Sentences with phrase «voter referendum»

Together these state officials and advocates remain determined to preserve the ability of their respective jurisdictions to protect consumers by enforcing existing rate caps that were either enacted by voter referendum or state legislation.

The prime minister appears unlikely to offer British voters a referendum on Europe if EU leaders push ahead with their plans for a treaty change.

Wilmorite and 15 other developers met Monday's deadline to apply for one of four casino licenses allowed after a successful voter referendum last November.

The governor has nibbled at New York's multi-layered governing structure for years, but most previous efforts — including voter referendums — have yielded little fruit.

Both legislators were targeted for recall after passing gun control legislation through means that circumvented any possible voter referendum.

A couple of days ago, Jon Cruddas suggested Labour could offer voters a referendum on EU membership.

Many states in the US do this with voter referendums.

He denied the party would make it easier for Labour to win in 2015 and therefore deny voters a referendum on membership of the European Union.

After two failed voter referenda in 1889 and 1898, the now - Washington State Legislature approved full female voting rights in 1910.

A bill to give voters a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU today officially failed in the House of Lords.

ALBANY — Offering up some details on a promised plan for legalizing full - scale casinos in New York, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Thursday he would push for a statewide voter referendum this fall, despite uncertain electoral prospects, while also suggesting that his patience had worn thin with some gaming - friendly Indian tribes upstate.

In what is believed to be the first voter referendum on the 4 - year - old federal law, taxpayers in the 95 - student Kit Carson school district narrowly approved a property - tax levy to replace the $ 25,000 in federal money the district will lose by dropping out of the law.

One of the cities in the South Hampton Roads, Chesapeake was organized in 1963 by voter referendums approving the political consolidation of the city of South Norfolk with the remnants of the former Norfolk County, which dated to 1691.

The legislature drew particular ire for passing these bills as «emergency legislation,» circumventing any possible voter referendum.

Saying «time is short,» state Bar Association President David Miranda called on Cuomo to issue an executive order to create a commission to prepare for the 2017 voter referendum on whether to authorize a constitutional convention.

It was shortly after Colorado had passed a voter referendum making medicinal marijuana legal.

but voter referendums are turning down new site proposals.

In WA state, some examples of that could include the voter referendums that legalized marijuana and gay marriage... topics that politicians felt were overly controversial and preferred not to deal with.

Beyond that, perhaps neither a pro nor a con, it can be noted that voter referendums can suffer from the same plights as policies proposed and pushed for by representatives.

A top aide to Mayor Bloomberg says Mayor Bloomberg's Charter Revision Commission won't seek to eliminate the offices of borough president and public advocate in a voter referendum this fall.

The amendment, which passed overwhelmingly in a voter referendum last month, is called a «a major victory in the battle against corruption» by the mailer, obtained by Capital Tonight.

County Executive Steven Bellone and members of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society and Group for the East End announced the deal — which still needs approval from county legislators, as well as a voter referendum in November — on Wednesday.

As a result, he called for a voter referendum to amend the City Charter so mayors would have to set aside a fixed amount every year toward the staggering tab.

Silver's support for putting the issue to a voter referendum seems to be something of a reversal.

The agreement does not include a provision that would require a voter referendum for final approval over a consolidation or shared services plan.

In 2013, after the deals were reached with tribal casinos and the legislative end was put to bed, attention turned to the voter referendum for the constitutional amendment.

But the approved plan, requiring county officials to work with municipal government leaders to find ways of sharing services, lacks a key provision Cuomo initially sought: A voter referendum.

It makes the amendment, which must be approved by two separately elected Legislatures and then by a voter referendum, a pretty broad stroke for altering the existing laws.

The bulk of the money, $ 5 billion, would be raised through a proposed bond act, subject to voter referendum.

Cuomo championed the creation of the new casinos, which were approved in a voter referendum, as a way to add thousands of new jobs to the struggling upstate economy, and increase tourism.

So far, in every state where the issue has been put up to voter referendum, the electorate has refused to alter the sacred definition of marriage.

Backed by at least $ 500,000 from former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the political clout of ex-Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords, gun control advocates last week turned in what they contend are enough signatures to add a voter referendum on Washington state's proposed Extreme Risk Protection Order to the ballot this November.

Last week, Mr. Cuomo suggested that the voter referendum might be delayed until 2014 to capitalize on enthusiasm for casinos from upstate voters and turnout for the governor's race.

Cuomo championed the creation of the new casinos, which were approved in a voter referendum last November, as a way to add thousands of new jobs to the struggling upstate economy, and increase tourism.

«If Prop 1 passes, we're stuck with what supporters admit is an inadequate system, and any attempt to augment it would require two consecutive votes from the legislature and another voter referendum.»

Earlier this month, New Jersey state Senate president Steve Sweeney raised the prospect of a voter referendum to allow casinos outside Atlantic City, and Governor Chris Christie indicated he's willing to listen.

The Drinking Water Protection Program was established via a voter referendum, establishing a 1/4 percent sales in the county.

A report in the New York Daily News said the commission may be considering a voter referendum on public campaign financing, or might only recommend a public system as part of a dissenting opinion.

Jackson was asked by Menin about the City Council's vote to overturn term limits, which gave both him and Mayor Michael Bloomberg eligibility for a third term despite two voter referendums that limited tenure to eight consecutive years.

It's a shame that he has chosen to deny the public the opportunity to have their own say in the matter of fiscal reform in November by voter referendum.

But in June, two weeks before the education bill was to take effect, a group called keep (Keep Educational Excellence a Priority) gathered enough signatures to submit the bill to a voter referendum,...

The holdout senators this week released a list of budget demands that included expanding access to private voucher schools outside Milwaukee and Racine, operational changes to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, requiring counties or municipalities that enact wheel taxes to do so by voter referendum and moving up the effective date of the budget's repeal of the state's prevailing wage requirement.

The Children's Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in Miami - Dade County.

If the Court allows the initiative to go forward, this would be the first time any state has held a voter referendum on Common Core.

What's even more disturbing to watchdogs like Wood is that almost all of the U.S. cities pushing forward with the U.N. «climate change» agenda are doing it without so much as holding a public hearing, let alone a voter referendum.

Oregon's drivers license law for undocumented immigrants was suspended by voter referendum.