Sentences with phrase «changing the current voting»

The scientifically weighted poll found a similarly large majority in favour of changing the current voting system.

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The four pillars are: timing of the tabling of the Main Estimates; the scope and accounting methods used in the Estimates and the Budget; changes to the current vote structure; and changes to the Reports on Plans and Priorities and the Departmental Performance Reports.

The four pillars are: timing of the tabling of the Estimates; the scope and accounting methods used in the Estimates and the Budget; changes to the current vote structure; and changes to the Reports on Plans and Priorities and the Departmental Performance Reports.

Effectively, it's not a vote to change the rules - it's a vote that the current rules are just wrong.

«I have a live and current understanding and experience of the changes in the party, both from the two leadership elections and the general election where I was out on the doorstep with all of these new members,» says McKeever, who missed out on the Commons by just 1159 votes.

Nevertheless, under current Senate rules, a rule change could itself be filibustered, requiring two - thirds of senators who are present and voting to end debate.

The Let My Vote Count Alliance, Movement for Change and Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) joined forces to draw a massive crowd in the streets to back calls for a new voters register ahead of the 2016 election, insisting the current album is flawed with lots of anomalies.

We say all this to remind ourselves, and to alert the generations that follow us, that this, our current British Constitution, endorsed by us, the peoples of the United Kingdom, in 2019, belongs to a long, changing history that goes back via the introduction of votes for all, the Bill of Rights of 1689, the Charter of the Forests and the Magna Carta, to the Norman Conquest of 1066 and its Doomsday Book.

Precisely because the current structure is inconsistent and (by necessity) open to change, alienation can produce not just the sort of dissent which is either ignored or swiftly absorbed from above so that things may stay the same but real and determining paradigm shifts from below, irrespective of specific votes and / or causes.

What is forgotten is that trade unions voted for this change because the current system gives parliamentarians, not trade unions, a stranglehold on the vote.

«More current Liberal Democrat supporters — those who would still vote for the party now — believe the party has changed for the worse since the 2010 election (36 per cent) than think it has got better (20 per cent), according to a YouGov survey..

«There is no vote that could change the current policy on foxhunting scheduled in this session of parliament, which ends in 2019,» the source said.

«Our country has changed, and while any racial discrimination in voting is too much, Congress must ensure that the legislation it passes to remedy that problem speaks to current conditions,» Roberts wrote.

But for Dr Adjei, the NDC lost the elections as result of the of the change of the party which saw him being voted out for current National Chairman Kofi Portuphy.

However, if you are dissatisfied with your current situation, then vote for change in November.

The governor's proposal can still change, and it almost certainly will as details are negotiated, but the current version would only force the Legislature to vote on a proposal that that would have them submit disclosure forms that would be withheld from the public's view.

President Obama carried Higgins» current district with just 55 percent of the vote in 2008 and if his lines change even slightly, it could impact his re-election chances — paticularly if he has to face off against a fellow Democrat first.

Klein said in an interview last week that the coalition arrangement will likely undergo unspecified changes to its current status, which allows the Bronx Democrat to have say over which bills come to the floor for a vote.

«We now have the chance to vote for a change from the current system under which only 1.6 % of the electorate decide the outcome of general elections.»

The Senate version leaves the current 5 % formula, but improves ballot access in midterm years by changing the base for the calculation from 5 % of the vote cast in the preceding Read more»

The Wandsworth factor and demographic change go in favour of making Tooting a Tory gain for Mark Clarke and the loss of Labour votes to the BNP looks like going to aid Simon Jones» campaign to oust Jon Cruddas in Dagenham and Rainham; «Mr Expenses», Alan Keen, is more vulnerable than the figures suggest in Feltham and Heston (the current projection shows his wife, Ann, being defeated in neighbouring Brentford and Isleworth); Tory candidate Ed Northover wrote only this week about his efforts to win Leyton and Wanstead from Labour, whilst ConservativeHome has previously noted the energetic campaign being waged by Chris Philp in the redrawn Hampstead and Kilburn seat where he is now in genuine contention.

Yet another change would require the temporary president to be elected by the majority of senators elected (the current rule just says the Senate «shall choose» without specifying how) and also bars the lieutenant governor from casting a tie - breaking vote.

Current voting intentions in London, with changes since the last General Election, are CON 34 % -LRB--1), LAB 50 % (+13), LIB DEM 9 % -LRB--13).

The current impasse on the women's agenda is the result of a last - minute change in strategy by the governor and the coalition just days before the end of session, when it became apparent that Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos wasn't going to allow the abortion plank onto the floor — and that there weren't 32 declared votes in the chamber to support that section.

Initiatives like automatic voter registration, electronic poll books, flexibility to change parties, and parolee voting rights are pivotal upgrades to our current system of elections administration that can not be ignored.

To remedy this and other ills, the report calls for major changes in the current two - tier voting system, where parents first cast an advisory vote and then leaders of parent organizations in the respective area make the final choice.

Stefanik said at the time she could still vote for the final bill and would work to change its treatment of the SALT deduction, which under current law allows taxpayers to deduct property and sales taxes, and state income taxes.

The Sierra Club criticized the bill after the vote, announcing that it can not support the measure in its current form and pledging to try to win changes on the floor.

I am voting yes because I am against the status quo even though the current plan needs to go further to change it.

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Vote Hemp is a non-profit organization dedicated to the acceptance of and a free market for industrial hemp and to changes in current law to allow U.S. farmers to grow low - THC industrial hemp.

Vote Hemp is a national, single - issue, non-profit organization dedicated to the acceptance of and a free market for low - THC industrial hemp and to changes in current law to allow U.S. farmers to once again grow this agricultural crop.

Although the House of Representatives has voted to retain the $ 5.12 million estate tax exemption, the $ 1 million exemption for 2013 remains part of current law, which can only be changed with the consent of both houses of Congress and the President.

to the J.D. Recently the President of the Alumni Association reported that of the 500 or so alumni who responded to a survey on the matter, «approximately 90 %» were in favour of the change, and that a vote by the current students found 75 % of them in favour.

Nonetheless in the workplace, I think a positive shift to equality will be due to the current changes which are undergoing, such as same - sex voting, which will thus pave the way.

In B.C., we await the result of a provincial government mandated citizen's forum on electoral reform, which is expected to recommend a change from the current voting system.

The current crop of executives will never vote to replace themselves, and therefore, as you have correctly stated, nothing much will change.