Sentences with phrase «local referendum»
A local referendum refers to a voting process where people in a specific geographic area, like a city or town, have the opportunity to express their opinion or make a decision on a particular issue that directly affects their local community. Full definition
It was intended that this system would be used in other regional Assemblies in England, but these were rejected in local referendums.
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Local communities could hold local referendums on modest house - building projects under new plans being put forward by the housing minister.
A big increase in the number of directly - elected mayors — rejected by the great majority of local referendums
When the last government gave campaigners the chance to shut down grammars through local referendums, people voted to keep them.»
Almost all English district and unitary councils — 279 of 293 — held elections too, and there were also votes for six mayors, for many parish and town councils, plus the odd local referendum.
Zac Goldsmith: I welcome the Government's commitment to include local referendums in the localism Bill.
The manifesto is largely history now, but that such a non-consensus policy (also overturning local referenda) could have been envisaged by the Conservatives is an ominous sign for the future of English devolution.
In the first of a new series of diaries from the People's Pledge campaign, Chris Bruni - Lowe, co-founder and campaign director, announces the next move — three simultaneous local referendums
Local referendums establish whether a directly - elected mayor will be introduced in an area.
They offer micro-measures of citizen control - local referenda on tax, bureaucratic procedures for recalling MPs and modest reforms to the electoral system - without addressing the distorted DNA of the British constitution: the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty.
Plans that have been put to voters before, and comprehensively rejected in local referenda.
The prospect of local referendums, or of Ministers championing Councils who transfer community assets, would have been unthinkable during the last Parliament.
In May 1999 they secured a 68 % vote in favour at a local referendum, and followed it with a 61,000 - signature petition and some intense lobbying.
Prominent among them is the ability of local communities to propose development which, if it meets certain safeguards and get 50 per cent of support in a local referendum, can be built without planning permission.
Following a successful «yes» vote in a local referendum, a directly elected mayor is established to replace the council leader.
Councils must call a local referendum to get the approval of voters if they want to put bills up by more than 2 per cent, under rules set by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.»
The cap could be overridden only by a vote of the local governing board and a 60 percent majority in a local referendum.
Local authorities considering the option of an elected mayor were required to put the question to a local referendum.
It is also possible for campaign groups to trigger a local referendum with a signed petition.
The citizens of the North have a right to their own say over new arrangements, a requirement that is completely missing from «Devomanc» style deals which are imposed without any local referendum.
Moreover, in December 2012, the wide majority of residents of Alba, where Rosia Montana is situated, made a conscious decision to boycott a local referendum regarding the resumption of mining in the Apuseni Mountains and the gold mining exploitation at Rosia Montana.
Yes... Um, no My MP decided to take part in a local referendum debate on behalf of the Yes campaign in the run - up to the referendum.
Local referenda on planning and other issues were wrecked by Lib Dem peers.
Before the Governor asks any New Yorker to vote yes on his amendment, every New Yorker should know where these seven casinos will be and be guaranteed that every community will have a local referendum to decide whether to have a casino built in their neighborhood.»
The Cuomo administration opposed a bill that would have required a local referendum before a casino could be built in a given community, pointing to enabling legislation that included language for local input.
In its manifesto for last week's local elections, the BNP said its councillors would «seek a local referendum asking parents for their backing for a local prohibition on the teaching of homosexuality as an alternative lifestyle choice».
After the legislature voted raises for themselves and the county executive, Bob Antonacci, the county comptroller, made it known that he believed the county charter and county laws say that raises can only happen during the budget process or through a local referendum.
But while some reforms, including open primaries, recall votes, and local referendums, have gained currency in Conservative circles — and I am a big supporter of Douglas Carswell and Dan Hannan as two of the greatest thinkers in our party for putting these ideas forward — there is still a fear that the Alternative Vote will benefit the left - leaning parties.
It also suggested in its report that local referenda could be used to ensure the newly built estates are not unattractive.
Surrey Council made headlines earlier this year by calling a local referendum on a 15 % council tax rise to fund adult care, before calling it off after apparently receiving reassurances over future funding from the government.
When voters go to the polls in New Paltz this November 8, they are advised to turn the ballot over and vote on local referenda.
Antonacci said that raises can only happen during the budget process or through a local referendum.
On Tuesday in an unrelated case, the state's highest court upheld a lower court in striking down a local referendum question in Nassau County over language that appeared to advocate for passage.
Often, we say we want the community to vote on local referenda in ways that support schools.
A Dangerous Game looks at the destruction caused by building and maintaining luxury golf courses in areas as diverse as New Jersey, Dubai, Scotland, China, and Croatia (where a World Heritage protected site was green - lighted, even with the passage of a local referendum against it had an 84 % majority), and asks some hard questions about the ethics and appropriateness of continuing to construct super-luxury resorts when they have such negative effects on the surrounding communities.