Sentences with phrase «sponsor of early voting»

The simple fact is we've let New York's election laws atrophy, and we now have one of the worst voter turnout rates in the country,» said State Senator Brian Kavanagh, Ranking Member of the Senate Elections Committee and sponsor of early voting legislation.

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A House rules committee voted 8 - 7 earlier this month to kill a midwifery bill he sponsored that would have allowed its practice by health care workers with specialized training, a relaxation of current law - which requires midwives to have registered nursing degrees.

It did not go to the floor for a vote despite its high number of sponsors — and despite promises that rules reform would make the council more democratic under Mark - Viverito than it was for the months former Speaker Christine Quinn stalled votes on earlier police reform bills.

Read the essential details about women's suffrage with sections on Biographies, Organisations, Votes for Women, Suffragettes, Women The University of Dubuque Spartans women's basketball first competed in the early 1900s, but the Iowa Conference officially began sponsoring the sport in