Sentences with phrase «voting law proposals»
More than thirty years after Abrams» testimony, State Board of Elections Co-Chair Doug Kellner also endorsed the deterrent principle as the reason that so few of New York's voting law proposals have been rejected.
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«Many of the proposals that have been put on the table during the Trump administration have been so far out there that they have not been able to build a 218 - vote majority in the House of Representatives in order to get anything passed, so the act is still the law of the land,» Butterfield said.
Here are some details about that November 2004 ballot proposal: 1) there was already in place a Utah law strictly banning same - sex marriage, which I fully supported; 2) all three candidates for the office of attorney general of Utah (the chief law - enforcement officer in the state) opposed the amendment, including the LDS (Mormon) Republican incumbent, Mark Shurtleff, mostly because they considered it a poorly drafted amendment; 3) I refused to endorse the amendment, but I did not urge people to vote «no»; 4) the leadership of the LDS Church, which has a record for being as strongly opposed to same - sex marriage as the Catholic Church, did not issue a statement urging its members to vote one way or the other; 5) inasmuch as two thirds of Utahans belong to the LDS Church, this means that the leadership of at least 80 percent of Utah churchgoers did not urge a «yes» vote on the amendment.
The European Parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) will, on Thursday 14th January, vote on whether to object to proposals for new laws from the European Commission on the marketing of baby foods and formulas and to strengthen them in line with the World Health Assembly Resolutions.
The proposal that English votes determine English laws (EVEL) was part of the Conservative manifesto in 2005 (pp. 21 - 22), 2010 (p. 84) and again in 2015 (p. 70), although this policy's time may now have been forced upon them by increased Scottish and Welsh devolution.
Sen. Cathy Young in a radio interview on Wednesday said she is hopeful a vote will be held on her proposal to reform sexual harassment laws in the state at some point in the coming legislation session.
Tyrie has been dismissive of this, saying in a statement after the session: «The Commission's proposals would ultimately enable the UK parliament to impose legislation on England and would not deliver the pledge to secure English votes for English laws.»
Last week the government published its detailed proposals for introducing English Votes for English Laws (EVEL) into the House of Commons.
And under the Conservatives» three proposals published in the government's command paper on options for English votes for English laws, there is nothing at all which suggests the SNP would be restricted from having a say on these issues.
A constitutional convention has at its heart an assembly of citizens charged with making proposals for the basic rules of the political system, e.g., the voting system or the creation of new national or regional law - making bodies.
Simon Danczuk, the Labour MP for Rochdale, said he was surprised and disappointed with the slow response of the leadership to proposals for English votes for English laws in the Commons saying: «Why we couldn't have had a good offer ready... just beggars belief in my opinion.
Before the election, I explained why it was one of three main institutional problems confronting a Conservative Government, and why the English - votes - for - English laws proposal is only a short - term solution to a longer - term problem here.
At the same time, GOP lawmakers there point to proposals they've advanced over the years that eventually do get votes and made law, albeit with Democratic support.
Add to this the political and legislative workload involved in devolving further powers to Scotland — and potentially revisiting the Smith Commission proposals in the process due to the SNP landslide — while also crafting a working arrangement for English votes for English laws, and it's obvious that the government has more than enough to be going on with as far as constitutional politics is concerned.
Indeed, when Danny Alexander, Chris Huhne, David Laws and I met Adonis and the rest of the Labour team, they wouldn't even commit to supporting legislation on alternative voting, despite Labour being the only party that had such a proposal in its manifesto.
Felicity Matthews looks at Prime Minister David Cameron's defence of his «English votes for English laws» proposal.
Ed Miliband has attacked David Cameron's proposal for «English votes for English laws», saying he is trying to «drive our country apart».
The Shadow Chancellor has denied the Labour Party would stall extra powers being devolved to Scotland just because they want longer to examine the Prime Minister's English votes for English laws proposal.
Felicity Matthews, Associate Fellow of the Crick Centre looks at Prime Minister David Cameron's defence of his «English votes for English laws» proposal.
In yesterday's appearance before the Liaison Committee, David Cameron launched a passionate defence of his proposal for «English votes for English laws.»
Conservative attempts to meld reform with the question of English votes for English laws would risk undermining the process — David Cameron's latest comments on the subject following the Smith proposals attracted fresh ire from his Westminster opponents this week.
This proposal is currently being considered by the Conservatives - David Cameron has promised to look into the idea that only English MPs should be able to vote on laws that only affect England, such as top - up fees or foundation hospitals.
It took some time to re-evaluate and then additionally to write a proposal for a new law and then to pass a vote on it.
New York lawmakers will return to Albany on Wednesday to begin their work for 2017, a session expected to include debates over voting laws, corruption, Uber's proposal to expand upstate and the state's response to the Trump administration.
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Proposals to end child marriage, address government corruption and revise the state's antiquated voting laws await New York state lawmakers returning to Albany to finish up their annual legislative session.
The publication of the Smith Commission, and David Cameron's proposals for English votes for English laws (EVEL) has put the spotlight back on the future of English governance.
SNP leader dismisses Tory proposal of English votes for English laws when Scotland's interests are still affected
He later told reporters that Felder's decision to deprive his own party of Senate control allows Republicans to block proposals to strengthen gun control laws, reform the state's antiquated voting rules or rein in the state's lax campaign finance laws.
Walker signed the proposal into law earlier this month after weeks of large pro-union protests in and around the state Capitol and after the Senate's Democrats fled Wisconsin in an attempt to deny Republicans the quorum needed to vote on the measure.
The Prime Minister's «English votes for English laws» proposal struck a chord south of the border, with two in three English voters saying MPs representing Scottish seats at Westminster should be banned from voting on issues such as health and education.
New York lawmakers will return to Albany on Wednesday to begin their work for 2017, a session expected to include debates over voting laws, corruption, Uber's proposal to expand upstate and the state's response to the administration of President - elect Donald Trump.
The second was this morning, with a resounding vote against Eric Pickles» proposal to relax the planning laws around house extensions (the prospect of which Harry wrote about here).
In her letter to Scottish Secretary David Mundell, Mrs Sturgeon said: «There is a clear Scottish interest in English votes for English laws (Evel) because of the impact it will have, and the proposals, as they currently stand, are unacceptable.»
And what will they say about proposals for English votes for English laws?
The German parliament, the Bundestag, is scheduled to vote on proposals to liberalise the law on 14 February.
The new law includes provisions implementing a proposal Mr. Bush made in last year's gubernatorial campaign to allow for the creation of «home rule» school districts, which could vote to operate under fewer state regulations in exchange for promising to improve student achievement.
All voters and taxpayers have the opportunity to vote for their representatives — the same representatives who, by a majority vote, decide to turn a school choice proposal into law.
Proposals that pass the CRC's final vote will be placed on Florida's General Election ballot (November 6, 2018) and must secure at least 60 percent voter approval to become law.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Members of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission Education Committee today voted to support a proposal by Commission member Erika Donalds to change language in the Florida Constitution that will authorize the Legislature to enact general laws providing alternative processes to authorize the establishment of charter schools.
Sen. Luke Kenley, who voted for the initial voucher law in 2011, questioned the bill's author, Rep. Bob Behning, whether the proposal would change the originally - envisioned spirit of the program.
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THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the city of -LSB--RSB- vote NO on this new spay / neuter proposal and instead work with the law abiding pet experts in veterinary associations, kennel and cat clubs and national animal welfare groups to write effective, enforceable laws that will build rather than destroy community support for Animal Care and Control and respect for pet laws.
Veterinarians, pet - shop owners and humane society officials said Tuesday that widespread changes proposed for Orange County's animal control law could do more harm than good.Those changes were first unveiled in November by the county's animal control committee.Commissioners took no vote on the proposal, which would add 80 pages to the county's 14 - page animal control ordinance, but will discuss the matter Monday.Several of the speakers praised the county's animal control committee for working hard on the proposal, but said some of its changes were uninformed and unreasonable.
11/22/12 - Local 12 WKRC - Crack Down on Puppy Mills 11/20/12 - 19 Action News, Editorial - Pet Peeved 09/18/12 - The Toledo Blade, Editorial - Regulate puppy mills 09/12/12 - The Toledo Blade - Local leader testifies about puppy mill law 08/12/12 - Cleveland.com, Letter to the Editor - Ohio puppy mill bill is toothless: letter to the editor 07/12/12 - OrvisNews.com - Damning USA Today Report on Ohio Dog Auctions 07/09/12 - WKYC - Dog auctions accused of animal cruelty 07/05/12 - Cleveland Plain Dealer - Rescuers buy 8 dogs from breeder and protest puppy mills: Animals in the News 06/08/12 - Columbus Dispatch - Dog auctions won't be on ballot 05/03/12 - ONN - Animal Welfare Officials Working To Shut Down Puppy Mills 04/25/12 - Toledo Blade, Editorial - No more dog auctions 04/21/12 - Toledo Blade - Deadline nears for dog auction 04/17/12 - Cleveland Plain Dealer, Editorial - Targeting dog auctions in Ohio 04/15/12 - Sunny 95, Inviting Conversations - A discussion about puppy mills and dog auctions 04/07/12 - Columbus Dispatch, Letter to the Editor - Puppy mills must end 04/06/12 - NBC41 - Nine Signatures Want Your Signature To Get On A Ballot 03/15/12 - WKRC, Local 12 - Ohio Voters May Get To Vote On Proposal to Ban Dog Auctions 03/12/12 - The Post Newspapers, Letter to the Editor - Ohio must make animal cruelty laws high priority 02/9/12 - The Other Paper - Woof!
A proposal for bringing international environmental law under one legally binding treaty at the United Nations will be up for a preliminary vote later this week at the U.N. General Assembly.
«The proposal to change the name of American Association of Law Libraries to the Association for Legal Information has failed by a vote of 1998 (80.11 percent) opposed, to 496 (19.89 percent) in favor.
In situations where, in Glass Lewis» opinion, the existing laws, policies or regulations either provide shareholders with adequate proxy access rights or would prohibit a company's adoption of the requested provision, it will recommend that shareholders vote against such US - style proposals.
That 2014 proposal SB 6088, was approved by the Senate Law & Justice Committee on a 4 - 3 party line vote on February 4 and sent onto the Senate Rules Committee.
Team PM drew on the Innovation Team at Pinsent Masons with the objective of a secure service («Appella») enabling partners in a large (international) law firm to vote on proposals to invest in innovations / new ventures.
In her most recent post, Weiss Haserot notes that during its annual meeting session from August 13 - 14, 2007, the American Bar Association House of Delegates is expected to vote on Proposal 10A, a proposed resolution that calls for law firms to discontinue their mandatory retirement policies.