Sentences with phrase «voters call for change»

It has not been a happy marriage, and many voters call for change.

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Speaking to 1,000 people at the sold out conference, Broadbent called on delegates to seize this «once - in - a-generation opportunity for progressive change, an opportunity to ensure we have a fair voting system in which every voter counts, in which every citizen has a real opportunity to elect a candidate according to his or her values.

Democratic Unionist, Jim Shannon responded to calls by campaigners for a relaxation of legislation, insisting any change must warrant the support of voters.

The Let My Vote Count Alliance, Movement for Change and Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) joined forces to draw a massive crowd in the streets to back calls for a new voters register ahead of the 2016 election, insisting the current album is flawed with lots of anomalies.

Emmanuel Macron, a youthful former investment banker, handily won France's presidential election, defeating the staunch nationalist Marine Le Pen after voters firmly rejected her far - right message and backed his call for centrist change, according to partial returns.

Most swing voters aren't persuaded by the case for near - revolution; but they are persuaded by more money for the NHS, opposition to so - called education cuts, and changes to tuition fees.

At 10:30 a.m., state lawmakers call for changes to the state's voter registration laws to make it easier to register, outside Erie County Board of Elections, 134 West Eagle St., Buffalo.

As New York surveyed the damage, there came calls for state lawmakers to change the state's «archaic voter registration system» to address potential further disenfranchisement in the democratic process for some citizens.

Last month, with Election Day around the corner, that seemed to change as de Blasio renewed his call for a system that will encourage voting in a state with one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the country.

«CIDNY is calling for systemic changes to ensure that voters with disabilities are no longer disenfranchised by lack of training on disability access and voting technology, locked doors and blocked pathways, and lack of coordination by City agencies charged with providing facilities for voters,» CIDNY executive director Susan Dooha said in a statement.

Now supporters of the rules change have ammo to support their cause, as a panel set up by the Democratic National Committee — the Unity Reform Commission, which included Sanders and Clinton campaign representatives — issued a report calling for all state parties to pass laws, change party rules or file lawsuits if necessary, to make it easier for voters to switch their registration to vote in Democratic primaries.

But earlier this year, more than 60 percent of voters signed a petition calling for constitutional changes to be drafted that would allow Kagame to stand again.

He also calls for easing the restrictive law that does not permit voters to change parties within eleven months of a primary.

Proposed changes include reforms that advocates have long called for: early voting, automatic voter registration and same day registration.

Despite the many calls for changes that are needed in Albany, voters Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected perhaps the best chance of doing that in 20 years.

Buerkle said it shows Maffei is unnerved by the growing voice of the voters who are calling for change by supporting my candidacy.

Cue Blairites calling loudly for a change in leadership and Labour's policy direction to ape the Tories in order to woo right wing «I'm alright, Jack» voters.

While a Con Con, as it is often called, would provide a chance for enacting reforms on things like government ethics, term limits for elected officials, modernized voting and voter registration rules, and more, it would open up the entire state constitution to change.

Milton Justice, who won an Oscar for Best Documentary Short in 1987, called the changes «insulting to black people,» saying Selma's only problem was that not enough voters liked it.

3: «Get Out» or Luca Guadagnino's achingly tender «Call Me by Your Name» will emerge as a popular first choice among Oscar voters, and a film that was made for considerably less than $ 10 million will win Best Picture for the second year in a row, confirming that «Moonlight» changed the game in more ways than one and forever altered our idea of what constitutes an «Oscar Movie.»

It's been a year since California voters narrowly approved a measure called the Children and Families Initiative and radically changed the way services for young children are paid for in this state.

But voters rejected his call for continued change.

And if you stand up with me these next four months; if you march with me and knock on doors and make phone calls and register voters, and talk to your friends and co-workers and neighbors; then I promise you this: we will win this election; we will change education in this country; and we will bring about a better future for our children and for this country we love.

For instance, in February, Parliament's Science and Technology Select Committee called for submissions to an inquiry into the public's understanding of climate change, following a report that had advised that «should scepticism continue to increase, democratic governments are likely to find it harder to convince voters to support costly environmental policies aimed at mitigation of, or adaptation to, climate change.&raqFor instance, in February, Parliament's Science and Technology Select Committee called for submissions to an inquiry into the public's understanding of climate change, following a report that had advised that «should scepticism continue to increase, democratic governments are likely to find it harder to convince voters to support costly environmental policies aimed at mitigation of, or adaptation to, climate change.&raqfor submissions to an inquiry into the public's understanding of climate change, following a report that had advised that «should scepticism continue to increase, democratic governments are likely to find it harder to convince voters to support costly environmental policies aimed at mitigation of, or adaptation to, climate change.»