Sentences with phrase «call for early voting»

The reforms call for early voting, better ballot design, and comprehensive online and easier voter registration in order to increase voter turnout.

Among other things, the breakaway group of eight Democratic senators led by Sen. Jeff Klein of the Bronx is calling for early voting, no - excuse absentee voting, dedicating a portion of New York City sales taxes toward MTA repairs, tax relief for many New Yorkers, and protecting health insurance for children from poor families.

Gov. Cuomo has previously called for early voting and automatic registration, but the Legislature has been so busy on ethics reform — sarcasm intended — that it has not had the time to propose any new voting laws.

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The Democrat and Republican in a special House election in the heart of Pennsylvania's Trump country were divided by a few hundred votes in a race that was too close to call early this morning — an ominous sign for Republicans in a district that the president won by nearly 20 percentage points.

«I remember going into Tamale 2014 to elect National Officers, Chairman Wontumi called us in the early hours to not vote for Kwabena Agyepong and Paul Afoko as they're not in the good books of then candidate Nana Akufo - Addo.

Speaking at an annual conference of minority lawmakers in Albany, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio sought to rally support for his «DemocracyNYC» agenda, including calls for the enactment of early voting and same - day registration across the state.

The Conservatives and SNP called a vote of no - confidence in the Callaghan government, which lost by one vote, forcing (a few weeks early) the 1979 General Election that brought Margaret Thatcher to power, and killed Scottish devolution for 18 years.

Cooper has has made an early play for the business vote by calling for a «fresh start» to undo the «anti-business» image the party developed under Ed Miliband.

The Times called for the Senate to return to Albany and pass Kavanagh's early voting and voter - friendly ballot design bills, as well as bills allowing for «no - excuse» absentee voting and online voter registration, sponsored respectively by Assemblymembers Jim Brennan and Michael Cusick.

The measures, called the New York Votes Act, would create a system of early voting, automatic and same - day registration, consolidate state and federal primaries and shorten the deadline for registering in a political party.

The governor has proposed early voting in the past, but never called for state funding to be used to support its implementation.

I applaud the Vote Better NY coalition's efforts to modernize the system and its support for early voting, expanded voter registration and calls for a clear and concise ballot design.»

His plan called for allowing early voting for at least a week.

While the governor's proposal calls for 12 days of early voting, bills introduced by two state lawmakers, Assemblyman Charles Lavine and state Sen. Brian Kavanaugh, would require an eight - day early voting period.

If it calls early for Obama, or it does so by 100,000 votes or so, it looks like it's over for McCain.

Ed Miliband was accused of «opportunism» at prime minister's questions earlier, but argued that tonight's vote was an «opportunity to get a mandate» from the Commons to call for a real - terms cut.

His plan calls for a 12 - day early voting period before Election Day.

De Blasio, a Democrat running for reelection this year, has called for reforms like early voting and same - day voter registration that have stalled in the state capital.

He could well then call, and possibly lose, a vote of confidence, which would pave the way for an early general election.

Earlier, a Lib Dem amendment calling for a second referendum on the terms of exit was comfortably defeated by 336 votes to 131.

We adopted the boldest and most pro-voter platform in history — calling for expanding early voting and vote - by - mail, implementing universal automatic voter registration and same day voter registration, ending partisan and racial gerrymandering, and making Election Day a national holiday.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — A city councilman is calling on the State Liquor Authority to vote against renewing a liquor license for a controversial restaurant that was embroiled in a sex scandal involving police officers earlier this year.

However, despite the promptings, Kennedy held the party line on a referendum, and rejected suggestions that the party leader call for an in / out vote at the earliest opportunity.

The rebellious backbench Tory MP stepped up his calls for the immediate breakup of the coalition after Liberal Democrat ministers voted with Labour against boundary changes earlier this week.

The mayor has called for a series of reforms at the state level, including allowing same - day voter registration and early voting.

The Independent reported earlier this month that Ukip leader Nigel Farage had called for a snap election to be called following the Brexit vote.

Proposed changes include reforms that advocates have long called for: early voting, automatic voter registration and same day registration.

Jackson said earlier this month he was thinking about calling for a no confidence vote at the convention, and reiterated his intention in a telephone interview on Monday.

In a departure from previous years, Malloy released budget details on Monday and his speech focused largely on other issues, including calls for stronger gun laws, early voting, an increase in the minimum wage and addressing the gender wage gap.

Earlier Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer hinted Labour could change its policy on another Brexit vote by saying the party was «not calling for a referendum at this stage».

A package called the «Democracy Project» would allow for early voting, as well as automatic and same - day voter registration.

The Empire State Pride Agenda, the Human Rights Campaign, Freedom to Marry and Marriage Equality New York — will form a single organization called New Yorkers United for Marriage which will shortly undertake a coordinated effort to sway three Democrats and 12 Republicans who voted against marriage equality last year in an effort to pass it by early summer, the NYT reports:

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, has not yet announced plans to call a special election, but party leaders are preparing for a vote early in the spring.

State lawmakers could start voting as early as today on a bill that Governor Andrew Cuomo calls a «major victory for Upstate communities,» the START - UP NY tax - free program.

Mr Farage also joined fellow Ukip candidate Douglas Carswell, who retained his Clacton seat earlier this evening, in calling for «radical» voting reform after his party received nearly four million votes but returned only one MP.

Sources said Mark - Viverito and other council leaders were infuriated over Greenfield's call for delaying a vote on the horse - carriage proposal earlier this month — a top priority for Mayor de Blasio and his donors, and backed by Mark - Viverito.

Last month, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman introduced the «New York Votes Act,» calling for same - day registration, automatic registration, and early voting.

A City Council bill, which was to come to a vote as early as Thursday, had called for a cap on the company's growth during the study.

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Some, though, are looking elsewhere and still - early polling shows that this November could yield near - record voting for so - called «third party» candidates.

Cuomo's wide - ranging, 10 - point ethics reform agenda advocates for a public campaign financing system, early voting, and several additional measures that reform - minded advocates and legislators have been calling for, as well as others of his own.

As for voting reform, the Assembly voted to agree with Cuomo's calls for automatic registration and early voting, but recommends a period of early voting commencing eight days before an election rather than the 12 - day window proposed by the governor.

The good news for the research community is that the 211 - to - 198 vote by the House largely rejects deep cuts to science programs proposed by President Donald Trump earlier this year — and even calls for spending increases at a few agencies, including $ 1.1 billion more for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Some 2016 presidential candidates — for instance, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who voted against the earlier Senate bill in July — have called for getting rid of the federal Department of Education altogether.

The three open seats on the regional board went to: John Clearwater, an independent, who had 801 votes; Richard Godfrey, who had been appointed to the board earlier in order to fill a vacancy and won 428 votes; and David Robbins, a member — but not a formal candidate — of a newly formed parent group in the community that is calling for revisions in the school system's mathematics curriculum.

Legislation calling for similar changes was voted down in Albany earlier this year.

So called «school safety bills» SB 7026 and HB 7101 are poised to hit the floor of both chambers setting them up for a final vote as early as tomorrow.

This is why I am so disappointed that the NAACP board of directors earlier this month voted in support of a resolution calling for a moratorium on new charter schools.

The vote follows a report released earlier that day by the cross-party House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee calling for a ban on fracking due to the risks it poses to Britain's efforts to tackle climate change.