Sentences with phrase «needed election reforms»
«The latest «State of the State» proposals highlighting much needed election reforms are nearly identical to legislation drafted by myself, and Deputy Leader Gianaris.
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Prior to the elections, business leaders thought immigration reform would only happen in a piecemeal fashion, so they limited their efforts to their own needs, which is for highly skilled workers.
We would still need major entitlement reform and related health care reforms (among a whole lot else), but the above policies would give Republicans something real to say about the concerns of many Americans who spent the election just hearing about how the Republicans plan to cut marginal tax rates for high earners.
However, what you might not know is that many evangelical leaders were speaking out about the need for such reform even before the election.
But regardless who wins the election, a serious case can be made for the need for urgent reform of electoral laws.
«I am running to build a real Democratic State Senate majority that finally fully funds our public schools, protects tenants from being thrown out of their homes and strengthens our loophole ridden rent laws, passes badly needed ethics reforms, election reforms and real criminal justice reforms and makes Andrea Stewart - Cousins the first woman Senate Majority Leader, breaking up the so - called «three men in a room.»
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In revenge, Clegg sank the boundary reform the Conservatives desperately need to iron out structural bias in the election system.
Jennifer Wilson of the state League of Women Voters said her group supports the election reforms, but «all of them need money, and time will tell whether or not he's going to put money in.»
If we want real electoral reform, we need to prevent a Tory majority at the next election.
Kavanagh discussed the need for a broad range of solutions that includes enacting reforms in the State Election Law — including his Voter Empowerment Act, co-sponsored in the Senate by Mike Gianaris — and improving administrative practices at the New York City Board of Elections.
These common - sense reforms will bring much - needed transparency, modernize practices, and help ensure we do not experience an election day like last week's again.»
He emphasized that elected officials should look beyond their own self - interest and vote for election and voting reform, and that voters need to speak up.
The groups, also strong supporters of comprehensive campaign finance reform built around a core of public financing of elections, today focused on the urgent need for ethics reform as another essential way to address the problems created by a money culture in Albany.
The New York election system needs a colossal reform that would solidify our democratic process.
«We note that 2016 is a particularly appropriate year to fund much - needed election administration reforms, with important election contests at the presidential, gubernatorial, congressional level and legislative levels,» they wrote.
Major Frank Britton, of the Election Ballot Services at the Electoral Reform Society, observed that the final plus one of the Droop quota is never needed.
«The mayor and I were able to advocate together for universal pre-kindergarten but election reforms weren't on that list... I think that when we have so few people engaged in voting and such low turnout, people need to put good government on the same plane as things like universal pre-kindergarten.»
The reform groups say the state Board of Elections in its present form is useless and incompetent when it comes to enforcing campaign violations, and needs to be replaced.
Despite their agreement on the need for voting and election reforms, there is no indication, other than a few vague comments, that the two will coordinate their efforts to push the issue in Albany.
It is estimated that 300 peers will need to be culled at each of the next three elections as the chamber is reformed.
Doubting that will happen, Sliwa said the state Reform Party and its allies are prepared to try to collect the necessary signatures needed to put it up for a citywide election.
State Sen. Daniel Squadron also said «fundamental reform of the system» is needed «including laws to create a better campaign finance system and more open and competitive elections, and to disentangle public service from for - profit business.»
He's made passing references to «wealthy donors» three times in his past five addresses, but goes all - in with that line of reasoning this time around: we have contribution limits to make sure elections «are not captured by wealthy public interests,» he says; «wealthy individuals and corporations are able to use Limited Liability Companies» to avoid these limits, so reform is needed «to even the playing field so that rich and poor New Yorkers alike have their voices heard.»
Here's how this election reform plan would work: Instead of needing large corporate contributions or immense personal wealth to run for office, candidates who gather enough modest grassroots donations from real New Yorkers would get matching funds from the state so they can compete on Electelection reform plan would work: Instead of needing large corporate contributions or immense personal wealth to run for office, candidates who gather enough modest grassroots donations from real New Yorkers would get matching funds from the state so they can compete on ElectionElection Day.
The election could well result in a hung parliament which, in turn, could bring the vast reforms we need.
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.
There are also cases where a prime minister makes a policy change and feels that it needs ratification from the voters, as with the election called in 1923 after Baldwin adopted tariff reform.
But Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and particularly Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan need to deliver real reforms on elections, voting and ethics — voters won't stand for anything less.»
«It would've been a full citywide runoff,» he said, «and considering the paucity of actual enrollees in the Reform Party, its very easy to field candidates when you need such a small number of signatures and then open the Board up to significant elections responsibilities and a potential runoff.»
If there's one takeaway from this election, it is that we need real campaign finance reform in this country, and we need to elect leaders who have dedicated themselves to getting corporate money out of our electoral process.»
He said any potential Reform Party candidate needs to be in favor of term limits, non-partisan elections, and allowing voters to directly bring initiatives and referendums to the ballot.
The new coalition points to a number of potential changes to the constitution that they would like to see, including the creation of a public financing system for campaigns, election reforms like same - day registration, court reforms to make it easier to navigate the judicial system and the ability for local municipalities to exercise greater control over issues they traditionally need state authority to manage.
Cameron and Clegg have both said that they see no need for a referendum on Lords reform, because voters backed the idea at the 2010 general election, but Labour are demanding one and, with Tory rebels threatening to support them, ministers may decide that granting a referendum is the only way to get the legislation through the Commons.
«These errors today indicate that additional major reforms will be needed to the Board of Election and in the state law governing it,» de Blasio said in a statement.
Cuomo may be bent on reform, but he needs to avoid election chaos, too.
Indeed, we share the same reform goals — and I look forward following the election of Andrew Cuomo as Governor to implementing the necessary reform measures our state so clearly needs.
Real electoral reform at Westminster is long overdue, but we first need a General Election so that we have a House of Commons that commands trust.
We need real voting reforms: automatic and pre-voter registration, early voting, a constitutional amendment to allow same - day voter registration and mail - in voting, and enough funding, training and reforms to the state and county boards of elections to stop screw - ups like the massive Brooklyn voter purge.
Kofi Annan, the NPP flagbearer indicated, had also, in the aftermath of the 2012 election petition, urged the EC «not to be blinded to the flaws in Ghana's electoral system,» and that «all concerned need to work energetically to ensure that these flaws are addressed through the necessary institutional reform.»
Jeffries noted that Gov. Cuomo's backing will be crucial to the success of the Fair Elections Act: «We need his leadership on this issue, and I'm convinced if he decides to lead and move this forward, we can get meaningful campaign finance reform in New York State.»
The Reform and Independence Parties, which had also backed Nojay in the general election, also will need to name a replacement candidate.
Early voting as allowed by 37 other states, reform of New York's archaic election laws, allowing victims of sexual abuse cases to reopen their cases and sue their abusers, common sense reforms to New York's gun laws, so many issues on the table that need to be addressed.
Hope for desperately needed reforms of ethics and election laws is fading.
So people have a hard time connecting compelling current concerns — such as widespread corruption, or non-competitive elections, or a need for major improvements in such fundamental policy areas as education — with the possibility for reform through state constitutional change.
As he so often does when asked about fundraising, de Blasio stressed the need for campaign finance reform, advocating for full public financing of elections that would not only pull big moneyed interests out of politics but would also focus, «all that time that goes into fundraising now back into public service.»
I applaud Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and the Committee on Rules, Privileges and Elections for spearheading this much needed reform.»
Asked if Tuesday's elections showed the need for a «course correction,» Sen. Bob CorkerRobert (Bob) Phillips CorkerTrump to hold Nashville rally amid efforts to boost GOP Senate hopeful Kim Jong Un surprises with savvy power plays Tax reform postmortem reveals lethal dose of crony capitalism MORE (R - Tenn.)
Regardless of how you feel about the Tories» NHS reforms the fact that they've been in power for most of the period since 1948 without ever looking like abolishing it, and in any case are now mostly doing things that the last Labour government also did when in power, means an election pitch which relies on convincing voters that if the Tories remain in office they'll actually destroy the NHS is simply not plausible to the sort of people Labour needs to win over.
Government reform groups say this latest scandal points to the need for publicly financed elections.