Sentences with phrase «on ballot question»

The complaint filed Thursday in U.S. District Court by former Supreme Court Chief Justices Ronald D. Castille and Stephen Zappala Sr. and Philadelphia attorney Richard A. Sprague also asks for an injunction to prevent the tally of votes on the ballot question.

2016 - Nevada votes to legalize marijuana on ballot question 2 during the 2016 election.

Also at 11:30 a.m., groups representing immigrants will join with labor leaders and elected officials to urge New Yorkers to vote «no» on Nov. 7 on the ballot question that calls for a state constitutional convention, UFT headquarters, 52 Broadway, Manhattan.

But a last - minute ad campaign by labor unions and other interest groups ultimately dissuaded voters for voting «yes» on the ballot question.

Representatives from other government watchdog organizations — including New York Public Interest Group (NYPIRG), Reinvent Albany, Common Cause, and Citizens Budget Commission — told Gotham Gazette that they have not taken a position on the ballot question, but that the issue is being debated vigorously internally.

The decision to work with SRCP was made after meeting «with a variety of vendors on both sides of the aisle,» said Public Charter Schools» general consultant Jim Conroy, noting that the company has experience working in New England and on ballot questions like this year's charter referendum.

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Over $ 1 million was raised in pursuit of legalization in Maine, much of which was spent gathering the signatures necessary to get Question 1 on the ballot.

For many Canadians, the ballot question when they vote on Oct. 14 will be who can beat Stephen Harper and his Conservative crew.

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.

This is total bs if Romney is on the ballot then we should be questioning that never before have we ever had a Mormon on the ballot stop the non-sense

If it is possible for the Irish People to adjudicate by ballot on this question, why might we not in the future deliberate similarly on the right to life of the elderly, the homeless, the Travellers, or the mentally ill?

Oklahoma voters are considering an unusual question that will appear on their ballots this Tuesday: whether Islamic law can be used in considering cases in state court.

Your ballot should have a skill - testing question on it «How old is the universe?»

Few — if any — voters will look at the Madduxes and the Griffeys on those future ballots, then shake their heads and question the integrity or character of those players» baseball careers.

The group, headed by Du Page County Board member Michael Formento, is trying to collect 2,100 signatures in an effort to get three advisory referendum questions on the ballot.

The question put forward by the Arlington Heights Park District (AHPD) to the community on the March 20, 2012 ballot addressed the needs of our facilities as determined by the AHPD after having gone through several years of master facilities planning with input from all segments of the community.

If her question is placed on the November ballot and enough voters are in favor of dissolving the district, Fiddyment and other like - minded Gurnee residents plan to ask the voters in the March primary if they want to re-establish a park district.

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 issuOn 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 issuon the November 6 general election ballot asking voters to choose whether or not to support a $ 39 million bond issue.

Gurnee Park District actions this year made Eileen Fiddyment and others angry enough to circulate petitions to get a referendum question on the November ballot that will ask voters whether the district should be dissolved.

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.

Glen Ellyn resident Bob Markese called upon the Glen Ellyn Park District Monday to drop its suit in order to allow the alternative questions to appear on the November ballot.

«Putting (the questions) on the ballot was a fiscally sound way to get input back from the people,» she said.

The Arlington Heights village board rejected the idea of putting a term limits question on the ballot this spring.

The board then will decide whether to present the projects to the voters in one referendum question or in two or three referendum proposals on the November ballot.

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.

Plainfield Park District officials said the three advisory questions were placed on the ballot to help gauge community feelings on the issues.

The first step in the process is gathering residents» signatures on petitions asking the Cook County Board of Elections to add the question to the November ballot, according to Ron Castrogiovanni, a spokesman for a group of residents.

Park Board attorney Bruno Tabis told the board that it might not have the authority to place a referendum question on a ballot because it doesn't have home - rule powers and that authority is denied by statewide park district code.

SIlosky shrugged off suggestions that the questions were a way to avoid any recall questions, saying the board voted to place the questions on the ballot several months ago.

The Orland Park Village Board this week unanimously approved a request from the Orland Park Library Board of Trustees to place the question on the March 19 primary election ballot.

Though park officials are portraying the questions as a way to gauge community interest in a variety of issues, others suggest placing the questions on the ballot was a calculated move to avoid any recall efforts by residents.

Whether the question will appear on the April or the November ballot hasn't been decided, he said.

The board majority wanted to place the question about term limits on the ballot.

The Cary Park District, having only $ 300,000 in its land acquisition fund, voted to place a question on the April ballot asking voters for the money needed for the purchase.

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

The Plum Grove Estates Property Owners Association held the seventh and last meeting to answer questions and dispel any misconceptions regarding a referendum measure on Tuesday's ballot on the proposed annexation.

During his tenure on the Village Board, Mr. Hesterman was instrumental in posing to voters a ballot question asking for approval to create Glen Ellyn's Village Links Golf Course, according to his daughter, Susan Edwards.

Only two school districts in the northwest suburbs put questions on the ballot, and both succeeded.

The decision halts an election board hearing scheduled for Thursday to review petitions the group filed with the DuPage County Election Commission in December for a referendum question on the March 16 ballot.

Commissioners are leaning toward putting the question on the November ballot.

The park board of commissioners has decided to place two questions on the Nov. 7 ballot.

He argued that a successful petition drive would guarantee that at least some questions regarding the proposed Newton Park facility would be on the November ballot.

In March of 1936 the Park Board of Commissioners was presented with two petitions, one against and one for putting a question on the ballot.

Glen Ellyn — A Nov. 2 referendum asking Glen Ellyn voters if they want to fund a new library cleared a final hurdle when the Village Board unanimously approved placing the question on the ballot.

Nonetheless, some experts caution that asking voters to consider two referendum questions on the November ballot might not produce the desired outcomes for either organization, in particular, if those casting ballots fear that supporting both measures would mean higher taxes.

But if the district «s suit fails and the petition drive is successful, the referendum questions favored by the petition drive organizers would appear on the ballot, according to officials.

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.

Smith and other members of a grass - roots organization working to create a park district scored their biggest victory to date on Friday, when McHenry County Associate Judge Haskell M. Pitluck validated the group's petitions, allowing the question to be placed on the March ballot.

The ballot question, to form a Lake in the Hills Park District, will be available to those living on the village's east side.

The four park proposals are among more than 20 questions that will be on the ballot, most of them asking for tax increases.