Sentences with phrase «vote of the legislature»

The new comptroller, under the rules of the state's constitution, was selected by a vote of the legislature, and hearings were held.

However, the rule can be waived by a majority vote of the legislature, if need be, McMahon said.

However, it's not allowed in upstate New York because it requires a vote of the legislature.

That will take place unless nefarious political shenanigans in the Special Session overturn the decisive vote of the legislature.

Louisiana legislator wants to expand Supreme Court from 7 to 9 members by dividing 2 existing judicial districts; would require 2 / 3rds vote of the legislature

Not exact matches

On June 30, the last day the old provincial sales tax remained in effect, a coalition fronted by former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm presented a petition of 557,383 valid signatures to the province's chief electoral officer, which forces a bill abolishing the HST to be either voted on in the legislature or put to a referendum.

But late this spring, the Nevada legislature voted to allow operation of Uber and other similar companies.

Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailVANCOUVER — Merran Smith, executive director of Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the B.C. NDP and B.C. Green Party announcement regarding their intent to cooperate in the legislature: «It's clear that British Columbians voted for change in this election and support the NDP and Greens» objectives: building a clean economy and putting...

Prior to the adoption of general incorporation statutes in the mid-1800s, the best evidence as to corporate voting rights is found in individual corporate charters granted by legislatures.

The Liberals won 17 seats and 29 percent of the vote, returning to the legislature as the province's Official Opposition (CBC, Alberta Votes).

The PCs won 61 of 83 seats in the provincial legislature, with 47 percent of the popular vote (CBC, Alberta Votes).

One hundred days ago the cabinet was sworn in on the steps of the legislature, in front of thousands of Albertans who had voted for change.

The election was a landslide win for the PC Party, whom improved both their seat total in the legislature and their share of the popular vote from the 2004 general election.

Out of 120 votes in the provincial legislature since the NDP took office, the two parties voted together 90 per cent of the time, says the report by John Whittaker, a policy analyst with the Calgary - based research centre.

VICTORIA - B.C. New Democrat Leader John Horgan issued the following statement on the B.C. Liberals losing the confidence of the legislature: «Today's vote is a step toward a new government that puts regular British Columbians first.

The Party took 72 of 84 seats in the provincial legislature, and 53 percent of the popular vote.

In contrast, decisions of legislatures and executive officials can be reversed by majority vote — a much easier process, notwithstanding inertia and entrenched political interests.

But even so, PAN («National Action Party») gets at most 14 percent of regional votes, and its token seats in the legislature serve more to prove the ruling party operates a democracy.

Here is a very interesting overview of how, and why, the people in Maine voted down their legislature's effort to legalize «gay marriage.»

FYI, lib, Obama voted in favor of partial birth abortion while he was in the Illinois state legislature.

Most importantly, church assemblies should reclaim their role as representative assemblies chosen to deliberate thoughtfully on significant matters of Christian faith and life, rather than continuing to act as legislatures that reduce everything to stark alternatives and then make hurried decisions by forced choice majority voting.

As they constituted such a large number and always voted in a block, Smith used this power to wrest from the Illinois legislature unheard - of powers for his town.

Passed by a large majority (360 out of 602 votes), the German law was proposed by members of Parliament belonging to all the parties currently represented in the German national legislature, the Bundestag.

However, the state legislature stumbled to even get a vote on the floor of the state's assembly.

While their mass torture was transpiring, the legislature up in Albany was finally voting its approval of New York's $ 45 million «dream track» (SI Sept. 27).

Since 1985, Mass Audubon has reported the environmental voting records of the Massachusetts legislature in order to inform citizens of their state legislators» performance in protecting the nature of Massachusetts.

Since 1985, Mass Audubon has reported the environmental voting records of the state legislature in order to inform citizens of their state legislators» performance in protecting the nature of Massachusetts.

Apparently, Barack voted «present» rather than take a stand on controversial bills several times in the Illinois legislature, which is apparently a reason to take after him (sounds like a bit of a stretch, but what do I know).

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 laws.

Before session wraps for the year, it's time for the rest of the legislature to tell the public where they stand on term limits by bringing this bill to the floor for an up or down vote.

In the case two Pennsylvania Democrats challenged the state's Republican controlled state legislature for denying the principle of «one person one vote» to them by ensuring their votes would be less likely to impact their representation in a heavily Republican district.

But according to the House Minority Whip's office, some 280,000 people voted online or via text on the particular measure they'd like to see deleted from the federal budget, in what Cantor's new media guy described as «the most direct use of technology to establish a more direct democracy in the history of the federal legislature.»

Specifically, state level California Republicans had been pushing an effort in the legislature there to assign California's 55 electors by proportion of the popular vote to give them an opportunity to win some votes in a state with 12 % of the national population that they haven't had success winning in a generation.

The upper house of the legislature is elected on an ethnic basis, similar to the presidency; each voter in the Federation can either vote for Croat or for Bosniak candidates, not for both; the Federation elects 10 members.

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 states.

Smart use of email fundraising from the Daily Kos activism list today: they sent out a message this afternoon asking activists to support last - minute Get Out The Vote work on behalf of three separate several Democrats running for state legislature in Virginia.

By the end of the session in June, nothing had been voted on by the upper house so Cuomo created the now infamous Moreland Commission to «use as a hammer» against the legislature.

But he believes a critical look at an absence during a time the legislature votes on two - thirds of its bills is certainly fair.

In British Columbia citizens were tasked with solving the problem independently of politicians, precisely because political parties» vested interest in a voting system that most benefited them had rendered the problem intractable in the legislature.

The party currently holds 9 of 57 seats in the legislature and their presidential candidate achieved a full 20 % of the popular vote in the 2010 presidential elections.

If such a legislature would exist, I would expect this voting pattern to be the result of large - scale election fraud.

The first of two ways an amendment can be incorporated into the state constitution takes at least four years: two separately elected state legislatures must first vote to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot; then the majority of New Yorkers must vote on it and pass it by referendum.

DiNapoli says so far, around one fifth of counties have taken preliminary steps to override the cap, as they are permitted to do under the law as long as they can muster a 60 % majority vote from their county legislature or board of supervisors.

And a number of sought - after items, including cash bail, early voting, changes to statutes regarding child molestation, New York's DREAM Act, and ethics reform fell out of the final bill, unable to pass a divided legislature.

During his time in the legislature, Brian has sponsored legislation and worked with colleagues to extend and strengthen tenant protections; increase New York's commitment to cleaner more sustainable energy sources and greater efficiency; prevent people from being exposed to toxic chemicals; increase the minimum wage; ensure equality in civil marriage laws; strengthen laws intended to keep guns out of the wrong hands; and promote cleaner, fairer elections by modernizing voting and closing loopholes in campaign finance laws.

State Senate Republicans in the Elections Committee cast a vote on closing a campaign finance loophole, which has played a role in recent corruption trials of the former leaders of the legislature.

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If after the reconsideration such local law intro is repassed by a vote of at least two - thirds of the total voting power of the county legislature, it shall be deemed adopted, not withstanding the objections of the county executive.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 32 states and the District of Columbia have an early voting system that allows registered voters to cast their votes in person before Election Day.

Cannon described Colorado as a state where Democrats had the best chances of flipping the legislature — where President Obama did well in 2008, Democrats held the Senate by five votes, and Republicans held the House by just a one - vote margin.