Sentences with phrase «long voting period»

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Either way, this process has a long way to go: This comment period will last until August 16, then the FCC will make a decision and likely hold a final vote by the end of the year.

They should be rare: there should be a long period of time between the 2014 referendum and the next vote.

It might be objected that such a long period between votes leaves Scotland vulnerable: what if the rest of the United Kingdom embarked on a scheme so hazardous (such as resolving to leave the European Union, for example) that Scotland's vital interests were imperilled by remaining part of the Union?

There's a reasonable case here, particularly in states like Britain or Australia where wage determination and conditions of labour were highly politicised for a long period of time, and the politicisation had deep system wide effects such as the general wage level, return to labour, and a proxy of power stronger than parliamentary votes.

«I think more importantly gun owners and sportsmen whuile they won't vote for liberal Democratic opponents, they may just not vote, period,» Long said.

With an infrastructure in place, a campaign moves into the long middle period between the candidate's announcement and the actual voting.

These longer term trends include: the ongoing decline in the Tory share of the vote; the building up of «third forces» in light of this Tory decline (mainly the Liberal Democrats but also the SNP in Scotland); and the inability of Labour to secure the levels of support achieved in the 1945 — 1966 period where it regularly won with levels of support of 43 — 50 %.

«If the Conservative party has won the most seats and most votes then it will be incumbent that we will have that period of stability and that is what we will do,» she said, but her long - term future remained uncertain.

Specifically, the Vote Better NY advocates call on lawmakers to adopt the following common - sense reforms: Early voting: (A8582 / S3813B) New Yorkers should have a two - week period including Saturdays and Sundays to ease long lines on Election Day and give voters flexibility as they juggle work and family obligations.

Although most parliamentary governments go long periods of time without a no confidence vote, Italy, Israel, and the French Fourth Republic have all experienced difficulties maintaining stability.

Lawmakers could vote Monday to extend the rent law as is for a short period of time — days, perhaps, or as long as a year — to give them more time to hash out a compromise.

It was a long night at city hall as the Albany Common Council Law Committee held a meeting, public comment period and vote to repeal the new trash collection tax.

With 6,500 signatures, the group's petition called for three bills that would not only introduce a two - week voting period «to ease long lines on Election Day and give voters flexibility as they juggle work and family obligations,» but modify ballots to make them more comprehensible and streamline the voter registration process.

Amazon has just confirmed with Good e-Reader that the Scout platform will no longer receive submissions starting April 3rd and once the current campaigns end their voting period, you will have until May 31st to log into your Kindle Scout profile, redeem free copies, and save any info you may want.

Women (as long as they were white) won the right to vote in 1919, beginning a period during which, if not many, at least more opportunities were afforded them.

Any agreement related to a Plan will be in writing and provide that: (a) it may be terminated by the Trust or the Funds at any time upon sixty days written notice, without the payment of any penalty, by vote of a majority of the respective Rule 12b - 1 Trustees, or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust or the Funds; (b) it will automatically terminate in the event of its assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act); and (c) it will continue in effect for a period of more than one year from the date of its execution or adoption only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by a majority of the Board and a majority of the Rule 12b - 1 Trustees by votes cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such agreement.

Ultimately winning at politics does not depend upon actually being savvy about science, it depends upon winning the votes of people who may or may not want to believe in the basic truths of the universe so long as they can still play Nintendo and drive to work each morning by burning the remains of carboniferous period plants.

This includes enhanced access to government information, restoring relevance to Question Period, electoral reform, and an end to the «first past the post» voting system, the unmuzzling of government scientists, return of the long form census, an equal number of men and women in Cabinet, and the formation of a Youth Advisory Counsel so that young people can provide advice to the PM on issues that concern them.

As has been the case throughout, Vote Leave is obligated to review — to the extent it can after this long elapsed period since the referendum — all such allegations, and is doing so.

«We talk a lot with the B.C. folks, and they found that their biggest issue was they had a long period of time from (when) their information came out to when they voted and one issue was a lot of misinformation happened during that period,» says Wouters.