Sentences with phrase «voters rights»

This is what you call a typical welfare - focused «no information» voter right here.

All of which seems like a violation of independent voter rights.

It's for these reasons that the State Constitution gives voters the right every 20 years to call for a constitutional convention.

«What's been frustrating for someone who's very excited about orienting the Republican Party in a forward - looking direction is that's not what seems to be selling with voters right now.

The candidates, they will make their final pitches to New York voters right after this.

@userLTK I'm guessing it was about the same time when an extremely partisan, controversial, and unconventional Presidential election ended in an extremely partisan and unconventional way (and arguably controversial, depending on how you view the electoral college, and all the alleged shenanigans with voter rights that always come up).

The New York senator said that elections are an opportunity for voters to judge how she's doing at her job but admitted that Congress is not viewed very favorably by voters right now.

The report, issued around the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, shows how local elected governance is dissolved as states take over local school districts, stripping power from elected school boards and denying voters the right to govern their local schools.

The legislature last month rejected outright a measure that would have given state voters the right to approve initiatives and referendums.

All Democrats have a responsibility to work together so our state can enact real ethics reforms, safeguard voter rights, address crushing income inequality and protect vulnerable populations from the hostility of the incoming federal administration.»

An official from Cuomo's office told POLITICO the proposal would focus more on the methodology of how districts are distributing funds, and wouldn't infringe on voter rights as local voters approve the district budget as a whole and not how resources are distributed by school building.

The minor parties refused to allow DTS voters the right to participate in their primaries and the Republican party did the same.

There was a push at the state Capitol Friday to expand voter rights.

Cox said that he thinks Schneiderman probably has a lead among voters right now: «They are both in the 40 percent range, but undecided's are going to go with Dan.»

First, by attacking voter rights through limiting early voting options and requiring photo IDs.

For more than 30 years, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth has been organizing in Kentucky to achieve voter rights, economic justice, and a transition away from the state's extractive energy and economy.

In my «also» about Kennedy, I think the last two days» ruling against voter rights and for gay rights are a decent example of the mixed legacy I've seen since 2005.

Extensive knowledge of campaign finance law, voting rights cases, petitions for recounts, and disabled voters rights.

The government's proposals to give voters the right to recall their MPs fundamentally miss the point, two Conservative backbenchers have told MPs.

According to Tolson, state constitutions have more precise language about protecting voter rights and fairness.

After more than a decade of trying, Virginia lawmakers have finally approved legislation giving state voters the right to elect school - beard members.

«She's also very strong with voter rights, expanding the ability of people to vote.

The supporters wrote that as a result of Knapp's «staunch defense of voter rights and advocacy for Democratic ideals, she has been targeted time and again by the powerful Republican machine here in Dutchess County.»

During the fight for voter rights, King has several meetings with President Johnson (a jarring but effective Tom Wilkinson).

But the most frequently voiced feeling in the recollections was the sense that some sort of a moral demand had been placed upon the ministers: «The church had an obligation to be involved in the voter rights struggle.»

«Today, we have done our part to guarantee all voters their right to vote.

Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick, along with co-sponsors Chairman John Mills, Legislator Lynne Dixon, Legislator Ted Morton and Legislator Edward Rath have introduced a proposed local law that would give voters the right to decide on term limits for Erie County's elected officials.

Erie County Legislator Edward Rath, along with co-sponsors Chairman John Mills, Legislator Lynne Dixon, Legislator Ted Morton and Legislator Kevin Hardwick have introduced a proposed local law that would give voters the right to decide on term limits for Erie County's elected officials.

The special interest is the School Board trying to deny the voters the right to set the tax levy where they want.

Any system which allows voters to express preferences, including Labour's newly embraced alternative vote system, would give all voters the right to have their second and other choices taken into account in the final reckoning.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King laid claim Tuesday to the the Democrats» most far - ranging criminal justice reform platform by vowing to seek to end the death penalty, legalize marijuana, restore felons» voter rights, and close Florida's private prisons.

Watch what they do with Social Security, Health Care, the budget, defense spending, voter rights, the environment, immigration and labor laws.

«Since day one of this campaign, we have worked to ensure the voters their right to have a choice on the ballot,» said Coll, a member of the NYPD's Urban Search and Rescue Team, which is deployed in Texas helping with the recovery from Hurricane Harvey.

Espaillat said he has already called for federal officials to monitor the election in order to protect voters rights.

Weiner was confronted by the voter right after telling reporters he would likely soon stop answering questions about his previous online relationships.

He dedicated a good portion of his most recent State of the Union speech to voter rights, redistricting and campaign finance.

If used as the starting point for project - based learning, the 2012 election can engage students in thinking critically about everything from media messages to voter rights to public opinion polls.

Then they can not become productive members of society because they then have a prison charge, and the weight of carrying prison, voters rights are affected.

Would you be willing to spare an hour to help protect animals and voter rights?

David Haynes, the managing attorney of The Cochran Firm's Washington, D.C. office, was recently interviewed on the nationally - syndicated talk show Ring of Fire about the voter rights issues in the upcoming 2014 mid-term elections.