Sentences with phrase «whether voting districts»

But the Supreme Court has never resolved whether voting districts should have the same number of people, or the same number of eligible voters.

Not exact matches

After hours of public comment, a Northern California water agency is delaying a vote on whether to support Gov.. The Santa Clara Valley Water District board will vote at a special meeting May 8.
Clearing the way for what will be a rare and closely watched election, the Lake County Electoral Board said Wednesday it will allow Gurnee residents to vote on whether the village «s park district should be dissolved.
Streamwood — The Village Board has delayed a vote on whether to permit the construction of a proposed Park District community center on a controversial site.
The Park District Board is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to place the proposal on the March 14 ballot.
ROLLING MEADOWS — More than 75 people, almost all of them residents of unincorporated Plum Grove Estates, turned out at Plum Grove Park Wednesday night to hear final arguments before voting on whether to annex their subdivision into the Rolling Meadows Park District.
The South Barrington Park District will vote April 14 on whether to approve renovations of the South Barrington Club swimming pool.
ELMHURST — Residents can cast their straw vote Thursday on whether the Park District should build a skate park near the central water reservoir on Myrtle Avenue.
No substantial vote tallies were available for a proposal for voters in unincorporated Plum Grove Estates, who were asked whether they wished to be annexed into the Rolling Meadows Park District.
They also may be inadvertently voting on another issue: whether the Park District should be a separate taxing body.
Their vote will determine whether residents on the west side of the community of 14,000 people will be asked to join the new park district and deannex from the Huntley Park District, which serves the western end of the district and deannex from the Huntley Park District, which serves the western end of the District, which serves the western end of the village.
ROLLING MEADOWS — Park District commissioners are studying preliminary engineering and financial plans for a proposed $ 4 million ice arena before they vote July 24 on whether to proceed.
Separately, Dave Weigel confirms that «SaveMyCare, an independent pro-Democratic group, has purchased a half - million dollars of spots in 24 districts where Hillary Clinton won at least 45 percent of the vote last year», though it's unclear from his article whether these are digital, TV or both.
Last year, state lawmakers voted to fund every district more equally, whether it's in an affluent suburb or a high - poverty community.
Erie County Chairman Ralph Lorigo said Sunday that should Grisanit's new district hold, the same - sex marriage vote isn't necessarily the only issue the local Conservative Party officials would consider when deciding whether to grant an endorsement.
With the N.Y.C. Council soon to vote on whether or not to approve the formation of the Chinatown Business Improvement District, we would like to register our strong support for a «yes» vote on the B.I.D..
Accordingly, both Ragusa and Haggerty are lawful Chairman, and both were entitled to a «place at the table» to vote on whether to grant out - of - the - district Democrat James Milano a Wilson - Pakula certificate to run on the Republican ballot line.
Now all that's left to see is whether any of Silver's voting constituents, who probably would like to see a little less traffic and pollution in their Lower East Side district, read the papers.
ALBANY — New Yorkers have overwhelmingly defeated a ballot question asking whether the state should hold a constitutional convention, with only 19 percent voting yes, based on results from nearly half the state's election districts.
The Buffalo Teachers Federation will vote tonight on whether to endorse a candidate in the 60th state Senate district race.
WESTPORT — Westport Central School residents will vote next week on whether the district should create a pair of reserve funds.
In New York's 22nd congressional district, a GOP - leaning district that stretches from Binghamton to Lake Ontario, keep an eye on whether tech entrepreneur Martin Babinec, running on the largely self - funded «upstate jobs» line, splits enough votes from tea - party Republican Claudia Tenney to elect State legislator Kim Myers.
Members of Congress headed home to their states and districts this week without voting on whether to extend the tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003 under the George W. Bush administration.
I don't know Valesky personally but he should probably be asking whether he wants to represent his district around Syracuse, or support NYC's interests by voting with the Democrats.
Refuting the issue of whether it's a politically motivated investigation is this — sources told CBS2 that all four members of the board, two Democrats and two Republicans, looked at Sugarman's findings and voted to have it forwarded to the district attorney.
ALBANY — The Democratic candidate for Troy's 2nd City Council District has a two - vote lead over a veteran Republican councilman with the final election results hanging on whether three unopened absentee ballots cast by Republican voters will be counted.
Whether we look at the 1997 elections, the 1999 elections, or the various bond elections, the answer is the same: in every case that allows a comparison, the teachers who live in a district but don't work there vote at lower rates than the teachers who both live and work there.
A corollary issue is whether teachers who live in a district where they don't work vote at higher rates than ordinary citizens do.
Crucially this requires local voters to vote on whether the School District should take on the debt, and on the intended use of the money.
Now, his grip over the district's management may hinge on whether he can reverse that 5 - 3 vote when the board meets this week.
Last year, state lawmakers voted to fund every district more equally, whether it's in an affluent suburb or a high - poverty community.
Under the other Jindal proposal, parents of students attending failure mills throughout the state would be allowed to vote on whether it can become part of the Recovery School District after three years of persistent academic underachievement; the schools would essentially be converted into charters under state oversight.
Another group, Teachers for a New Unionism, is gathering signatures to require UTLA members to vote on whether they should agree to a new, «teacher - driven» evaluation system in exchange for a district pledge not to lay off teachers for two years.
A school district attorney was quoted saying, «The law does not provide for a means by which to create a student position on the board, whether it's a voting position or not.»
Changed votes by two Board members over the approval of two Aspire charter schools at this week's Board meeting gave the public a glimpse at a much larger debate over whether charter schools based in Los Angeles should be allowed to operate their special education programs through a partnership with a far - off district that costs...
October looms ahead for JPS, as the Commission on School Accreditation is set to meet on the 17th and could vote on whether or not to remove the district's accreditation status.
Editor's Note: This report, citing a notice on the district website, previously indicated the board tonight would vote whether to approve the charter school application.
In addition to serving as COO of a charter school management company, she would be voting on whether to expand existing charter schools, authorize new charter schools and move more taxpayer funds from public district schools to charter schools.
LA County is set to vote on whether it should heed a decision of the LA Unified School Board to shut down two highly successful charter schools in the district: Aspire Antonio Maria Lugo Academy (AALA).
A couple of weeks ago, when he and his fellow board members were supposed to be voting on whether to purchase new textbooks and reading materials for the district, Weber put a stop to the vote by taking a bold stand in defense of climate denial, political cronyism, and intellectual closed - mindedness.
(7) An elector to whom subsection 15 (1.3) applies may make a request for a home visit to the returning officer in the electoral district where the elector is temporarily living, whether the elector wishes to vote in that electoral district or in the electoral district where his or her residence is located, and subsections (1) to (6) apply with necessary modifications.
The state Ethics Commission has voted to investigate whether the town manager in East Greenwich violated state law when she did not disclose her work for the Central Coventry Fire District and other businesses, The Providence Journal reported.
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