Sentences with phrase «expanding voting hours»

Toulouse Oliver's campaign website stated support for establishing a statewide ethics commission to make the state offices more transparent and accountable, protecting voting rights through expanding voting hours and training for poll workers, and helping local businesses.

33 states offer some form of expanded voting hours or early voting, with some giving voters a chance to choose their candidates one month before the first Tuesday in November.

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Senate Democrats including Sen. Charles E. Schumer were exultant last week after a 15 - hour filibuster yielded the seemingly impossible: A commitment to hold votes to expand gun - purchaser background checks and keep potential terrorists from buying guns.

After a nearly 15 - hour filibuster, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said Thursday morning that lawmakers would hold a vote on expanding gun control legislation after the nation's deadliest mass shooting.

Hours after he left the Senate Thursday morning, Murphy made numerous national television appearances to discuss the two areas where Democrats forced a vote: banning people on government terrorism watch lists from buying guns and expanding background checks.

As School Board president, Heidcamp convinced board members a few years back to expand school district voting hours to 6 a.m. — 9 p.m. from the original noon — 9 p.m..

In one of the final hours before the Senate voted to pass their version of the tax bill, Senator Ted Cruz (R - Texas) introduced an amendment that expands 529 savings accounts to incorporate K - 12 expenses.