Sentences with phrase «issue on the ballot»

As we quickly approach an election day with many environmental issues on the ballots, it's important that voters get all sides of every story, and this is one of them.

In that same election issue of WE, the union «took to the streets, so to speak, to ask some of you (its members) what you think is the most important issue on the ballot affecting public education.»

California lawmakers generally put school - construction bond issues on the ballot every two years, and the measures usually pass with broad support.

decision that is at issue on the ballot.

Here's a look at those and other issues on the ballot:

He began with a brief statement urging people to vote, saying that there are «a lot of important issues on the ballot» and asserting that «[t] his is a very difficult time.

«When they put out these bond issues on the ballot, they do not tell the taxpayers what the total amount will be to repay the bond,» McCarthy said.

Opponents of the bill are promising to put the issue on the ballot this November.

Park board Commissioners Larry Newton and Mary Kay Ludemann had voted against placing the issues on the ballot.

He added that there was no discussion by the board — either before voting to place the issues on the ballot or since — about any of the three issues.

Though the 3,100 signatures were still more than what was needed to place the issue on the ballot, Odelson said he believed enough additional «technical» problems existed to reduce the number below that minimum.

General elections have the most offices and issues on the ballot and usually generate more interest and higher turnout than any other elections.

«When Democratic Election Commissioner Dennis Ward tried to sabotage downsizing last year on a technicality, this Republican Caucus went to court to get this issue on the ballot.

On Tuesday when you go to vote, you'll find two issues on your ballot that deal with New York's Adirondack Park.

Referendums in Ireland and on the Continent about Europe have shown that voters tend to express a view about the government of the day, rather than the issue on the ballot paper.

With different candidates and issues on the ballot, it can be hard to figure out who would be the best representative for the district.

Arizona law allows for a «veto referendum» on laws passed by the legislature if opponents gather the requisite signatures to put the issue on the ballot.

They need more than 300,000 signatures to get the issue on the ballot.

A grassroots movement is calling for better treatment of dogs in Ohio puppy mills and collecting signatures to try to put the issue on the ballot.

The state is currently looking through signatures collected by the Coalition to Ban Ohio Dog Auctions to put the issue on the ballot.

In reaction, local residents gathered enough signatures to place the issue on the ballot and have the board's decision overturned.

So a coalition of groups called Renew Oregon started gathering signatures to put the issue on the ballot.

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«These states have said that speech related to registering voters and obtaining signatures to get a candidate or an issue on the ballot have protection,» Schiller says.