Sentences with phrase «voting laws years»

He also explained that the Sanders campaign was a key impetus for change, adding, «I think a lot of us were disgusted by the New York State voting laws years ago and thought they were unmovable, particularly with a Republican Senate that was not going to be friendly to voting reform.

Not exact matches

Poland's biggest political standoff in years began on Friday when opposition lawmakers objected to plans by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party to curb media access to parliament, and blocked the plenary hall podium ahead of a budget vote.

Because the case was tied up in court for years, he said, the narrative from the Democratic side ended up being about how unfair and difficult the law made it for many to vote.

Exactly five years ago, the JOBS Act became law after an overwhelming bipartisan vote in Congress.

Regardless of the «he said, she said» narrative, it takes time, potentially years, for the wheels of legislation to turn; a bill would require drafting, after which it would need to win a majority vote from the National Assembly before it could become a law.

Regardless, it takes time, potentially years, for the wheels of legislation to turn; the bill will require drafting, after which it will need to win a majority vote from the National Assembly before it could become a law.

SHARE director of law and policy Laura O'Neill said the only other directors she knows of who failed to win majority support this year were on the board of Quebecor Inc., where holders of class B subordinate shares voted just 43 per cent in favour of electing the entire board as a slate.

On politics, we think the trickiest votes for the region happened last year (France, Germany, the Netherlands), and while Italy faces fresh elections in March 2018, a new electoral law reduces the risk of extreme outcomes.

Ragansteve, And in those hundred years, we have seen women obtain the vote, the end of child labor, the end of Jim Crow laws, civil rights for blacks, the end of segregation, the end of the prohibition of mixed race marriages, and the list goes on and on.

The Australian Parliament is expected to vote before the end of the year on a change to legislation which will enshrine same - sex marriage in law.

At least 20 other states in the U.S. allow 17 - year - olds to vote in primaries, but Ohio's election chief had interpreted Ohio's laws in a way that kept 17 - year - old's presidential votes from counting.

When the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly of the Conservative movement within Judaism issued guidelines for homosexual marriage by a vote of thirteen in favor, none opposed, and one abstention earlier this year, a Gentile friend of mine e-mailed me....

It's like when Americans come to Japan and pretend that their gun control laws (10 gun deaths last year) mean nothing, because they don't understand freedom (Japan is pretty democratic, and unlike the US they use that democracy to vote out their Prine Ministers about every year — pretty sure they understand democracy!).

The Romanian Parliament voted 1 year ago to introduce a new law that is significantly stronger than specified by EU Regulations.

JCOPE Commissioner Ravi Batra claims that the state ethics panel is not abiding by the law that created it, and he is considering legal action after JCOPE voted to set into place disclosure requirements that are effective starting July 1st of this year instead of June 1st.

And a few years after the vote, the law is somehow worked arround if it isn't like they wanted to, so it makes no difference at all.

U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand should expect to get a federal income tax cut worth thousands of dollars next year under the new Republican tax law, which they both fought and voted against, based on their 2017 tax returns.

The final vote was 238 to 183 on a bill that has now passed the House at least three times in the past three years, but never made it into law under former President Barack Obama.

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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«The Senate has passed «Kirby and Quigley's Law» five years in a row and now it's time for the Assembly to bring justice to the Krohn family and to the memory of Kirby and Quigley by enabling this bi-partisan legislation to come to the Floor of the Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.»

New York election law does not allow voters to change their party affiliation and vote as a member of a new party in the same year.

This May will be the first time 16 - and 17 - year - olds will be eligible to vote in a Scottish Parliament election and follows a change in the law last year which allows this age group to vote in all Scottish parliamentary and council elections.

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But because the measure is a constitutional amendment, Florida law required that it get 60 percent of the vote — and that made it all the more challenging in a midterm election year, when turnout among younger voters is lower.

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«Tonight's vote sends a clear message that the City of New York is determined to provide relief for its residents, unlike Gov. Cuomo and Albany who recently enacted detrimental rent laws that could eliminate about 90,000 affordable housing units due to deregulation over the next four years — units that do not just provide an affordable price point for tenants but offer protections against arbitrary evictions as well,» he added.

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.

Didn't he cave in a couple of years ago after taking thousands of dollars from NYSUT and vote with a «heavy heart» for a budget that included changes in the teacher evaluation law that quite severely tied teacher ratings to test scores?

Since the morning after the first independence referendum three years ago, the thin - skinned tyrant of English nationalism has treated Scotland with nothing but contempt - English Votes for English Laws, hysterical Tory election posters demonising Scotland's largest party, voting for Brexit, ditching the single market against the express wishes of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, and generally behaving like an abusive husband who's hidden the new PIN for the joint bank account.

WASHINGTON — New York's two Democratic senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, should each expect to get a federal income tax cut worth thousands of dollars next year under the new Republican tax law, which they both fought and voted against, according to projections based on their 2017 tax returns.

But in 2015 — a year in which the Rent Guidelines Board voted to not impose an increase on one - year leases — their landlord revoked the preferential rent credit and raised the rent to the maximum amount allowed by law: $ 2,065.

State legislators call on Assembly to vote on bill that passed Senate 59 - 1 to make it a Buster's Law felony punishable by up to 2 years in jail to harm pets during the commission of another felony

Of the 37 ballots held in the first year of the law, every single one voted overwhelmingly in favour to keep the political fund — with an average vote of 83 % in favour.

Cuomo faced a primary challenge from Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout in 2014, who garnered 34 percent of the vote that year.

Faso did note vote for the tax law itself, but nevertheless drew the governor's animus earlier last year when he proposed a now - defunct provision that would shift the cost of Medicaid spending from county governments to the state.

Antonacci asked the law department to address two main issues: The county charter appears to say that raises for county legislators should be voted on when the budget for that year is approved; and state Municipal Home Rule Law indicates that salary changes made during the term of an elected official, such as the county executive, should take the form of a local law, not a resolution as passed by the Legislatulaw department to address two main issues: The county charter appears to say that raises for county legislators should be voted on when the budget for that year is approved; and state Municipal Home Rule Law indicates that salary changes made during the term of an elected official, such as the county executive, should take the form of a local law, not a resolution as passed by the LegislatuLaw indicates that salary changes made during the term of an elected official, such as the county executive, should take the form of a local law, not a resolution as passed by the Legislatulaw, not a resolution as passed by the Legislature.

The vote was tabled at Tuesday's Town Board meeting after some expressed concern that the language of the law suggests the one - year extensions would be automatic and not subject to approval of ZBA members.

With the hearing over, the proposed law could be up for a Legislature vote next week and receive bipartisan support, after languishing for years.

The state Legislature then will have a chance to vote on the cost - cutting plan under the provisions of a new law passed as part of the state budget earlier this year.

The 52 - year - old Takoma Park resident, who is a professor at American University Washington College of Law, has focused his energy on a number of civil rights and constitutional issues in both the academic and legislative arenas, including marijuana legalization, campaign finance, and voting rights.

The unexpended balance of each appropriation, less the commitments outstanding at the close of the fiscal year for which it was made, shall lapse at the close of such fiscal year; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to require the lapsing of appropriations which may be or are required to be made for an indefinite period or which include state refunds, allocations or grants applicable to said appropriations pursuant to any other provisions of law; and provided further that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the making of appropriations or contracts for the construction of permanent public improvements or works not to be completed during the fiscal year, or the acquisition of property therefor, or the establishment of bond or capital accounts, sinking funds or reserve funds, and each such appropriation, account or fund shall continue in force until the purpose for which it was made shall have been accomplished or shall have been abandoned by a two thirds vote of the County Legislature.

On Monday, the state Senate voted to block the five - cent fee approved by the City Council and signed into law by Mayor Bill de Blasio last year.

The Town Board voted unanimously after a public hearing last Tuesday to approve a local law changing beach parking permits from one - year to two - year.

This vote is the first of a two part vote that Governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuno, signed into law, right before the start of the New Year.

«However, he would be happy to comment on the campaign of «Don't take me literally» Schneiderman, specifically his 12 years in the Albany cesspool, his lack of any law enforcement experience, his radical social agenda, his ranking as one of the worst senator for jobs, his 12 votes to raise taxes, his votes against civil confinement for sex offenders, and his attempted cover - up of a hit and run....

Grisanti in 2011 was one of four Republicans in the state Senate to back the legalization of same - sex marriage and, less than two years later, provided a vote in favor of the gun control law known as the SAFE Act, a measure that has stirred anger among the conservative base.

It would not be unusual for a Democratic lawmaker to not support the law: Buffalo Sen. Marc Pannepinto — a SAFE Act opponent — last year defeated Republican incumbent Mark Grisanti, who voted for the measure.

In the months leading up to Election Day, Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson was reluctant to commit to bringing the marriage bill back to the floor for a vote, despite the fact that now Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo said seeing the measure passed and signed into law would be a «priority» for his first year in office.

A one year delay until September 2016 will put the new law front a center just eight weeks before voting.