Sentences with phrase «nonpartisan redistricting on»
In the end, Skelos pretty much rejected the entire idea of independent and nonpartisan redistricting on its face, saying: «Basically your» e saying that (commission members) would just be a computer, and I don't believe that exists in people.»
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Also on the NYC Indy Party reform to - do list: Initiative and referendum, term limits for legislators, letting voters change their enrollment after a one - month waiting period, nonpartisan administration of the Board of Elections, nonpartisan redistricting and campaign finance reform.
And, yes, the governor must resume the fight on the remaining critical issues in the battle to reform Albany — overhaul of New York's campaign - finance laws and nonpartisan redistricting for the 2012 elections.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's push for nonpartisan redistricting has gained significant Republican support, with Ohio Gov. John Kasich signing on to his amicus brief at the Supreme Court and Arizona Sen. John McCain filing a separate friend - of - the - court brief.
For months now, the Senate Democrats have been slamming their Republican counterparts for reneging on their pledge to ex-NYC Mayor Ed Koch in support of independent and nonpartisan redistricting.
All four major - party candidates running for governor have already pledged to support nonpartisan, independent redistricting — a fundamental change that state lawmakers, intent on self - preservation, have resisted for decades.
«I've been at the forefront of saying: Nonpartisan independent redistricting... If we're not there on this bill, we'll have our own bill that is a better bill if we think this bill is flawed.»
It describes the pending chaos created by a drawn out redistricting process, complicated by Governor Andrew Cuomo «s insistence on nonpartisan redistricting, two federal lawsuits, a push... Continue reading →
As governor, Mattei said he would strengthen disclosures by what he called «dark money third party groups,» reform the redistricting process to make it «truly nonpartisan,» and push to overturn Citizens United, the landmark Supreme Court case that banned restrictions on donations by corporations and other associations.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver gave his vital support to Cuomo's effort to cut spending, establish a 2 percent cap on the growth of property taxes, enact nonpartisan redistricting of election districts for the next 10 years so majority parties don't protect their power, and other key proposals.