Sentences with phrase «recall of elected officials»

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These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

You'll recall that Senator Menendez was the first federal elected official who stepped up to the plate and supported our efforts to get pink slime out of school food.

Gillibrand, as you might recall, was one of the first Democratic elected officials — and definitely the first member of the NY congressional delegation — to call for former Gov. Eliot Spitzer to resign if the allegations about his involvement in a prostitution ring proved true.

Recall that Cox wasn't exactly a full throated Donald Trump supporter back in the day, and definitely wasn't part of the push led by Western New York GOP elected officials to get Trump to run for governor.

A pair of bills that would provide voters with the power to recall state elected officials was also proposed.

Current law only allows the recall of local elected officials.

Giron, who faced a recall along with Senate President John Morse, was the first elected official at the state level to be the target of a successful recall petition.

Jim Gaughran, the Democratic opponent of Republican Sen. Carl Marcellino on Thursday is set to release an ethics reform package aimed at campaign finance reform and recalling elected officials whose actions impact taxpayers.

Despite numerous calls from elected officials to remove of restrict the recall, no US state has backed away from the recall after adopting it.

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers will be pushing legislation to give the public the power to recall elected officials, a move that could give voters a new way to clean up scandal - scarred Albany

After watching the US use the power of the recall to remove numerous prominent elected officials, the UK is now joining other countries, including India and Australia, in considering adopting the recall for use against MPs.

Under California law, any elected official may be the target of a recall campaign.

An elected official in the City of Buffalo, Council Member David Rivera recalled Lt. Duffy saying to a group of Latinos he met with in Buffalo the week before the election he'll be back, but no one has heard from him ever since and there are no Latinos from the City of Buffalo on any of the transitions teams though it is the largest community outside of NYC and among the most impoverished one with one of the highest unemployment rates in the regions, dropout rates and dependency on social services.

Martins has proposed a new Code of Ethics that would include more expansive financial disclosure requirements from elected officials and policymakers; strengthening the county's Ethics Board to conduct more through investigations of misconduct, and changing the county charter to allow indicted elected officials to be recalled from office through a public referendum.

He has focused in particular on how to reform politics by devolving power to local constituencies through referendums on important issues and on recalling votes for citizens who are unhappy with the performance of MPs and other elected officials.

The bill would have allowed the public to petition for recall votes of elected officials — including county executives — if they are indicted on a felony charge related to their offices or convicted of a misdemeanor.