Sentences with phrase «failed voter referenda»

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The referendum failed and voter feedback indicated that the tax dollars requested should be reduced and limited in duration and that specific projects with timelines for completion should be identified.

On the other hand, if the Scottish government fails to achieve this or gain enough support for a second independence referendum, Labour could claim to have a credible alternative that voters can support in a Scottish election.

If the council fails to adopt the proposition, and another 5 percent of voters sign petitions - that's roughly 1,350 additional signatures - the matter would go to a public referendum.

The referendum illustrated the breakdown of voter trust, as political elites failed again to represent the interests of their constituents.

The referendum has given many people, especially many working class voters, the chance to strike a blow against the system which is failing them and which is failing to listen to them.

«If the referendum fails, generations of support for gaming in the Catskills will be dashed for no other reason, perhaps, than a failure to offer the best, most transparent plan, that provides the maximum information to voters.

A bill to give voters a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU today officially failed in the House of Lords.

Referendum 55, a measure that gave voters a chance to decide the fate of a legislative bill passed in 2003 allowing charter schools, was failing by a large margin Tuesday night...

School board members and superintendents appearing before the Assembly education committee questioned why Republicans want to inject themselves in local affairs during a public hearing on a bill that would prohibit school districts from bringing a failed referendum back to voters for two years.

Upon realizing that vouchers were rejected by 62 percent of voters, Byrne referred to the referendum as a «statewide IQ test that Utah voters failed.