Sentences with phrase «referendum placed on the ballot»

Legislation to make it easier for voters to get a bond referendum placed on the ballot was signed into law by Gov. James Thompson.

Their platform also calls for a statewide $ 1.9 billion school construction bond referendum placed on the ballot.

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Commissioners next month are expected decide whether to place a referendum measure on the November ballot.

On August 14th, the Park Board of Commissioners voted to place a referendum question on the November 6 general election ballot asking voters to choose whether or not to support a $ 39 million bond issuOn August 14th, the Park Board of Commissioners voted to place a referendum question on the November 6 general election ballot asking voters to choose whether or not to support a $ 39 million bond issuon the November 6 general election ballot asking voters to choose whether or not to support a $ 39 million bond issue.

The Glen Ellyn and Oak Brook Park Districts will proceed with a lawsuit Wednesday against the Du Page County Board of Election Commissioners despite a successful petition drive in Glen Ellyn to place three alternative referendum questions on the ballot.

The Park Board voted unanimously last week to place a referendum question on the Nov. 2 ballot asking voters to approve purchase of the land and construction of playing fields and a facility.

Park Board attorney Bruno Tabis told the board that it might not have the authority to place a referendum question on a ballot because it doesn't have home - rule powers and that authority is denied by statewide park district code.

MUNDELEIN — Mundelein «s Fremont District 79 Board of Education has scheduled a special session Monday to decide whether to place a referendum on the November ballot to finance a new school.

Glen Ellyn — A Nov. 2 referendum asking Glen Ellyn voters if they want to fund a new library cleared a final hurdle when the Village Board unanimously approved placing the question on the ballot.

While New Trier and the park district have yet to make a final decision of whether or not to place the referendum requests on the November ballot, officials from both organizations said they are talking to each other and understand the potential challenges of asking voters to support two measures in one election.

The board of commissioners has until August to decide whether to place the question on the November ballot, the next time a referendum could be presented to voters.

If even half of the contested signatures were removed, there would be no referendum item because it required just under 3,000 signatures, or 20 percent of the district's registered votersto be placed on the ballot.

Residents petitioned the Wilmette Park District to place the referendum on the ballot in hopes the village would later arrange for private redevelopment of the historic building at 1041 Ridge Rd.

The residents gathered more than 5,400 signatures on petitions to persuade the Wilmette Park District to place a $ 25 million tax referendum question on the March 19 ballot to buy the land.

Suits filed by two Du Page County park districts to have non-binding referendum proposals placed on the November ballot could have significance throughout Illinois and provide the basis for similar actions in counties across the state.

Park District Executive Director Barbara Heller said Friday that some board members were still considering placing an advisory referendum measure on the April 17 ballot and may reconsider the issue at a future meeting when all board members are present for a vote.

It's too late to place another referendum question on the November ballot, so the board has plenty of time to consider how to proceed, he said.

Carol Stream Park District commissioners have voted to place a referendum initiative on the March 17 ballot asking voters to approve an $ 11 million bond issue to build a year - round outdoor athletic facility.

Barring a sudden change of heart, a referendum question would be placed on the November or April 2009 election ballot.

The first of two ways an amendment can be incorporated into the state constitution takes at least four years: two separately elected state legislatures must first vote to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot; then the majority of New Yorkers must vote on it and pass it by referendum.

The concern is that voters would miss referendum questions if they are placed on the back of the ballot.

On March 5, 2018, Dunlap announced that a sufficient number of valid signatures had been submitted to place the referendum on the ballot, meaning that ranked - choice voting would be used for federal and state offices in the June 2018 primary electioOn March 5, 2018, Dunlap announced that a sufficient number of valid signatures had been submitted to place the referendum on the ballot, meaning that ranked - choice voting would be used for federal and state offices in the June 2018 primary electioon the ballot, meaning that ranked - choice voting would be used for federal and state offices in the June 2018 primary election.

Following legislative procedure, a referendum is placed on the ballot, needing public approval to become law.

At a joint press conference Lords Clarke, Heseltine, Mandelson and Patten complained that Britain's place in Europe and not Labour's record was the question on the referendum ballot paper.

The move requires a referendum vote, which would take place on November's ballot.

It gained enough signatures to be placed on the ballot as a referendum vote during the general election on November 8, 1994.

The convention referendum, being considered next month by voters, is placed on the ballot every 20 years.

Voters next month will consider a constitutional convention referendum, placed on the ballot every 20 years.

The six - member Republican Caucus voted in March 2010 to support the people's right to decide and place the downsizing referendum on the ballot.

When 3,500 citizens of Clarkstown signed a petition asking for a Term Limits referendum to be placed on the 2011 ballot he insulted their intelligence by saying that anyone coming out of a supermarket «just wants to sign a piece of paper so they can get on with their lives».

In Arizona an effort by one church group to place a referendum opposing «atheistic teaching» on next month's ballot failed to obtain the required 55,000 petition signatures.»

It includes questions placed on ballots through a citizen - initiative process as well as measures that legislatures have put before voters in statewide referendums.

That's just a fraction of an estimated $ 8 billion of school infrastructure needs in North Carolina, and state lawmakers are under pressure this year to place a $ 1.9 billion statewide bond referendum for schools on the ballot this fall, although the state Senate, under Berger's leadership, has been reluctant to take up the bond.

BOISE — Idaho state schools chief Tom Luna opened the deliberations of a 39 - member task force Monday that'll help determine how to implement big new school technology investments, even as the Idaho Secretary of State's office issued certificates officially placing three referendums on the November 2012 ballot to overturn the reforms.

It has been suggested that a referendum be placed on the ballot locally about the Seneca County wind project.