Sentences with phrase «to go to the voters»

It then goes to voters for final approval or rejection.
The district can sell only up to $ 200,000 a year in bonds before going to voters for approval.
If an amendment were settled upon immediately, it couldn't go to the voters until 2015 at the earliest.
If the panel approves it, the issue then goes to voters this fall.
Because of the time line drawn by Supt. Henry Gmitro, it became obvious the district would not go to the voters in November with a request for the money that would be needed.
Supporters of California's Proposition 82 — the Preschool for All initiative — are turning to high - profile political and community leaders to help counter a backlash to the measure, which goes to the voters on June 6.
Not only are the Tories and the Lib Dems going to voters with joint spending plans for the first fifth of the next parliament, the two are now presenting joint capital spending proposals for its entirety.
A labyrinth of tax - exempt groups and limited - liability companies helps mask the sources of the money, much of which went to voter mobilization and television ads attacking President Obama and congressional Democrats, according to tax filings and campaign finance reports.
Fonseca and three buddies went to the voter registration drive at Weston Regional Park to enroll in the electorate and to meet the rally's host, Andrew Gillum, Tallahassee's Democratic mayor and a candidate for governor, who has battled with the National Rifle Association.
The Comptroller accuses the governor of increasing the state's reliance on so - called «back door» borrowing - using state authorities to borrow money for various projects instead of going to the voters directly Megna denies that charge, He says borrowing will remain flat, and capital projects will be paid out on a pay as you go basis.
In March, the park district again went to the voters, asking unsuccessfully for $ 5 million to purchase land for athletic fields.
Those proposals would have to be voted on by the current Legislature as well as the one that takes office in 2019 before going to voters statewide for final approval.
The consolidation proposal goes to voters countywide through a referendum on Election Day, when it will likely pass.
Three times in the late 1990s the district went to voters to ask for more money to deal with the costs of overcrowding and make ends meet.
The former goes to the voter with the ballot most divergent from the poll at large.
Imagine having to go to a voter face - to - face, get an e-signature from that person allowing you to hold information about him or her and then having to follow up that contact with an email confirmation from them that they agreed to this.
Marlette says school boards would have to pass a resolution that would then go to the voters via referendum.
Let's take the possibility of a one - term 6 year POTUS; or a 6 year POTUS that would require going to the voters after 4 yrs.
«It's a simple principle: voters created the drinking water protection program, they voted to reauthorize it, and therefore, we should go to the voters when we seek to amend it,» he said.
The committee, being led by a SUNY Binghamton professor, will submit a tax savings plan to the Broome County Legislature by Aug. 1 and then go to voters by the November general election.
State lawmakers approved the expansion of casino gambling last week with enabling legislation that provides and the second passage of a constitutional amendment that now goes to voters in a referendum.
«I would concur that I don't particularly like that, I don't like going to the voters and asking them to approve a property tax increase.»
For most districts, that means going to the voters with a bond issue, and Los Angeles is no different.
«There are those of us who are looking at these multiple efforts and thinking «nothing is for sure yet», so we need to make a plan to ensure something goes to voters that is politically viable and effective at reducing carbon.»
Any proposals that survive that process will go to the voters in November for their action.
Election previews: The Sun Sentinel's Aric Chokey reports on a Delray Beach city commission race that will go to the voters on March 13, and a little south in Boca, the Sun Sentinel's Marci Shatzman previews a three - way race for a city commission seat.
Constitutional amendments — containing precisely the same language — must be approved by two separately elected State Legislatures before going to the voters.
Afterward, the proposal goes to voters to make the final decision.
Cash - strapped school boards have the option of going to the voters to raise local taxes but in the current political and economic environment, not too many districts are likely to consider that option.
But the amendment can't take effect until after November 2013, at the earliest, because it must be passed at another legislative session and then go to the voters for approval.
«He didn't go to the voters and say, «Listen, as your attorney general and governor, I was committing crimes for most of my terms.
A constitutional amendment must be approved by two separately elected sessions of the Legislature and then goes to voters in a ballot referendum.
Park Board President Bill Walters said the vote was so close that the district may go to voters again in April, but convincing cash - strapped senior citizens of the need for higher taxes will continue to be difficult.
Skelos promised to support an amendment that would go to voters in a referendum, but then sources say he changed his mind.
Because it goes to the voters, it does not need to be signed by the Governor.
Conklin noted it's up to lawmakers to change voter registration laws, and automatic registration would require amending the state Constitution, which means two straight sessions of the Legislature would have to pass identical bills before it would go to voters on the ballot.
He noted that school districts must adopt their budget by later this month so that they can go to voters in May.
While the legislature will still retain that ultimate power, it won't say so on the ballot amendment that goes to voters in November.
Kellner, who also floated the option of a charter amendment petition, which would go to the voters, said if the city failed to implement runoff voting, then it should abolish runoff elections entirely.
A plan to fix outdated water and sewer lines may go to voters in November.
Cuomo is pushing legalization of casino gambling through a constitutional amendment that would need approval by two separately elected state legislatures before going to voters.
If it passes, the amendment would go to voters this fall.
Constitutional amendment to go to voters which would strip wrongdoers of government pensions.
Then, the amendment would go to the voters.
For this amendment to go to the voters for their approval, it would have to be given second passage by the Legislature elected in 2006.
De Blasio wants its recommendations by September so proposed changes can go to voters in November.
Lawmakers would have to pass a balanced budget amendment in two sessions of the General Assembly before it could go to the voters.
Then the question would go to the voters, who already overwhelmingly support marriage equality.
The Council - created commission would take more time and its proposals would go to voters in November 2019.
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