Sentences with phrase «voters against this proposal»

They want to deny the strong sentiments amongst many American middle of the road voters against this proposal from the President.

The success of the charter school movement in most of the country undercuts the claims leveled by opponents to turn Washington voters against a proposal for change, one which had bipartisan approval of the Legislature and Democratic governor Gary Locke.

Not exact matches

On Nov. 4, the proposal to require labeling of GMO food was rejected by 68 percent of voters in Colorado and just barely failed in Oregon with 50.47 percent of voters against it.

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.

With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, 2,305 Wheeling voters approved the referendum proposal to save the Chevy Chase clubhouse versus 1,435 people who voted against it, said Karop Bavougian, director of parks and recreation for the Park District.

GOP lawmakers have run hard against the passage of the bill, especially in upstate and suburban battleground districts where support among voters for the proposal is thin.

The leader of the Senate Republicans said he's against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to require local governments in each county to offer government consolidation plans to go before voters in November.

The last proposal for the Constitutional Convention was in 1997, when voters reasonably decided against it.

«Right now, voters are sort of divided,» said Greenberg, who added the poll finds 46 percent support the proposal, and 35 percent say they are against it, with 18 percent undecided.

The General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Opuni - Frimpong, is cautioning against parties taking entrenched positions in the ongoing debate on proposals for a new voters» register.

And ads against the proposal will likely stir up voters» fear of the unknown.

But the California School Boards Association, the Association of California School Administrators and the California Association of School Business Officials are actively lobbying against the proposal saying its passage will drive up construction costs for school projects and tend to undermine promises districts made to voters to complete some improvement projects.

Marcia Bystryn, Executive Director of the New York League of Conservation Voters said, «Offshore drilling has no place in New York's energy future, and we commend Governor Cuomo for fighting against this backward proposal.

Already, 64 groups — including the Hip Hop Caucus and League of Conservation Voters — released a joint statement against the proposal.

A majority of voters are also against proposals to reduce the mortgage interest deduction, eliminate the deduction for interest paid for a second home, limit the deduction for those earning more than $ 250,000 per year, scale back the deduction for home owners with mortgages above $ 500,000 and do away with the deduction for interest paid on home equity loans.