Sentences with phrase «of referendum questions»

Referendums: We have drafted legal opinions regarding the validity of referendum questions and the procedures to be followed in considering petitions for ordinances or referendums.

The prime minister then met with the Scottish first minister Alex Salmond to address outstanding areas of disagreement with the SNP including the vote's timing, the number of referendum questions and the wording of those questions.

Newton noted there has been no discussion about any of the referenda questions recently and the board has provided little detail on any of the issues — such as where a potential community center could be built or what type of fee, if any, they would be considering for dog park permits.

Commissioners hope to make clear to voters that despite the wording of the referendum question, which calls for a 15 - cent hike in the corporate fund levy, the board has also promised a 15 - cent cut in the bond fund levy.

But it is contingent on the results of a referendum question the district wants included on the April 3 ballot.

«The prime minister made an exceptional exemption to collective responsibility on the specific issue of the referendum question, and the guidance makes a clear distinction between ministers campaigning to leave the EU and those campaigning to remain.

The Government has unveiled the wording of the referendum question on whether the UK should adopt the proposed new European Constitution.

It's in the interests of both sides to step back from their aggrandising confrontation and hand over the Commission as many powers as possible - especially on the «intelligibility» of the referendum question.

Not exact matches

When it came to that last question, there was plenty of anger to go around, with many complaining about David Cameron's decision to call the referendum, others infuriated at the weak Leave campaign, and still others offering less than polite commentary on segments of their fellow citizens.

According to Nomura this risk is not fully priced in and there are big question marks regarding the future of the City of London and the outcome of an independence referendum in Scotland.

Advertisements by the pro-HST side, for example, offer up accountants testifying to the job - creating benefits of the harmonized federal - provincial levy over the alternative specified in the referendum question, a reintroduction of the 7 % provincial sales tax — hardly the sort of stirring campaign rhetoric likely to rally a silent majority to its side.

The political dispute over an independent Catalonia after a controversial referendum backing secession from Spain has raised questions about the future of the football club, FC Barcelona.

The Windrush scandal overshadowed the Commonwealth summit in London and has raised questions about May's six - year stint as interior minister before she became prime minister in the wake of the 2016 Brexit referendum.

«Risks appear more linked to referendums on a ratification of a new EU treaty or other EU - related issues, rather than questioning the EU membership outright, as support for EU membership appears fairly rooted.

The Vancouver Board of Trade welcomes yesterday's announcement that a referendum on transit funding in Metro Vancouver could be delayed, and urges the provincial government to push back the referendum date to June 30, 2015, in order to give the public ample time to consider the referendum question and its implications.

April 2018 — Zuckerberg agrees to give testimony in front of US politicians — but continues to ignore calls to appear before UK politicians to answer questions about the role of fake news on its platform and the potential use of Facebook data in the UK's Brexit referendum

The results of the referendum also call into question the unity of the kingdom itself.

I live in Maryland, where we have a lot of controversial questions on Tuesday's ballot, including referenda on marriage equality, the rights of immigrants and the expansion of gambling.

Former Barca boss Guardiola, who is now in charge of Premier League leaders Manchester City, also called on Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to answer questions after violent scenes broke out during Catalonia's unofficial independence referendum.

On August 14th, the Park Board of Commissioners voted to place a referendum question on the November 6 general election ballot asking voters to choose whether or not to support a $ 39 million bond issue.

If the voters decide to dissolve the district, Gurnee residents allied with Fiddyment would seek to re-establish a district in a referendum question in next March «s election and simultaneously field a slate of five candidates for a new park board.

The Glen Ellyn and Oak Brook Park Districts will proceed with a lawsuit Wednesday against the Du Page County Board of Election Commissioners despite a successful petition drive in Glen Ellyn to place three alternative referendum questions on the ballot.

The results of the advisory referendum questions will be discussed at the park board's April 1 meeting, board President Peter Hurtado said.

The Park Board voted unanimously last week to place a referendum question on the Nov. 2 ballot asking voters to approve purchase of the land and construction of playing fields and a facility.

Under village law, 300 signatures, or 5 percent of the registered voters, are needed to get a referendum question on the ballot.

Board Members approved a referendum question, stating that the Park District wanted the «will of the people» to prevail.

The three referendum questions proposed by the district would ask voters whether the district should build a $ 4.5 million swimming facility; whether the district should buy land to the east of Newton Park for expansion; and whether a task force should be formed to study the need, best location and financial alternatives of a new pool facility.

The March 20 referendum question will once again allow the «will of the people» to prevail.

Chiszar said voters who supported the tax increase referendum question that allowed the Park District to buy the area's last working farm wanted the land developed as a whole «unique piece of property.»

Cary Park Director Steve Cherveny said the referendum question will ask taxpayers to support a «25 - cent increase in the corporate fund,» which translates into an increase of $ 116 in property taxes for the owner of a $ 150,000 house.

If the referendum question is approved next month, a tax rate of 19.5 cents would be levied to develop the city's about 100 acres of park land.

GLEN ELLYN — A shortage of funds for capital projects has pushed the Glen Ellyn Park District Board to consider a referendum question for the April ballot.

The park district's proposed referendum question could appear alongside a November ballot request from New Trier High School asking voters to approve $ 89 million in funding for a major renovation of the aging Winnetka campus.

The board of commissioners has until August to decide whether to place the question on the November ballot, the next time a referendum could be presented to voters.

Comparing that successful campaign with the Park District's recent failed attempt, Brissa said the Park District must do a better job of getting comments from residents before proposing new programs or referendum questions.

Challengers in the election that saw the defeat of two incumbents and a tax increase request referendum to build a recreation center questioned the profitability and management of the golf course.

Complete implementation of the hot meals could take several years, because the district would need the kitchen facilities at Scullen Middle School, slated to open in fall 2001, and at two other new middle schools that are part of a $ 88.8 million referendum question.

You said, referring to the earlier votes, that, «The Cary district put two referendum questions to the voters in November — an $ 8.1 million bond issue to buy 80 acres of land and build a swim center and ballfields, and a tax - rate increase to operate the facilities.»

It's too late to place another referendum question on the November ballot, so the board has plenty of time to consider how to proceed, he said.

The Park District proposed the referendum question after 2,400 Barrington - area residents signed a petition in support of the property's purchase.

Barring a sudden change of heart, a referendum question would be placed on the November or April 2009 election ballot.

Alex Salmond has been hit by a triple - whammy of bad news in the Scottish referendum campaign, with serious questions being raised about North Sea oil, his plans for currency union and Scots» access to the BBC after independence.

In particular, the legislation would set out the date of the referendum, the franchise, the wording of the question, rules on campaign financing, and other rules for the conduct of the referendum.

This, although it was not spelled out in the short text of the agreement, meant the Scottish government could set the date of the referendum (provided it took place before the end of 2014), extend the franchise to 16 - and -17-year-olds (a long - standing SNP, and indeed Liberal Democrat, pledge), decide the wording of the question (subject to Electoral Commission approval) and stipulate campaign financing (again, subject to EC oversight).

All of which rather raises the question of why Cameron walked on to a stage in January 2013 and called the referendum in the first place.

But there is another and perhaps more important reason to question those who argue that we have embarked upon an inevitable path to staying in the EU — the experience of referendums elsewhere.

The big question for the future of party is whether the EU referendum will end the perennial Tory divisions on Europe.

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As the Conservative in charge of a divisive and controversial area, the question of an EU referendum is never far away.

Examples of the kinds of questions involved in the decision were - does parliament agreeing to hold a referendum, also count legally as its agreement to do what the referendum says?