Sentences with phrase «on voter initiatives»

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The Legislature put that on the ballot, with a grudging nod from the NRA, to stave off a voter initiative calling for a seven - day ban.

Jackson and other religious leaders challenged the city on the measure saying the matter should be put to District voters in a ballot initiative.

Due to a voter - approved initiative that has the two highest primary vote - getters appearing on the general election ballot regardless of party, some November races for major state offices are contests between a leftwing Democrat and a radical Democrat.

On Monday they unveiled a «People of Faith for Obama» a new initiative to mobilize voters that included Web video of the president and a faith platform.

Unless two - thirds of San Diego voters approve a ballot initiative on Nov. 8 to raise $ 350 million to help build a new downtown football stadium, the Chargers likely will leave San Diego after this season and eventually play as the second team in Rams owner Stan Kroenke's football complex in L.A. beginning in 2019.

Carol Stream Park District commissioners have voted to place a referendum initiative on the March 17 ballot asking voters to approve an $ 11 million bond issue to build a year - round outdoor athletic facility.

The White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives are up for grabs, along with thousands of other offices in state and local governments across the country, even as voters weigh in on scores of ballot initiatives and other measures.

The president has a chance to finally seize the initiative on an issue that an overwhelming majority of voters support him and are lining up against the GOP position of quietly defending Wall Street.

The group won approval of a statewide initiative amendment in a state constitutional convention in 1986, but voters, probably not comprehending its meaning due to a lack of publicity on the issue, rejected it by a narrow margin.

STATEN ISLAND — Mayor Bill de Blasio spent his first day on Staten Island announcing new initiatives for the 123 Precinct, chowing down on cannoli with his pal Borough President James Oddo and riding the ferry to work, but said it's not an effort to win over borough voters.

A statewide initiative on the ballot asks voters to make an exception, and instead direct the tax revenue from marijuana sales toward public education and drug - prevention programs.

«The property tax remains the most burdensome tax in New York and by challenging local governments to collaborate and create a plan to streamline operations for voter approval, this game - changing initiative will empower communities, cut costs, and reduce property taxes on Long Island and across New York,» Cuomo said.

Voters there will decide on a ballot initiative this year...

In the research conducted by the Department which focused on democratic governance, 49 % of the 5000 voters sampled, endorsed the Free Senior High School [SHS] programme, making it one of popular initiatives of the government.

The so - called «Smart Schools» initiative was the first time voters approved a major bond issue since 2005 when they signed off on $ 2.9 billion in bonding for road, bridge and mass transit improvements.

On the Ballot: Of the 17 initiatives facing California's voters, Proposition 57 could have the biggest impact nationwide.

There will be tweaks and give - and - take, but those same Republicans should have no problem signing on to initiatives that serve middle - class, suburban voters who are their core base.

In November, Cuomo campaign spokesman Matt Wing (who has since left for a position in the private sector) told Capital the party would «now be focused on acting as a women's advocacy party: it will launch new initiatives to register and enroll new women voters and engage them more actively in the political process.

Mr Cameron said a Tory government would introduce true reforms such as referendums on council tax increases and the «right of initiative» - allowing voters to propose new laws.

Voters looking to see who's in the running for national delegate in their neighborhood should visit Who's On the Ballot, a web app that gives voters a customized look at the delegates, the candidates, polling sites and voting initiatives in their neighboVoters looking to see who's in the running for national delegate in their neighborhood should visit Who's On the Ballot, a web app that gives voters a customized look at the delegates, the candidates, polling sites and voting initiatives in their neighbovoters a customized look at the delegates, the candidates, polling sites and voting initiatives in their neighborhood.

«I call on the charter revision members to support this initiative and then bring it to the voters this November, so we are ready in 2021 to have a fair, open and inclusive democratic primary as our entire city government will change,» Stringer continued.

«The newly established WEP will now be focused on acting as a women's advocacy party: it will launch new initiatives to register and enroll new women voters and engage them more actively in the political process,» Wing said.

Cuomo in January announced the latest initiative to reduce spending: a proposal that would require county governments to draft a consolidation plan to share services by Aug. 1, which would then go on the ballot for voter approval in November.

The initiative that benefited from voters casting their ballots in schools was Proposition 301, which proposed a new sales tax to be spent on education.

Contentious initiatives on abortion and embryonic stem - cell research brought out voters in South Dakota and Missouri.

David Volk of the South Dakotans for Lifesaving Cures said the initiative will ask voters to allow research on embryonic stem cells, but only stem cells left over from in vitro fertilization procedures, cells that would have been discarded otherwise.

Voters in California will be the first in the country to cast ballots on an initiative that supports human stem cell research in a concrete way: by providing funding.

Both equally proposals prohibit referendums or citizens» initiatives on hometown in depth solutions together the lines of your «Hometown Democracy» constitutional modification that was rejected by Florida voters previous yr.

Even though, in replacing Jack Nicholson and Brad Pitt (who both were sort of iffy on the lead - supporting continuum) with Mark Wahlberg's middle finger and Jackie Earle Haley's little appendage, the Academy implicitly agreed with us, the no - small - parts - only - small - actors initiative will probably fail to move through committee if Oscar voters vote with where history has informed us their hearts lead them: lefty, global market agitprop.

The initiative requires the signature of 8 percent of all registered California voters — that's 807,615 people — in order to be on the ballot this coming November.

Advocates on both sides of California's ballot initiative to curtail bilingual education in public schools went before the state school board this month, several months before the voters will decide the issue.

Given the Constitution's protection of the right to vote, the equal protection clause also would support a federal right to an education that prepares students to be competent voters and civic participants — enabling them, for instance, to comprehend complex ballot initiatives and serve competently on a jury, as education law scholar and litigator Michael Rebell has contended.

If the initiative gathers the requisite number of signatures to be on the ballot, with a single vote this November, California's voters could eliminate one of the most egregious examples of inequity in its educational system — and it won't cost taxpayers any additional funds to do it.

Voters turned thumbs down on most of the major tax - limitation initiatives on state ballots last week, defying the generally conservative trend of an election that saw historic Republican gains at the federal and state levels.

It includes questions placed on ballots through a citizen - initiative process as well as measures that legislatures have put before voters in statewide referendums.

When it came to persuading Washington state voters to back a ballot initiative on charter schools, President Clinton wanted nothing to do with the issue.

Mr. McIntire's group and other anti-tax supporters need to gather 14,714 valid signatures from registered voters in the county by early May to put the initiative on the state's September ballot — or...

The groups, led by the League of Education Voters, filed a ballot initiative in the hopes of forcing a November vote on the free but independent public schools, which are allowed to use unconventional techniques and hire nonunion employees.

Groups consider trying to put charter - school initiative on ballot As prospects for a bill allowing charter schools dims in the Washington Legislature, some in the so - called «education reform» movement are considering compromise options or again asking the voters about it.

Proposition 187, which focused on illegal immigrants in 1994, was the first major initiative that caught voters» attention.

Efforts are under way to place an initiative on the Nov. 6 ballot that would ask voters to allow 40 public charter schools around the state in five years.

The overwhelming approval by California voters of an initiative to end restrictions on bilingual education in its public schools marks another significant shift from the political expressions of racial and ethnic resentments that swirled across the state during the 1990s.

The initiative builds on existing voter registration tools currently available as part of ASCD's Web - based Action Center, an advocacy tool that connects educators with resources to help them speak out on issues of excellence and equity in education.

Lara's bill, SB1174, would put the question to voters once again, as an initiative on the November 2016 ballot.

Referendum 55 marks the third time charter - school measures have appeared on this state's ballot; voters have rejected charter - school initiatives twice.

Concurrent to approval of SB 114 by the Senate Education Committee, the Secretary of State's office announced that proponents of a separate initiative calling for a $ 9 billion school facilities bond to go on the same ballot were cleared to begin collecting the signatures needed to put that measure before voters.

A less sunny view is based on elections results in «blue» Massachusetts and «red» Georgia, where voters in both states soundly rejected pro-school choice ballot initiatives.

California Schools Chief Strikes Tone of Optimism in Annual Address in Lawndale In a speech addressing the state of education, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson on Thursday celebrated a recent wave of voter - approved taxes that are expected to stabilize a dire education budget, and touted other initiatives that would bring still more tax dollars to public schools.

If the Court allows the initiative to go forward, this would be the first time any state has held a voter referendum on Common Core.

In Washington State, voters passed an initiative on class size, choosing to pay for an additional 25,000 employees for their k - 12 public schools over the next four years.