Sentences with phrase «election reform under»

«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.

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OTTAWA — Nine million votes were wasted in the 2015 election under Canada's winner - take - all electoral system — that's more than the populations of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces combined, according to a new electoral reform primer outlining why the principle of proportionality must underpin the government's promise to bring in voting reform by the next federal election.

The public and politic case for upfront amnesty and increased low - skill immigration (under the label «comprehensive immigration reform») was made by the Republican National Committee's «autopsy» of the 2012 election.

In a piece written two days after the presidential election («The Fate of Hungry Kids in a Trump Administration,» cross-posted in Civil Eats), I expressed my own grave concerns over the fate of school food reform and other child nutrition programs under a Trump White House and a Republican - controlled Congress.

The people under the most pressure are the Senate Republicans, all of whom signed Koch's three - pronged pledge (it also included budget and ethics reform), only to turn around and pass a constitutional amendment that would overhaul the process in time for the 2022 elections but leave it in all it's partisan and un-independent glory this year.

The second main side vying for election is a partnership between presidential hopeful Raila Odinga and his running - mate Kalonzo Musyoka, under the CORD Alliance (Coalition for Reforms and Democracy).

Cuomo failed to get lawmakers to agree on a package of campaign finance reforms, and says he will now appoint a commission under the powers» of the state's Moreland Act, to investigate campaign filings at the State Board of Elections.

Under mounting pressure from good - government groups, unions and the Working Families Party, Governor Andrew Cuomo met with advocates of campaign finance reform to discuss passing publicly financed elections before the end of the state legislative session in June.

Mkenya Solidarity is now publically supporting the CORD alliance (Coalition of Reform and Democracy) led by the Luo Prime Minister Raila Odinga, having turned its back on Uhuru Kenyatta (after publically supporting his Presidential bid in the 2002 elections and allegedly being under his patronage in the 2008 PEV).

When initial explorations into voting reform were last made by the late Roy Jenkins, it was shown that, had the 1997 election been held under the alternative vote system, Labour's already huge majority would have gone up from 179 to 245.

Kennedy, as did his opponent in 2014, signed a contract promising to limit campaign spending to a grant of about $ 95,000 in taxpayer money he received under the Citizen Election Program (CEP), the landmark Connecticut campaign finance reform that its supporters claim is a model for keeping special interest money out of elections.

The main areas for consideration under the Open component are: Peace and security; Voter education; Electoral reform; Adjudication of disputes; Observation and monitoring of elections; and Inclusiveness and participation.

The lowest achieved was 0.4 % and 137 votes by Peter Reynolds in the 2012 by - election for Corby, standing under the CLEAR - Cannabis Law Reform party name.

Gov. Cuomo Discusses Passing Reform This Session with Activists Under mounting pressure from good - government groups, unions and the Working Families Party, Governor Andrew Cuomo met with advocates of campaign finance reform to discuss passing publicly financed elections before the end of the state legislative session inReform This Session with Activists Under mounting pressure from good - government groups, unions and the Working Families Party, Governor Andrew Cuomo met with advocates of campaign finance reform to discuss passing publicly financed elections before the end of the state legislative session inreform to discuss passing publicly financed elections before the end of the state legislative session in June.

After the election, which Astorino lost, the party changed its name to the Reform Party, which is allowed under state election law.

The 1993 reform government under Hosokawa Morihiro introduce a new electoral system whereby 200 members (reduced to 180 beginning with the 2000 election) are elected by proportional representation in multi-member districts or «blocs» while 300 are elected from single - candidate districts.

To see how reform - minded teachers are systematically under - represented in union elections, consider Washington, D.C., as a case study.