Sentences with phrase «voting reform»

Which of the following would be your preferred situation regarding a referendum on voting reform?

We campaign for voting reform, transparent and accountable government, and including women and young people in our political system.

How they thought it possible to sell something to the public that nobody including those in favour of voting reform is beyond me.

So will the new voting reform bill solve this growing democratic deficit?

For those who support voting reform, what can they do?

If there's one way to actually achieve voting reform, it's through executive action.

They blocked voting reform, criminal justice reform, and ethics and campaign finance reform.

AV is a step towards voting reform long overdue in this country.

He has not made voting reforms a top priority.

Many people who want voting reform have spent years campaigning for proportional representation — which AV is not.

And have the electorate's views on voting reform changed since then?

The issue, like so many others, was ultimately kicked into the long grass, but it left Conservatives with a lasting suspicion of voting reform.

As Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio strongly pushed for voting reform in New York, but as Mayor, it has not been high on his list of priorities.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced his Democracy Agenda on Thursday, a comprehensive election and voting reform package for New York.

Politicians in all parties admitted there will be a renewed debate about voting reform if the first - past - the - post system produces the stalemate suggested by the opinion polls.

Ladd Bierman noted that some state lawmakers recently told members of the League they would be more amenable to pushing for voting reform if the public voted in favor of a convention.

PM's resignation and voting reform without referendum would have been price of Lib - Lab coalition, Lord Mandelson reveals

But rival Andy Burnham yesterday dismissed voting reform as a «peripheral issue».

Governor Andrew Cuomo's prediction that there is insufficient political will at the New York State Legislature to pass any significant voting reform measures this year may be coming to fruition.

Several prominent Democratic elected officials and voting reform advocates on Tuesday assembled outside City Hall to call for instant runoff voting in citywide primary elections.

VOTING CHANGES: New Yorkers would be allowed to cast a vote up to 12 days before an election under Cuomo's voting reform proposal.

The budget did not include voting reforms such as early voting or the Child Victims Act, which would extend the statute of limitations in child sexual abuse cases.

«New Yorkers are frustrated with the lack of progress on issues like voting reforms, gun violence prevention, women's rights, and so many more that have been held up by the Senate Republicans for far too long.»

But Mr Clegg replied that he was «absolutely dismayed» at the Labour leader trying to make a show of unity over voting reform after opposing it during his time in power.

released on Wednesday, Cuomo outlined an ethics and voting reform agenda nearly identical to last year's, with the addition of an election cyber security and reporting requirement for online political advertising.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a 30 - day budget amendment will be advanced to fund voting reforms, including early voting across the state.

But he stopped short of promising the immediate legislation on a referendum on voting reform offered by Prime Minister Gordon Brown less than an hour earlier.

Democracy Agenda - Protect integrity of New York Elections, require transparency for digital ads, and enact voting reforms.

Mr Farage also joined fellow Ukip candidate Douglas Carswell, who retained his Clacton seat earlier this evening, in calling for «radical» voting reform after his party received nearly four million votes but returned only one MP.

The mainline Democratic conference in the state Senate on Tuesday pushed for a package of voting reforms designed to make it easier to cast a ballot in New York.

Jay Weaver, «Vote Reform Back to Square One; Justice Department Ruling Means State Legislature Must Draft New Law,» The Sun - Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale), Aug. 23, 1998, p. 6B.

The measure is part of voting reforms initiatives Cuomo says will improve the state's antiquated voting system.

The Conservative leader was asked whether he had misled Tory MPs by saying Labour would give the Lib Dems voting reform without a referendum during interviews for a BBC documentary to be broadcast tonight.

The arrangement, they argue, has led to watered - down accomplishments like a minimum wage that won't increase to $ 15 north of the New York City suburbs until a pre-determined point in the future and a lack of agreement on key voting reforms and campaign - finance law changes.

Additionally, Ryan called upon the legislature to enact other voting reforms to modernize elections in New York, make it easier to vote, and expand voting options for all New Yorkers to help boost low turnout rates.

Attorney General Schneiderman with voting reform advocates outside Federal Hall (photo: @AGSchneiderman)

The government set up a Royal Commission on voting reform during its first term but since then the issue has lain in the long grass.

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Or better, there is a full scale pact or alliance until voting reform is implemented: tough to achieve!

Cuomo has been hit by some on the left wing of the Democratic Party for proposing voting reforms, but not pushing hard for them.

Other measures include voting reforms, legalizing ridesharing upstate and broadening insurance coverage for drug treatment programs.

OTTAWA — Nine million votes were wasted in the 2015 election under Canada's winner - take - all electoral system — that's more than the populations of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces combined, according to a new electoral reform primer outlining why the principle of proportionality must underpin the government's promise to bring in voting reform by the next federal election.

The Welsh Government have published proposals for Local Government reform, which includes taking steps towards voting reform through the Single Transferable Vote.

Securing parliamentary approval for a referendum would put pressure on the Conservatives, who oppose voting reform.

The announcement will be seen by some as a personal blow to the authority of Clegg, who has already seen the party's cherished hopes of voting reform defeated in last year's referendum, while he has asked his MPs to vote for bills deeply unpopular with Lib Dem supporters, including higher university tuition fees and the NHS shakeup.

In the early 1980s, convinced of the current system's shortcomings, Brams launched a one - man voting reform movement.

While the Lib Dems sought «clarification» from the Tories on issues of education funding, fairer taxes and voting reform yesterday Gordon Brown was readying a statement to announce his resignation.