Sentences with phrase «by referendum because»

She and the others said they want to change the park district by referendum because the alternative, running for the board themselves, would take too long.

Sponsors inserted in the laws a provision allocating $ 1 million to implement the laws, a shrewd way to make it harder to overturn the laws by referendum because Michigan's constitution bars challenges of spending bills.

In some cases, uncontroversial news laws have to be adopted by referendums because the law requires so.

Not exact matches

Almost everyone expects the Bank of England to do this because the uncertainty caused by the referendum debate and the result likely caused a recession.

This referendum was called by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron because of a promise made in his election campaign to renegotiate terms with the EU and then hold a referendum, designed to win over voters he feared would defect to UKIP.

Because the new regime was not erected by any ordinary process of amendment, referendum, or ratification, in principle the people still may alter it through their elected representatives.

Park Board attorney Bruno Tabis told the board that it might not have the authority to place a referendum question on a ballot because it doesn't have home - rule powers and that authority is denied by statewide park district code.

Meanwhile, the possible addition of a dog park, which has been sought by area owners because of the park district's long - standing ban on pets, is no longer being tied to the referendum, said Superintendent of Recreation Sue Gwinnup.

The group said that events in Catalonia and Kurdistan «has pointed the way forward for it because it was clearly demonstrated by both nations that IPOB can call for and conduct its own referendum with or without the cooperation of Nigeria.»

First, because age and education are the biggest demographic correlates of referendum vote choice, we have weighted the YouGov respondents in each local authority so that their age and education profile matches that for that council as measured by the 2011 Census.

Tory veteran John Redwood pointed out in a blog post that the motion's lack of detail was an attempt by Baron to «maximise support», because it allows both MPs who want a referendum in 2017 and one immediately to vote for it.

Mr Miliband said a referendum is not necessary because the original constitution has been «abandoned» and the treaty can instead be approved by parliament.

The constitutional bill is firmly anchored in the will of the people because (a) the bill fully reflects the declaration of the 2010 National Assembly at which every Icelander 18 years or older had an equal chance of being invited to take a seat and (b) it was approved by 2/3 of the voters in a national referendum against the wishes of much of the discredited political class.

Oh - and I'd like them to have a Government which doesn't break Manifesto commitments because they might lose the Referendum they promised and which isn't led by a man who blatently and repeatedly lies to the media and the electorate.

Much more important, no question of a second referendum to give people a chance to change their minds because circumstances have changed, or because the promises made by Brexit supporters have proved to be no more than pipe dreams.

All this could have easily been predicted because referenda are, by their nature, the heyday of populists.

As to the EU referendum outcome, a narrow majority of the British public did vote to Leave, and it's likely a majority of those who did vote to leave did so because they perceive EU and non-EU immigration as being a problem, just as they were told by the rags.

This whole discussion might be moot anyway, because in order to build a casino in New York City — or anywhere in the state on non-Indian land — the constitutional amendment expanding gambling would have to be passed for a second time by the Legislature and also pass muster with the voters in a public referendum.

The initiative route would take several years because constitutional amendments must be passed by two successively elected Legislatures and then approved in a general election by statewide referendum.

On that front the Survation poll is pretty positive about Jeremy Corbyn with people saying he came across as more trustworthy and in touch than his rivals (though such polls are always a bit tricky because of the choice of clips — Survation tried to iron out any potential biasing effect by having clips from each candidate being interviewed on the Marr show, so they were all interviews, all the same setting and same interviewer... but even then you ended up with two candidates defending their position on the welfare bill, one talking about the EU referendum and one talking about rail nationalisation.

I think the result of this referendum will be a Britain much more like France where the right wing establishment parties are opposed by even more right wing fascist parties because on the left there is fuck all.

The reason the Pine Barrens Society is in this fight is because all land preservation and water protection is paid for by money the public puts up at referenda.»

This may be because so much of their bargaining power went into the AV referendum and Lords reform — two things that are now long forgotten, and indeed were barely noticed by voters even at the time.

Since the referendum, Labour MPs have been transfixed by the belief that their vote in the north and the Midlands was now Ukip's for the taking because of the issue of immigration.

Defeated Scottish first minister Alex Salmond said he only lost the fiercely - contested referendum because of last week's «vow» by David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg promising a drastic shift in money - raising powers to Scotland in the event of a «No» vote.

Elliott recalls that Grayling was told by David Cameron that there was no need for him to resign, because he had decided to allow ministers to campaign on either side in the referendum - providing they waited until the deal with the EU was secured.

Not least because the idea of joint working was actually proposed in public by leading Brexiteer Steve Baker (now Theresa May's Minister for Brexit) in February 2016, four months before the referendum.

The e-petition on a second EU referendum was put down by a Ukipper before the result was known (though not official UKIP policy I understand) because they thought they would need a second referendum.

Because constitutional amendments must be approved by two successive Legislatures and a public referendum, the bill could not take effect until 2013.

During the general election and EU referendum, Fallon was used by the leadership to voice aggressive messages, including the claim that Ed Miliband could not be trusted with the economy because he stabbed his brother in the back for the job of Labour leader.

Mr. Amper said the county's move was illegal because the program, created in 1987 to safeguard drinking water by purchasing land and preventing development, can only be altered or repealed through the adoption of a Charter law that's subject to a mandatory referendum.

To answer you're question, Labour lost because of the economy, on Scotland (by failing to deal with the referendum and it's fallout and by not countering Cameron's allegation that there would be a Labour SNP coalition — not likely and not as distasteful as a Tory - DUP coalition), and because they did not put enough of a policy gap between themselves and the Tories.

It is clear from the research that the vote was associated with prejudice, but this relationship might have been strengthened by the outcome of the referendum because people felt more empowered to express xenophobic attitudes.

The euro did have a poor start, apparently because of the Catalan independence referendum over the weekend, which was opposed by the Spanish government to the point of using violence.