Sentences with phrase «voters in a public referendum»

This whole discussion might be moot anyway, because in order to build a casino in New York City — or anywhere in the state on non-Indian land — the constitutional amendment expanding gambling would have to be passed for a second time by the Legislature and also pass muster with the voters in a public referendum.

Cuomo wants to give county executives the power to convene government leaders in their area for a summit, with a resulting plan placed before voters in a public referendum.

Not exact matches

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.»

The governor reversed himself on the timing of a casino public referendum, saying he would like it to go before the voters this fall even though there are no statewide elections scheduled, and not in 2014.

Many Tories feel the party has lost out to voters because of eroded levels of public trust in former promises on European referenda.

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.

b) to be issued voters Identity Cards «to enable» them «to vote in public elections and referenda» while resident abroad and being outside the jurisdiction of the Republic of Ghana at the time of such elections, and doing so from / at their places of residence abroad or designated centres close to their places of residence abroad or from / at the Ghana Mission / Embassy within their jurisdiction abroad;

f) A Declaration that each of the Applicant's «right to vote and entitle [ment] to be registered as a voter for the purposes of public elections and referenda» in light of the Act 699 and said various laws and legal instruments is not subject to any condition precedent aside the article 42 age and sanity of mind criteria;

«That support continues as the commission works toward the goal of presenting to the voters of the city and the county a public referendum in November 2016 that reflects more effective and efficient municipal governance and establishes an environment that will support economic opportunities for all our residents.»

Emily Thornberry has suggested Labour could yet back a second Brexit referendum if public opinion suggests the vast majority of voters want to stay in the EU.

An order setting aside the current register of voters and compelling the Electoral Commission to compile a fresh register of voters before the conduct of any new public elections or referenda in Ghana.

Given voters» experience of public polling at the last general election, it would be natural for them to take a more cynical and circumspect view of opinion research in the lead up to the European referendum.

A Quinnipiac poll out today shows voters overwhelmingly in favor of a public referendum on term limits, and increasingly against a third Bloomberg term.

«That support continues as the commission works toward the goal of presenting to the voters of the city and county a public referendum in November 2016 that reflects more effective and efficient municipal governance,» the application says.

It suggests a public referendum could be held in November 2016 so that voters could decide.

Following the September 2014 Scottish independence referendum, the Barnett formula came to widespread attention amid concerns that in a last - minute government bid to sway voters against independence, Scotland had been promised continued high public spending.

City voters might vote against a merger in a public referendum if it were pushed through without the support of the mayor or other Syracuse elected leaders.

Bellone said Suffolk County needs an outside partner «with expertise on government reform and ethics» to hold public hearings and develop a series of changes that can be put before voters in a 2018 referendum.

Quinn's biggest strategic error was her inability to craft an effective or even a coherent response to the palpable voter anger over her instrumental role in enacting legislation that overturned two successive public referenda limiting the terms of the mayor and Council members.

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.

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.

In California, Michigan, and Nevada, voters defeated initiatives that would have limited tax levels and prohibited state lawmakers from raising taxes without either a majority legislative vote or a public referendum.

Question 2 in November is not a referendum on local public school districts, of which voters in many communities in Massachusetts are understandably proud.

School board members and superintendents appearing before the Assembly education committee questioned why Republicans want to inject themselves in local affairs during a public hearing on a bill that would prohibit school districts from bringing a failed referendum back to voters for two years.

That same year, Ohio Governor John Kasich tried to follow the Walker / ALEC template, but voters overwhelmingly rejected that agenda in a public referendum.

It was revealed during the run - up to the vote that the state's four largest investor - owned utilities colluded in a $ 20 million - plus public relations scheme to deceive voters by mislabeling the referendum and misrepresenting it as being pro-solar.