Sentences with phrase «new voting laws»

Gov. Cuomo has previously called for early voting and automatic registration, but the Legislature has been so busy on ethics reform — sarcasm intended — that it has not had the time to propose any new voting laws.

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Some Republican lawmakers hope that this new health reform law will get Democratic support and pass the 60 - vote threshold in the Senate.

The law sets 195 days for consultations on a new trade agreement before lawmakers can vote.

Some 14 states have enacted more restrictive voting laws than they had in the 2012 presidential election, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.

Google partnered with law firm Perkins Coie to get the information for the new in - depth search tool, which lets users sort by state for info on ID requirements, deadlines, mail - in ballots, and early voting.

He is the author of treatises on proxy voting and shareholder communications and his articles have appeared in The London Financial Times, The New York Times, The New York Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Insights, Pensions & Investments, The Corporate Governance Advisor, Directors & Boards, the Journal of Law and Contemporary Problems and other publications and professional blogs.

On politics, we think the trickiest votes for the region happened last year (France, Germany, the Netherlands), and while Italy faces fresh elections in March 2018, a new electoral law reduces the risk of extreme outcomes.

Religion News Service: Black pastors move to counter new voter ID laws African - American clergy are joining forces with civil rights groups to push for increased voter registration ahead of the November election, spurred on by new voter laws they say restrict opportunities for minorities to enter the voting booth.

JTA: N.Y. rabbis decry upcoming vote on consent waiver for circumcision - related rite Haredi Orthodox rabbis in New York are accusing the city's Department of Health of «spreading lies» in order to pass a law mandating that parents sign a consent waiver in order to use a controversial circumcision - related rite.

Furthermore, much like John the Baptist, Jesus was critical of some of King Herod, and I believe that if Jesus has been given the opportunity to vote for a new king, Jesus would have voted for someone who would do a better job of obeying God's law, upholding biblical values, and protecting the innocent and weak.

should be required to spend a month enforcing any new law for which they voted.

The Romanian Parliament voted 1 year ago to introduce a new law that is significantly stronger than specified by EU Regulations.

The European Parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) will, on Thursday 14th January, vote on whether to object to proposals for new laws from the European Commission on the marketing of baby foods and formulas and to strengthen them in line with the World Health Assembly Resolutions.

The NYC Council voted to create a new city office of nightlife, as well as an advisory board to recommend changes to the laws governing the city's nightspots.

Or whether you're voting in all elections, or a non-citizen voting only in BoE elections under new law.

The last public poll I recall on this issue (Siena, April 2009) found New Yorkers supported the Senate voting to pass the gay marriage bill (53 - 39), which would have virtually guaranteed it would become law since the Assembly and the governor were both on board.

Working together we will build on all that we've achieved and continue to lift up New Yorkers by investing in our infrastructure, passing the DREAM Act, enacting campaign finance and voting reform, and further strengthening New York's nation - leading gun safety laws.

The question of who is entitled to vote in a referendum to create a new region is a complicated question of law.

Currently, citizens must collect written signatures from 1 % of the voting population (roughly 1.36 million voters) in order to force Congress to discuss a new law.

They have also introduced new categories, 9 honoree and 18 categories subjected to 45 % public vote and 55 % reserved for selected judges» votes which will be composed of renowned experts in the field of immigration, economics, information and law.

Back in 2011 Mrs. Tymoshenko voted together with her party for this new law.

With a new leader in the State Assembly there's new optimism a few proposed laws that have been blocked will finally make it to the floor for a vote this legislative session.

(there must be a mandarin's memo dealing with this) A new rule stipulating that there can be no dissolution without a (simple) majority vote in the Commons would in effect write this into law.

A constitutional convention has at its heart an assembly of citizens charged with making proposals for the basic rules of the political system, e.g., the voting system or the creation of new national or regional law - making bodies.

U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand should expect to get a federal income tax cut worth thousands of dollars next year under the new Republican tax law, which they both fought and voted against, based on their 2017 tax returns.

More than thirty years after Abrams» testimony, State Board of Elections Co-Chair Doug Kellner also endorsed the deterrent principle as the reason that so few of New York's voting law proposals have been rejected.

In an unusual move, the party's state committee voted to back two hopefuls for attorney general: New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, whom Cuomo supports, and law professor Zephyr Teachout.

One such law requires New Yorkers to vote only on Election Day, creating an artificial barrier to voting for those with personal, family, or work obligations on Election Day.

This failure is largely driven by outdated laws that make it harder for New Yorkers to vote.

«It's difficult to say «every vote counts in New York» when we have laws on the books that make it harder — if not impossible — for some eligible New Yorkers to cast their ballots.

Grisanti was a key Republican vote in the passage of New York's same - sex marriage law in 2011.

During his time in the legislature, Brian has sponsored legislation and worked with colleagues to extend and strengthen tenant protections; increase New York's commitment to cleaner more sustainable energy sources and greater efficiency; prevent people from being exposed to toxic chemicals; increase the minimum wage; ensure equality in civil marriage laws; strengthen laws intended to keep guns out of the wrong hands; and promote cleaner, fairer elections by modernizing voting and closing loopholes in campaign finance laws.

He voted against New York's gun control laws, known as the SAFE Act, and allowing medical marijuana.

New York election law does not allow voters to change their party affiliation and vote as a member of a new party in the same yeNew York election law does not allow voters to change their party affiliation and vote as a member of a new party in the same yenew party in the same year.

The Vote Better NY coalition traveled to Albany to urge the legislature to «put voters first» and enact major reforms in New York's election laws.

As the State Senate today passed «Kirby & Quigley's Law» by a 59 - 2 vote, Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF - Glenville), the author and lead sponsor of the bill, has announced a new online petition drive to harness the power of the people to urge the Assembly to bring the public safety measure to the Floor of the New York State Assembly for a debate and up or down vonew online petition drive to harness the power of the people to urge the Assembly to bring the public safety measure to the Floor of the New York State Assembly for a debate and up or down voNew York State Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.

Jay Weaver, «Vote Reform Back to Square One; Justice Department Ruling Means State Legislature Must Draft New Law,» The Sun - Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale), Aug. 23, 1998, p. 6B.

For this was the first bill to go through the new English Votes for English Laws (EVEL) system of scrutiny which was approved by MPs just 12 days ago.

The New York State Assembly's Environmental Conservation Committee has voted in favor of a law that would defer the issuance of new hydrofracking permits amid increased environmental and health concerns about the controversial natural gas extraction methNew York State Assembly's Environmental Conservation Committee has voted in favor of a law that would defer the issuance of new hydrofracking permits amid increased environmental and health concerns about the controversial natural gas extraction methnew hydrofracking permits amid increased environmental and health concerns about the controversial natural gas extraction method.

He also worked as an attorney and advocate at Demos, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, on a nationwide effort to secure the voting rights of low - income citizens, and was a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York's Election Law Committee.

The state's attorney general has proposed a package of bills aimed at improving to what he said are «arcane» and «ridiculous» voting laws that bar many potential New York voters from casting ballots.

«Additionally, the current law keeping people on parole supervision from voting is internally inconsistent with New York's approach to voting for people serving sentences of probation.

The new law was passed Sept. 21, with 46 votes in favor.

«Tonight's vote sends a clear message that the City of New York is determined to provide relief for its residents, unlike Gov. Cuomo and Albany who recently enacted detrimental rent laws that could eliminate about 90,000 affordable housing units due to deregulation over the next four years — units that do not just provide an affordable price point for tenants but offer protections against arbitrary evictions as well,» he added.

Like many blue - state Republicans, he voted against it primarily because of the new law's curtailment of the federal exemption for state and local taxes, a change that Cuomo has described in his letter as «an economic missile launched at the heart of the State of New York.&raqnew law's curtailment of the federal exemption for state and local taxes, a change that Cuomo has described in his letter as «an economic missile launched at the heart of the State of New York.&raqNew York.»

He also said people are unaware that in minority neighborhoods — including African - American, Hispanic and Chinese — organizations «bus people around to vote» to different polling sites so they can get more votes for themselves, and argued New York needs a Republican - advocated voter I.D. law.

Since the morning after the first independence referendum three years ago, the thin - skinned tyrant of English nationalism has treated Scotland with nothing but contempt - English Votes for English Laws, hysterical Tory election posters demonising Scotland's largest party, voting for Brexit, ditching the single market against the express wishes of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, and generally behaving like an abusive husband who's hidden the new PIN for the joint bank account.

Under current law, voters who move within New York but move out of their current county or New York City must update their registration before the established deadline in order to vote.

WASHINGTON — New York's two Democratic senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, should each expect to get a federal income tax cut worth thousands of dollars next year under the new Republican tax law, which they both fought and voted against, according to projections based on their 2017 tax returNew York's two Democratic senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, should each expect to get a federal income tax cut worth thousands of dollars next year under the new Republican tax law, which they both fought and voted against, according to projections based on their 2017 tax returnew Republican tax law, which they both fought and voted against, according to projections based on their 2017 tax returns.

Thanks to a new state law, East Hampton taxpayers will have the right to force a vote on whether the town should accept money for East Hampton Airport from the Federal Aviation Administration, which imposes rules on how airports function as a condition of providing funding.