Sentences with phrase «public referenda in»

«That support continues as the commission works toward the goal of presenting to the voters of the city and the county a public referendum in November 2016 that reflects more effective and efficient municipal governance and establishes an environment that will support economic opportunities for all our residents.»

«That support continues as the commission works toward the goal of presenting to the voters of the city and county a public referendum in November 2016 that reflects more effective and efficient municipal governance,» the application says.

It's still unknown whether Cuomo's proposal for $ 2 billion to upgrade water infrastructure will be a bond issue — requiring a public referendum in November before any debt is issued — or funded by public authorities.

The constitutional change can occur only after two separately elected Legislatures and a public referendum in favor of the amendment, something that could happen by November 2013.

I think that the public referendum in Maine should inspire us that there's more work to do, more persuasion to be made, more understanding to be reached, and more sensitivity to be displayed, and those of us who have been a catalyst for marriage equality have to regroup and work harder.»

Not exact matches

Forecasts from groups such as the IMF and OECD in the run - up to the 2016 referendum were dismissed by pro-Brexiteers as «Project Fear» — intentionally over the top forecasts designed the scare the public into voting to remain in the EU.

Just three weeks ago, Uber and Lyft ceased operations in Austin, Texas, following a public referendum that imposed what the transportation network companies considered onerous regulations.

The Vancouver Board of Trade welcomes yesterday's announcement that a referendum on transit funding in Metro Vancouver could be delayed, and urges the provincial government to push back the referendum date to June 30, 2015, in order to give the public ample time to consider the referendum question and its implications.

In the context of public health care funding, the Party promises to eliminate health care premiums and ambulance charges; increase funding for home care and other out - of - hospital care services; restore funding for chiropractic and physiotherapy services; fully fund and implement a mental health strategy; and to hold a referendum to prioritize health care spending.

The expenditures upon which we seek a report are those that Congress has said to not warrant a deduction as an ordinary and necessary business expense, namely, lobbying, participation in the political system by supporting or opposing candidates for office, and trying to influence the general public or segment thereof as to elections, legislative matters or referenda.

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.»

In February of 2008, Fox Valley Park District residents approved a $ 44.8 million referendum to fund improvements for local parks, trails and public facilities, acquire new land for additional recreation space, preserve Fox River shoreline areas and create additional venues for athletic fields, and numerous other goals.

In the first Illinois test of public opinion on the handgun issue, Arlington Heights residents said «no «Tuesday to an advisory referendum proposal that guns be banned from the northwestern suburb.

Village trustees suggested Monday night that a referendum be held to see whether the public would approve of spending village tax revenue on a project that benefits mostly the Park District and local businesses that participate in the Taste and Touch of Palatine.

After throwing so much into the referendum, he retreated from frontline politics in its aftermath and has maintained a public silence since.

And, with a recent poll suggesting that people in Sunderland would now vote to remain in the EU if there was another referendum, are the public getting cold feet?

The Lisbon Constitution already has no democratic legitimacy in the eyes of most of the public after Labour reneged on its promise to give them a referendum.

«If Tkaczyk comes out in front too, that is an undeniable referendum in support of public financing of elections that should resonate across the state.»

The governor reversed himself on the timing of a casino public referendum, saying he would like it to go before the voters this fall even though there are no statewide elections scheduled, and not in 2014.

How would you increase participation in politics?By having more public offi cials elected, and more contentious local issues settled by referendum.

That's hardly surprising; having been promised in Labour's 2005 election manifesto a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, and having seen other member states hold one, the public is eager to have its say.

He thinks the public's desire for dialogue — as demonstrated in the Scottish independence referendum — makes this national contest one that must ultimately be fought locally.

Many Tories feel the party has lost out to voters because of eroded levels of public trust in former promises on European referenda.

They claim boundary changes was introduced as a quid pro quo for the May 2011 referendum on electoral reform, in which the public rejected the alternative vote system by a ratio of two votes to one.

Last month he masterminded a letter of his own on the EU referendum, getting nearly 100 Tories to sign up to his proposal for the coalition to legislation on giving the British public a vote at some time in the next parliament.

If anything, it is to be applauded that the debate has galvanised such high levels of engagement among the Scottish public, culminating in an expected turnout for the referendum of as much as 80 %.

So far his strategy has been to avoid taking a firm and coherent position on whether Britain should be In or Out by abdicating responsibility to the public in a future referendum, in what has become the central plank of the Conservative's European election campaigIn or Out by abdicating responsibility to the public in a future referendum, in what has become the central plank of the Conservative's European election campaigin a future referendum, in what has become the central plank of the Conservative's European election campaigin what has become the central plank of the Conservative's European election campaign.

If a new treaty is signed before the French (parliamentary) elections in June, and public opinion does not grow more favourable to the EU, then pressure to hold a referendum will be high.

The Tories have nevertheless been highly critical of Mr Brown's refusal to hold a referendum, although have been less certain in clarifying what they would do with the treaty if it was approved by parliament but not the public.

A top aide to Mayor Bloomberg says Mayor Bloomberg's Charter Revision Commission won't seek to eliminate the offices of borough president and public advocate in a voter referendum this fall.

Public voting on referendums, as such, requires that said referendums be fairly static and limited in scope.

Given this treatment, I believe the public has a right to be aggrieved about the circumstances surrounding the referendum process and even to «Bregret» their vote (Wales has changed its mind over Brexit and would now vote to stay in the EU, poll finds).

White highlighted four crucial questions for any constitutional convention in the UK: 1) Its membership (politicians, the public or both); 2) Its agenda and whether or not it has agenda - setting powers; 3) What happens to its output (whether it goes to parliament or straight to a referendum); 4) How co-ordinated it is across the territories of the UK.

Cahill has sought to make the election a referendum, in part, on Schneiderman's efforts to combat corruption, as well as his involvement in the Moreland Commission To Investigate Public Corruption.

Before the EU referendum earlier this year, I wrote about public opinion in the UK.

b) to be issued voters Identity Cards «to enable» them «to vote in public elections and referenda» while resident abroad and being outside the jurisdiction of the Republic of Ghana at the time of such elections, and doing so from / at their places of residence abroad or designated centres close to their places of residence abroad or from / at the Ghana Mission / Embassy within their jurisdiction abroad;

Now the crisis in the eurozone has contributed to a shift in public opinion, and Britain would probably vote «out» - so Clegg has changed his mind and no longer thinks a referendum is necessary.

The day after the referendum, Jacques Parizeau resigned as the leader of the Parti Québécois, as he had said he would do in an interview with TVA taped days before the referendum but not made public until after the vote.

g) A Declaration that it is discriminatory for Respondents particularly 1st Respondent to continue to register abroad and ensure that a category of citizens studying abroad or working in Ghana's Missions / Embassies abroad vote in public elections and referenda while in abroad to exclusion of the Applicants.

Always preparing for the worst, she's expecting allegations of removing her husband because he (unlike her) backed Remain in the referendum and is a «white public schoolboy».

If the referendum educates the public in the power of their voice, and if it educates masses and elites to expand their moral imagination enough to recognize the complaints of the other side, this experiment, although probably not the best outcome, has the epistemic value desired by proponents of deliberation, and its long - term effect may be more electoral stability and a renewed aversion to change for the sake of change.

c) «to vote in public elections and referenda» particularly Presidential and Parliamentary elections while resident abroad and being outside the jurisdiction of the Republic of Ghana at the time of such elections, and doing so from / at their places of residence abroad or designated centres close to their places of residence abroad or from / at the Ghana Mission / Embassy within their jurisdiction abroad;

On 23rd June 2016, a majority of the British public voted in a referendum on whether to leave the European Union.

f) A Declaration that each of the Applicant's «right to vote and entitle [ment] to be registered as a voter for the purposes of public elections and referenda» in light of the Act 699 and said various laws and legal instruments is not subject to any condition precedent aside the article 42 age and sanity of mind criteria;

It culminated in a public consultation on a draft Referendum Bill which set out proposals for a referendum on extending the powers of the Scottish PReferendum Bill which set out proposals for a referendum on extending the powers of the Scottish Preferendum on extending the powers of the Scottish Parliament.

An Ipsos MORI Scottish Public Opinion Monitor for The Times found just 30 % of those certain to vote in the referendum agree Scotland should be an independent country — down five points since June and nine points since January.

Onondaga County legislators have scheduled a special session Aug. 31 to vote on a proposed consolidation of jail operations under the sheriff's office in time to get a proposition on the ballot Nov. 7 for a public referendum.

Referendums in the Netherlands are very much a gauge of public mood, in this case it is unlikely to change government opinion, as there is such a slim difference between no and yes.

The Sunday Times story that communicated the London mayor's thoughts said, «Johnson has told friends that a «no» vote is desirable because it would prompt Brussels to offer a much better deal, which the public could then support in a second referendum.»

I doubt there would be a public majority for withdrawal in a referendum.