Sentences with phrase «voter approval of»

With House approval, the constitutional amendment would go into effect (Delaware doesn't require voter approval of constitutional amendments).

The issues are: rising electricity bills, energy poverty and polls showing falling voter approval of the Ontario Liberal Party.

When students arrive for the 2016 - 17 school year, they will find changes throughout Burnsville - Eagan - Savage School District 191 thanks to voter approval of the two Vision One91 referendum questions on Feb. 24.

Measure to require voter approval of benefits could be headed to 2016 ballot.

November's voter approval of Initiative 1240 allows the creation of up to 40 of the independently operated, publicly funded schools over the next five years...

Of course, the Dwyer litigation's real target might have been the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR), which requires voter approval of tax increases.

Educators helped defeat ballot measures that would have required voter approval of new taxes in Missouri, Montana, and Oregon.

The plan, called Proposal C, would roll back all state and many local property taxes to their December 1981 levels and require voter approval of all future increases.

A Northern Kentucky circuit - court judge has voided a utility - tax increase imposed by the Campbell County school board, ruling that the state's 1990 education - reform law requires voter approval of such increases.

A proposal to amend the county charter to require voter approval of any changes to the program was originally tabled at a July meeting, which worried some environmentalists at the time.

The city's current charter dates to 1994, following several one - term mayors and voter approval of a city - manager form of government the year before.

More than 100 specific proposals to revise the state constitution, on topics ranging from term limits to allowing noncitizens to vote in some elections, have been presented by those seeking voter approval of a constitutional convention on Nov. 7.

Pending voter approval of the constitutional amendment at the ballot box, corrupt politicians will soon no longer be able to collect their taxpayer - funded pensions from behind bars.

In June revotes in the remaining two systems, one gained voter approval of a budget that met its cap.

ALBANY — More than 100 specific proposals to revise the state constitution, on topics ranging from term limits to allowing noncitizens to vote in some elections have been presented by those seeking voter approval of a constitutional convention on Nov. 7.

During a special legislative session convened on October 23, 2017, the state legislature approved a bill delaying the implementation of RCV pending voter approval of a constitutional amendment to allow for the use of RCV.

The Park District of La Grange is seeking voter approval of a $ 260,000 bond issue.

In New Lenox, the Public Library District is seeking voter approval of a 13 - cent increase in its tax rate to restore hours of service at the library that were cut after a proposed 15 - cent tax rate increase was rejected in November.

Not exact matches

Naming her director was a part of Trump's strategy to win over the African American community in the U.S., especially after recent polls showed he had 0 % approval among black voters in Ohio and Pennsylvania — key states for the Republican nominee.

The SPD only agreed to ally with Merkel after promising a list of distinctive policies to secure the approval of party members, many of whom wanted the SPD to regroup in opposition after the last four years in coalition damaged its standing among voters.

[105] On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural budget issues, Governor Corzine proposed a four - part proposal including an overall reduction in spending, a constitutional amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use of one - time revenues to balance the budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010.

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D - N.D.) suffered a net decline of 9 points, though she still has the approval of 47 percent of her constituents, compared with Trump's 48 percent quarterly approval rating among those voters.

There are also 14 states with legislative supermajority (usually three - fifths or two - thirds of the legislature) and voter approval requirements for new taxes.

(10) While this «Position paper» (and others since issued) does not hold the constitutional status of the Statement of Fundamental Truths approved by the AGs highest body, the biennial General Council in session (typically four to nine thousand voters), the paper does bear the approval of the (roughly two hundred man - no women) General and Executive Presbyteries all of whom are elected by General Council membership.

On Jan. 3, Washington state GE food - labeling advocates sent a petition to the secretary of state in hopes of passage by the state legislature or approval by voters next November.

The German public have booed Ozil at home games in the past but, in a dramatic swing in approval, 25 % of the 25,200 voters believed that he was their best player at the tournament ahead of Kroos, Boateng and Joshua Kimmich — who were all selected in the Euro 2016 Team of the Tournament.

A decision by Glen Ellyn Park District commissioners to seek voter approval in November of a $ 2.9 million swimming and outdoor recreation facility has prompted the resignation of one commissioner.

Overall, the park district «s budget is about $ 100,000 higher than last year, but Woods said recent state laws limiting the growth of property - tax revenues and the issuance of bonds without voter approval may put the district in a financial bind next year.

At Stevenson, voters» approval of a bond issue in 1994 allowed the school to add a pool, performing arts center, 30 classrooms and computer labs, Galloway said.

CRYSTAL LAKE — The Crystal Lake Park District has signed a contract with First Congregational Church to buy the Lakeside Center property, which includes the Dole Mansion and about 12 acres of surrounding land, for about $ 1.5 million pending voter approval.

Residents collected 1,142 signatures for a referendum to limit the board from spending more than 10 percent of its budget on capital improvements without voter approval.

It was also considered as part of the park district's 2012 referendum attempts, which did not win voters» approval.

Park District commissioners already have signed a purchase contract for the parcel at the northwest corner of Gary Avenue and Lies Road, contingent on voter approval.

The building of the recreation center, which the hospital and Park District would share, depends on voter approval Nov. 7 of a $ 6 million bond issue.

Although the approval by voters of a tax increase will allow the Cary Park District to purchase a 254 - acre farm, some village officials say the five - year feud is far from over and may drag on for years in court.

Had the group failed to collect signatures from at least 15 percent of the electorate by the end of this week, the park board could have sold the bonds without voter approval.

CRETE — As part of his campaign against issuing general obligation bonds without voter approval, Crete resident Richard Blievernicht spoke out against two bond proposals at recent local public hearings.

Tinley Park Park District officials won't know until election day whether they will win voter approval for construction of the 65,000 - square - foot building.

The park board must seek voter approval for the increase because of the enactment of the Property Tax Extension Limitation Act by the state legislature on Oct. 1.

Their only recourse will be to win voter approval in a referendum — not likely given the complexity of capital planning versus the simplicity of just saying «no» on Election Day.

Her approval ratings are also now the highest of any party leader across the UK, with even many English voters saying they would back her party next month given the chance.

For the Republicans, voters back the plan to provide sweeping tax cuts and credits to small businesses and a 46 percent approval rating of the chamber where they hold a narrow 32 - 29 majority — an unusually high number given the Legislature's historically awful reputation with New Yorkers.

New York City voters approve 48 - 38 percent of the job NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio is doing, his lowest grade since a 45 - 46 percent approval rating in January 2017, a new Q poll found.

Nearly half of the 669 school districts seeking voter approval for budgets on Tuesday, May 16 are presenting spending plans that increase property taxes as high as the 2011 property tax cap law allows, according to an analysis by the Empire Center for Public Policy.

Local environmentalists are thanking voters for their overwhelming approval of the Community Preservation Fund, a proposition that was approved Tuesday by wide margins in each of the five East End towns.

Councils must call a local referendum to get the approval of voters if they want to put bills up by more than 2 per cent, under rules set by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.»

The same Quinnipiac poll that found the mayor's approval at a low point earlier this month showed what The Times dubbed a «stark racial divide,» with 64 % of African - American voters saying they approve of his performance.

Nearly half of the 669 school districts seeking voter approval for budgets on Tuesday, May 15 are presenting spending plans that would increase property taxes as high as the 2011 property tax cap law allows, according to an analysis released today by the Empire Center for Public Policy.

The group won approval of a statewide initiative amendment in a state constitutional convention in 1986, but voters, probably not comprehending its meaning due to a lack of publicity on the issue, rejected it by a narrow margin.

GIBSON: Seventy - eight percent, almost 80 percent of Jewish voters backed Obama in the 2008 election, but his approval rating is down to about 50 percent among those same voters.