Sentences with phrase «more voters in a district»

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But J. Gerald Hebert, director of the Voting Rights and Redistricting Program at the public - interest Campaign Legal Center in Washington, said the states drew districts with more black voters than necessary to «dilute their voting strength in order to achieve a partisan gain.»

The claim made by black voters in both states is that Republicans packed districts with more reliably Democratic black voters than necessary to elect their preferred candidates, making neighboring districts whiter and more Republican.

The committee expects to do more selling of the district for the April election, especially to seniors and the voters in the rural precincts who defeated it on Nov. 5, O'Leary said.

Three times in the late 1990s the district went to voters to ask for more money to deal with the costs of overcrowding and make ends meet.

Lake Bluff Park District officials will ask voters in November to approve a referendum request for $ 3.1 million, a move they hope will be more palatable than the $ 10.1 million referendum request rejected in 2010.

Majority minority districts were a reaction to states spreading out their African - American voters so that there were always more white voters in their voting districts.

Despite the dismal primary numbers, Lenihan believes the County Executive's race will draw more voters in places like Buffalo's Fillmore district to the polls.

Cherwin called Yepsen a «true progressive» and a «fresh face,» who he believes voters of the 43rd Senate District will find more attractive in an election year expected to be difficult for incumbents than the man to whom he referred as «Bruno's hand - picked replacement.»

And in the future too, we should expect to see ever more intense efforts to reach more and more potentially persuadable or potentially «mobilizable» voters in high - stakes, well - resourced, competitive elections, even as the majority of Americans who live in states and districts that are not competitive will hear less and less from campaigns as they, quite reasonably, use all available information to concentrate their resources where they think they matter.

A more dramatic twist: Double the size of the House - every district now elects two seats: The final two opponents with the most votes, and each one gets a vote value based on their percentage of the voters, so they loser with 49 % of the vote gets 0.49 votes in the house and the winner with 51 % of the vote gets 0.512 votes in the house - this way the losing side gets represented too.

While there is likely a lot of truth to that, there is also a local backstory than enabled a serious Democratic candidate to emerge in a district where Republicans outnumber registered Democrats by more than 10,000 voters.

New York voters will head to the polls next Tuesday, May 16, to vote on school budgets that are benefiting from a $ 1 billion boost in state aid and a more flexible property tax cap, with just 12 districts seeking a 60 percent vote to override the cap.

Voters could look at such maps to decide if the incumbent has / has not done enough to make more of these programs available in the district.

More than 900 voters in the Onteora Central School District braved the storms accompanied with power outages on Tuesday, May 15 to support the district's 2018 - 2019 budget and school bus propoDistrict braved the storms accompanied with power outages on Tuesday, May 15 to support the district's 2018 - 2019 budget and school bus propodistrict's 2018 - 2019 budget and school bus propositions.

Five Long Island school districts, all in Suffolk, are asking voters to approve an override of their state - imposed property tax caps — more than twice as many as last year, according to the state comptroller's office.

Voters in these 2012 battleground districts are no more favorable toward their incumbents than voters in Democratic - held districts were toward theirs inVoters in these 2012 battleground districts are no more favorable toward their incumbents than voters in Democratic - held districts were toward theirs invoters in Democratic - held districts were toward theirs in 2010.

Finding Edith Bunker Women who could be swayed to vote for Ms. Watson Coleman, the state's General Assembly majority leader from 2006 to 2009, were a key target, said Mr. Wilkins, suggesting that women who could be categorized as Reagan Democrats or «Archie Bunker Voters» were more persuadable than men in the district.

The voters that turned out in last year's special election, which was an upset victory for Democrat Christine Pellegrino, were older and more Democratic than the electorate in the district.

It's partly because Republicans created boundaries efficiently in redistricting and partly because the most Democratic districts in the country, like those in urban portions of New York or Chicago, are even more Democratic than the reddest districts of the country are Republican, meaning there are fewer Democratic voters remaining to distribute to swing districts.

But the cap can be busted, generating more revenue for schools, if 60 percent of voters in the district approve it.

«Prince» Anthony Weiner is in big trouble, the voters in his district are «MAD» at «Big Brother» Obama, Washington DC, etc, etc, and they see voting for the Republ - I - CAN as a way of sending a message «We are not going to take it anymore», plus I am sure there are many people who live outside the state and have seen the «PRINCE» in action on CNN < C - SPAN, etc and will be willing to send a check to him as a way of saying «BYE BYE WEINER» Before there was the «Oracle at Delphi» there was Count Vampire J. Machiavelli VJ Machiavelli http://www.vjmachiavelli.blogspot.com No More Schumer, Pelosi, Rangel, Engel «After Four Years of Scandals it is time for the Lazio Team»

In one of the more novel applications of a campaign slogan I've seen in some time, the Planned Parenthood NYC Action Fund is hosting a bar crawl in Sen. Frank Padavan's Queens district during which activists will be handing out free comdoms that urge voters to «protect» themselves from the veteran GOP lawmakeIn one of the more novel applications of a campaign slogan I've seen in some time, the Planned Parenthood NYC Action Fund is hosting a bar crawl in Sen. Frank Padavan's Queens district during which activists will be handing out free comdoms that urge voters to «protect» themselves from the veteran GOP lawmakein some time, the Planned Parenthood NYC Action Fund is hosting a bar crawl in Sen. Frank Padavan's Queens district during which activists will be handing out free comdoms that urge voters to «protect» themselves from the veteran GOP lawmakein Sen. Frank Padavan's Queens district during which activists will be handing out free comdoms that urge voters to «protect» themselves from the veteran GOP lawmaker.

Additionally, Mr. Arzt said some, more socially conservative voters — like the Orthodox Jewish community in Mr. Weiner's old district — could be turned off by the raunchy details of his old Twitter scandal.

Republicans hold an enrollment advantage in the district, but Batman has won races for Scipio town supervisor and Cayuga County Legislature in districts with more GOP voters than Democrats.

Independent and conservative voters in this district who are not afraid to split tickets see Katko as much more representative of their interests than Trump.

The focus on Israel is interesting, as the district is more heavily Asian - American than anything else, but foreign policy - minded Jewish voters are considered an electorally significant swing constituency and the race is likely to see more plenty more events held in front of Jewish congregations like today.

Voters like the idea (69 - 20) of an independent redistricting commission of the sort being pushed by former NYC Mayor Ed Koch and his NY Uprising PAC and believe (71 - 14) taking the power of drawing legislative and congressional district lines would make for more competitive elections in the future.

The Central Limit Theorem provides that when N becomes «large» (more than a few dozen voters in the district), the Gaussian distribution becomes a very good approximation for the Binomial.

Voters in the 11th Congressional District, far more conservative than in many in other parts of the city, did not view Mr. Donovan as unfavorably after the decision in the racially - charged case.

But an official with Perkins» campaign said 44 percent of the voters in the 2014 and 2012 congressional races there came from Perkins» State Senate district, slightly more than the 40 percent of the vote that came from the State Senate district currently represented by Espaillat.

Furthermore, our legislators play favorites to some groups by using «member items,» which are nothing more than legalized bribes, to grant money to for specific voter groups in their home districts.

In order to increase voter turnout and make voting a more accessible process, it should be understood that instilling early voting — a process permitted in 37 states and the District of Columbia — and other procedures should be a prioritIn order to increase voter turnout and make voting a more accessible process, it should be understood that instilling early voting — a process permitted in 37 states and the District of Columbia — and other procedures should be a prioritin 37 states and the District of Columbia — and other procedures should be a priority.

The left - leaning party will support Mr. Sikora for the soon - to - be empty 52nd Assembly District seat, covering Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights, and Park Slope — home to more than 7,000 voters who pulled the lever for Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the WFP ballot line in 2010.

«This recognition will open more doors in our efforts to return New York's 24th Congressional District back to central New York voters.

More than half of the district's voters reside in Alachua County.

This looks promising on paper: the district contains more Democrats than Repblicans, and polls taken last year in a race for district attorney showed the appearance of corruption was a major issue in voters» minds.

But the same survey shows more than half of Republican voters in the South Florida House district remain undecided with about one month to go before the special primary to replace Rep. Jose Felix Diaz, who resigned his seat effective Sept. 26 to run in Senate Distdistrict remain undecided with about one month to go before the special primary to replace Rep. Jose Felix Diaz, who resigned his seat effective Sept. 26 to run in Senate DistrictDistrict 40.

More than 26,000 voters in Miami - Dade County cast ballots in the Senate District 40 and House District 116 elections.

Kennedy's trouble in the district may also come in part after the 2012 round of redistricting drew in more black voters (Grant herself is African - American).

Five Long Island school districts, all in Suffolk, are asking voters to approve an override of their state - imposed property tax caps — more than twice as many as last year.

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.

To find out your district and more about your candidates in your party, see HoustonChronicle.com's voter guide for the runoffs.

The judges in the redistricting case, Reena Raggi and Gerard E. Lynch of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Dora L. Irizarry of Federal District Court in Brooklyn, noted that the magistrate judge they assigned to draw the new map managed to do in just two weeks what lawmakers «have been unable, or unwilling, to provide New York State voters in more than a year.»

The extra state aid will help the more than 700 school districts in New York as they struggle to stay under the state property tax cap, which allows them to increase their tax levy by only.12 percent this year without seeking voter approval.

An independent reconfiguration of district lines around the state could have a transformative effect on state politics, particularly over the long term, by making elections more competitive and, theoretically, making the parties in power more accountable to voters.

There's speculation that Rangel's no - longer - majority - black district in upper Manhattan will extend north, all the way to Mount Vernon, in order to regain enough African - American voters to make it more likely that Rangel will get re-elected, and to make it easier, theoretically, for an African - American to succeed him.

Steve Hughes, the party's executive director, said canvassers hit 14,000 doorsteps and actually talked to more than 5,000 voters in the district.

So what that means is that if you're a voter in this district you are more likely to have heard from a super PAC than from me or my opponent.

As voters get ready to consider more than 70 school district referendums as part of the statewide elections in a week, a state lawmaker's aide is saying his boss plans to reintroduce legislation that would limit when such votes can take place.

Democrats outnumber Republicans in the Senate district by roughly 20,000 registered voters with more than 52,000 voters unaffiliated with either party.