Sentences with phrase «vote for a change once»

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Speaking to 1,000 people at the sold out conference, Broadbent called on delegates to seize this «once - in - a-generation opportunity for progressive change, an opportunity to ensure we have a fair voting system in which every voter counts, in which every citizen has a real opportunity to elect a candidate according to his or her values.

Yep you are right, I moved down here in the state of Mississippi, north of Crystal Springs from Chicago when I was ten years old but still I visit once in a while, now it's twenty years and sad to not much has change, like the parts you said about non-whites discrimatory or rasicts at other non-whites, when I went to school here they treated me as a alien from another galaxy, they pick at my voice cause I didn't had that southern dialog, unlike them I said my words correctly, but not just me, they even hated at others who had better intelect I am not picking at them, It is what I went through all these years, Mississippi and mainly this small town of Crystal Springs see America in a crazy awful view, They don't like difference that even within they own race, ther not that politcal, when some one say God they got there vote, I don't to say much to waste your time, I still remember when I was ten years old I had a constanct back ground check on me to see were I really come from evn though I had the paper saying Chicago Illinois barely no jobs but a church on every street for a town barely under five Thousand, till this very day, they look at me like I am a alien, did you ever had that experiance down here damn my keybroad mess up,

In a parliamentary career of 29 years, I have only voted once against my party, over the Options for Change defence programme.

This is similar to majority voting, but allows additional deliberation about the two most viable candidates even if one of them wins a majority in the first round, on the ground that, for example, everyone may be familiar with an incumbent, but not with a number of challengers, and that once the number of challengers is narrowed to one and people have a chance to examine the challenger more carefully, they may change their minds.

Chuka Umunna has recently made welcome noises about changing the voting system; some voices one would once have associated with 1997 - era orthodoxy have lately been making the case for a citizen's income; the idea of an unconditional payment granted to every individual as a right of citizenship..

Matt Wootton at LeftFootForward is more concerned at the failure of the Left to unite against FPTP: «The referendum on the Alternative Vote was a once - in - a-lifetime chance to change politics for the better, and to mainstream red, green and liberal politics, and sideline Conservative.

Mr Firth, supporting Yes to Fairer Votes, said: «The referendum is a once - in - a-generation opportunity to change our clapped - out politics for good.»

«Republicans who want lasting change need to vote for Carl Paladino on September 14th because he has the energy, passion and ability to make Albany work for the people once again,» Heary said.

Sources have said Comrie was mulling a run for borough president back in 2009, but he changed his mind once the Council voted to extend term limits.

With recent reports of malfunctioning voter machines and uncounted votes during primaries in Florida, Maryland, and elsewhere, reformers are once again clamoring for extensive changes.

In her forward to the manifesto, I don't think Caroline Lucas mentions climate change once, but she signs off with «So I urge you to vote Green on May 6th for a fairer world.»

Vote Hemp is a national, single - issue, non-profit organization dedicated to the acceptance of and a free market for low - THC industrial hemp and to changes in current law to allow U.S. farmers to once again grow this agricultural crop.

Simply called «Scenarios for 2035,» the report never once mentions voting trends or red - blue divides, but it does explain how changes in climate could quickly and radically reshape American politics — upending the power balance in Congress, scuttling traditional paths to the White House, and igniting new fights over natural and financial resources.

The union certification process would be simplified by, among other changes, the removal of certain conditions for remedial union certification in cases of employer misconduct, allowing greater access to first contract arbitration, empowering the Ontario Labour Relations Board (the «OLRB») to conduct votes outside of the workplace and allowing unions to access employee lists and certain employee contact information once the union has twenty percent (20 %) of employees» support.

Bitcoin miners signaling support for specific protocol changes is sometimes mistaken for a vote on the rules of Bitcoin, but it's unclear if there is much of a connection between what miners want and how speculators will react once they are able to trade two different digital currencies based off the distribution of bitcoins at a specific block height.