Sentences with phrase «on voter rights»

An official from Cuomo's office told POLITICO the proposal would focus more on the methodology of how districts are distributing funds, and wouldn't infringe on voter rights as local voters approve the district budget as a whole and not how resources are distributed by school building.

Not exact matches

«Senator Sessions has long advocated for state sovereignty, and we look forward to working with him to ensure that states» rights and voter choices on cannabis are respected.»

As such, it is likely that the center - right candidate from Forza Italia, Paolo Romani, is elected due to the alliance gaining more voters than the Five Star Movement back on the March 4 vote.

In the Clinton - Trump matchup, Mitchell said he changed his methodology right before his final poll, placing a greater weight on younger voters.

Sanders, a self - professed socialist, has captured momentum with voters on the left, much the way Trump has reeled in voters on the right with positions that go against their respective parties» centers.

ANALYSIS: The recent state budget did little to convince voters the Barnett government is on the right track ahead of the 2017 election.

The loss of that clause, which liberals had seen as a crowning achievement of the Civil Rights movement, makes it easier for states to adopt voting laws that can have an adverse impact on minority voters.

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's campaign said on Friday it had been the target of a «massive» computer hack that dumped its campaign mails online 1-1/2 days before voters go to the polls to choose between the centrist and his far - right rival Marine Le Pen.

Barack Obama journeyed to Selma, Alabama, today both to pay homage to the civil - rights marchers who were clubbed by riot police on Bloody Sunday in 1965 and to show older black voters that he shares their values.

In 2016, Alabama voters approved adding right - to - work to its state constitution, shoring up a provision that has been on the books in Alabama for decades.

While fatigue with the left is on the rise, many of the region's charismatic leaders have a connection with voters that their right - wing opponents, who so far have failed to present an alternative vision of the future, are hard - pressed to replicate, he says.

In recent years, immigrant rights protests shrank as groups diverged and shifted their focus on voter registration and lobbying.

Fatigued by years of austerity and swayed by promises of debt relief, Icelandic voters dumped the Social Democrats from power on Saturday, returning a center - right government that ruled over its financial collapse five years ago.

We put such a high value on the right to democratic participation that we forbid voters from making tradeoffs of this kind, from weighing how much they value their ability to vote against how much they value some quantity of money.

With the government's strategy over the past few months apparently focused on undermining the Wildrose Alliance by stealing from its agenda, many had expected the Tories would further woo disaffected right - wing voters with deep spending cuts in this year's budget, which was unveiled on Feb. 9.

While the candidates currently hold some very similar positions on issues such as immigration reform, gay rights, gun control and campaign finance reform, Sanders has been able to stake out positions to the left of Clinton on other issues that excite some vocal voters.

Rosita Flores Torres (left) and Robert Gonzalez (right) have both been arrested on charges of voter fraud.

Nix shows how psychographically categorized voters can be differently addressed, based on the example of gun rights, the 2nd Amendment: «For a highly neurotic and conscientious audience the threat of a burglary — and the insurance policy of a gun.»

When Obama preyed upon the emotions of low information voters, many on the right were critical not just of Obama and his insubstantial campaigns, but of the uninformed, ill - informed, and misinformed voters who flocked to him in ignorance.

The party's influence on the political debate will probably encourage establishment parties to court NF voters by adopting some of its proposals, including on immigration — for the center - right — and opposition to fiscal rigor — for the Socialists.

Today American Bridge's Women's Rights Initiative released groundbreaking polling results on how the #MeToo movement and reproductive freedom are driving historic voter enthusiasm and political engagement.

When the PCs abandoned plans to raise royalties, the Wildrose honed in on property rights and stirred up a considerable amount of fear and resentment among rural landowners, who were mostly traditional PC voters.

Thank you to Voters Taking Action on Climate Change, Communities and Coal, Ecojustice, and the Cities of Surrey and New Westminster for fighting for what's right.

Election experts say Facebook must crack down on inflammatory ads on politically divisive issues such as immigration reform and gun rights, which were used to influence voters during and after the presidential campaign.

Religion News Service: Black pastors move to counter new voter ID laws African - American clergy are joining forces with civil rights groups to push for increased voter registration ahead of the November election, spurred on by new voter laws they say restrict opportunities for minorities to enter the voting booth.

*********************************** One would hope that voters were casting their ballots on the basis of what they conclude is best for a civil society and a pluralistic population, not on the more egocentric opinions they may have about right or wrong that are derived from their religious beliefs.

Top priority of the campaign is to call on elected officials to create legislation that supports economic justice, anti-racism and anti-white supremacy policies, women's rights, the ending of voter suppression, immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights, as well as affordable quality housing, healthcare and education.

But in today's political climate, when establishment politicians fix on trying to find the right policies to appeal to interests, disempowered voters (or perhaps more accurately, voters who feel disempowered) latch on to this promise.

A judge ruled that California's voter - approved ban on same - sex marriage, known as Proposition 8, violated the constitutional rights of same - sex couples.

The majority of Californians, including two - thirds of the state's black voters, have just had their core civil right - the right to vote - stripped from them by an openly gay federal judge who has misread history and the Constitution to impose his views on the state's people.

Rush Limbach's comments will be taken as gospel for the Right, but they truely illustrate the reason the GOP is in turmoil... the leaders need the Religious Right to win, but know they are being intellectually dishonest because their values do not match the Religious Right, except on the abortion issue, whhich will never go away because the GOP needs that 20 % of voters who would otherwise vote Democrat becasue the Liberal values match Christian values more closely.

An August 2010 poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that nearly half of Tea Party supporters (46 %) had not heard of or did not have an opinion about «the conservative Christian movement sometimes known as the religious right»; 42 % said they agree with the conservative Christian movement and roughly one - in - ten (11 %) said they disagree (based on registered voters).

Not to try to argue any facts, not to change policy, but to scare the right voters off the sofa on election day.

Still, it all raises the stakes on Romney's Israeli visit; making it clear this trip will be closely watched by American voters on both the left and the right.

I imagine that conservative and fundamentalist leaders in America are right this very minute exchanging e-mails on how to redefine the UN to Republican voters.

As I flew back from Dublin to Edinburgh I read the Sunday edition of the Irish Independent the headline of which was «POLL: Act Now on Abortion say voters» with the story continuing: «The most seismic shift [in the Irish public's attitude to abortion] is that a clear majority (56 %) now favour a new referendum to repeal the current position, which gives equal right to life to the mother and foetus.»

Most voters rejected such efforts, and on the whole, candidates closely tied to the religious right did not fare well.

Reagan - era populist conservatives showed that it was possible for the party to move «right» on taxes, welfare, and foreign policy and win over the persuadable voters that the establishment believed could only be won by moving left.

In the past I've been critical of «one - issue» voters who routinely base their vote solely on a candidate's position on abortion, but I've recently toned down my criticism as I continue to speak with earnest and compassionate friends who have every right to base their decision on what touches their hearts the most.

The GOP has completely abandoned its social libertarian views in order to go along with religious voters» uncompromising views on abortion rights and gay rights.

Subsequent research has sought to identify the influence of religious broadcasters and the Christian right on voters» choices.

There are some voters who don't see the election as a contest between two candidates who have differing opinions on nuanced, complicated economic, diplomatic and social issues, but as one between a candidate who is against abortion, and one who supports a woman's right to have one.

Here, as Bishop John J. Myers of Peoria observed in his Pastoral Statement on the Obligations of Catholics and Rights of Unborn Children, the voter or legislator need will only the law's protections, while accepting, though not willing, the injustices that he is powerless to remove.

Voters will be asked whether they want to repeal the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, which gives equal right to life to the mother and the unborn, and replace it with new wording to allow parliament to legislate on abortion in the future.

The state's propensity to assign individuals identities through voter registration lists and social security numbers or more generally to reinforce conceptions of individual rights serves as an example; the roles of educational systems (through individualized test scores) and professional careers (organized around cumulative skills attached to the individual's biography) provide further examples.7 This work is important because it shows the dependence of self - constructs on markers in the culture at large: the self is understood not only in terms of internal development but also as a product of external reinforcement.

And then, five years after he retired, the voters did the right thing and... passed him over on two more ballots.

The deal on the first phase of Brexit negotiations guarantees the rights» of EU citizens in the UK, but what do leave voters make of this?

Mr Brown appealed to voters to take the long view, predicting people would see the decisions taken on the economy are the right decisions in the long - term.

«They banked on voters not paying attention as they blocked reforms in almost every area of policy: voting rights, reproductive rights, government reform and more.

GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino was on Staten Island today (one of two NYC boroughs he actually likes) hoping to woo voters by coming down on the right side of a long - standing local issue: The Verrazano - Narrows Bridge.