nearly one in five voters haven't decided which way they'll vote.

Those proposals would then go before voters as a slate of changes to be voted up or down.