Sentences with phrase «election reform»

We simply can't make real progress on election reform without addressing the greatest form of voter suppression in the state — closed primaries.

He is a seasoned legislator with a long history of advocacy for election reform, public schools, affordable housing and the environment and the prevention of gun violence.

He moved into various leadership posts dealing with election reform, crime, drug abuse and, finally, taxes and spending.

«This is not Democratic election reform,» he said.

Can we try to get to election reform so we can get some representation at all levels of government?

Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy rebuffed the comment, telling Capital «This is funny coming from the head of a conference who has allowed their deputy leader [Senator Tom Libous] to serve while sitting under federal indictment and have blocked any real chance of election reform in albany.»

Moreland Commission Co-chairs: Pass Election Reforms In a Daily News op - ed on Sunday, two of the co-chairs of the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption explained why they recommended public financing as a solution to the persistent problem of pay - to - play politics in Albany.

«I don't have any specific knowledge that it's going to be reported out of committee,» he said of his bill, «but I'd be surprised if we end the session without some kind of election reform package.»

The Huffington Post is reporting that iVote, a voting rights group is making automatic voter registration its centerpiece election reform proposal for 2016.

Much of the focus is on social issues like election reform, paid family leave and community policing.

Early voting and other election reforms in Albany have stalled over the years, even as more states across the country have adopted the model.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D - NY, is introducing a comprehensive election reform package as part of his 2018 State of the State agenda.

AAAS has created a searchable online database of research articles to inform election officials, researchers, and other workers on election reform issues.

Fowler's most recent exhibition, «New Portraits,» currently on view at Richard Telles Fine Arts in Los Angeles through February 11, extrapolates on the artist's recent work in portraiture with industrial embroidery machines, adding a newfound looseness inspired by Election Reform!

Kallos says he recognizes that the mayor hasn't been able to prioritize election reform over other items on his agenda.

«Proposed elections reforms remain a perennial problem in New York State because of, among other reasons, a lack of adequate funding for them in the state budget, leaving the counties to potentially incur the cost of any reforms.

The actors have endorsed the Fair Elections reform package which includes a system of matching small donations with public funds, as well as lower contribution limits, restrictions on contractors and lobbyists doing business with the state, and greater enforcement and transparency.

In our current legislative culture, however, the chances of enacting any kind of meaningful election reform are slim to none.

The fact that the Harper government would gleefully and recklessly demonize Elections Canada in order to buttress support for its highly flawed elections reform bill is the most disturbing aspect of this whole exercise.

The First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, had this to say about plans contained in the Wales Office Green paper on Assembly Election reform.

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Emma Boorboor, election reform campaign director at U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG), told me that in October 2015, she sent a letter to Vanguard CEO Bill McNabb and two other Vanguard employees outlining her concerns with the mutual fund company's voting policies with respect to corporate political disclosure.

«The latest «State of the State» proposals highlighting much needed election reforms are nearly identical to legislation drafted by myself, and Deputy Leader Gianaris.

Over the weekend and in an address on Monday, Cuomo had announced that election reforms such as early voting and automatic registration, which he proposed last year, would be part of his agenda again in 2017.

[19] Florida's list maintenance provision was changed by the Florida Election Reform Act of 2001.

In 1998, Mr. Roberts was employed as the legislative research director of the House Election Reform Committee.

Join the conversation happening around election reform today with the hashtag #VoteBetterNY.

In this position, Kavanagh will build upon his long record in the State Assembly championing election reform — working to modernize New York's antiquated election laws, remove improper obstacles to voting, strengthen campaign finance disclosure, and close loopholes to prevent monied special interests from exercising undue influence on elections and government.

At a November 4 news conference, Gotham Gazette asked the mayor why he hadn't been vocal about voting and election reform earlier, in order to pressure Albany well ahead of the election, and what Governor Cuomo's role should be in pushing for reforms.

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She also said the state will invest $ 20 billion over the next five years to fight homelessness, and would institute election reforms to allow early voting and easier registration.

«I think the appropriate thing is to fault the Republican Senate majority,» Kavanagh said, insisting that the governor and the Independent Democratic Conference in the Senate have also backed the Assembly's direction on election reform under Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat.

Tuesday saw a continued push for public campaign financing and other election reform measures.

The 2016 legislative session is scheduled to end June 16, so there isn't much time to get some important work done, especially the passage of stronger ethics laws and voter - friendly election reforms.

In the last presidential election the Reform Party was able to place its candidate on the ballot in a single state.

State Assemblyman Michael Blake and State Sen. Brian Kavanagh sit down with «In Focus» Host Cheryl Wills to discuss election reforms to allow early voting.

Grayson said there is potential to have comprehensive election reform without partisan politics.

At 9:30 a.m., good government groups and community - based organizations launch the statewide Vote Better NY petition drive to highlight election reform in the 2016 elections, Foley Square, Manhattan.

Diane Russell, a Portland state representative who had promoted ranked choice across the country for Fair Vote, the national election reform advocacy group, helped convince officials in her home city to embrace it for mayoral elections in 2010, and began pushing for it at the State House.

Dr. Fitrakis testified at the Election Assessment hearings in Houston, Texas in 2005, which became part of the Carter - Baker Commission Report on federal election reform.

George Maragos, Democratic candidate for Nassau County executive, rolls out his plan to deal with corruption, term limits and election reform at a news conference in Mineola on Wednesday, May 10, 2017.

Problems at poll sites are nothing new, but New York is way behind many other states in enacting basic election reforms that could increase turnout and reduce errors.

In and of itself the hodgepodge, self - serving state election law would seem a weak excuse to explain why a self - described progressive executive had failed to advance election reform.

Common Cause / NY Responds to Governor Cuomo's Package of Election Reforms Thursday December 21, 2017 at 01:37 pm

«The governor's action comes after a legislative session that saw no meaningful election reform legislation or administrative actions to increase voter participation,» the goo - goos continued.

On the ballot last November here in Ohio was a slew of election reform amendments, one of which would have created a nine - member committee in charge of drawing competetive legislative districts.

Besides Early Voting, New York lacks many other modern election reforms.

It was the second annual «Vote Better NY» Advocacy Day for Election Reform organized by NYC Votes, a non-partisan voter engagement initiative run by the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) and its Voter Assistance