Sentences with phrase «state voting laws»

De Blasio last month said he intended to lead a bipartisan effort to change state voting laws in the next legislative session.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders called voting issue in New York state «absurd» in a speech Tuesday night and Mayor Bill de Blasio has also called for «major reforms» in the BOE as well as state voting laws.

He also explained that the Sanders campaign was a key impetus for change, adding, «I think a lot of us were disgusted by the New York State voting laws years ago and thought they were unmovable, particularly with a Republican Senate that was not going to be friendly to voting reform.

It sued North Carolina over a bathroom bill it said discriminated against transgender individuals, and has challenged state voting laws that it said disenfranchised minority voters.

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But that wasn't all that depressed Clinton's vote: Hansen said a far lower number of provisional ballots than typical for a presidential election played a role, as did a recent strict voter - ID law that was in effect for its first presidential election in the state.

While eight US states and the District of Columbia have voted to legalise recreational marijuana, the White House has hinted that the Department of Justice will do more to enforce federal laws prohibiting recreational marijuana, raising concerns over how Canada's approach will coexist with a potential crackdown south of the border.

The loss of that clause, which liberals had seen as a crowning achievement of the Civil Rights movement, makes it easier for states to adopt voting laws that can have an adverse impact on minority voters.

Some 14 states have enacted more restrictive voting laws than they had in the 2012 presidential election, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.

It's politically risky for the federal government to ride roughshod over state laws voted in by a majority of the people, says William McGrath, a partner at the Washington, D.C. - based Potomac Law Group.

In 2013, Kennedy sided with more conservative justices to effectively block a key component of the law, although its provisions prohibiting states from diluting minority voting rights remain in effect.

«Shareholders can vote, but boards can just ignore them under the «business judgment rule» backed by state laws and courts.

Google partnered with law firm Perkins Coie to get the information for the new in - depth search tool, which lets users sort by state for info on ID requirements, deadlines, mail - in ballots, and early voting.

The law, which was first introduced by Congresswoman Bella Abzug, technically states that the president is «authorized and requested to issue a proclamation in commemoration of that day in 1920 on which the women in American were first guaranteed the right to vote.»

The department also changed its position in a critical voting rights case in Texas, abandoning its yearslong opposition to a critical aspect of the state's voter ID law.

Vice Chancellor Strine went on to explain, however, that a corporation may in fact opt out of the default voting — and nominating — rules of state law, provided it does so clearly and unambiguously:

The Washington State Senate today passed a proposed crowdfunding law with a 46 - 2 vote, as House Bill 2023 now moves back to the House for a vote on amendments.

One example of a material difference in corporate law between states is the stockholder vote necessary to sell a company.

The anti-abortion amendment being voted on this week in the state could restrict in vitro procedures, and the Carpenters are worried that if they wait too long to add to their family, they may end up breaking the law.

Laws based on religious beliefs have had a long history in the United States: segregation, anti-abortionism, not giving women the vote, Sunday laws (look them up) and other blue lLaws based on religious beliefs have had a long history in the United States: segregation, anti-abortionism, not giving women the vote, Sunday laws (look them up) and other blue llaws (look them up) and other blue lawslaws.

Thus, by your logic, you should have no problem with Muslims making up 80 - 90 % of your country's population, voting primarily for Muslim candidates, and constantly striving to make their belief system the law of the land - as is the case with Christians in the United States.

At least 20 other states in the U.S. allow 17 - year - olds to vote in primaries, but Ohio's election chief had interpreted Ohio's laws in a way that kept 17 - year - old's presidential votes from counting.

Rhode Island's Senate has voted 26 to 12 to allow gay couples to get married in the state, in a law that could go into effect as early as August, provided the House falls in suit.

Local media in the state, tonight, is reporting that ballot initiative SQ755, which bars state courts from using Islamic or international law, is on the path to approval — Yes votes outweighing Nos by more than two - to - one, with about 40 - percent of the precincts in.

On June 23, the State Duma, the lower house of Parliament, voted 300 to 8to pass legislation that would supplant much of the country «sfreedom - of - conscience law.

It's a little too late for praying, it's Mrs.Clinton's call to be @ the helm; now, with her hubby Mr.Clinton as VP; and one of you out of all of you, need to tell Romney he's committed fraud, for leaving the Post of so - called gov.that theirs a 2 yr.interval that must be met; the same fo Obama; whom is worst off then Bush Jr.then for none of you to have no Allegiance to be nothing but commander of thieves, since April 4th, 1968 to presently; in the killing of Dr.King Jr.must still go under Oath to all you perjurers; that mustn't go unpunished to the array of charges I have stored up against each of yo on every job, on every public premise; that Obama didn't praywhen he lied to GOD ALMIGHTY in perjury; to have left the seat of sen.to jump to the office; knowing he hadn't a clue what to do; so he got Joe, which is Cheney all over; whom should of been out of public; and he knows that and all the fugitives, even in the Italian led court in DC; that will have to answer to what is -LCB- H.R. 7152 -RCB-; and why they let Olsen for Bush Jr.waste the American's People's time, not to mention all the lives that's been lost; for the tyrannies since 1968 to presently has cost; Vote I, Edward Baltimore; to confirm I; Governor of DC; as of 2/16/12; cause DC; has been a State, already; and all you slaves from State to State; need to snap out of your peonage which is prohibited by Federal Laws; on anybody!!!!!!!

Here are some details about that November 2004 ballot proposal: 1) there was already in place a Utah law strictly banning same - sex marriage, which I fully supported; 2) all three candidates for the office of attorney general of Utah (the chief law - enforcement officer in the state) opposed the amendment, including the LDS (Mormon) Republican incumbent, Mark Shurtleff, mostly because they considered it a poorly drafted amendment; 3) I refused to endorse the amendment, but I did not urge people to vote «no»; 4) the leadership of the LDS Church, which has a record for being as strongly opposed to same - sex marriage as the Catholic Church, did not issue a statement urging its members to vote one way or the other; 5) inasmuch as two thirds of Utahans belong to the LDS Church, this means that the leadership of at least 80 percent of Utah churchgoers did not urge a «yes» vote on the amendment.

Soooo... by that logic Peter all laws barring discrimination or hate crimes should be removed... Let's go back to the time when women and black people can't vote because the ruling party in their state (like mine, Arizona) says their flavor of bigotry is ok.

Earlier this week, I went to a small town about 40 minutes east of where I live to speak on behalf of the immigrant community in the hopes that the city council wouldn't vote to oppose SB 54 (California's major piece of legislation that creates real limits on state and municipal law enforcement from being used for immigration enforcement).

According to state law, Gervais said that if it acquires the land, the Park District could not sell more than 3 acres of it without the public voting for it.

But most states do count the votes of the recently deceased, according to the bi-partisan National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), an NGO that tracks US state election State Legislatures (NCSL), an NGO that tracks US state election state election laws.

@corsiKa voting registration laws are controlled by the state.

JCOPE Commissioner Ravi Batra claims that the state ethics panel is not abiding by the law that created it, and he is considering legal action after JCOPE voted to set into place disclosure requirements that are effective starting July 1st of this year instead of June 1st.

Several states have laws that purport to restrict or punish faithless electors for their electoral votes.

Sen. Cathy Young in a radio interview on Wednesday said she is hopeful a vote will be held on her proposal to reform sexual harassment laws in the state at some point in the coming legislation session.

Each state's law determines how those electors are selected, and which candidate they vote for.

If any delegate bound by these rules, state party rule or state law to vote for a presidential candidate at the national convention demonstrates support under Rule 40 for any person other than the candidate to whom he or she is bound, such support shall not be recognized.

But Long also insisted she has no role as a contender for a federal office in championing the repeal of any state law, although she did say she would have voted «no» on the marriage bill last summer had she been a state senator.

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.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

A letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo this signed by the women of color in the state Assembly urged him to push for the adoption of early voting and the closure of the loophole in election law that allows for unlimited donations through a web of limited liability companies.

Hoylman argues the bill was rapidly passed through the Legislature without public notice and then quickly signed into law by the state's governor, Pat McCrory, only 12 hours after a vote.

This state law could be changed, but you would need more than the bare legislative majority you propose - you'd need enough votes to override the inevitable veto (the governor isn't on your side, since you don't have half the state's population.)

Maybe the NY Daily News should be careful about slander as well: check the Monday, March 15, 2015 Headline that states: «Veteran Long Island State Senator John Flanagan voted on bills that benefitted clients at law firm.»

The Secretary of the Convention shall faithfully announce and record each delegate's vote in accordance with the delegate's obligation under these rules, state law or state party rule.

The democrats are angry about the decision because it allows many southern states to finally implement laws requiring a photo id to vote, which has met heavy opposition from democrats.

Nevada law allows those in line after the polls close to cast their votes, which is true in many states.

With a new leader in the State Assembly there's new optimism a few proposed laws that have been blocked will finally make it to the floor for a vote this legislative session.

A measure that supporters say would codify Roe v. Wade in state law has also failed to gain a vote as opponents contend it is an unnecessary expansion of abortion rights.

Many of the measures were listed on Cuomo's 2018 State of the State agenda, including closing a loophole in election law that allows for unlimited political donations through a network of limited liabilities companies, as well as early voting.

In the United States, most all voting law is found at the state level rather than the federal level.