Sentences with phrase «voters voting on the measure»

The measure will require approval by at least 55 percent of the registered voters voting on the measure.

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According to the Eugene Register - Guard, Lively had allegedly been making public statements that linked gay men to the Holocaust, and supporters of the OCA had included wording in a voters» guide that urged voters to «stand with the true victims of the holocaust [sic]» and vote yes on the measure.

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.

Until the biometric voting system is centralized, all the stop guard measures being proposed by political parties on how to maintain a credible voters» register remains impotent.

A majority of New York voters opposed the passage of the American Health Care Act, the Republican - backed measure that failed to gain enough votes for passage last week in the House of Representatives, according to a Siena College poll released on Monday.

Aggressive, because he hopes that it will put pressure back on Labour to either back English votes for English MPs and therefore nobble themselves in a future government, or refuse and be at odds with a majority of English voters who back such a measure.

Improving New York State's voter registration and ballot access measures with an eye on moving toward a statewide vote - by - mail program

The Governor's message was astutely deferential to Upstate's need for economic growth, meanwhile Cuomo also avoided triggering the tripwires of controversy on education and the environment (which provided Zephyr Teachout with opening to garner a third of the 2014 Democratic primary vote); Cuomo advanced strong measures around election law reform and on the criminal justice front vis a vis Bail reform, as well as the Dream Act and MWBE all of which registered positively with minority voters.

The NYCO measure was approved by voters statewide 53 - 47 percent — a vote that Protect the Adirondacks noted was the narrowest margin in a half - century on a question involving the forest preserve.

«When we did our voting rights report, «Mississippi on the Hudson,» we found that one of the most effective measures to removing barriers to voter turnout in New York is early voting.

Tuesday's vote, four councilors supported the measure to put the issue before voters on election day.

The older voters rose up as one against VAT on domestic fuel, the Tories were trounced, and rebel Tory MPs helped to defeat the measure in a Commons vote in the wake of the by - election.

Should voters be able to vote on the measure, a new Rutgers - Eagleton poll found 57 percent of New Jersey residents support it while 36 percent oppose it.

The Seattle City Council has voted to repeal Initiative 34, a measure passed by voters in 1989 that prevented the city government from spending money on public schools until the school beard ended mandatory busing.

If a measure to increase local parcel taxes for public schools were on the ballot, about half of likely voters (48 %) would vote yes — a level of support far short of the two - thirds majority needed to pass a local parcel tax.

Voters who make their decision only when voting tend to default to «no» on ballot measures.