Sentences with phrase «public votes cast»

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We will need to cast our votes at the ballot box to help decide how public policy should be formulated on many issues like this.

Reduced to essentials, Shaw's contention is that Hecker and those of his «Americanist» cast of mind did represent an assimilationist current in U.S. Catholic thought — a tendency to bend over backwards to «fit into» American culture — that eventually made possible Ted Kennedy, Barbara Mikulski, Nancy Pelosi, and Joe Biden: cradle - Catholic politicians who support public policies that flatly contradict basic moral truths taught by the Church on the basis of reason and revelation, justify their votes in the name of «democracy» and «pluralism,» and are supported by a lot of fellow - Catholics in doing so.

Hosts Nina Radetich, Dayna Roselli and Robin Leach led the awards ceremony and industry notables announced the winners in each category as determined by more than 13,000 votes cast by the public.

The votes have already been cast for the PFA Player of the Year award, with the final six - man shortlist having already been made public.

And since Cambridge Analytica was working for Donald Trump, had worked on Brexit, and was making practical use of this psychological research and not only targeted potential Trump voters but also tried to depress potential Clinton voters from casting their vote, the public outrage was high.

Kavanagh joined City Councilmember Rory Lancman, Congressmember Hakeem Jeffries, Jarret Berg of the New York Democratic Lawyers Council, and other public officials and organizations concerned about voting rights, to call upon New Yorkers, especially attorneys, to help ensure that all eligible voters can cast their ballots without the kind of intimidation and voter suppression activities that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been inciting in recent days.

Unless there's a high - profile independent (as there was in Copeland's own mayoral contest), the votes cast will be a direct reflection of the public's opinion on the various parties and their leaders.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio casts his vote in the Democratic primary at the Park Slope Public Library in Park Slope, Brooklyn, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017.

We need to give the public the opportunity to review, discuss and express its opinions on this massive spending bill before a vote is cast.

A declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of Article 49 of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992, and Section 13 of the Representation of the People Law, 1992; PNDCL 284; the ballots to be cast pursuant to Regulation 23 (1), (2), (3)-LRB-, (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)(9) and (10) of the Public Elections Regulations, 2016; CI.94 by special voters in the December, 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections ought to be counted and announced there and then on the date (s) of the special voting; by the presiding officers and the results at each poling station; before communicating same to the returning officer.

The disparity between votes cast in the election and the votes each of the parties has in the parliament should be regarded as a public scandal.

Extinguishing the Olympic torch (2005): The murky Public Authorities Control Board, on which Silver casts a critical vote, preempts debate over the Olympics» citywide benefits by refusing to approve a stadium on the Hudson Yards site.

«57 per cent of the public agree with the principle that «the number of seats a party gets should broadly reflect its proportion of the total votes cast»

There's a variety of factors why Cuomo fares so poorly in some of these districts, ranging from staunch opposition SAFE Act to his truculent relationship with public - worker labor organizations (never mind that Tkaczyk, a Democrat who narrowly won her race by 18 votes in 2012, did not cast a vote for or against the legislation considering her race had not been resolved at that point).

A series of public polls suggest Limbaugh is a broadly disliked figure among Democratic base voters (no surprise there) but it remains to be seen whether that disdain will translate into a desire to turn out on a random Tuesday in March to cast a vote against a Republican House candidate.

In the latter course, a public vote would be forced should someone object and file the signatures of 5 percent of the total vote cast in the last gubernatorial election with the town clerk within 30 days.

8:30 AM — Public Advocate Letitia James casts vote in 2017 primary election.

Thousands of residents cast votes for projects that will bring much needed capital improvements to our schools, parks, and public transit.

Residents looking to cast a ballot on Tuesday for several public offices, as well as a list of ballot propositions can vote in these locations between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.

This weekend will see the final votes cast, a two - day conference with speakers from around the world coming to speak to their experiences with PB, and announcements about which specific projects will be awarded funding based on the public vote.

His first election in partisan politics wound up as a tie against an 18 - year incumbent...»... who was the majority leader of the county legislature and the committeemen - even though it takes place in a very public forum it's actually a party election, and so the committeemen broke the tie, gave it to the incumbent, and I wound up being elected in a write - in election with over 3,000 votes cast, just on a county legislative district, so, you can beat city hall.»

The proposed names will be submitted by astronomy clubs and non-profit organisations interested in astronomy, and votes will be cast by the public from across the world through the web platform NameExoWorlds.

The IU center won the competition last year with an image of a dividing mammalian cell and could do so again if enough votes from scientists and the public are cast online by the Dec. 20 competition deadline.

Voting is now open to the general public, so it would mean the world to me if you could cast your vote for Julie Spira — Cyber-Dating Expert for best dating coach.

It takes time for word to spread, for the consensus to build and if you are doing the voting before the films have a chance to get out to the public you are taking a risk that even a SAG nominated actor or cast will not make the cut come Oscar time.

On the same day they cast their votes for president — November 8 — residents of one U.S. state will decide whether or not to remove a cap on the number of such schools, which are given public funding but operate free of the usual restrictions placed on conventional public schools...

The lineup sounds like the cast of a new «The Avengers» movie: a former CNN anchor, a former White House spokesman, and a legal team that won a landmark case in California installing a «parent trigger,» which allows public school parents to take over their schools by majority vote.

O'Donnell, a former teacher and teachers union representative, cast the sole vote against it, while Tony Thurmond, D - Richmond, a candidate for the 2018 race for state superintendent of public instruction, expressed concerns about the bill but didn't vote.

Over $ 9 million for Minneapolis Public Schools is at stake if teachers approve the agreement that has already been approved by the Minneapolis Public Schools Board and accepted by the Minnesota Department of Education.Members of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) are casting their votes this week to determine if our district should take part in the Quality Compensation (Q Comp) program offered by the state since 2005.

Chicago, IL — On Tuesday, Chicago residents cast their vote in support of quality public schools for all children when they re-elected Mayor Rahm Emanuel to a second term.

«No other Trump cabinet nominee garnered the level of public opposition as Betsy DeVos and no other time in our nation's history has a Vice President of the United States stepped in to cast the deciding vote on a nomination.

As a proud graduate of Tacoma Public Schools, an advocate for public education and an elected official who cares deeply about our city and state's future, I urge you to join me and cast your vote for InitiativePublic Schools, an advocate for public education and an elected official who cares deeply about our city and state's future, I urge you to join me and cast your vote for Initiativepublic education and an elected official who cares deeply about our city and state's future, I urge you to join me and cast your vote for Initiative 1240.

The essence of this program is to give authors a chance to pitch their upcoming books to the public and readers cast their vote on what ones get published.

Nothing could be further from the truth: the Sad Puppies want to save the Hugo Awards from irrelevance — one only needs to look at the increase in nomination and final vote ballots cast in the past five year to realize that the Sad Puppies campaigns have massively increased income to the Hugo Awards (via Worldcon memberships) and public interest in these awards.

And then a public poll (open to everyone) will be posted at SelfPublishingNews.com where everyone gets to cast their vote for the actual winner.

Conversely, EOS tokens owners act as shareholders of traditional public companies, that way the owners are able to cast votes and participate in the governance of the blockchain, in proportion to the their stake.

After more than 300,000 public votes were cast online, Ricochet won a category called «Emerging Hero Dogs.»

Tonight its city council «will conduct a public hearing and cast final votes on an ordinance that would make it illegal to «possess, harbor, feed, breed, maintain or keep» feral cats within city limits.»

The public was then invited to cast their ballots, with the winners determined by popular vote.

The voting methodology is simple; votes are cast by professionals working within the spa industry — senior executives, travel buyers, tour operators, agents and media, and by the public.

Winners were selected from votes cast by more than 625,000 travel professionals and general public worldwide.

With just over three weeks to go until voting closes for the inaugural event, it is important travel industry professionals and members of the public alike make their voices heard and cast their ballots.

Last year more than 1.25 million votes were cast to determine the winners and to receive a BTA is a true accolade, with the awards being recognised by the travelling public as the benchmark for excellence.

The British Travel Awards is the largest consumer voted awards programme in the world and this year 722,473 votes were cast by the travelling public to determine the winners.

A winner is chosen by means of a voting process open to the public on a global scale, and votes cast by verified travel professionals carry a weighting of two.

Once the final nominees are chosen for each category, the general public is invited, along with the advisory board and staff, to cast their final votes to determine the winner of each award.

Then, when the public vote is launched, the 16 - Bit family will be able to cast their votes as to which nominee will win the atually award.

«For this reason, and as we ask the public to actively participate by casting their vote, we chose, together with the Organizing Committee, not to charge an admission fee for the exhibition, nor the concert.»

Exhibitions are mounted at the AGO and online, and the public are invited to cast a vote for their choice to win the $ 50,000 CAD prize.

The only ostensible competitive element is the public vote, with visitors casting a ballot to determine who of the four will earn the honor to develop an additional project engaging with the local community.