Sentences with phrase «state by referendum»

In point of fact, the issue of assisted suicide was addressed in this state by referendum just last November.

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This anti-Bitcoin memo, which is not up for a vote as a referendum by the citizens of New Jersey, is an authoritarian decree by a totally unaccountable arm of the state.

Stocks rose sharply in the United States and Europe on news the referendum plan had been scrapped, as well as a surprise move by the European Central Bank to cut interest rates.

Together these state officials and advocates remain determined to preserve the ability of their respective jurisdictions to protect consumers by enforcing existing rate caps that were either enacted by voter referendum or state legislation.

Less than two years after the citizens of Washington voted by referendum to uphold the state's prohibition of physician - assisted suicide, a federal judge invalidated the statute as....

The Supreme Court will rule on the extent of protections conferred by the state's constitution, with its findings potentially set to impact this summer's referendum on Ireland's restrictive abortion laws.

I am as leery of government by referendum as I am of government by judicial edict, though what's interesting here is that the radical pro-lifers may have doomed their own movement by failing so spectacularly in an extremely conservative, Christian - dominated state.

They parallel the provisions of many state constitutions in this country and popular initiatives such as the Cardinal Bernardin Amendment, recently approved in a referendum by over 80 percent of Cook County, Illinois, voters, to make health care a right.

There is much to be said, for instance, on behalf of Justice Kennedy's complaint that the decision deprives the people of California of the right to govern themselves by referenda, if the losers of a plebiscite can challenge the outcome and, with the collusion of friendly state officials unwilling to defend the people's will, win in court what they can not win at the ballot box.

By statewide referendum in 1991, voters in the state of Washington had reaffirmed the provision of the criminal code that outlawed persons in its jurisdiction from «knowingly causing or aiding other persons in ending their lives.»

The Irish Government has formally backed proposals to hold a referendum on the state's constitutional amendment on abortion by the end of May.

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.

Grayling's awkward interview comes after former deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine vented his fury ay Johnson on Tuesday, stating that the former London mayor may have ruined his chances of becoming prime minister by behaving «irresponsibly [and] recklessly» and making «preposterous, obscene political remarks» during the referendum campaign.

I have previously stated I would support a referendum by New York voters.

The two best countries to see this are Switzerland, which has referendum voting at the Federal Level and The United States, which has some system of referendum voting at the state level (The most common being referral voting, where the legislature can opt to pass a law by citizen vote, which is available in all 50 sStates, which has some system of referendum voting at the state level (The most common being referral voting, where the legislature can opt to pass a law by citizen vote, which is available in all 50 statesstates.

Democrats are trying to turn the special election for a state Senate seat in Westchester County into a referendum on Trump by criticizing Republican Julie Killian for accepting money from Dick DeVos Jr., husband of U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

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.

Convene a Constitutional Commission The New York Constitution provides that, every 20 years, New Yorkers must vote by referendum on whether to hold a convention to amend the State constitution.

As reported by my counterpart Chris Bragg at our sister publication Crain's New York Business, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced plans for a November referendum that would legalize full - scale casino gambling in the state, not just at the tracks and off - track betting facilities that have them now.

Article 72 states that this type of referendum needs to be requested by at least three million citizens, «provided that the signatures in favour of the referendum have been collected in at least two - thirds of the oblasts with at least 100,000 signatures gathered in each oblast».

Article 73 states that any decisions on the territory of Ukraine must be resolved by an «All - Ukrainian referendum».

Research in the United States has shown that a great deal can be gleaned by studying the views of those most enthusiastic about an election or referendum.

Without a convention, any constitutional reform must be approved by two separate sessions of the State Legislature and a public referendum.

Should a future town board accept state or federal airport grants, the matter could be put to a vote by the electorate if enough signatures are gathered, within 30 days, under the permissive referendum law.

This whole discussion might be moot anyway, because in order to build a casino in New York City — or anywhere in the state on non-Indian land — the constitutional amendment expanding gambling would have to be passed for a second time by the Legislature and also pass muster with the voters in a public referendum.

Before it was recast by Cuomo and the Legislature, the referendum stated simply: «The purpose of the proposed amendment to section 9 of article 1 of the constitution is to allow the Legislature to authorize and regulate up to seven casinos.

If the legislation passes the Republican - controlled Senate, where its chances are far from certain, it would then have to be approved by the Legislature again in 2019 before being put to voters as a state referendum.

Established media, state radio and tv and the political class had only a walk - on role in forcing the referendum which they collectively opposed: it was the victory by UKIP in a national election (the 2014) European Elections), social media, youtube and the spreading of the message even when it was kept away from the voters by the elite that did the job.

The groups also said lawmakers shouldn't duck the issue of publicly financed campaigns by asking voters to decide in a statewide referendum — one of many ideas being floated as lawmakers move closer to the April 1 state budget deadline.

In response to this obvious gerrymandering, a 2010 referendum in California gave the power to redraw congressional district lines to the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, which had been created to draw California State Senate and Assembly districts by another referendum in 2008.

More likely, an English vote to leave and a Scottish vote to stay would provoke another referendum, since Scotland could only stay in by becoming a separate member state and rejoining.

As pro-European grandees lined up to denounce Downing Street's plans to hold an in - out referendum on Britain's EU membership by 2017 regardless of whether member states accept the proposals, Lord Armstrong called on the prime minister to follow the example of Thatcher, who was a patient negotiator.

Nicola Sturgeon's call for a Scottish veto on Britain leaving Europe is underpinned by a radical agenda: to hijack the constitutional crisis triggered by the independence referendum and turn Britain into a federalised state.

Paladino has said he would uphold such a measure if it passed a state referendum by voters.

As protests mounted, and subsequent campaigns were run as a referendum on Proposition 187 (the sitting governor was replaced by Gray Davis, a Democrat, who ran a campaign explicitly against Proposition 187), the Republican brand in the state suffered as well.

«It's not surprising that New York state refuses to sit idly by while New Jersey's casino referendum... threatens thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue for the state's education fund — a majority of which is currently generated by Resorts World in New York City,» the company added.

An amendment to the state's constitution faces even more hurdles: It must be approved twice by separately elected sessions of the Legislature and then approved by voters in a referendum.

@JimThio not a referendum, but a constitutional amendment, which requires a 2/3 super-majority vote in both houses of congress and ratification by at least 3/4 of state legislatures.

A lawsuit that challenged the placement of a referendum for a constitutional convention has been tossed by a state judge.

The region held a referendum to be an independent state, a move resisted by the Spanish government.

By changing New York's definition of marriage, the state legislature essentially made an illegal amendment to the state constitution without the required statewide referendum.

That requires approval by two separately elected State Legislatures, followed by approval by a public referendum.

With the public referendum on casino gaming just weeks away, new polls indicating New York voters are keen on building more state - run casinos are being questioned by anti-gambling groups.

Concern about the growing support for the SNP's proposals for an independent Scottish state — boosted by the discovery of North Sea oil in 1970 — led Harold Wilson's government to set in motion the devolution referendum, which took place, and failed, in 1979.

Tory leader David Cameron has pledged a referendum on the Lisbon treaty if it has not been ratified by all 27 member states by the time of the election.

The referendum approved by New York voters last year initially will allow a total of four casinos in three parts of the state — the Catskills / Hudson Valley, the Albany - Saratoga area and the Souther Tier.

Public authorities, run by his appointees, can borrow with state taxpayers» backing without requiring voter approval, as when the state holds a referendum for a major bond act for transportation or environmental projects.

The meeting was chaired by Professor John Curtice of Strathclyde University (see: What Scotland Thinks), who also gave a short talk on the latest state of the polls on how people intend to vote in the referendum.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, had recently threatened to boycott elections in the state and the South East in general until a referendum is granted by the Federal Government.

Almost three years ago, New York voters approved a referendum pushed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to alter the state constitution and allow up to seven Las Vegas - style, non-Indian run casinos to be sited statewide.