Sentences with phrase «minority of registered voters»

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She ended the session with a much less irritating attack on changes to the electoral register which will almost certainly see thousands of disadvantaged and ethnic minority voters fall off the list.

The majority and minority leaders of the Washington State Senate and Washington House of Representatives each appoint one registered voter to the commission.

Democrats had a 5:3 advantage in the number of voters registering with their party, a ratio that was likely to increase as more immigrants and minorities came of voting age in the state.

Registered Democrats outnumbered Republicans by about 9,000 voters in Orange County at the end of March, a tiny increase in the enrollment edge held by a party that used to be so deep in the minority that Republicans commanded a 17,000 - voter advantage as recently as 20 years ago.

The Governor's message was astutely deferential to Upstate's need for economic growth, meanwhile Cuomo also avoided triggering the tripwires of controversy on education and the environment (which provided Zephyr Teachout with opening to garner a third of the 2014 Democratic primary vote); Cuomo advanced strong measures around election law reform and on the criminal justice front vis a vis Bail reform, as well as the Dream Act and MWBE all of which registered positively with minority voters.

Heading the list of «early support for Juan» attached to Figueroa's February 28 formal announcement were legislature Minority Leader Hector Rodriquez of New Paltz and Kingston Mayor Steve Noble, in addition to luminaries from Rosendale, Saugerties and, of all places, Shawangunk, where enrolled Democrats represent a quarter of registered voters.