Sentences with phrase «referendum passes»

If this referendum passes it goes up to $ 60 a unit.

If the referendum passes in a public vote, homeowners with a house assessed at the Princeton average of $ 837,000 will pay an extra $ 680 a year in debt service.

Regardless of whether the referendum passes or fails, Long Island is getting video slot machines.

So, this Election Day, voters will vote on whether to hold a constitutional convention — or a «con con,» as it is sometimes called — and if the referendum passes, the people will then elect delegates, who would convene to potentially rewrite, or significantly propose modifications to the state constitution.

If the referendum passes, Quigley could be in position to run against Rider's boss, County Executive Mike Hein, in 2019.

When told that the governor's plan is to push for more gambling in New York regardless of whether a public referendum passes or fails this fall, with VLT casinos as the default plan, New Yorkers were even more strongly opposed, with 65 percent saying they feel that's a bad idea.

If the referendum passes, the remaining eight counties in the region will split about $ 5 million from that $ 50 million.

Despite my distaste for the LibDems, the main reason for non-party members, and those disillusioned with the LD's, to hope the AV referendum passes is to bring about an increased role for existing or new minor parties.

If a 2014 referendum passes, a new tot pool will be constructed.

The B.C. Liberals forced the mayors to put this needed investment to a referendum, and now the premier won't even do her part to ensure her government's referendum passes — risking more gridlock, pass - ups, packed busses major gaps in service and a drag on the economy.

The Scottish National Party has declared its intention to remove Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent from its soil if the referendum passes, but the newly independent nation would need some kind of defence force.

Should the referendum pass, a homeowner can expect to see an increase in their tax payment to the Park District increase by an average of $ 71 per year over the next 25 years.

This referendum passed and the process to replace the 31 - year old outdoor swimming pools at Frontier, Camelot, and Heritage Parks began immediately.

Alas, while the referendum passed, it was unconstitutional.

That referendum passed by a 2,054 to 1,883 span.

The election is the result of a citizen's referendum passed nearly two years ago, and a whole lot of wrangling and maneuvering in between, and will even include a ballot question that, in effect, will decide whether the system is used in November's U.S. Senate and House races as well.

«Assume the referendum passed in Jersey, I think you could see a fast forward of the three licenses in New York City.

Despite widespread fears to the contrary, the EU referendum passed off without major problems.

However, the referendum itself passed off peacefully and was deemed free and fair.

In 1997, a referendum passed that allowed each school to be wired and equipped with technology in the form of computers.

The original referendum passed by 36 votes.

The recount showed that the referendum passed by 32 votes.

The referendum passed with 89 perecent of the vote.

The referendum passed two to one.

The referendum passed with a 79 % majority, according to a TWUC press release.

Had the new referendum passed, it would have installed a number of new (often odious) provisions, including rules that opened elections to dual citizens and that legal marriage could only exist between a man and a woman.

Not exact matches

It was shortly after Colorado had passed a voter referendum making medicinal marijuana legal.

MILESTONES By Valentina Pasquali The referendum that could make Scotland an independent nation is fast approaching, and authorities in London are preparing for the eventuality that it might pass.

Arthur — good issue raised.The candidacy of Hollande will not make much difference for French policy for it was Mitterand who pushed for Maastricht even though the referendum barely passed — the French are terrified of decoupling from the Germans for as DeGaulle famously said — EUROPE IS FRANCE AND GERMANY — all the others are mere trimmings.Also, Germany is the coach and France the coachman — there is so much at work here — the media does a greart disservice by measuring it in sound bites.Sarkozy is bringing Merkel in to campaign for him to subtlely remind the French citizens what is at stake in the upcoming French elections.The tear gas is in Athens but game is in Paris

The people of California passed proposition 8 in a referendum in 2008; it added a provision to the California Constitution that restricted valid state marriages to those between a man and a woman.

Given that Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's ruling Liberal - National Coalition has consistently stated it wants to hold a referendum on the issue rather than pass it in parliament, it's unlikely a change in marriage law will now happen for the foreseeable future.

There are a few main explanations: 1) long term failure in leadership by the Irish Catholic church, and connected with this, the awful Jansenist culture; 2) Europe — or rather, political interference from European Community institutions; 3) American money; 4) the claim of the «Yes» campaign that the Referendum was won by «the stories,» that is, the constant appeal to emotion and the complete refusal actually to think about the legal consequences of passing such a change not merely into law, but also into the Irish Constitution, the foundation of that law.

These organizations grew from small grass - roots groups to highly professionalized, slick lobbying operations with the aid of Atlantic money, and all were prominent in the campaign to pass this referendum.

But this year, voters in more than one state appear to have clearly passed referenda supporting gay marriage.

In 2011, voters overwhelmingly passed a referendum in favor of allowing sports betting by a massive 65 - 35 margin.

Like much of the immigrant - filled Switzerland roster, he might've never had the chance to play for his country had this past winter's strict anti-immigration referendum been passed years ago.

The fall in the value of sterling since the EU referendum has meant Premier League teams have paid out an extra # 31.5 million with prices up by 17 per cent in the just closed January transfer window, according to analysis by Best for Britain who said some of the cost will be passed on to supporters.

The grant for Lindberg Park is the fifth the park district has received since village residents passed the «Renew Our Parks» referendum in 2005, which allocated additional funding for land improvement projects.

«We have had it on referendum initiatives, but we were not able to pass a referendum.»

Ken Goff, president of the Homewood - Flossmoor Park District, said voters passed a «Keep It Green» referendum proposal in 1997, giving the Park District authority to acquire the Army site and two other parcels to be used as park land.

The conservancy last year helped defeat an Evanston proposal to site a marina just north of Rogers Park and helped pass an advisory referendum item making it clear an extended Lake Shore Drive on landfill was not acceptable to the community.

Voters in 2000 also passed a $ 20 million referendum measure to support the land preservation initiative.

In other park district funding concerns, efforts have begun to recruit campaign workers to help pass a tax referendum proposal in April.

This community passed a referendum in 2002 and raised the tax rate in the education fund to attract and retain teachers and that conservative budgeting has been the promise back to the community.»

Two hotly debated «pass the pool» referendum measures were sunk in 1997 by voters who did not want higher property taxes to pay for a proposed multimillion - dollar family aquatic center on Park District land at Hunt Club Park on Hunt Club Road.

That is why it asked voters to pass an $ 11.5 million referendum proposal in March to buy the former Jewel Tea Co. property and preserve it for open space.

Noting the three previous failures, Park District Director Kirk Reimer said any effort to pass a referendum measure would be an uphill battle.

If the referendum proposal passes and the district takes on the added bond debt, any talk of the Park District dissolving and being absorbed by the village would be dropped, Bonebrake said.

CARY — The Cary Park Board on Thursday night unanimously passed an ordinance to condemn 254 acres of farmland that would be used for a park if a referendum proposal passes Tuesday.

In addition, during the 1960's, voters passed three bond referendums for land acquisition and development: in 1962 for $ 395,000, in 1965 for $ 465,000 and in 1968 for $ 2,800,000.