Sentences with phrase «on election costs»

Ultimately, Hein produced something less than a third of a loaf, convincing a skeptical county legislature to phase in Safety Net expenses over a three - year period, beginning with $ 1.6 million in 2013, but taking no action on election costs.

Not exact matches

But inaction entails big risks as well: As the divisive presidential election campaign has eloquently demonstrated, inadequate growth is imposing big social costs on the U.S. Shouldn't we give optimism a try?

Perhaps the Parliamentary Budget Officer should be asked to cost the election promises of all three political parties based on an updated economic and fiscal outlook.

The Conservatives are playing up low - cost initiatives such as action on cross-border price differences because they've restricted spending to balance the books by 2015, expected to be an election year, and don't have the cash right now for major tax cuts or lavish program spending.

Based on their election platform, the net cost of these promises amounts to $ 10.5 billion in 2016 - 17, $ 11.7 billion in 2017 - 18; $ 9.1 billion in 2018 - 19 and $ 6.6 billion in 2019 - 20.

By 2017, B.C. families and industries will have seen their power costs increase by 80 per cent on the B.C. Liberal's watch, including as a result of Premier Clark's broken election promises on hydro rates.

The issue figures to feature prominently in the next federal election, with Liberal Leader Stà © phane Dion arguing the benefits of a carbon tax, while NDP Leader Jack Layton makes the case that cap - and - trade would do a better job of putting the costs on big polluters rather than on low - income families.

Depending on the outcome of the elections, financing costs may rise for Spain.

this will cost obama the election by catering to the gays he wil loosel a large portion of the black and latino vote who are very conservative on this issue.and this will only make mitt romney stronger, with a weak economy unemployment as high as 8 % and a republican house there seems the last thing obama needs is to loose more votes that he will gain from this.he will loose the entire south including florida and many swing states.although he will win san francisco for sure.way to go barry

Perhaps more important was that the conference marked out the ground on which the parties are likely to try and fight the next election — the Conservatives will ask for time to finish the job of fixing the economy, Labour will focus on trying to reduce people's cost of living.

Cameron's commitment to spending more on health than the rate of inflation every year of the next election will still leave the NHS under significant cost pressure as it tries to deal with the soaring demands of an elderly society.

De Blasio was able to raise money on three fronts in the same election cycle: first for his campaign, then for a $ 300,000 fine he still owed from a 2009 campaign, and finally for his inauguration and transition costs.

Then there's the idea of holding Election Day on a weekend, something government officials determined is a costly alternative, according to a study from the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) assessing the cost of a two - day voting weekend.

Now, however, Democrats have been putting the brakes on, citing the prohibitive cost of a special election as the main reason for their reluctance to make good on the governor's pledge.

«However, we do know these proposals will dramatically increase costs for local county boards of election, putting even more pressure on taxpayers.

It is not surprising, in a country with approximately half a million elected offices, where about 133 million people voted in 2008, and with ballots that can call on voters to make dozens of decisions, that the aggregate costs of campaigns and elections mounts.

The 2016 elections in Ghana, where 15.7 million were registered, cost $ 12 per voter, while Tanzania, a country with a bigger population and more voters than Kenya, spent $ 300 million less on its 2015 elections.

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And she cost the Republicans the Senate seat in Delaware, helping her bewitching candidate to defeat the odds - on Republican victor in the general election.

The Minority leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu on the same floor of Parliament expressed concerns over the EC's budget, saying the cost of conducting elections in Ghana is consistently increasing.

She noted there has been bipartisan opposition from New York City and Nassau elections officials to moving the general election to December, which would cost an estimated $ 1 million and attract 100,000 fewer voters for the race than if it was on the November ballot.

[68] Shortly after the 2015 General Election, Liberal Democrat leadership contender Norman Lamb conceded that Clegg's broken pledge on university tuition had cost the party dear.

Question topics included the expected new bridge tolls, a toll and finance task force expected to have already been created, whether it's «overtly political» to not announce new tolls before the November election, whether there continues to be a $ 3.9 billion cap on the bridge cost, two Hudson Valley state senate races, how the crane was named, ebola and whether he anticipates limiting travelers into New York and Amtrak's announced plan to close four tunnels for lengthy repair work.

Last year's referendum on whether the UK should adopt the alternative voting system for general elections cost the taxpayer # 75 million, according to a report out today.

Theresa May's gamble on a snap election has failed spectacularly costing her control of the Commons in an extraordinary election night.

In fact, it's the ghosts of the 2014 Democratic primary that are more likely to come back to haunt him in 2020 for two reasons: First, because criticisms from the left on his attempts to appease rural conservatives are largely accurate; second, the exposure of his vulnerability from the left forced him into taking positions which may cost him in a general election.

Yakubu, who decried the huge outlay on personnel cost during elections, said that 86 percent of election expenditure was mapped out for payment of election allowances to personnel.

Vanderhoef will also be seeking to layoff 150 county workers, save $ 1.8 million by not reimbursing out - of - county students at the community college, cut the intelligence task force from the police budget, kick $ 1.4 million in local election costs back to towns, reduce funding to contract agencies by $ 300,000 this year and over $ 500,000 next year, and install a new charge on your motor vehicle registration.

A letter to the town board authored by Eddy was read — it objected to the bill he received from the town for $ 1,282 to reimburse taxpayers for the cost of his inquiry to the town's Attorney months ago requesting advice on the tie vote in the November election and the legality of the subsequent «holdover» of incumbent board member Gail Seaman — to which Eddy had opposed.

Beekmantown Town Supervisor Samuel Dyer, pictured here speaking before the county legislature in January, called on county lawmakers to consider refunding his town for the cost to hold a special election.

James P. O'Neill, the police commissioner, wrote in a letter in February to the state's congressional delegation that the Police Department had spent $ 300,000 a day protecting Trump Tower between Election Day and Inauguration Day and $ 127,000 to $ 145,000 a day since then, on top of other costs.

As the Liberal Democrats pointed out before the election, a VAT rise to 20 % would cost every person in the country on average # 389, disproportionately hurting the least well off who would be least able to afford it.

Hosting the election on that date would assure a higher voter turnout and than on any other non-Election Day — and would minimize election costs.

Two years ago, Cahill demanded the county take over ever - increasing Safety Net (welfare) charges to the towns and the city and the cost of administering local election expenses in exchange for his allowing the bill authorizing the 1 percent add - on to reach the Assembly floor for a vote.

Now all of a sudden it's a race and Cuomo doesn't want to get blamed for his labor mishaps costing a county election, so he's out on LI AGAIN hitting the panic button.

A resolution was on the agenda for the county government to assume election costs, budgeted at about $ 1.4 million a year.

Imposing state of emergency on Anambra state if violence erupts and if the election fails to hold will cost IPOB and the state more than they can imagine.»

But in Nigeria, it is as if the election has taken on a new dimension that is akin to warfare considering politicians» desperation to win at all cost.

On Wednesday, Grant went back to court seeking a ballot by ballot count from the election, claiming the voting machines didn't count some ballots for her and the legal fight at the Board of Elections is costing her votes with Kennedy less than 300 votes ahead.

«There's a school of thought that says special elections can be costly if they're on their own day as opposed to a day when there are other elections going on,» he said, due to the costs of opening and staffing polling places.

Despite Boris's much - reported commitment at the mayoral election to «bear down on transport costs», from January, fares will go up by an average of 4.2 %.

Then the general election arrives, the government slam on the funding brakes and the company is not paid the remaining monies even although they have already committed to the costs.

The process to replace (Squadron) involves obscure mechanisms that could empower old allies of Sheldon Silver, whose corruption scandal cost him the Assembly speakership two years ago... Voters do not decide who runs on each political party's ballot line in such an election.

UPDATE: Shortly after I pushed «publish» on this item, Brooklyn GOP Chairman Craig Eaton released a statement saying the people of the 27th SD have gone without representation for «too long,» (some didn't have a congressman, either, until Rep. Bob Turner defeated Weiner in Septemer), and a special election that coincides with the April 24 primary would be «the quickest and most cost effective way to do this.»

«The «remorseless increase» in council tax has caused soaring living costs, the Tories claimed today in a fresh attack on the Government before next month's local government elections.

The Report of a Study Commissioned by ECONEC on the Cost of Elections will also be presented to the Conference, which will also witness the launch of a book on «A decade of electoral assistance in West Africa, 2006 - 2016,» published by the Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the ECOWAS Commission, with the support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

Late budgets jobs and business leaving this state cronism politicians making a life long career out of getting elected to office it has to stop open your eyes people stop listening to the BS!Fiscal responsibility, term limits and accountablity is what we should be demanding and votng for.Every election it's always some specal interest group trying to spin something.Vote out every single incumbant impose our own term limits they are all parisites surviving on our hard earned money.JOBS, TAXES, CORUPTION, LATE BUDGETS, CRIMINAL CONDUCT, ABUSE OF POWER INEFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP, THE COST TO LIVE IN THIS STATE A GOOD JOB FOR YOUR CHILDREN, SOMETHING LEFT FOR YOUR FAMILY AFTER A LIFETIME OF WORKING HARD FOR IT ARE THE ISSUES!!!! HOMOSEXUALITY give me a break!

The Labour Assembly Against Austerity saw over 200 party activists come together to discuss the cost of living crisis being caused by coalition austerity and the need for Labour to present an inspiring alternative vision that will win the 2015 election and then go on to change people's lives for the better.

The Siena poll found that dissatisfaction among left - leaning Democrats in New York could cost Cuomo 15 points on election day, if the progressive Working Families Party put up its own candidate in the governor's race.

Bishops Park College in Clacton cost # 25 million to build and was visited by Tony Blair on the last election campaign.