Sentences with phrase «voting for change at»

Former President John Dramani Mahama has challenged his successor, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo to move beyond propaganda and work to assuage the plight of the suffering masses who voted for change at the last elections.

Not exact matches

The activist fund has since then built up a 9 percent stake and is asking for changes at the board at a shareholders vote on April 24.

Spiker noted that, for now at least, the report's findings are merely suggestions, and that the RNC would have to vote on any specific changes to the primary process.

However, on Wednesday the Senate Public Utilities Committee canceled plans to send Senate Bill 58 to the floor for a full chamber vote at least until next year over concerns about the effects of the bill's proposed changes.

You may change your vote at any time prior to the vote at the annual meeting, except that any change to your voting instructions for the HP 401 (k) Plan must be provided by 11:59 p.m., Eastern time, on March 20, 2011 as described above.

Dual - class structures are designed to make it difficult or impossible for non-founder shareholders to generate a majority vote, which is needed to make certain changes at the company, such as replacing the CEO.

Speaking to 1,000 people at the sold out conference, Broadbent called on delegates to seize this «once - in - a-generation opportunity for progressive change, an opportunity to ensure we have a fair voting system in which every voter counts, in which every citizen has a real opportunity to elect a candidate according to his or her values.

Shervin Pishevar, one of Kalanick's closest allies and a former board observer at the company, previously had promised a lawsuit for tens of billions of dollars should the proposal on voting changes be approved.

The reason for the present Republican surge is that this isn't change that most Americans believe in, although it is change they voted for (at least if any of them gave a moment's thought to the more or less inevitable policy consequences of their votes for Obama and a Democratic Congress).

Yep you are right, I moved down here in the state of Mississippi, north of Crystal Springs from Chicago when I was ten years old but still I visit once in a while, now it's twenty years and sad to not much has change, like the parts you said about non-whites discrimatory or rasicts at other non-whites, when I went to school here they treated me as a alien from another galaxy, they pick at my voice cause I didn't had that southern dialog, unlike them I said my words correctly, but not just me, they even hated at others who had better intelect I am not picking at them, It is what I went through all these years, Mississippi and mainly this small town of Crystal Springs see America in a crazy awful view, They don't like difference that even within they own race, ther not that politcal, when some one say God they got there vote, I don't to say much to waste your time, I still remember when I was ten years old I had a constanct back ground check on me to see were I really come from evn though I had the paper saying Chicago Illinois barely no jobs but a church on every street for a town barely under five Thousand, till this very day, they look at me like I am a alien, did you ever had that experiance down here damn my keybroad mess up,

They say the specific number of clubs who voted in favour of the rule change is not yet clear but at least fourteen of the twenty clubs must have voted for the proposal in order for it to be sanctioned.

The BBWAA did try to change things, forming a committee to discuss vote expansion, but there are suspicions that it went nowhere because keeping things at 10 is a «subtle» way of making sure writers have an easy excuse for leaving off the likes of Bonds and Clemens.

In politics, when you want change you vote even for someone else in order to remove the party you are not happy with so In football until fnas get together at arsenal fc we will keep sinking deeper and deeper.

The BBWAA itself brought us the rest of the way, as they voted to change things up and reveal who is voting for which players — or who isn't voting at all — rather than let this continue to be a secret.

You only have to.look at the age demographics of voters that voted for change both in the UK referendum and the US presidential race.

Mayer: NFL owners adopt new catch rule - ChicagoBears.com - NFL owners voted to adopt four new rules at their annual league meetings Tuesday in Orlando, most notably one that «changes [the] standard for a catch.»

Charlotte Wright, professor of community child health at the University of Glasgow and one of the members campaigning for the change in the policy, told The BMJ that she had no objection to the college surveying its members given that the numbers who voted at the annual general meeting were so small — 66 delegates supported the motion and 53 were against it.

Cuomo said the Legislature didn't have an appetite for the proposed changes, which included constitutional amendments for term limits, limiting private - sector income and bills aimed at making it easier to vote in New York.

Using status in this way is a pretty common campaigning technique in the UK, though what's become more popular here (at least in the Liberal Democrats) is changing your profile picture to a graphic that says you are backing / have voted for a particular candidate.

A key requirement of democracy is equal protection of all stakeholders - i.e., if at some point there is a completely fair vote of 2/3 population preferring the choices advocated and implemented by party A; and 1/3 preferring the choices of party B - then a system must ensure that the minority gets adequate protections and fair treatment; so that while at this moment country gets steered to choice A, the minority doesn't get punished in any way for saying that in their opinion choice B might be best; and if some of the original voters change their mind, the choice B can still be known even if the governing clique that was elected on the idea of A wants to continue with A forever.

The bills include measures aimed at early voting in New York, making it easier to vote through an absentee ballot with «no excuse» voting, pre-registration for 16 - and 17 - year - old future voters, and making it easier to change a party ahead of a primary.

One of the key insights about campaign spending is that it tends not to change voters» minds about who to vote for but rather whether or not they bother turning out to vote at all.

But thats the problem each time you change you change twoward the Tories ideals at the moment for me I've nobody to vote for because both sorry all three parties are kicking the shit out of me,

At this point, there was a significant push to enshrine the office as a two term limit for the sake of changing status quo and in 1951 they drafted an amendment to the constitution doing just that (Though it allowed the incumbent FDR and VP Truman to be exempt from this law until they were voted out, though this did not happen.

Labour have made strides forward in standing up for real reform of our political system — including backing votes at 16 and calling for change to the second Chamber.

Since some factors suggest an increase and some a decline, we will have to wait for the post election surveys to know how tactical voting changes at this election.

With their votes at the party conference, they could help to push through rule changes that assisted the centrists — perhaps to reintroduce the old electoral college for choosing leaders — and overturn the left's majority on the NEC, as they did in the early 1980s.

Like many blue - state Republicans, he voted against it primarily because of the new law's curtailment of the federal exemption for state and local taxes, a change that Cuomo has described in his letter as «an economic missile launched at the heart of the State of New York.»

Cuomo's plan would change that be requiring counties to offer at least one early voting polling location for every 50,000 residents during a 12 - day period before Election Day.

Three others received between 28 and 33 votes — not enough to establish a minority position — on the excessively revolutionary issues of gaps in anti-discrimination legislation, increasing numbers of parent governors at academy schools, changing balloting arrangements for school selections, and strengthening enforcement of the national minimum wage.

In an age of instant communication, advocates for changing the voting rules say there's no reason to require voters be registered at least 25 days before the next election.

Fourthly, Lib Dem and swing voters especially will not forgive Lib Dems for precipitating the demise of the Coalition government, probably two years before it is due to end, not on a point of principle, such as on tuition fees, tax policy, social policy like gay marriage, Trident, the European treaty veto or the health or welfare bills but on... an issue of narrow partisan electoral self interest, i.e. unhappiness at boundary changes (which they had already voted for in February 2011).

Andrew George, the MP for St Ives, an early supporter of changes to the Bill (despite not voting against it at Second Reading), said:

Plattekill Reformed Church, 622 Kings Highway, District 10 (note: this is a permanent change for District 10 voters, who will not vote any more at the Mt. Marion Firehouse.)

If the boundaries of such Election District have been created or changed since the last preceding gubernatorial election then the above formula shall apply based on the votes cast for member of Assembly under the party emblem at the last preceding General Election.

Three aldermen are pushing for a new vote on a zoning change for a proposed supportive housing project at site of the former city alms house.

In addition under the new boundaries it is more difficult for Labour than under the old, changes in voting patterns could eliminate notional gains or intensify them but at worst the new boundaries will be no worse for the Conservative Party and no better for Labour.

Casting votes for Teachout - Wu ticket may not change this — the thing about the fix is that it's good at keeping itself in.

If the boundaries of such Election District have been created or changed since the last preceding General Election at which members of Assembly were elected then the above formula shall apply based on that percentage of the number of persons enrolled in the Party in such Election District on the list of enrolled voters last published by the Board of Elections which the total vote cast in the County for governor under the Party emblem at the last preceding gubernatorial election bore to the total Party enrollment in the County on the list of enrolled voters last published by the Board of Elections.

Margaret Mullane, secretary of the CLP in Dagenham and Rainham, which Labour holds, said: «The CLP voted overwhelmingly for Jeremy at the last leadership election and we have been ringing up members regularly and I get the impression nothing has changed.»

Even though I opposed the change at the time, I joined a number of other members in calling for a public hearing prior to our vote.

Matt Wootton at LeftFootForward is more concerned at the failure of the Left to unite against FPTP: «The referendum on the Alternative Vote was a once - in - a-lifetime chance to change politics for the better, and to mainstream red, green and liberal politics, and sideline Conservative.

Though Levy could get on the Republican primary ballot as a Democrat, he would need 51 percent of the vote at the party's convention this summer, and party leaders have indicated he'd need to change parties to truly be a viable candidate for them.

I think that most people would be pretty outraged at the idea that some grubby little deal between the Conservatives and the Liberals that says we will give you permanent controlling vote position in the House of Lords in return for you to agreeing to vote for boundary changes that will give us 20 extra seats.

Outsiders have suggested reforms, such as changing the number of votes one person can cast (currently, each voter casts three votes for three positions to be filled in their senate district) and prohibiting incumbent legislators from serving or, at the very least, banning them from increasing their pensions by doubling their salary for a year.

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.

As with previous versions, the file comprises the 2015 election results for each constituency (winning party, vote share, number of votes, turnout, majority and changes in vote share since 2010), the 2010 results (winning party, vote share, number of votes, turnout and majority), and contextual information at the constituency level:

At a London debate the argument for changing Britain's voting system was narrowly voted down and OurKingdom's Co-Editor was on the losing side.

Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearat Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearAt a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms

Anti-Trump delegates are preparing a rules change proposal that would chart a path for delegates to choose their own vice presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention, instead of voting for the candidate's choice.