Sentences with phrase «voting changes sought»

Not exact matches

The startup fundraising landscape saw its most significant change in eight decades when the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to lift the ban on general solicitation, a move which allows entrepreneurs to tell potential investors that they are seeking funding for their companies.

With the entire House on next year's ballot — and about one - third of the U.S. Senate up for a vote, too — the stakes are high for those in the Bay Area who seek to erode the GOP's control of Congress and erect a new bulwark against Trump's agenda in areas like immigration and climate change.

Long's declaration claims there has been a groundswell of shareholders seeking to change their votes since Greenlight went public with its dispute.

But the Obama administration is currently seeking Trade - Promotion Authority (also known as «fast track») which would let the executive sideline Congress by forcing a yes - no vote instead of allowing changes to the agreement.

That changed Sept. 6 when the water reclamation board voted to seek public bids for the lease, which specifies a 39 - year contract with a minimum $ 67,000 annual payment, in addition to performing regular dredging and maintenance.

But that changed Sept. 6 when the Water Reclamation Board voted to seek public bids for the lease, which specifies a 39 - year contract with a minimum $ 67,000 annual payment, in addition to performing regular dredging and maintenance.

These alternative faces of Leave were exploited to gain votes for «change,» but the exact change sought by any two voters could be very different.

And a number of sought - after items, including cash bail, early voting, changes to statutes regarding child molestation, New York's DREAM Act, and ethics reform fell out of the final bill, unable to pass a divided legislature.

If Miner wanted to seek a change in term limits, she could attempt to persuade at least five of the nine voting councilors to repeal or amend the law.

It is more likely that Cameron will seek to embarrass the Lib Dems politically over their sudden opposition to boundary reform, but have to accept that they are not going to vote through the boundary changes, and carry on with the coalition.

Vote Better NY seeks the following common sense changes to New York's voting laws so that every eligible New Yorker is registered to vote, voters have more than one day to get to the polls, and every voter can cast a ballot that couVote Better NY seeks the following common sense changes to New York's voting laws so that every eligible New Yorker is registered to vote, voters have more than one day to get to the polls, and every voter can cast a ballot that couvote, voters have more than one day to get to the polls, and every voter can cast a ballot that counts:

Because the Continuum project is seeking a zoning change, it will need approval through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, or ULURP, which includes input from the local community board and borough president as well as up - down votes from the City Planning Commission, City Council and mayor.

He added that ZANU - PF had approached the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party to seek their cooperation to pass the necessary parliamentary votes.

Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney, who voted for the bill, said in a statement the legislation approved Thursday did include key changes she had sought.

Senate Republicans in recent years have sought to change that system by requiring approval from both houses in separate votes.

«Vote Better NY» seeks common sense changes to New York's voting laws to ensure that more eligible New Yorkers make it to the polls.

It seeks to change the voting system for parliamentary elections in the UK to a model of proportional representation.

As the state Assembly moved toward a vote Tuesday on a financing deal for a new Bucks arena, at least one Democrat in that chamber is seeking further changes to the proposal.

Tags are already flying around such as the Blue Rinse Budget and the Blue Collar Budget, as the chancellor has unashamedly announced some vote - seeking changes that will both benefit pensioners and woo the working - class vote.

Law enforcement among those who seek to change Cuomo's NY SAFE gun control law; County Legislature to vote on resolution soon

Washington (CNN) White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday «it's possible» President Donald Trump will seek more changes to the Republican health care bill before Thursday's House vote.

Law enforcement among those who seek to change Cuomo's NY SAFE gun control law; County Legislature to vote on resolution soon Law enforcement associations have been out front blasting Governor Cuomo's hastily passed NY SAFE Act that makes New York the -LSB-...]

After the disasters of the AV vote and Lords reform, it would be a change long sought by the Lib Dems that he would have delivered.

He sought to reassure those who voted for the Liberal Democrats that he «was genuinely convinced it offers a unique opportunity to deliver the kind of changes you and I believe in».

Mr. Pashall is the city councilman who sponsored the change to the city's charter and who was quoted in the article as saying «teenagers drive on public streets, pay income taxes on jobs and seek police support, which earns them a vote.

The governing body of the LA teachers union last night voted to seek out a state lawmaker to sponsor legislation that rewrites California's parent trigger law, which allows for wholesale changes at a school if a majority of parents want them.

LA Unified officials and school board members put politics aside Tuesday, agreeing to long - sought policy changes for charter schools and paving the way for unanimous board votes that ended up saving about a dozen independent charter schools from denials.

After the posting on Gray's paper was spotted, several students sought me out to say that they wanted to change their vote, they though i needed to keep posting and particularly with regards to the Gray thread (which I decided not to do, actually)

DeSmog Blog: Canada to seek climate change deal with President - elect Obama by Kevin Grandia «One day after the United States voted Barack Obama as their next president, Canadian government officials are saying that the time is ripe for a continent - wide

If Romney were to start including the talking point «I promise to seek out ways to address climate change» in his stump speech, 28 % of «climate issues voters» would then be swayed to vote for him.

For those who haven't followed the case, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act requires a number of states and local governments, mostly in the South, to seek federal permission before changing their voting procedures, explains The New York Times.

To secure change, we also need MPs to advocate and campaign on these issues in the new Parliament — and a great time to secure their support in the future is when they are seeking your vote now.

The Interim National Executive should seek legal advice on the best mechanisms to achieve this — for example, such as requiring 75 % majority vote in the National Congress or by having different categories of membership (with only one group entitled to vote on changes to the Constitution).