Sentences with phrase «said early voting»

In contrast, the state chapter of the League of Women Voters said early voting could help improve New York's «abysmal rate of voter turnout,» while adding that counties shouldn't bear the cost.

But as early voting ended Friday evening, Stein, the political science professor at Rice, said early voting was higher than expected.

He says early voting is popular in the other states, and he expects it would be «welcomed» by voters in New York.

Not exact matches

Collins, a moderate who voted against the GOP's efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare earlier this year, says the bills will offset the impact of the loss of the individual mandate, but experts largely disagree, arguing that the elimination of the mandate will spike health costs and reduce choice in plans.

As the polls showed the race tightening, he says, «reporters frequently focused on other factors, such as early voting and Democrats» supposedly superior turnout operation.»

Dell may decide to delay the vote to gain time to win support for the deal, a person familiar with the matter said earlier on Tuesday.

Del Rio also said Norwegian's outlook was impacted by «adjustment to earlier pricing expectations for Miami - based Caribbean itineraries,» attempts to minimize discounting and a weaker British pound, following the U.K. vote to leave the European Union.

In early February, the firm received a response from Vanguard, which Tim Smith, senior vice president at Walden Asset Management, told me included a discussion of Vanguard's efforts to talk with companies about social and environmental issues, but stopped short of saying that Vanguard would actually change its proxy voting practices.

Republicans said on Sunday they expected Congress to pass a tax code overhaul this week, with a Senate vote as early as Tuesday and President Donald Trump aiming to sign the bill by week's end.

Despite the hassles, Traina says that he will still be happy with his decision to pursue a SPAC, as long as the merger wins approval during a proxy vote slated to take place early this year.

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters)- Top U.S. Republicans said on Sunday they expected Congress to pass a tax code overhaul this week, with a Senate vote as early as Tuesday and President Donald Trump aiming to sign the bill by week's end.

DiFabio appeared on Fox News» «Fox & Friends» earlier Tuesday, where he said he «couldn't be happier» with his vote.

Indeed, those stocks had been on a tear earlier this year, with Facebook shares up as much as 25 % a couple of weeks before the election — but then the FANG stocks suddenly «rolled over,» Gundlach said, falling 10 % as a group as the vote approached and the presidential race got narrower.

Republican Senator Jeff Flake cast a vote for an earlier Senate version despite deficit concerns, but he is undecided on the final legislation, his office said on Sunday.

Republicans said they expected Congress to pass a tax code overhaul this week, with a Senate vote as early as Tuesday and President Donald Trump aiming to sign the bill by week's end.

The hastily called vote poses significant logistical challenges that make it doubtful it could be held as early as next Sunday, experts said.

The vote will come early because the state constitution says that if legislators want to override a veto, they have to do it immediately after they return to session, but it will also mark a quick opportunity for Democrats to highlight the Republican governor's opposition to a policy they're betting voters will favor.

Tribune Publishing, which earlier had announced the election of the directors (who needed only a plurality of those voting), issued a rejoinder saying Gannett's claim was misleading.

Earlier in the day, Texas Republican Senator Weber said Congress will most likely vote on the «first phase» of emergency relief money for Hurricane Harvey in mid-September, which however did not incorporate Trump's revised plan and / or schedule.

He and his allies from Uber's early days are said to dominate the board's voting power.

«The board's action today was unfair and illegal and we will be relentless in rectifying this wrong,» he said in a statement after the vote, alleging that it takes more valuable shares away from early owners like himself.

Religion has been been used and misused too often, but as earlier stated look at the individual and see how they votes on issues and don't just hear what they say but listen to what they say then cast your vote.

According to a Pew Research Study from earlier this month, only 16 percent of evangelical voters said they would vote for her.

Among born - again Christians who worship weekly or more, 23 percent say they would abstain from voting for Trump or Clinton, down from 31 percent in early April.

And Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas and one of Trump's earliest supporters, said the «lewd, offensive, and indefensible» comments weren't enough «to make me vote for Hillary Clinton.»

According to Reuters, 20 percent of self - identified «born again Christians» now say they would abstain from voting, down from a high of 28 percent in early April.

In a statement released earlier this week regarding a vote of it's executive board of UNESCO said:

I say that as if it were a continuing process because I live in a state with early voting and despite what polling and the Obama campaign says, pollsters only get to talk to people who will talk to them and get to choose who they poll.

Anson, speaking in Zurich earlier today following England's failed bid to host the 2018 World Cup finals, was so incensed with the outcome of the 22 - man vote in Switzerland that he said «don't bother» bidding for future finals «until you know that the process is going to change to allow bids like ours [a chance] to win.

The league passed the rule in early 2016 through a ballot measure that secured 95 % of votes from UIL - member school superintendents, the league said in a statement.

Earlier this month, the Mokena Village Board voted 4 - 3 not to annex the unincorporated Park District land because some members said they dislike the district's plans.

You said, referring to the earlier votes, that, «The Cary district put two referendum questions to the voters in November — an $ 8.1 million bond issue to buy 80 acres of land and build a swim center and ballfields, and a tax - rate increase to operate the facilities.»

This very aspect of the bill drove lords to vote against the government earlier this month, when it emerged Grayling had misled the Commons by saying the courts retained discretion in exceptional circumstances.

However, Skelos said other issues have been resolved, such as the SUNY 2020 program, which he expects to begin voting on in the Senate as early as this afternoon.

During a CapTon interview earlier this week, Murphy declined to say whether he would vote for Speaker Nancy Pelosi if the Democrats retrain control — something that appears to be growing increasingly less likely as the midterms approach.

Cuomo pointed to a number of measures he sought this year in the budget, including early voting, the Child Victims Act and others that he said were blocked by Republicans in the Senate.

A relieved Vince Cable, who had earlier been heckled and jeered in the Commons by Labour MPs, said the vote was an «important step» towards implementing the coalition's agenda.

«If those people negotiating the budget wanted this to be more timely, they should have concluded the negotiations earlier or done it in a more open way so people voting on it have more knowledge of what's in it,» Gianaris said.

According to Ipsos Mori, which has been asking voters the same question at every general election since the early 1980s, 2010 was the first year when as many people said they were voting on the character of the leader as much as they were on his party's policies.

Rep. John Katko says he won't support the new Republican proposal to repeal Obamacare that could head to a vote in the House of Representatives as early as Friday.

Earlier today, Sen. Tom Libous, of Binghamton, defended the Republicans» plan to vote «no» in a bloc to Capital Tonight's Kaitlyn Ross, saying:

Okowa, according to him, said there was nothing he could do about Fayose's alleged intimidation of delegates inside the hall when he (Fayose) discovered that he (Adeyeye) was receiving more votes than earlier envisaged.

A GOP source said Mermel asked many questions at the Rules Committee meeting yesterday about how to move the Wilson Pakula vote up — perhaps as early as today.

Most MPs say they will vote in favour of Article 50 if they get a chance early next year.

«Early voting is defined in so many different ways,» he said.

Implementation of early voting needs to be adequately funded to be viable and must be included in the Executive budget,» said The Reverend Peter Cook, Executive Director of the New York State Council of Churches.

We applaud Senator Kavanagh for making early voting a priority issue and for urging the Governor to fund this reform in the state budget,» said Jennifer Wilson, Legislative Director for the League of Women Voters of NYS.

«I join Senator Kavanagh in urging the Governor to include early voting in the budget so that all New Yorkers can have a fairer government where elections are a right accessible to all rather than a burden on working families,» Senator Leroy Comrie said.

McMahon said there is a tentative agreement with CSEA and a vote is scheduled for early January.

It's going to pass some policies, we need stronger gun laws early voting, campaign finance reform,» Mayer said.