Sentences with phrase «nonpartisan commission»

The fact is, the Constitution does not allow for an independent nonpartisan commission to make a binding decision.

Rick Lazio, Steve Levy, Carl Paladino and Andrew Cuomo - three Republicans and one Democrat, the last expected to announce shortly, have promised to veto any legislation on districting that does not require an independent nonpartisan commission to do the job.

Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson told good government advocates this afternoon that he will let a bill to establish a nonpartisan commission to draw lawmakers» district lines come to the floor for a full - house vote, although he refused to say if he would personally support the measure.

It's been six months since Cuomo proposed an independent, nonpartisan commission to set new district lines for Assembly, Senate and congressional seats, reflecting population changes in the last census.

Koch, through his good - government group New York Uprising, released lists Thursday of how candidates responded to his call for legislative district boundaries to be drawn by a nonpartisan commission, tougher governmental ethics rules and a better budget process.

The poll would seem to be good news for Senate Republicans, most of whom have gone back on their 2010 campaign pledge to surrender this year's redistricting to a nonpartisan commission.

This argument is a little twisted, but basically what Hanna is saying is that while he did indeed sign the NY Uprising PAC pledge, said pledge did not actually require his support of THIS EXACT bill, but merely A bill that would establish a nonpartisan commission to redraw the congressional and state legislative lines in time for the 2012 elections.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), who has called for a nonpartisan commission to draw congressional and state legislative districts, called the ruling «a tremendous step forward in the fight for free and fair elections.»

Three of the four legislative leaders have signed former NYC Mayor Ed Koch's pledge to reform the redistricting process by handing over control to a nonpartisan commission.

It's clear that New York will lose two House seats in the next round of redistricting — most likely one upstate and one downstate, as is the tradition, although if the push for a nonpartisan commission is successful (seems doubtful at this point), that could change.

The bills include creating a nonpartisan commission to redraw election district lines, stripping convicted elected officials of their pensions, and restricting the use of campaign funds.

The nonpartisan commission charged with drawing new City Council districts has isolated itself from criticism by not completing a comprehensive first draft, critics of the process contended at the final public hearing in Queens last week.?

But the state also passed a ballot measure that would hand over the redistricting process to a nonpartisan commission.

A civic coalition led by former Mayor Edward I. Koch is pushing for the establishment of a nonpartisan commission to redraw the lines.

The Manhattan Democrat and Long Island Republican exchanged heated letters yesterday over what Koch views as the Senate Republicans» renegging on their collective promise to support creation of an independent and nonpartisan commission to draw legislative and congressional lines in time for the 2012 elections.

That's why Gov. Andrew Cuomo's commitment in the 2016 State of the State message to appoint and recommend funding for an»... expert, nonpartisan commission to develop a blueprint» for a potential constitutional convention is his most important reform initiative this year.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has decided to make nonpartisan redistricting reform the first focus of his push to change politics at the Capitol, announcing a bill that would establish a nonpartisan commission to redraw state legislative and congressional district lines.

The ABA believes the best way to ensure a fair and impartial judiciary is to choose judges at the state level through a system of merit selection, where a nonpartisan commission composes a list of qualified potential judicial candidates from which the governor chooses a nominee.