Sentences with phrase «voters a referendum on»

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Not exact matches

Determined for the club to remain neutral, Bartomeu allowed a scheduled match to go ahead on the referendum day, at the very moment when Spanish police were storming polling stations and beating voters with truncheons.

Cambridge Analytica is under investigation in both the U.S. and the U.K. for the way it obtained data on as many as 87 million users from Facebook and for whether it used that data to target voters on behalf of the Trump campaign in the U.S. and the Brexit referendum in the U.K.

GW Pharmaceuticals: «My problem with GW Pharma is that every time we seem to have a referendum on marijuana, the voters approve it.

Scotland votes «no» on independence: On Sept. 18, 2014, Scottish voters will answer a referendum question more than 300 years in the making: «Should Scotland become an independent country?&raquon independence: On Sept. 18, 2014, Scottish voters will answer a referendum question more than 300 years in the making: «Should Scotland become an independent country?&raquOn Sept. 18, 2014, Scottish voters will answer a referendum question more than 300 years in the making: «Should Scotland become an independent country?»

Italian elections are due to take place during the first half of 2018, and have the potential to deliver another political upset, although recently there have been signs that populist parties — most notably the Five Star Movement, which according to polls enjoys similar levels of support among Italian voters as the ruling Democratic Party — are toning down their calls for a referendum on Italy's membership of the eurozone.

An opinion poll on Sunday showed 47 per cent of likely voters saying they will back the treaty, 35 per cent saying they will vote No, and 18 per cent as undecided how to vote in the May 31 referendum.

The Church of England has released a special prayer before voters go to the polls for the EU referendum on June 23rd.

On 23 June 2016 a referendum was held in which a narrow majority of voters in the United Kingdom (nearly 52 %) voted in favour of leaving the European Union, the so - called «Brexit».

Pundits who throughout the summer had billed the elections as the first post-Webster «referendum on abortion» increasingly argued, as fall rolled around, that abortion had «faded» as a decisive issue for voters.

In November 1992, the voters of Colorado, in a referendum, foreclosed to legislatures at all levels the authority to treat gays and lesbians on the same plane as groups that have suffered discrimination based on race, religion, and gender.

Orban has called for a referendum on October 2 at which voters are expected to back the government and reject any future quotas.

As I flew back from Dublin to Edinburgh I read the Sunday edition of the Irish Independent the headline of which was «POLL: Act Now on Abortion say voters» with the story continuing: «The most seismic shift [in the Irish public's attitude to abortion] is that a clear majority (56 %) now favour a new referendum to repeal the current position, which gives equal right to life to the mother and foetus.»

If the UK voters decide to leave the EU in the upcoming referendum in June of this year, it could have a significant impact on Irish agri - food exports.

On August 14th, the Park Board of Commissioners voted to place a referendum question on the November 6 general election ballot asking voters to choose whether or not to support a $ 39 million bond issuOn August 14th, the Park Board of Commissioners voted to place a referendum question on the November 6 general election ballot asking voters to choose whether or not to support a $ 39 million bond issuon the November 6 general election ballot asking voters to choose whether or not to support a $ 39 million bond issue.

The district wants to build a park on the property, a plan voters approved in a 2002 referendum.

Gurnee Park District actions this year made Eileen Fiddyment and others angry enough to circulate petitions to get a referendum question on the November ballot that will ask voters whether the district should be dissolved.

The board then will decide whether to present the projects to the voters in one referendum question or in two or three referendum proposals on the November ballot.

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.

The Park Board voted unanimously last week to place a referendum question on the Nov. 2 ballot asking voters to approve purchase of the land and construction of playing fields and a facility.

Although all of the Oak Lawn votes had not yet been counted late Wednesday, voters there were rejecting the measure by better than a 2 - 1 ratio, stunning Park District officials who had seen them overwhelmingly approve an advisory referendum on the matter in November 2004.

«We're thinking about putting it on the ballot in November,» Park District Director William Grady said Thursday after voters had narrowly rejected a referendum proposal on Tuesday.

Plans for the force have been put on hold, however, by 531 residents who have signed a petition to put the issue before voters in a referendum in November.

Under village law, 300 signatures, or 5 percent of the registered voters, are needed to get a referendum question on the ballot.

Although the board approved holding a referendum to raise the money, no decision has been made on exactly how large a tax increase would be requested from voters.

About a dozen people came to the Park District meeting room on Tuesday to talk about the idea of asking voters to fund the project through a referendum issue.

Two hotly debated «pass the pool» referendum measures were sunk in 1997 by voters who did not want higher property taxes to pay for a proposed multimillion - dollar family aquatic center on Park District land at Hunt Club Park on Hunt Club Road.

But the Park District, which counted on gaining voter support to finance a recreation center at the Commons, has found itself in a financial bind since the proposal was rejected in an April referendum.

«With two referendums on the same ballot, it's magnified twice, and voters have to figure out how to navigate both things, which is sort of asking a lot of them,» Krupnikov added.

Glen Ellyn — A Nov. 2 referendum asking Glen Ellyn voters if they want to fund a new library cleared a final hurdle when the Village Board unanimously approved placing the question on the ballot.

Nonetheless, some experts caution that asking voters to consider two referendum questions on the November ballot might not produce the desired outcomes for either organization, in particular, if those casting ballots fear that supporting both measures would mean higher taxes.

While New Trier and the park district have yet to make a final decision of whether or not to place the referendum requests on the November ballot, officials from both organizations said they are talking to each other and understand the potential challenges of asking voters to support two measures in one election.

Resident Rich Gemmell suggested a referendum to allow voters to decide on the recreation center.

The board of commissioners has until August to decide whether to place the question on the November ballot, the next time a referendum could be presented to voters.

Legislation to make it easier for voters to get a bond referendum placed on the ballot was signed into law by Gov. James Thompson.

Village President Rick Zirk is considering a referendum question, possibly for November, asking voters whether they want the village to continue to spend money on recreation or whether a separate park district should be created.

«Camelot voters voted against the referendums, so I'm not in favor of pursuing the Camelot Park grant,» said Robert Nesvacil, the only dissenting vote on the renovations.

DUNDEE TOWNSHIP — The Dundee Township Park District will ask voters to weigh in on a $ 14 million bond referendum proposal to build a new recreation center, senior center and indoor pool addition.

Voters in the district ultimately would have to support the idea through a referendum request on the November ballot.

Carol Stream Park District commissioners have voted to place a referendum initiative on the March 17 ballot asking voters to approve an $ 11 million bond issue to build a year - round outdoor athletic facility.

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.

The editorial suggested that the Cary Park District «is getting itself immersed in the same kind of brouhaha» for supposedly planning to pursue the condemnation of land in defiance of voters after losing a referendum on the issue.

The Park District's original plan to build a recreation center on land adjacent to the Lions Community Center was shot down by voters in an April referendum.

A referendum asking Arlington Heights voters whether a non-binding vote should be taken before gambling is introduced or expanded in the village has survived a challenge and will remain on the November ballot, the village electoral board ruled Monday.

The result was particularly damaging for the prime minister given he had already tried to win back Ukip voters with a pledge to hold a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU.