Sentences with phrase «voting districts in»

When the Bossier Parish school board began considering new boundaries for its voting districts in 1992, George Price and others in the local NAACP saw a chance to carve out two majority - black districts.

«There are more ways to draw voting districts in the US than there are quarks in the Universe.»

The same game theory approach can produce fairer voting districts in US states, too

The two voting districts in Westport will now report to the renovated town hall in order to cast their votes this year.

Gerrymandering is the act of redefining borders between voting districts in order to gain a political advantage.

Not exact matches

Buffett on Monday vowed to do «whatever it takes» to get out the vote in his congressional district in Nebraska, including driving voters himself to the polls to cast ballots.

Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski managed to beat back his progressive challenger in Illinois» 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday with 50.9 % of the vote, virtually guaranteeing the conservative Lipinski an eighth term in Congress.

The 1965 Voting Rights Act requires states to create and preserve districts in which minority voting groups can elect their candidate of choice.

Federal judges found more problems in Texas» voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minorities, who former President Barack Obama set out to protect at the ballot box before leaving office.

But J. Gerald Hebert, director of the Voting Rights and Redistricting Program at the public - interest Campaign Legal Center in Washington, said the states drew districts with more black voters than necessary to «dilute their voting strength in order to achieve a partisan gain.»

Leahy voted against Sessions for a district judgeship when he last came before the Judiciary Committee in 1986.

In Virginia, a court upheld 12 state legislative districts and rejected a constitutional challenge, even though lawmakers made sure that at least 55 percent of the eligible voting - age population in each district was African - AmericaIn Virginia, a court upheld 12 state legislative districts and rejected a constitutional challenge, even though lawmakers made sure that at least 55 percent of the eligible voting - age population in each district was African - Americain each district was African - American.

The authors also suggest that bad actors could use AI to create «automated, hyper - personalized disinformation campaigns,» in which «Individuals are targeted in swing districts with personalized messages in order to affect their voting behavior.»

Trump won 60 % of the votes cast in the 17 - county congressional district, which is home to the state's aircraft manufacturing industry and has some of the most productive farmland in the region.

A less far - reaching proposal in the District of Columbia to allow marijuana possession but not retail sales won nearly 65 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting, unofficial results showed.

Pennsylvania's 18th District lent considerable votes to President Donald Trump in 2016 and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2012.

Fortune will go on a limb to predict he will cast the deciding vote in a 5 - 4 ruling in Gill v. Whitford that will declare the redrawing of election districts for political purposes to be unconstitutional.

Mariah Jones, a 29 - year - old resident of the District who studies political science at George Washington University, said she thought Obama should have waited until after the final votes were cast in the primary contests to endorse — though she thought endorsements from top Democratic leaders were predictable.

That changed when, in 2010, the District of Columbia announced its intention to launch a citywide Internet voting platform, intended for overseas voters and a milestone for the concept.

«Anyone who is driving down the freeway and lights up a doobie and waives at an officer is going to get a ticket,» Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Marquis, spokesman for the defeated «vote no» campaign in Oregon, told Reuters.

Every one of Iceland's six electoral districts voted in the «No» column — by a national margin of 60 % (down from 93 % in January 2010).

In the Miami district of Little Haiti, for instance, Trump's campaign provided inhabitants with news about the failure of the Clinton Foundation following the earthquake in Haiti, in order to keep them from voting for Hillary ClintoIn the Miami district of Little Haiti, for instance, Trump's campaign provided inhabitants with news about the failure of the Clinton Foundation following the earthquake in Haiti, in order to keep them from voting for Hillary Clintoin Haiti, in order to keep them from voting for Hillary Clintoin order to keep them from voting for Hillary Clinton.

Not one person voting in Tuesday's hotly contested special election in the local 18th District said the tariffs would affect their choice.

The GOP primary in the state's 16th district could also prove interesting: Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger has spoken out against Trump and as a result, could lose votes to pro-Trump businessman Jim Marter.

Puerto Ricans can not vote for the U.S. president when they live in the territory, but they can when they reside in one of the 50 U.S. states or the District of Columbia.

Some Republican representatives in high - tax districts have said they will vote «no» because of the scaling back of the «SALT» deduction.

Westhead was first elected in 2015 in the Banff - Cochrane district, defeating Progressive Conservative MLA Ron Casey by 2,894 votes.

Their control of the House has been strengthened by two factors: 1) Democrats» tendency to win with overwhelming margins in heavily Democratic urban areas, thus wasting votes; and 2) gerrymandering, which is the process of redrawing the boundaries of legislative districts to favour one's party.

Schmidt was elected in 2015 with 68.9 percent of the vote and his crushing 11,205 vote margin of victory, the largest in any district in that election, earned him the nickname «Hurricane Marlin.»

On Tuesday, the Broward County School Board voted unanimously against arming school staff in the district.

The three boards that failed to get the critical vote required were: Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (75 per cent required and only 63 per cent of those who voted were in favour); Kamloops & District Real Estate Association (75 per cent vote needed and 70 per cent of those voting favoured the merger); and Okanagan - Mainland Real Estate Board (67 per cent needed and 56 per cent vote acquired).

Republicans have lost the popular vote in five of the last six Presidential elections, and lost the popular vote for Confess, although they have the House because the districts are rigged.

Then there was Bush v. Gore, in which the court, in halting the Florida recount, announced a novel and potentially far - reaching requirement of equal vote - counting standards across districts, a theory unsupported by the Fourteenth Amendment's original intent.

Only in our time do we draw electoral district lines so that black representatives may be assured of election without the inconvenience of having to solicit white votes.

If you know an establishments serves pork on Saturday and it clearly states so, why go there on Saturday and ask them to change the menu because of you.Same thing happen in Washington DC, even though there is absentee ballot, Jewish people want the District of Columbia to change voting day because it fall on Saturday.Trust me, contrary to your belief, you are not special.

Any pastor in the district could be voted on as the presbyter.

More than 8 - in - 10 (82 percent) say they are voting for or leaning toward Republican candidates in their districts.

A Black Ministry Convocation in the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, not one of the country's more radical bodies, has voted overwhelmingly for a separate black district (a district is an LCMS diocese, so to speak) because of the «institutional racism» blacks have experienced in the church.

The vast majority of electoral races are foregone conclusions: Only 90 of the 435 congressional districts up for election in 2014 were considered «competitive,» and even these were decided by a vote margin up to 5 percent.

If I was in her district I probably wouldn't vote for her but that would be due to politics not gender, race or religion.

Personally, if living in her district, I'd vote for her opponent.

The question reads: «Shall the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation that lowers the drinking age to 19 for wines and malt beverages and maintains the drinking age at 21 for all other alcoholic beverages?»

They came to supervise me in a district tournament where I was voted best player on the pitch.

Late last month, the Montgomery County (Maryland) PTA delegates voted in favor of a resolution, promoted by Real Food For Kids — Montgomery (RFKM), which seeks to greatly improve the school food in that district.

In 2017 — for the first time in the Park District's 70 - year history — residents took to the voting booth to elect seven commissioners from three two - member districts, and one commissioner at largIn 2017 — for the first time in the Park District's 70 - year history — residents took to the voting booth to elect seven commissioners from three two - member districts, and one commissioner at largin the Park District's 70 - year history — residents took to the voting booth to elect seven commissioners from three two - member districts, and one commissioner at large.

Park District officials believed the agreement was a done deal and expected the Village Board to vote in favor of the annexation later in November.

The Cary Park District, created by a vote in 1971, expects to take an ambitious expansion project to voters in November.

Sheridan Shore's lease with the reclamation district expires in March 2016 and the Wilmette park district board recently voted to approach the district in coming weeks to explore the possibility of taking over the lease in 2016, said park district executive director Steve Wilson.

HINSDALE — Stymied by a Park District vote on its first choice, Hinsdale Elementary School District 181 is moving forward with plans to prepare a site for a new middle school on land it owns in Prospect Park in Clarendon Hills.

The private Wilmette Harbor Association may lose its lease to manage the North Shore marina, and its members are seething that a local Park District commissioner — who took part in private discussions and voted to spend taxpayer money to study the harbor — is making a private play to win the management contract.