Sentences with phrase «vote on independence»

Former Congressman Michael Grimm, a Republican who resigned in January after pleading guilty to a federal tax evasion charge, won three elections with the help of votes on the Independence line.

[1] It attempts to solve an anomaly caused by the electoral calendar: Scotland votes on independence on 18 September this year, but would only become an independent nation some time in 2016 (the Scottish government is planning for 24 March [2]-RRB-.

In her speech in Glasgow, Sturgeon said publication of a referendum bill was designed to give Scots the opportunity to vote on independence before the UK departs from the EU.

It attempts to solve an anomaly caused by the electoral calendar: Scotland votes on independence on 18 September this year, but would only become an independent nation some time in 2016 (the Scottish government is planning for 24 March).

Last year, Cuomo received 146,576 votes on the Independence Party line, but that was just shy of the amount he received on the Working Families Party line, and considerably less than Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino received on the Conservative Party line.

After more than a year of political shadow boxing they had agreed that Scots would vote on independence in a referendum to be held by the end of 2014.

Scotland will undertake its 10th vote on independence from the Union this coming autumn, and the low - levels of likely voter turn out make it hard to predict the outcome.

Plus: as the SNP prepares to elect a new deputy leader, Libby Brooks looks at a contest that has been dominated by one question: when should Scotland next vote on independence?

The watchdog said the group, which claimed to speak for tens of thousands of Labour voters and some party activists who backed a yes vote on independence for Scotland, was the only registered campaign set up for the referendum which failed to submit any spending report.

That's a big nod to Scotland, which voted Remain and where the SNP is threatening to demand a new vote on independence.

With the SNP now in a position of power and the potential for Scotland to vote on independence really the Tories in England should be re-considering their position on the UK and Unionism.

People in Scotland have begun voting on independence today.

Hall, who has represented New York's 19th Congressional District since 2006, got more than 16,000 votes on the Independence line in 2008, or 10 percent of his vote total.

So as with Catalonia and Scotland, both scheduled to vote on independence before the end of 2014, it's more likely that a California referendum would only be voted on by residents of California.

In 2010 Andrew Cuomo received 146,000 votes on the Independence Party ballot line, to add to his total on the Democratic line.

With just days to go before Scotland votes on independence, a Catholic bishop in England says he is hoping... More

It has prompted renewed calls from Scottish nationalists for a vote on independence, and members of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments have complained the national government has not involved them enough its Brexit negotiation preparations.

French President Emmanuel Macron starts Thursday a highly symbolic visit to New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific that is getting ready to vote on its independence.

In a few months time Scotland will vote on independence.

After the SNP gained control of the Scottish Parliament it was a matter of when, not if, a vote on independence would be held.

-- In SD - 55, Mary Wilmot («yes») led Jim Alesi (unclear) 47,298 to 45,141 on the Democratic to Republican lines, but Alesi received 3,914 votes on the Independence line and 7,970 votes on the Conservative line to win.

-- In SD - 07, Craig Johnson («yes» on marriage) led Jack Martins («no») 42,477 to 36,349 on the Democratic to Republican lines, but Martins received 1,959 votes on the Independence Line and 4,620 votes on the Conservative line to overtake Johnson.

-- In SD - 40, Mike Kaplowitz («yes») led Greg Ball (undecided) 43,586 to 42,363 on the Democratic to Republican lines, and Kaplowitz had an additional 4,981 votes on the Independence line, but Ball received 8,342 votes on the Conservative line to overtake Kaplowitz.

As Scotland faces the prospect of a vote on independence, the Festival of Britain 2011 is underway in central London.

In the 2010 race against Mr. Altschuler, the Independence line appeared to play heavily into the outcome of the race, as Mr. Bishop won by just 593 votes and received 7,370 votes on the Independence line.

Darling, the former Labour chancellor and now chairman of the pro-UK Better Together campaign, told the Guardian that public opinion in Scotland was «pretty fluid» despite a spate of opinion polls indicating a solid lead for a «no» vote on independence.»