Sentences with phrase «voting states such»

Brinson is the keeper of a massive e-mail list of much - coveted Christian voters that Huckabee is using to reach and organize people in early - voting states such as Iowa.

Not exact matches

Lacking a ground game in the state, as he did across the country, Trump relied on state and local parties, such as Ferrance's, to drive the get - out - to - vote efforts.

The Russians allegedly communicated with a Texas - based grassroots organization that advised them to focus their efforts on «purple states» such as Colorado, Florida and Virginia that could be swayed to vote for Trump.

In a statement about the man taking his job, he stated the obvious: «Casting a vote for the new chief executive was a big moment for me, and I couldn't be happier to pass the torch to such an inspiring leader.»

That such a gun - friendly state adopted any firearm restrictions represents a sea change, even more so as the restrictions were drafted and approved in a matter of three weeks, after a bipartisan vote and the signature of a Republican governor likely to be on the ballot later this year as a Senate candidate.

That this was done in the most banal way — such as asking black people to name the 67 high court judges in the state before allowing them to register to vote — makes it all the more shameful.

Most religions have consistently resisted progress — including the abolition of slavery; women's right to vote and choose contraception and abortion; medical developments such as the use of anesthesia; scientific understanding of the heliocentric solar system and evolution, and the American principle of state / church separation.

«That this House expresses profound concern that, despite voting 279 in favour and none against the motion calling on the Government to refer genocidal atrocities of Daesh to the United Nations Security Council on 14 April 2016, still, no such referral has been made; recalls the words of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in an article in the Telegraph on 27 March 2016, Daesh are engaged in what can only be called genocide of the poor Yazidis, though for some baffling reason the Foreign Office still hesitates to use the term genocide; and calls on the Government to ensure that the unanimous will of Parliament is implemented with urgency.»

Pursue Justice 2016 comes just days after British MPs voted to recognise Islamic State's treatment of Christians and other minorities, such as Shia Muslims and Yazidis, as genocide.

The «Yes» vote on allowing gay couples to tie the knot won in all six Australian states, despite the most senior figure of the country's Anglican Church warning such a move would have «irreparable consequences» effects.

(4) has sucessfully «gamed» the legal system of nine States; such that voter ID will not be legal, and even a octopus in a wig can vote for him... twice.

In the United States many Negroes have been prevented from voting by devices, such as literacy tests, which better education would have rendered ineffective.

What states allow such a stupid vote is beyond reason.

If a cadidnate strongly espoused secular government (or church - state separation), I'd consider it a single issue that could persuade me to vote for that cadidnate given that such a statement would be very rare in US politics.

If you live in a state that has a ballot initiative on Tuesday to label GMO products, please turn out to vote to have such measures passed.

In their vote on whether or not to ban baby walkers, the CPSC stated that only one - third of injuries were «more severe» than simple mild injuries and that was «similar to that of other commonly used juvenile products, such as cribs, playpens, high chairs, and changing tables.»

Specifically, the theorem states that there's no way to design a voting system such that all three of these criteria hold:

So such a result might put the Head of State in a difficult position — would she go with the seat split spat out by the first past the post system, or break with established practice and ask the popular vote winner?

That still doesn't mean you can't include a trip to the voting station when it is voting day (usually at most three times every 4 years or such, at different schedules for the different levels and lower levels depending on state).

If any delegate bound by these rules, state party rule or state law to vote for a presidential candidate at the national convention demonstrates support under Rule 40 for any person other than the candidate to whom he or she is bound, such support shall not be recognized.

He then stated that he sees no reason why he should resign as Prime Minister if Britain did vote to leave the EU, suggesting that he would not view such an outcome as disastrous or as a personal defeat.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

As such, just about every 3 vote state will always split 2 - 1.

There's a reasonable case here, particularly in states like Britain or Australia where wage determination and conditions of labour were highly politicised for a long period of time, and the politicisation had deep system wide effects such as the general wage level, return to labour, and a proxy of power stronger than parliamentary votes.

The Dutch had their «democratic» say on the future of Europe's relations with Ukraine, but the implications of their vote will be shouldered by states such as Hungary or Poland.

To make the point even more directly, if it is a consequence of a «yes» vote in the Scottish referendum that the rest of the UK must reapply to join the European Union and either looses its currency or is required to enter into a currency union with a foreign state, the impact of the decision is such that the English, Welsh, and Northern Irish voters should also have a say.

Such pleas aren't new, but they have been slow to be addressed or are the source of partisan bickering at the state Capitol, where of 84 pieces of legislation (some of them duplicates in the Assembly and state Senate) currently before state lawmakers include the word «voting» (333, again with some duplicates, include the word «election»).

New York is the 15th state to enact such legislation allowing parolees the right to vote.

shall be submitted to and decided by the electors of the state; and in case a majority of the electors voting thereon shall decide in favor of a convention for such purpose, the electors of every senate district of the state, as then organized, shall elect three delegates at the next ensuing general election, and the electors of the state voting at the same election shall elect fifteen delegates - at - large.

Who knows, if the politicians see that such positions are a vote winner, we may find that Nick Clegg is inspired to fight a little harder for rights and liberties in this parliament... and that Secretary of State Sadiq Khan is emboldened to defend and extend human rights in the next.

Any members participating in the Board's consideration of a matter involving self - serving or conflicting interest shall state the nature of the conflict in speaking to the issue, recuse from voting on such matters and such recusal shall be so recorded.

This has continued since the election as the Liberals have sacrificed many of the manifesto pledges that they used to pose themselves to the left of the Labour Party, such as the scrapping of Trident, proportional representation, an amnesty for illegal immigrants and opposition to nuclear power — the latter on which it will now abstain in any parliamentary votes rather than oppose it as its manifesto had stated.

Her stated intention was qualified by the possibility that a bill providing for such an extension could include unrelated items, and she may not vote for such an omnibus or combined bill.

Mr. Cuomo's budget proposes forcing all projects receiving such funding to get the approval of the Public Authorities Control Board — the three voting members of which are himself, Mr. Heastie and State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — before going forward.

The state constitution requires that voters be presented with such a ballot question every 20 years; it was voted down in 1997 and 1977.

In 2013, the New York Public Interest Research Group complained to the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics that the party's efforts amounted to lobbying — the ads didn't urge people to vote for someone, but rather to support a pending policy action — and should be disclosed as such.

Under New York State law, 501 (c) 4 groups were never entirely exempt from such disclosure but were in fact able to conceal the identities of their donors as long as they didn't expressly call for voting for or against a particular candidate.

Most states, such as Indiana and Texas, have early voting systems in place.

About $ 7 million is being proposed in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget amendment to pay for changes to the state's voting laws such as allowing for early voting in New York, his office on Monday announced.

Historically, the Republican Party has been strongest in upstate New York where, until the 1970s, the state constitution apportioned voting districts «in such a manner that allowed more votes to be cast per voting district.»

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 Legislature.

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.

Immigration Law Enforcement Compliance — Vote Passed (228 - 195, 10 Not Voting) The House passed a measure that would prohibit federal, state and local governments from restricting any federal, state, or local government entity or official from complying with immigration laws or from assisting federal law enforcement entities or officials in their enforcement of such laws.

As such, the New York State AFL - CIO will coordinate a comprehensive Get - Out - The - Vote effort, including mailings to members, worksite flyers and phone bank operations.

Raskin passed more than 100 billsin the state Senate and focused on a number of those at his Bethesda rally, such as restoring full voting rights to ex-felons, repeal of the death penalty, and a statewide DREAM Act.

By keeping state operations spending growth at 2 percent, the budget hole is closer to $ 1.8 billion.As expected, the governor tucked into the budget non-monetary initiatives, such as new sexual harassment policies, the codification of abortion rights in state law and methods for New York to participate in «early voting,» all of which he touted in his Jan. 3 State of the State addstate operations spending growth at 2 percent, the budget hole is closer to $ 1.8 billion.As expected, the governor tucked into the budget non-monetary initiatives, such as new sexual harassment policies, the codification of abortion rights in state law and methods for New York to participate in «early voting,» all of which he touted in his Jan. 3 State of the State addstate law and methods for New York to participate in «early voting,» all of which he touted in his Jan. 3 State of the State addState of the State addState address.

As such, the New York State AFL - CIO will coordinate a comprehensive get - out - the - vote effort, including mailings, phone banks and door to door visits to union members on her behalf.»

Given 73 House Republicans come from high - tax states such as New York and California, Reed predicted the party couldn't muster the required number of votes to pass a tax reform bill if it includes a complete repeal of the SALT deduction.

Whenever the Chairperson of the County Committee by reason of the Rules of the Democratic Party of the State of New York is a member of a District Committee of a political subdivision lying partly within and partly without New York County which is required to make a Party nomination for public office, he or she shall convene a meeting of the District Committee for the part of such political subdivision within New York County, to be held no later than five days before the last day provided by law for filing a certificate of such Party nomination; he or she shall consult with such District Committee and in carrying out his or her duties as a member of the District Committee for such political subdivision, he or she shall, to the extent feasible, be guided by the advice of a majority of those present and voting at the meeting of the District Committee for the part of such political subdivision within New York County.

Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has endorsed the re-election of state Senator Stephen Saland, a Republican who backs gay marriage, prompting harsh criticism from Senator Ruben Diaz, the only Democrat in the New York Senate who voted against a bill legalizing such unions in the state.