Sentences with phrase «voting power despite»

He and other Queensbury and Glens Falls supervisors had argued the northern towns in the county have more voting power despite a weighted vote system.

He and other Queensbury and Glens Falls supervisors have argued the northern towns in the county have more voting power despite a weighted vote system.

Not exact matches

But there's no way Klein would vote for Sampson, who has been widely speculated to be on his last legs as leader for months now — a speculation that has continued despite the fact that he just presided over a campaign effort that might have returned his party to power.

Despite Conservative opposition, the plan was approved by nearly 75 % of those voting, and nearly 64 % also voted separately for the Parliament to have the power to vary the basic rate of income tax.

The I.D.C. announced they were forming a ruling coalition with the Senate's Republican conference in December of 2012, an arrangement that gave I.D.C. members more power and financial resources, and gave the G.O.P. the votes needed to retain control of the chamber, which they've held for most of the past 50 years, despite Democrats» overwhelming registration advantage statewide.

The Better Together campaign and the Unionist parties said the SNP had failed to boost support for a Yes vote despite more than two years in power.

Despite Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» attempts to hold onto power despite the corruption charges he faces, she said, there are two «candidates» who are furiously working the phones in an attempt to line up sufficient votes to replaDespite Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» attempts to hold onto power despite the corruption charges he faces, she said, there are two «candidates» who are furiously working the phones in an attempt to line up sufficient votes to repladespite the corruption charges he faces, she said, there are two «candidates» who are furiously working the phones in an attempt to line up sufficient votes to replace him.

An anti-Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant candidate, he secured just 25.9 percent of the vote despite capturing the endorsement of the historically conservative Suffolk Life newspaper.

Despite this, both Downing Street and opposition sources expect the votes to be close, with the balance of power held by the SNP and the handful of Tory rebels who have been won over by Clarke's case for a new inquiry.

So the only realistic prospect of the Lib Dems putting Labour into power would be despite the Conservatives having obtained more votes than Labour.

Despite the international shale oil boom extracting natural gas with hydrofracking technologies, which most electric utilities, including the local ones, supply to customers as a major part of their power supply, the shift away from petroleum dependency has made remarkable progress in recent years through strategic incentives like the one which prompted this vote in Olive.

Despite this, the Daily Mirror remained loyal to Labour and urged its readers to vote for the party (now led by Michael Foot), condemning the Thatcher - led Tory government for its «waste of our nation», [38] condemning the rise in unemployment that Thatcher's Conservative government had seen in its first term in power largely due to monetarist economic policies to reduce inflation, though the government's previously low popularity had dramatically improved since the success of the Falklands conflict a year earlier.

A SECOND senior Labour MP has joined the race to become the next Labour leader despite fears it will split the vote and allow Jeremy Corbyn to cling onto power.

The government said it would only let MPs have a vote on May's final Brexit deal on a «take it or leave it basis», despite Labour, the Scottish National party and some Tories demanding greater power to order a rethink after two years of talks.

There are also concerns union leaders will use their powers to register large numbers of associate members and influence their decisions, despite the loss of their votes.

Another education - «reform» - related race: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, Michelle Rhee's husband, had a «strong mayor» proposal on the ballot there that would have given him a lot more power over city government — Sacramento contacts tell me that Rhee campaigned hard for it (despite not being registered to vote in Calif but in Tennessee, where her ex lives) and that a charter school run by Johnson was a big issue — I'll post the link separately since posting a link delays the post

Another education - «reform» - related race: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, Michelle Rhee's husband, had a «strong mayor» proposal on the ballot there that would have given him a lot more power over city government — Sacramento contacts tell me that Rhee campaigned hard for it (despite not being registered to vote in Calif but in Tennessee, where her ex lives) and that a charter school run by Johnson was a big issue — I'll post... Read More

If I spotted it and wrote on it five years ago its hardly shadowy albeit a bit frightening how such people can seize the levers of power despite having a tiny share of the popular vote

Andrew Weaver, the Green Party leader who holds who holds the balance of power in B.C., isn't prepared to vote down the government on Site C (and cause an election over the issue) despite the fact that he is equally outraged.