Sentences with phrase «matters by referendum»
Blievernicht, who is gathering signatures for a petition to decide such matters by referendum, told Village Board members this week that he is concerned about their plan to sell bonds for capital improvements.
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«The President of the Republic shall by decree proclaim a referendum on crucial national matters following a resolution voted by an absolute majority of the total number of Members of Parliament, taken upon proposal of the Cabinet.»
The expenditures upon which we seek a report are those that Congress has said to not warrant a deduction as an ordinary and necessary business expense, namely, lobbying, participation in the political system by supporting or opposing candidates for office, and trying to influence the general public or segment thereof as to elections, legislative matters or referenda.
Although all of the Oak Lawn votes had not yet been counted late Wednesday, voters there were rejecting the measure by better than a 2 - 1 ratio, stunning Park District officials who had seen them overwhelmingly approve an advisory referendum on the matter in November 2004.
Should a future town board accept state or federal airport grants, the matter could be put to a vote by the electorate if enough signatures are gathered, within 30 days, under the permissive referendum law.
Despite the current government's efforts to circumvent its role in relation to the current referendum, the Electoral Commission has both reasserted itself and been backed by parliament as the key arbiter — most obviously in the matter of the phrasing of the question.
For that matter, Congress could hold a binding referendum, by passing a law that says as such.
Do we really need to remind him that the referendum is not the end of the matter and that this nation is run by parliament?
He believes that the matter should again be decided by the voters through referendum.
It's a shame that he has chosen to deny the public the opportunity to have their own say in the matter of fiscal reform in November by voter referendum.
The election procedures established by this article shall be adapted for the ratification of amendments to bylaws and may, at the direction of the Executive Committee, be utilized for any matter upon which a referendum of the membership is desired.
Mowat managed to contain the prohibitionist threat by instituting, in 1893, a referendum on prohibition and a judicial reference on the province's jurisdiction, but the province could do nothing about the other matters unless it seceded from the confederation.