Sentences with phrase «for advisory referendums»

It also contains provisions for advisory referendums that will test public opinion and can influence policies.

Arlene Mulder, Arlington Heights village president, said she and the other two members of the electoral board, Village Clerk Edwina Corso and Trustee Stephen Daday, set aside both their desire to keep the track and some board members» earlier support for an advisory referendum in making the decision.

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He also sits on the advisory board of Elections Canada, the independent, non-partisan agency responsible for conducting federal elections and referendums.

ROLLING MEADOWS — An attorney for the Park District says the board might not have the legal authority to act on a citizen - driven advisory referendum.

After the referendum, the Park District and the board sought to boost citizen participation, which resulted in the formation of advisory boards for Centennial Beach and Frontier Park, among others.

The proposed referendum question would be advisory only and ask voters whether up to $ 300,000 should be transferred from village coffers to the Park District each year for the next 15 years to help pay for a pool.

In a Rolling Meadows advisory referendum, voters rejected plans for a senior citizen housing project that would have cost about $ 4 million.

An advisory committee is recommending that the Glen Ellyn Park District ask voters to approve a $ 3.5 million referendum proposal for a new outdoor swimming pool in Sunset Park.

Park District Executive Director Barbara Heller said Friday that some board members were still considering placing an advisory referendum measure on the April 17 ballot and may reconsider the issue at a future meeting when all board members are present for a vote.

[17] The Scottish government insisted in 2010 that they could legislate for a referendum, as it would be an «advisory referendum on extending the powers of the Scottish Parliament», [16] whose result would «have no legal effect on the Union».

The other option is to propose a bill to have the Act nevertheless enter into force: For the results of an advisory referendum are not binding.

The SSP campaigned for a «Yes» vote in that referendum, with its co-spokesperson Colin Fox sitting on the advisory board of Yes Scotland.

I know what people are saying about the referendum being advisory... I never believed during the campaign that it was anything other than for keeps.

The thing about an advisory referendum is that it is for parliament to decide what to do with the advice the electorate gives.

It seems extraordinary that the government, having relentlessly emphasised for more than three years that the people would decide the issue by the referendum, should have accepted that it was only advisory.

It accuses Prime Minister Theresa May, David Davis, Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, and other senior ministers of deliberately misconstruing the advisory nature of the Referendum and disregarding the constitutional requirements for Article 50.

The Supreme Court noted that the referendum was only advisory and that the Act allowing for the referendum failed to specify what the consequences of the referendum would be.