Sentences with phrase «something before voting»

«It took me a long time to realize that they wanted a back - door deal, for us to agree on something before we voted on it in a public forum,» said Board President Carlos Mendoza said, speaking of the parent union supporters.

Not exact matches

HARWOOD: On the tax bill, one of the things you secured before voting the bill was a promise to do something about the «dreamers.»

When Maclean's asked Kenney before the leadership vote about a carbon policy that these industry leaders may now view as something that must be replaced if it's repealed, he did something aspiring conservative premiers seldom do in Alberta: he took a shot at the corporate titans.

Where they will die before they even come to a vote, if we don't give them some of that fantastic energy that we find when faced with something offensive like Rep. Riddle's remarks or a nursing in public incident.

He could perhaps try to scuttle fusion voting in New York, though that would hurt other minor parties, like the Cuomo - loyal Independence Party, and also is something he has tried before but never followed through on.

But a vote on the measures is something of a precursor to the larger fight that looms in Albany, where the Legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo must act to renew the state's rent law before it expires in June.

As one example, when politicians vote on something, the outcome of the vote has been decided long before the debates have even begun.

The Dean of the New York Congressional Delegation then rambled a bit about how black voters were supporting gays long before Baptist ministers were something or other (I couldn't quite follow what he said), then Rangel got back on message, adding that no matter what the polls say, at the end of the day Spitzer will not have the votes in the African American community that current polling suggests.

This decision leaves the Senate in something of an even tougher spot than it was before, as it's now split 31 — 31, with no tie - breaking vote (the lieutenant governor would normally play that role, but since David Paterson was elevated after Eliot Spitzer resigned, and there is no replacement, they're stuck).

According to multiple Republican tipsters, the unofficial tally has Mr. Storobin ahead by 24 votes, and unless something drastic happens that causes the counting of the final 25 % or so of the ballots to shift towards his Democratic rival, Lew Fidler, Mr. Storobin could definitively declare victory before the month is over.

«When we have the unanswered legal questions, I can not vote with a clear conscience before knowing whether something is legal or illegal,» he said.

This is something that was first used in the big PoliticsHome polls of marginal seats back before the last election — it makes hardly any difference when you ask people in most seats, but makes the world of difference when you ask people living in seats where the Lib Dems are in contention, presumably picking up tactical voting considerations.

Smaller states can end up feeling that the UK only calls when it wants something, such as a signature on a letter before a summit or a vote on legislation affecting the UK financial services — and the call often comes at the very last minute.

He went on to explain to Chairman Wolfe that actually his own behavior had some aspects of which he was complaining were coming from Ed Day saying that he was an independent legislator and referring obliquely to Chairman Wolfe's own arrogance stated he «would like not to have others decide for me what I need before I can vote on something».

I would like not to have others decide for me what I need before I can vote on something.

Mr Barwell said: «The single thing we did that had the most effect in terms of building a personal vote was something I started years before the election, not really with any thought to having the election.

Before people will reform something as momentous as a political election, Urken says, they need to learn about voting methods in less formal situations.

Is it as simple an answer as «most awards show voting was underway before the backlash really picked up,» or is there something else going on here?

Just days before the vote, Howard Fuller, founder of the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) and a strong supporter of vouchers, told national reporters, «If Bobby Jindal gets elected, I think we have a chance to do something in Louisiana.»

NASA spokesman John Yembrick refused to confirm the rumours, stating that the although the highest - voted names were receiving the most consideration, «as for the toilet rumor, we don't want to flush away any goodwill by announcing something before we are ready.»