Sentences with phrase «particular voter group»

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In particular section 5 prohibits these jurisdictions from legislating any changes to their voter laws without preapproval from the US Attorney General or the US District court for D.C. to ensure the law will not impact protected minority groups.

Also note that cell phones have particular high penetration and usage rates in some communities that aren't as likely to be on the traditional internet, making them potentially an ideal tool for reaching groups like urban black and hispanic voters.

Four new factors may make tactical voting less likely among some particular groups of voters, and its results more unpredictable among others, this time.

Voter intimidation is any concerted effort or practice by an individual or group to coerce the voting behavior of a particular class or demographic of voters.

If you want election districts to be drawn independently to more accurately group voters rather than to guarantee that a particular political party wins on Election Day, vote yes.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chandra M. Hayslett, Communications Director [email protected] 212-257-4350 New Yorkers Overwhelmingly Want Deal on New Teacher Evaluation System New Poll Shows Robust and Resilient Support; No Excuse Seen for Losing $ 300 million New York (Nov. 29, 2012)-- A new teacher evaluation system that would ensure that New York City received $ 300 million in additional State education funding enjoys overwhelming support among City voters in general and parents in particular, according to a new poll released today by StudentsFirstNY, the education reform advocacy group, and conducted by Anzalone Liszt Research.

There can be nothing morally wrong with a campaign pointing out the harmful effects that a particular policy change might have on the country, or on particular groups of voters.

So I suggest we should very concerned about whether the relevant decision makers have the necessary moral character to take tough decisions on mitigation and adaptation, rather than adopting the hope of geoengineering as an excuse for not upsetting political allies, campaign funders or particular groups of voters.

After all, the early primaries can be decided by a relatively small number of voters, and mobilizing particular groups can have a decisive effect.

For example, pollsters have long used segmentation to target particular groups of voters, such as through categorising audiences by gender, age, income, education and family size.