Sentences with phrase «local voting districts»

Not exact matches

Not one person voting in Tuesday's hotly contested special election in the local 18th District said the tariffs would affect their choice.

The private Wilmette Harbor Association may lose its lease to manage the North Shore marina, and its members are seething that a local Park District commissioner — who took part in private discussions and voted to spend taxpayer money to study the harbor — is making a private play to win the management contract.

With 650 ballots cast, the top vote - getters for three open village trustee seats were Bonnie Cathleen Blackledge, chairwoman of the Village Cable Commission and a local merchant; Patrick O'Brien, a member of the Glen Ellyn Elementary District 41 Facilities Planning Committee and a Santa Fe Railway Co. retiree; and James Perlstein, chairman of the Capital Improvements Commission and a financial adviser.

By a 4 - to - 1 margin Wednesday night, Service Employees International Union, Local 73 voted to ratify a contract with the Park District that includes eight furlough days.

These ensure better local representation, while reducing the number of wasted votes that results from single - member districts.

The article profiles the efforts of Dick Armey's FreedomWorks to «turn local Tea Party groups into a standing get - out - the - vote operation in Congressional districts across the country,» in part through a series of trainings that would be right at home in the 2008 Obama grassroots operation.

The system with 225 local single - member districts elected by a first - past - the - post electoral system (highest vote wins) offers much room for manipulation, use of administrative resources and pressure, extortion, vote buying and putting only one candidate on the ballot in some districts.

«Due to serious concerns over the rollout of new electronic voting machines in several counties within the district, the local financial burden of holding a special election so close to the regular election cycle, as well as the possible disenfranchisement of overseas military voters who would not be able to participate, I will call for a Special Election to be held on November 2, 2010.»

If the goal is to maintain some form of local representation or connection between a member of parliament and a district (personally, I am not convinced it's a good thing) with a more proportional representation, Germany has another (rather complex) way to achieve that, called «personalized proportional vote» but even that only gives voters control over some of the seats.

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.

The union is trying to repeat that performance in the 107th District, where local members account for almost 5 percent of the registered vote — a large voting bloc for an election where turnout will likely be less than 20 percent of the electorate.

Given the intensity of the combined attacks from the Lowey campaign, the local media, and the county Republican chairman, I am very pleased with receiving 38 % of the total vote, with many districts reporting over 60 %.

National and local Democrats are already plotting a 2018 challenge to MacArthur, whose district voted for Barack Obama in 2012 and Donald Trump in 2016.

WHAT: Press conference calling out Senator Carlucci's vote shortchanging local schools in state budget and gutting the State's Foundation Aid formula through which schools in his Senate District are owed $ 65 million.

Erie County Chairman Ralph Lorigo said Sunday that should Grisanit's new district hold, the same - sex marriage vote isn't necessarily the only issue the local Conservative Party officials would consider when deciding whether to grant an endorsement.

One consequence of local management of voting is that poorer districts and districts with less competent leadership have to deal with the problems you describe of long lines and other inconveniences.

Lancman and the New York Democratic Lawyers Council joined together with federal, state and local elected officials to announce a mobilization effort to protect the vote in swing states as well as swing districts within New York State.

BY COLIN MIXSON Locals living in and around the Financial District are cordially invited to attend the Apr. 11 inaugural meeting of the New Downtown Democrats, a political club formed by area civic mavens to harness the relatively newfound voting power of New York's fastest - growing residential community, according to one founding member.

«Local government officials can vote yes and vote no but they're going to have to explain their vote in writing to the people of their district.»

Unlike the Senate District 61 DFL local party, whose endorsement was based on a vote of its Central Committee, the Senate District 61 Green Party actually had all members vote for the endorsement.

The unpaid posts have relatively little power — they play a role in nominating judges and, in the case of district leader, voting for the chair of the local party.

This is the first vote since the state imposed a cap on how much local districts can raise the tax levy.

Speaking while reacting to a statement credited to Governor Wike where he asked the Ogoni to vote against Senator Abe as a matter of priority, at a groundbreaking rally organised by Khana Connected Friends at Bori Police Field, Bori in Khana Local Government Area, Abe queried why who would win Rivers South East Senatorial election was more important to Wike than who would win in his own Senatorial District, the Rivers East.

Say, party Y won 20 % of the party votes (meaning they have a right to about 120 seats), but their local candidates won in 130 districts; now, even though party Y won't get any additional members from their list, they have 10 seats too many, which can't be taken away from them.

Please recall — local taxpayers vote on (and support) school budgets put before them for approval despite NY State walking back it's historical level of support for local districts!

All school district budgets should be decided by a simple majority of local voters; as Assemblyman Kevin Cahill (D - Kingston) was quoted yesterday as saying, the 60 % override vote for tax levies exceeding the cap is «undemocratic».

The state Senate voted (again) to end gap elimination aid — a policy that allowed the state to withhold a portion of school funding from local districts to prop up the state's overall budget.

County lawmakers in St. Lawrence approved a no - confidence vote in District Attorney Mary Rain, who has led a controversial murder case against a local soccer coach that has captured national attention.

A local source contacted The Bronx Chronicle said that one document turned over to federal authorities shows that some candidates in unnamed Bronx districts got more votes than the number of voters who went into the booths.

«Local government officials can vote yes and vote no but they're going to have to explain their vote in writing to the people of their district,» Cuomo said last week.

LOCAL Government Minister Nick Raynsford yesterday ruled out the abolition of district councils in County Durham in the wake of the No vote.

District leaders Paul Newell and Jenifer Rajkumar, and local community board chairwoman Gigi Li — all of whom lost in the county committee vote — told the Observer they intend to seek the seat again.

Under the Conservative Party's bylaws, the power to grant such indulgences lies not with local party chairs when a district crosses county lines (as this one does), but with the executive committee, which almost always votes in tandem with Chairman Mike Long.

Betty Welch of Prospect Heights said she arrived at her local polling station ready to vote, only to find out that her block had been eliminated from the district.

«I think this referendum is very important because this country had a lot of problems with the current system,» 27 - year - old Ozcan Ayata told CNN in Ankara Sunday after voting at a local school in the Sogutozu district.

Participatory Budgeting is a grassroots process through which community residents vote to directly allocate at least $ 1 million in capital funding per district toward proposals developed by the community to meet local needs.

This year, New Yorkers in 27 Council Districts will collaboratively decide how to distribute over $ 30 million to local capital projects through a year - long process of neighborhood assemblies, delegate meetings, project expositions, and community voting.

It's school vote day today on the North Fork, with budget proposals and open school board seats on the ballots in all five local school districts.

The other candidates included Gigi Li, the chairwoman of the local community board, who earned 10 percent of the vote; Jenifer Rajkumar, a district leader, with 19 percent of the vote; Don Lee, a businessman, with 11 percent; and Paul Newell, a community activist, with 16 percent.

The Buffalo News notes that Senator Mark Grisanti's proposed district is now entirely contained within Erie County, which means the local Conservative Party will control the party's nomination, rather than the state Conservative Party, which has vowed to oppose legislators like Grisanti, who voted for same - sex marriage.

As with open lists, local lists allow the electorate to vote for individual candidates, but that preference is expressed through local or district level election processes.

In 2012, this was the district scoring the highest percentage of local votes to President Barack Obama: 96.7 %.

Every Democrat who voted opposed the bill, but so did 13 Republicans, many of whom represent districts in high - tax states that could be particularly hurt by the repeal of the state and local income tax deduction.

However, Jon Powers enjoys such overwhelming support of the local labor movement within the 26th congressional district, the State Federation's executive board decided to vote earlier than usual.

However, Dan Maffei enjoys such overwhelming support of the local labor movement within the 25th congressional district, the State Federation's executive board decided to vote earlier than usual.

However, Eric Massa enjoys such overwhelming support of the local labor movement within the 29th congressional district, the State Federation's executive board decided to vote earlier than usual.

Amanda also served as the Director for Participatory Budgeting for Council District 30, where she spearheaded the allocation of over one million dollars in capital funds, as voted on by thousands of local residents, to improve public schools, libraries, and parks in the dDistrict 30, where she spearheaded the allocation of over one million dollars in capital funds, as voted on by thousands of local residents, to improve public schools, libraries, and parks in the districtdistrict.

Hamilton, a local district leader, secured 64.9 percent of the vote in the three - way race for the seat, according to The New York Times.

At least two local boards of civil authority voted to oppose the Apportionment Board's elimination of multi-member districts within their local area.

Mr. Kwatra helped turn the political arm of the HTC into a vaunted get - out - the - vote machine — ironically, his old union sided with Mr. Espaillat — and was able to win overwhelmingly in East Harlem, a noted battleground in the district where local elected officials, including Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, endorsed Mr. Espaillat.