Sentences with phrase «to hold a constitutional convention»

The idea of holding a constitutional convention does not get much support from the state's prominent elected officials.

We'll vote yes or no on hold a constitutional convention.

The governor said the next route is to hold a constitutional convention when the next opportunity comes up in a couple of years.

We'll vote yes or no on whether to initiate the process of holding a constitutional convention.

A wide variety of groups have spent over $ 1.3 million dollars to urge voters to vote no on holding a Constitutional Convention.

A new poll finds that the ballot question on whether to hold a constitutional convention in New York has become widely unpopular with voters.

Labour has tried to park the issue through promising to hold a constitutional convention next year, but shadow cabinet members have struggled in media interviews to give a clear response.

A Siena College poll on Nov. 1 found likely voters are against holding a constitutional convention by a two - to - one margin.

A Siena College poll on November 1 found likely voters are against holding a constitutional convention by a two to one margin.

The last time the state held a constitutional convention, Bobby Kennedy was Senator.

Cuomo initially supported holding a constitutional convention.

Voters rejected holding a constitutional convention in 1977, but approved a Governor - Pataki backed $ 1.75 billion Environmental Bond Act in 1996.

The New York Daily News has endorsed holding a constitutional convention, which voters get to decide this November, writing it could fix «unacceptable failings» in state government.

Voters determine in November whether to hold a constitutional convention through a ballot referendum held every 20 years.

In 1967, the last time New York held a constitutional convention, voters turned down an all - or - nothing package of amendments mainly over one amendment having to do with public support for religious education.

New York Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox and the state's top elected Republican, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, oppose holding a constitutional convention, citing concerns the process will be dominated by liberal politicians.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office in a statement Monday afternoon said he would not vote in favor of holding a constitutional convention.

New Yorkers will soon get a chance to decide whether to hold a constitutional convention in New York — but some government reform groups say some major changes need to be made first — including banning double dipping by state lawmakers who might become delegates.

«Today I call on Gov. [Andrew M.] Cuomo to tell the people of New York without any equivocation whether he supports a yes or a no vote on the Constitutional Convention referendum this Election Day,» said Bill Samuels, a major campaign contributor for decades who created an advocacy group to hold a constitutional convention next year.

Voters were asked to vote on holding a constitutional convention, not a state constitutional convention, with the full knowledge of drafters, no doubt, that many people would conclude they were voting to change the federal constitution.

It asks New Yorkers a simple question: Should the state hold a constitutional convention to amend its constitution?

Citizen Action of New York on Friday was the latest group to join the push against holding a constitutional convention.

Support among voters for holding a constitutional convention has plummeted, with a majority opposing next Tuesday's referendum, a Siena College poll released this morning found.

Opponents of holding a constitutional convention have over the last several weeks geared up their opposition to the coming referendum, arguing it could scale back gains made by organized labor, wreck the environment in he Adirondacks and be dominated by monied interest groups.

The comments by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie during a joint appearance at the Times Union's media center in Albany come as voters this November will consider a referendum whether to hold a constitutional convention.

The issue of holding a constitutional convention has shifted from the periphery of constitutional debates in the UK to the very core.

Please join me in voting NO on Proposition 1 to hold a Constitutional Convention next Tuesday, November 7th.

It warns against what it said is a «sneaky and underhanded» rule regarding the question on Proposition One — whether New York should hold a constitutional convention.

Every 20 years, New York votes on whether to hold a constitutional convention or ConCon.

As you may recall, every twenty years voters decide whether to hold a constitutional convention.

The panel only consisted of two invited speakers (Jason Goldberg of the UFT and Jordan Marks of New Yorkers Against Corruption), both of whom are opposed to holding a Constitutional Convention.

This rules update was followed by the scheduled yet unannounced «panel discussion» on the upcoming ballot question of whether to hold a Constitutional Convention in NY State.

There's some misinformation on social media regarding a key ballot item in next month's elections on whether to hold a constitutional convention.

On Election Day, voters can vote yes to hold a constitutional convention and make women's reproductive rights and access to health care a part of the state constitution.

In November, New Yorkers will vote on whether to hold a constitutional convention (or Con Con, as its been called).

Voters will decide Nov. 7 whether to hold a constitutional convention, which voters have rejected twice since the last convention was held in 1967.

The shorter of the two routes — which requires voters to first decide they want to hold a constitutional convention, elect delegates, and send those delegates to Albany, and then hold a popular vote to ratify the amendment — might reach New York voters by November 2019.

If New Yorkers vote to hold a Constitutional Convention, we would then vote on delegates in November 2018.

In fact, there is a current movement being pushed by conservatives where they want to hold a Constitutional Convention.

«More than 70 percent say they have heard nothing at all about the 2017 vote on whether New York should hold a Constitutional Convention, comparable to July's Siena College Poll finding,» Greenberg said.

Not surprisingly, the Environmental Advocates of New York on Monday announced they «strongly» oppose the upcoming referendum over whether to hold a constitutional convention on ballots next month.

The groups suggested that for virtually all New Yorkers, there is simply more to lose than to gain by holding a Constitutional Convention.

The state constitution itself requires a public referendum every 20 years on whether to hold a constitutional convention.

Back in 2016, Gov. Andrew Cuomo had a bullish plan for the coming vote on whether to hold a constitutional convention.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo late last week indicated he remained skeptical of holding a constitutional convention, worried it would be «dominated» by elected officials currently in office and not regular citizens.

The Rockefeller Institute in a blog post published Tuesday took a rumor that has been circulating on social media, mainly by opponents of holding a constitutional convention: The claim that failing to vote yes or no in the November referendum will automatically be recorded as a «yes» vote.

A former counsel to Gov. Mario Cuomo is suing the state Board of Elections in order to require the upcoming ballot question on whether to hold a constitutional convention be placed on the front of the ballot presented to voters.

«While the Convention Question won't be on the front of the ballot where it should be, voters will at least be urged to turn the ballot over to vote on whether to hold a Constitutional Convention and on two Amendments proposed by the Legislature.

Voters will decide in 2017 whether to hold a constitutional convention to consider changes to the state's governing document.