Sentences with phrase «number of counties»

Instead, human bias seems to have led a small number of counties to become far more likely than others to follow through on a death sentence.

When ordered by the court, mediation, which is provided by the state at no cost to the participants, is required only in a limited number of counties.

When it was adopted in 2007, an overwhelming number of counties voted in favour of it, with only four voting against its adoption.

Taking into account the sheer number of counties in each state, and considering each county independently performs (is responsible for) both the counting and verification of the final count totals, significant manipulation of the vote tallies would require the cooperation of a large number of public officials and / or the multitudes of persons working the individual district voter locations; a feat overwhelmingly unlikely in any circumstance.

As for the overall number of county residents on Medicaid, Szukala attributed the decline to an improving economy and the fact that residents interested and eligible for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act in 2013 have already done so.

Mahoney has rewarded her loyal supporters, friends and family members with jobs on the county payroll at a time when the overall number of county jobs has shrunk by about 500 through buyouts, layoffs and attrition.

Trustees and staff took advantage of that one - year «reprieve» to plan for those inevitable cuts, devoting most of 2005 to an exhaustive and objective evaluation of the System to identify those libraries that had the greatest capacity to deliver the most in services and resources to the largest number of County residents.

A record number of counties are losing residents due to aging adults and weakened economies.

If Day's veto is overridden then those legislators who vote to override are giving the PIN number of the County's ATM machine to Brega.

Even though the global financial crisis is receding in the rear view mirror of history, a significant number of counties in the state continue to experience negative growth.

Having over 90 % of the state's electric load under its governance, the ERCOT region covers nearly the entire state of Texas with a relatively small number of counties along the state's perimeter falling into the Western Electricity Coordinating Council, Southwest Power Pool, and the Southeastern Electric Reliability Council.

One of the things that attracts people to the Hoosier State is the diversity and the great number of counties.

New York and New Jersey tend to have the highest number of counties with the highest property tax burdens.

Divide that number by 63 (number of counties in NY state) and you get $ 11,349,206.

Since the county filed suit against the distributors, a number of counties and towns in West Virginia — and a few entities beyond, such as the Cherokee Nation, in Oklahoma — have followed with their own lawsuits.

Affordability may have increased across the region, as evidenced by the increase in the number of counties in which the median household could afford a median - priced home.

And while the median price in most counties is still below FHA loan limits, there are a number of counties where prices have climbed above those limits.

Remember, a number of counties in Massachusetts have higher conforming loan limits, which allows you to get a conventional mortgage rather than a jumbo loan (with higher interest).

Over the last several weeks we have reached out to a number of our stakeholders including all our state - wide candidates, State Vice Chairs, a number of County Chairs, and campaign staff.

here were a number of County leaders who were enthusiastic about doing the work necessary to establish the line.

Spurred by a growing perception that Rice is the preferred candidate of AG Andrew Cuomo — a belief Cuomo is doing nothing to dispel — a number of county organizations are poised to also back the DA, including Brooklyn and Queens.

A state GOP source confirmed that Chairman Ed Cox has indeed brought in a professional parliamentarian for the convention — potentially to help fend off a «no confidence» vote that a number of county chairs are moving to bring against him.

No one person can hold more proxy votes than the number of county committee members currently serving in his or her district.

Party members are prominent in a number of county positions, including the judiciary and the sheriff's department.

The number of counties where non-citizen voting could conceivably make a difference so as to justify a comprehensive study of the type suggested in the original post, is very small, and predominantly limited to Florida.

At the upcoming County Council elections this June, not to mention the Euro elections, we expect to do well, greatly increasing our number of County seats - while the Lib Dems head in the opposite direction.

And, not incidentally, she cut county property taxes, reorganized key facets of county government and reduced the number of county employees.

The County's Dept. of Highways and Facilities maintains a number of county roads, and it performs snow and ice control on portions of the following numbered highways within the county: [45] U.S. Route 6 from Westchester County line to the NY 22 / U.

I ran a number of his county clerk campaigns and I've been an advisor to him every since he was elected assemblyman.

But the measure, which would impact a number of county offices, must come with increased funding for expanded juvenile justice systems, she said.

Even a number of county chairmen who are backing Trump wanted the state party to hold off to give the rank - and - file Republicans the chance to vote in the primary in April 19 without «the establishment telling them what to do,» the source said.

Liberal Democrats have «held their ground» in a number of county elections - despite a poor result in the South Shields by - election, the party's deputy leader has said.

The spending plan also includes nearly $ 2.5 million for the Department of Planning and Development, which administers a number of county economic development and workforce development programs.

Astorino will discuss a number of county initiatives including Safer Communities, Playland and the Westchester County Airport and answer questions from residents.

A number of county residents last week reported receiving anonymous phone calls asking them to contact members of the county Legislature and demand an investigation into county Treasurer David Broderick.

They include a number of county GOP chairmen, including Nick Langworthy (Erie) and Tom Dadey (Onondaga), as well as Dutchess County Sheriff Butch Anderson.

She has reduced the number of County employees by over 11 % without lay - offs and the County's health - care costs are lower now than they were in 2005 due to numerous reforms including the landmark Canadian Drug program.

The New York City - based union last election cycle directed $ 127,300 to the DSCC, as well as heavy payments to a number of county committees: $ 102,300 to the Putnam County Democrats, $ 100,000 the Monroe County committee, and $ 60,000 to the Erie County party.

Due to notarization problems, the WEP was blocked from running candidates in a number of counties this year, but recent appellate court decisions seem to have left his allies firmly in control of the party.

It's an off political year, so turnout will likely be light in most cases, although there are a number of county executive races going on in some parts of the state.

I am the only candidate in the County Executive race to have voted to reduce the number of County Legislators.

If you have a problem with your local elected officials, throw them out, as has already happened with a number of counties in New York.

ALBANY - While Albany County residents will get to weigh in on one proposal to reduce the number of county legislators, elected officials were divided on whether to pursue the matter or if the advanced proposal is enough reform.

But that's not a guarantee even as he has picked up a number of county chairmen endorsements since Kolb dropped out, numerous Republican leaders and operatives say.

Ms. Teachout and her candidate for lieutenant governor, fellow law professor Tim Wu, heralded their defeat, pointing to the number of counties they won as an example of how much liberals are fed up with Mr. Cuomo.

Deputy County Executive Jon Schneider said Bellone has done his part by reducing the number of county employees and freezing his own pay at $ 187,050.