Sentences with phrase «referendum question asking»

The referendum question asks voters in Virginia Beach if the city council should use «all reasonable efforts to support the financing and development of The Tide light rail into Virginia Beach.»

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Many asked for his resignation, furious that his insistence on a referendum had endangered the debt deal and led European leaders to question Greece's treasured participation in the euro, the common currency used by 17 EU nations.

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 issue.

Gurnee Park District actions this year made Eileen Fiddyment and others angry enough to circulate petitions to get a referendum question on the November ballot that will ask voters whether the district should be dissolved.

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.

Questions about the referendum from concerned residents have ranged from «will there be a dog park,» to taxpayers skeptically asking how the estimated tax increase could be so small for such a large referendum amount.

The proposed referendum question would be advisory only and ask voters whether up to $ 300,000 should be transferred from village coffers to the Park District each year for the next 15 years to help pay for a pool.

The three referendum questions proposed by the district would ask voters whether the district should build a $ 4.5 million swimming facility; whether the district should buy land to the east of Newton Park for expansion; and whether a task force should be formed to study the need, best location and financial alternatives of a new pool facility.

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.

Cary Park Director Steve Cherveny said the referendum question will ask taxpayers to support a «25 - cent increase in the corporate fund,» which translates into an increase of $ 116 in property taxes for the owner of a $ 150,000 house.

Nonetheless, some experts caution that asking voters to consider two referendum questions on the November ballot might not produce the desired outcomes for either organization, in particular, if those casting ballots fear that supporting both measures would mean higher taxes.

The park district's proposed referendum question could appear alongside a November ballot request from New Trier High School asking voters to approve $ 89 million in funding for a major renovation of the aging Winnetka campus.

Village President Rick Zirk is considering a referendum question, possibly for November, asking voters whether they want the village to continue to spend money on recreation or whether a separate park district should be created.

The petitions urge the park district to ask taxpayers in a March 19 referendum question whether the district should kick in about $ 3 million from a 20 - year bond issue to help buy the land.

As well as the old bruisers of the left, diehard eurosceptics like Philip Davies and Philip Hollobone stood up to ask suspicious questions about whether the EU referendum had been discussed.

The bill in question was proposed by Tory John Stevenson, and asked «that leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Representation of the People Act 1983 to disenfranchise all residents of Scotland eligible to vote in any United Kingdom General Election held after 18 September 2014 in the event of a positive vote in the Scottish Independence referendum; and for connected purposes.»

Does the loss of such a referendum usually weaken the movement towards independence for a significant period, or can an approach along the lines of «keep asking the question until we get the right answer» succeed?

An article in The Independent asked the pertinent question: «Young people — if you're so upset by the outcome of the EU referendum, then why didn't you get out and vote?»

The actual text of the agreement says: «We will whip both Parliamentary parties in both Houses to support a simple majority referendum on the Alternative Vote», so while it does prevent a PR option in the same question, it doesn't preclude separate questions being asked, such as:

No self - respecting pollster would ask the question that Alex Salmond proposes to put on the ballot paper in his referendum.

Today they chose to ask questions about the EU referendum bill and Trident.

Hannay also indicated that the bill will be amended to include new wording in the referendum question to ask voters whether Britain should «remain» in the EU.

The PM will also be keen to promote the EU referendum bill and ask Labour questions about how it plans to vote.

Then comes Angus MacNeil, the SNP rabble - rouser, who asks a question about the referendum.

It's important to remember that the question asked in the 1999 Referendum was whether we approved of the proposed republican model and not whether we wanted to become a republic or not.

In the same poll we asked our regular question on how people would vote in the referendum — 37 % would vote yes, 38 % would vote no.

For the first time since YouGov started asking the question, the number of people saying they would vote «no» in the AV referendum was higher than those who would support it.

Tory voters swing right round, from 58 - 29 % for leaving the EU when we ask the conventional in - out referendum question, to 55 - 34 % for staying in, if that is what the Prime Minister recommends.

The 9th May 2013 Ashcroft poll asked the referendum question after other questions.

This tends to produce figures that show the No campaign doing better than polls that just ask the referendum question without an explanation of what the options are, perhaps suggesting that people are less positive towards AV when they are told what it is.

This includes all polls asked using the referendum wording since January 2012 (including those asked before the Electoral Commission adjusted the proposed question).

A Dangerous Game looks at the destruction caused by building and maintaining luxury golf courses in areas as diverse as New Jersey, Dubai, Scotland, China, and Croatia (where a World Heritage protected site was green - lighted, even with the passage of a local referendum against it had an 84 % majority), and asks some hard questions about the ethics and appropriateness of continuing to construct super-luxury resorts when they have such negative effects on the surrounding communities.

The PACAC inquiry into the recent dispute between Johnson and Nosgrove represents an opportunity for MPs to ask questions that quantify the impact of the «deliberately controversial» Vote Leave NHS funding pledge on the EU referendum result.

After the June 2016 UK referendum, General Counsel on both sides of the Atlantic asked us to organize a Brexit working group to exchange plans and questions on how to best understand the impact and prepare.

The UK Supreme Court has continued to ask the CJEU questions since the referendum vote.

Green Party joint leader Caroline Lucas told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: «This is a really complex network - but big, big questions need to be asked and it goes much wider than just the referendum.»