Sentences with phrase «vote for change only»

They will vote for change only if they believe that change means that their lives will get better.

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He argued that the new government's perceived approach to Brexit is not only about leaving the EU, but also fundamentally changing the British economy, saying: «Basically its rewarding people who voted for Brexit, its about infrastructure, its about the productivity gap, its about the regional divide, rebalancing the economy — the stuff that was talked about in 2008, but nothing happened.

Its unacceptable and it needs to change, Thats is exactly why i voted for Bill De Blasio because he is one of the only men on the NYC Council with common decency and SENSE!

• In a change sure to face legal challenges, the delegates voted to subject Division I - A and I - AA football players, who until now have been tested for steroids only if they were about to play in a bowl or playoff game, to year - round random testing for steroids.

You only have to.look at the age demographics of voters that voted for change both in the UK referendum and the US presidential race.

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

Legislator Burtis is the only legislator who changed his vote to a no when it came time to vote on a raise for legislators.

I also voted for the motion because not only has our relationship with Europe changed since the referendum on our entry into the EEC but I believe the millions of British taxpayers under the age of 50 who contribute to the funding of the EU want a say on our future relationship with Europe — which incidentally should not necessarily be interrupted as wanting to get out of the EU but taking ownership of our relationship with the EU.

But in 2014, something changed: A little - known, poorly funded Constitutional law professor named Zephyr Teachout ran against Cuomo in the Democratic primary and captured a third of the vote, proof that not only was a restive progressivism already brewing in the pre-Trump, pre-Sanders era, but that the party's liberals didn't care much for their governor.

Legislator Tim Burtis is the only legislator who changed his vote to a no when it came time to vote on a raise for legislators.

Meanwhile, Martin Amidu has indicated that the GHc51 million judgment debt paid embattled businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome, can only be retrieved if Ghanaians vote for a change in government.

But the Welsh Affairs Select Committee says that should only happen if the people of Wales vote for the change in a referendum.

(Bloomberg's report notes 20 out of 25 states that require party affiliation to vote in primaries allow for changes within 30 days of Election Day; only New York requires voters to wait more than a year to vote in a party primary after changing party affiliations).

«The only conceivable circumstance that can be justified [for a second independence vote] is if there was some strategic change in the United Kingdom.

«We now have the chance to vote for a change from the current system under which only 1.6 % of the electorate decide the outcome of general elections.»

In contrast, the majority party need only have 50 % of the vote, so there is little incentive for the majority to keep changing positions in order to garner «more than 50 %.»

The reason I am backing Liz Kendall is that so far she is the only candidate who actually sounds like she is genuinely committed to changing our approach to win back those who had no love for the Conservatives, but who voted Tory because they felt we were not up to the job and were not speaking about the things that mattered to their lives.

The Wandsworth factor and demographic change go in favour of making Tooting a Tory gain for Mark Clarke and the loss of Labour votes to the BNP looks like going to aid Simon Jones» campaign to oust Jon Cruddas in Dagenham and Rainham; «Mr Expenses», Alan Keen, is more vulnerable than the figures suggest in Feltham and Heston (the current projection shows his wife, Ann, being defeated in neighbouring Brentford and Isleworth); Tory candidate Ed Northover wrote only this week about his efforts to win Leyton and Wanstead from Labour, whilst ConservativeHome has previously noted the energetic campaign being waged by Chris Philp in the redrawn Hampstead and Kilburn seat where he is now in genuine contention.

The supposed «change» election of 2016 so for saw only one incumbent state legislator voted out of office.

William Hague said the Conservatives were the only party in British politics with a plan for change in Europe, in the wake of David Cameron's defeat in an EU vote over a new European Commission president.

The additions and deletions decided in those private caucus meetings were presented to the Republican legislators just prior to the actual votes on the changes in the Budget and Appropriations Committee (for the additions, only 20 minutes prior to the actual vote), and we were denied the necessary time to do our due diligence, conduct a proper review of the changes and suggest additional modifications.

«I believe Mark has not only strong credentials, but he had the resolve and strong management and leadership experience needed to make major changes at the authority,» said Chairman Peter Savage, who put Carney's name up for a vote.

There's also a small parliamentary issue that could make for an awkward scene even if the mainstream Democrats, the I.D.C. and Mr. Felder unite: Under Senate rules, the leadership of the chamber, currently held by John J. Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, could be changed only by a vote of 38 senators, a half - dozen more than Democrats could hold in 2018.

After a count of the 548 absentee ballots, of which only two were thrown out for irregularities, the vote shifted against charter change.

Ed is faced with a shadow cabinet in which only 4 of its 19 members voted for him in the leadership election 9 months ago and which has shown itself signally unwilling to accept the message of that leadership campaign that the party wanted a change of direction.

Not only did he provide a clear, and popular, direction for the future of the country, but though his consistency and, above all, integrity he was able to unite the disparate parts of the Labour party and galvanise the country to vote overwhelmingly for change.

Back to today the only remedy we have on the table is a referendum to change the way we vote from one X on the ballot paper (first past the post) to a series of 1, 2, 3,... preferences for each of the candidates (the alternative vote).

Fact 1: Republicans control both houses of Congress Fact 2: A Republican controlled ethics committee voted THREE TIMES to censure Tom Delay for ethics violations Fact 3: The Republican leadership, not liking this, removed the Republican on the committee who was voting to censure Delay and replaced him with a Republican who accepted Delay's leftover campaign money for his own campaign Fact 4: The Republicans further tried to shield Delay by making a change to the rules to allow a Congressman under indictment to retain their leadership post, relenting only when Democrats had a field day trumpeting that little change in the media

Brunswick Park has experienced a particularly startling change: in 2006 the lead Tory candidate got 2827 votes to 680 for the lead Labour candidate; in 2014 it elected two Labour Cllrs and one Tory, and this year Goldsmith only carried it, excluding postals, by 1671 to 1532.

The BAFTAs have always been an important bellwether for predicting Oscar, but they may be even more in tune with the Academy this year as a rule change allowed the entire BAFTA voting body to vote on every award (like the Oscars), instead of writers only voting for screenplay, actors only voting for acting, etc..

If it's only half the time because it was actually the best, then there is wiggle room to vote for change, I suppose.

For example, states like Arizona voted to «replace» Common Core standards only to make minor changes on things like cursive writing.

The only hope, for change, is to send Dan away by voting him out.

As soon as he receives $ 5000 in royalties s / he also has the one additional right to vote for the Guild Board, which is the only thing that changes between the Authors Guild of America membership when entering at the $ 500 level or at the $ 5000 for Indie Authors.

Only people who know about and understand the problem can change their own behaviors, encourage others to change behaviors, and vote for legislation when it is presented.

I understand the complaints about the price as saying they need to change bout time this comes out but for the most part the complaints are like PS now is a rip off from people like AutoCad now if they keep the price yea it can be a rip off but to not even wait to see if they keep this price structure and just flat out call it a rip off or a failure is premature and unwarranted it's people like that who ruin it and cause some people to never even try it out because they think these prices are real when it is a test and people voting with their wallets buy not renting these games in the beta will get the point across not crying about it on random websites cause I can bet that Sony will take notice from the people who are not renting anything before they listen to the cry babies and if you are going to complain go to the Sony blog and let them know there that is the only place they are going to check peoples reactions so crying on N4G is just a waste of time.

If they vote yes — and polls show that 56 % are for and only 23 % are against — then an already approved bill of rights for nature will be introduced, and new laws will change the legal status of nature from being simply property to being a right - bearing entity.»

To my mind, the only change that will come about from these discussions / debates, and which make the quest for truth so important, is that people whose minds are not already made up and who will take one side or the other, according to their understanding and the strength of the argument as they perceive it, will vote for whom to elect to represent their point of view in government.

Fifteen Republicans voted for that amendment, including Paul, making him the only 2016 contender to go on record as saying that human beings contribute to climate change.

Although the House of Representatives has voted to retain the $ 5.12 million estate tax exemption, the $ 1 million exemption for 2013 remains part of current law, which can only be changed with the consent of both houses of Congress and the President.

But, as a believer in «consumer advocacy «i.e. voting with my feet and my dollars, the only way to get (Mark) Zuckerberg to rethink his business model is for large swaths of us to change the way we engage Facebook or leave it entirely.

The Interim National Executive should seek legal advice on the best mechanisms to achieve this — for example, such as requiring 75 % majority vote in the National Congress or by having different categories of membership (with only one group entitled to vote on changes to the Constitution).