Sentences with phrase «before voting for a change»

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** Dell Inc founder Michael Dell raised his $ 24.4 billion bid by less than 1 percent just hours before it was to be put to a vote, tacking on a controversial demand to change voting rules to make it easier for him to buy and take the No. 3 personal computer maker private.

We're also doing the change in our voting patterns to really have «new management»; we want to ensure that we will have some money left in the Heritage Trust Fund so that our grandchildren will be able to pay for the land, air and water that the oil and gas industry has contaminated — that they will not do the remediation work on — before they leave Alberta.

(CNN)- Pope Benedict XVI is considering changing the Vatican constitution to allow a vote for his successor to begin before March 15, Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said Wednesday.

Before the 1970s, evangelicals voted as often for Democrats as for Republicans, but in the wake of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, a Supreme Court decision ending prayer in public schools, and the legalisation of abortion in 1973, the Republican Party recognised an opportunity to build a new coalition of Christian conservatives upset with the cultural changes sweeping the country.

Editorial from The Salvation Army Newspaper The War Cry for 5th April 08 Headlines of a prime ministerial change of mind on allowing Labour MPs a conscience vote when the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill goes before the Commons next month have focused on one issue - animal - human hybrid embryos.

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For starters, the committee rules were changed and presented to members just three days before the Sunday vote.

Cuomo's plan would change that be requiring counties to offer at least one early voting polling location for every 50,000 residents during a 12 - day period before Election Day.

Two thirds of swing voters say Labour will have to change quite fundamentally before they will consider voting for it again, even if they do not like what the coalition is doing.

In an age of instant communication, advocates for changing the voting rules say there's no reason to require voters be registered at least 25 days before the next election.

My generation, like many before us, tended to vote for the party that our parents had always supported, but nowadays that's all changed.

Fourthly, Lib Dem and swing voters especially will not forgive Lib Dems for precipitating the demise of the Coalition government, probably two years before it is due to end, not on a point of principle, such as on tuition fees, tax policy, social policy like gay marriage, Trident, the European treaty veto or the health or welfare bills but on... an issue of narrow partisan electoral self interest, i.e. unhappiness at boundary changes (which they had already voted for in February 2011).

Carroll views early voting as a first step in modernizing our voting systems, but feels that there is so much more to do, «from allowing same day registration, no fault absentee voting, allowing for party enrollment changes to take place 10 days before an election and more.»

Whether legislating for a five - year fixed - term parliament, or changing the voting registration system, or redrawing the electoral map, this is a government which has not stopped to think twice before meddling with the rules of the game.

He also urged early voters who had «made a mistake» by voting for Mrs Clinton to change their ballots before Thursday's deadline.

Rep. John Katko says he has concerns about the plan, which he has shared with the House leadership, and believes the final version will have changed significantly before it comes up for a vote.

The A.F.L. - C.I.O., the Conservative Party, the Sierra Club, the National Abortion Rights Action League, legislators of both parties and Change New York, the anti-tax group, were united against the measure,» wrote Richard Perez - Pena, for the New York Times, on November 5, 1997, just before the con con vote that year.

It will be able to change its name, which it intends to do — it will likely become the Welsh Parliament before the 2021 elections — increase or decrease the number of Assembly Members (AMs) elected, change the electoral system used for Assembly elections and reduce the voting age.

One possibility to change the vote tally before the legislative session concludes in June would have been for Cuomo to call special elections.

Thus, for example, if a minority candidate drops out before election day, this can change the result because he or she takes votes differently from the major candidates.

He promised a consultation on changing the voting system - but he said there were «no plans» for a referendum on this issue before the next election.

The Republican healthcare plan to replace the Affordable Care Act will likely change significantly before it comes to the House for a vote, according to Rep. John Katko.

Before the 2015 election, Baba said these words: «I see Buhari as the next President and Jonathan is aware of that... a General is always a General...» Baba voted for Buhari in the election that made power change hands from the PDP to the APC.

«This is going to be the biggest change for a generation,» the minister in charge of exiting the European Union, David Davis, has said, before calling for those who voted on either side to now come together.

The committee members are not required to vote at the convention for the candidates they endorsed, and DeFrancisco is counting on many to change their minds about Molinaro before the May convention.

«We anticipate there will be changes made to the Senate bill before it moves to the floor for a vote,» Flanagin said.

Changing too often will make the electorate think twice before voting for us.

They voted to require applicants for public assistance to take drug tests before receiving benefits and they passed legislation changing the elections for the Wake County School Board and gerrymandering the district lines to make it easier for Republicans to get elected.

Beebe points to the March 6 primary, where on a non-binding ballot proposition 85 percent of Republicans statewide expressed their approval of a proposed change in the nominating process for House Speaker, using a secret ballot in a binding caucus before the vote on the open House floor.

I moved from RBC Direct to TD Waterhouse just for this reason and if more investors vote with their feet and demand a change, the brokers will fall in line before you can say «currency conversion charge».

I understand the complaints about the price as saying they need to change bout time this comes out but for the most part the complaints are like PS now is a rip off from people like AutoCad now if they keep the price yea it can be a rip off but to not even wait to see if they keep this price structure and just flat out call it a rip off or a failure is premature and unwarranted it's people like that who ruin it and cause some people to never even try it out because they think these prices are real when it is a test and people voting with their wallets buy not renting these games in the beta will get the point across not crying about it on random websites cause I can bet that Sony will take notice from the people who are not renting anything before they listen to the cry babies and if you are going to complain go to the Sony blog and let them know there that is the only place they are going to check peoples reactions so crying on N4G is just a waste of time.

As to the remainder of the changes, which were adopted and will now be sent to the Supreme Court of Virginia for its blessing before becoming final, there was quite a firestorm prior to the final vote adopting the proposed rules.

For those who haven't followed the case, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act requires a number of states and local governments, mostly in the South, to seek federal permission before changing their voting procedures, explains The New York Times.

Changes seem to be afoot within the Department of Justice as well to ensure legislation is more Charter proof before it comes to the House of Commons for votes and passage.

Canada existed as a free state for over a century before the Charter was enacted, and during that period our elected representatives regularly enacted laws to respond to changing times and social mores, from equal voting rights to decriminalizing homosexuality, none of which necessitated a «dialogue» with the courts.

REM: Here at home, the dispute between CREA and the Competition Bureau over MLS access has intensified, with CREA's membership scheduled to vote on proposed changes at this month's AGM and the bureau's commissioner filing for a formal hearing before the Competition Tribunal.