Sentences with phrase «early voting practices»

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In early February, the firm received a response from Vanguard, which Tim Smith, senior vice president at Walden Asset Management, told me included a discussion of Vanguard's efforts to talk with companies about social and environmental issues, but stopped short of saying that Vanguard would actually change its proxy voting practices.

In early January, Walden Asset Management, a corporate client who uses Vanguard for their 401 (k) program, wrote Vanguard about its proxy voting practices with respect to social and environmental issues like political spending and climate change.

Declaring early in American history that the Constitution was «godless» because it failed to acknowledge the authority of Jesus Christ, the church up until a generation ago practiced «political dissent,» not allowing members to vote, hold public office, or take oaths of allegiance to the flag or the Constitution.

A House rules committee voted 8 - 7 earlier this month to kill a midwifery bill he sponsored that would have allowed its practice by health care workers with specialized training, a relaxation of current law - which requires midwives to have registered nursing degrees.

State Sen. Michael Gianaris has sponsored legislation that would end this practice, and there is an early sign that it could come to a vote in the Senate — but don't cross your fingers.

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz today praised members of the state Senate who early this morning voted 59 to 1 in favor of a bill that would reform the governance structure of the Queens Library and require the Library to adopt best practice reforms aimed at increasing the transparency of the Library's operations.

Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania allow early vote switches but the practice is extremely rare, according to the Early Voting Information Center at Reed Colearly vote switches but the practice is extremely rare, according to the Early Voting Information Center at Reed ColEarly Voting Information Center at Reed College.

The audit, which found fault with the RRA's purchasing and sales practices, was released to the public earlier this month, just days after the Ulster County Legislature voted to approve a 2013 budget that included a controversial «flow control» provision.

A number of the proposals the governor presented echoed mayor's ideas, including his $ 650 million life sciences initiative, voting reforms such as early voting and same - day registration, adopting salary history blind hiring practices and requiring state contracts to disclose data on gender, race and ethnicity of employees.

If NY is to capture the trend across the country, early voting should be made the practice.

[And don't accept any run - around, or ridiculously early deadlines — some brokers now seem to think voting's simply a quaint & annoying practice!?].

In early October, Senate Intel Committee member and Oregon Senator Ron Wyden issued a letter to the nation's six major voting machine makers calling on them to issue details on their security practices and assurances that they were taking voting integrity seriously moving forward.