Sentences with phrase «with petition drives»

A coalition of nearly a dozen health groups, led by the American Cancer Society, is targeting Senate Republicans with petition drives, phone blitzes and social media posts asking them to «pick a side» between public health and big tobacco.

Paladino admits he's unlikely to get onto the ballot at the GOP convention this week, saying he intends to take his case «directly to the Republican primary voters» with a petition drive.

Ganim vowed to forge ahead with a petition drive to get onto the primary ballot.

A pro-parent trigger advocacy journalist, Patrick Range McDonald of the alternative (libertarian) Los Angeles Weekly, was «embedded» with the petition drive and strategy sessions, and made that secrecy clear in his reporting.

Not exact matches

A perusal of the Church of the Brethren Web pages provides clear evidence that a commitment to pacifism is not limited to denominational headquarters: the 48 churches of the Northern Indiana District Conference have joined to urge «the use of nonviolent approaches and interventions» in response to the terror; the Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Church of the Brethren has adopted a statement in which they «remain committed to walk in the Jesus way of nonviolent love, in which evil can only be overcome with redemptive acts of love»; a group of Brethren Volunteer Service Workers have issued a statement in which they «advocate the use of nonviolent means to settle disputes» and «stand opposed to the increased drive toward militarization»; on October 7 members of local Brethren churches (along with Mennonites and others) organized a peace rally at the state capitol in Harrisburg, «Sowing Seeds of Peace: Prayers and Petitions for Nonviolent Action,» which attracted over 300 people.

The Glen Ellyn and Oak Brook Park Districts will proceed with a lawsuit Wednesday against the Du Page County Board of Election Commissioners despite a successful petition drive in Glen Ellyn to place three alternative referendum questions on the ballot.

Long couldn't help but get in a bit of a parting dig at state GOP Chairman Ed Cox (without specifically calling him out by name), saying the «dysfunction of the Republican Party, and with happened with leadership... cutting Rick off at every turn» gave Paladino an opening through which to mount a long - shot petition drive to force a primary — and win.

John Tobacco says his petition drive to force an Independence Party primary with Rep. Mike McMahon is going well.

Before leaving, Kwatra did not set up a paid signature - gathering operation, a source close to the campaign said, because Kwatra was tasked solely with handling day - one media, and did not at any point have a hand in the petition drive.

After Spitzer appeared Monday afternoon at his petition drive with no staffers in tow — and few volunteers canvassing the area — questions remain about whether his hurried campaign will be able to collect the 3,750 signatures from registered Democrats required to qualify for the ballot by the midnight deadline this Thursday.

«I'm gathering petitions and will probably have my petitions challenged by every organization out there,» Spitzer told Politico Monday night, «and Scott will stand up with every institutional endorsement will drive that home.»

NYC Public Advocate Tish James (center) joins the Three Parks petition drive to tell Senator Schumer «No compromises, no deals with Trump.»

The «big black head» in Martin Luther King Park is a mistake, and has to be replaced with a statue that looks more like the slain civil rights leader, according to Samuel A. Herbert, a community activist who is leading a petition drive.

Calls for Voter Reform: Voter turnout was low as usual for this week's elections, and on Tuesday, the «Vote Better NY» coalition, led by NYC Votes, the voter outreach arm of the city's Campaign Finance Board, along with other advocacy and good government organizations launched a petition drive to highlight the importance of election reform and call on lawmakers to pass legislation to modernize elections in New York.

In a 62 - page notice of petition filed in Suffolk County Supreme Court Wednesday, Garrett Lake claims his arrest of Steven Romeo in connection with a deadly limo accident last summer as well as the arrest of a Jamesport fire chief in an unrelated alleged drunk driving incident caused the fire department and the vice-chairman of the town's Republican Party to pressure the Town Board to end his employment.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew, who supported the petition drive, called on the mayor to «stop playing political games,» and warned that if he went ahead with the cuts and layoffs, «the communities and this union will not sit idly by.»

In an attempt to show Army officials the degree of community support, his organization started an online petition drive with the goal of obtaining 10,000 signatures.

His nonprofit advocacy group attempted to show Army officials the degree of community support starting an online petition drive at Drum2025.com with the goal of obtaining 10,000 signatures.

The petition drive will begin in conjunction with a free Online Dating Safety Seminar being presented by bConcerned.com.

That news was followed up with a Change.org petition drive, plus a statement of support from the Academy, the International Documentary Association, PBS» POV and even an «exclusive» from actress Julie Christie — all in solidarity and all made readily available to Deadline and / or other outlets by the film's PR team.

Dissatisfied with the Colorado legislature's patchwork approach to education funding, Gov. Roy Romer is spearheading a petition drive to win a place on the November ballot for the proposed «Colorado children first act of 1992.»

The petition drive has divided the community with charges and countercharges of lies, intimidation and deceit.

After the press conference was over, the pro-Trigger crowd «marched» (aka, drove 10 minutes east) to the Compton Unified headquarters, where Ivan's mother, Marlene Romero — and only she — was allowed to deliver the Compton superintendent the four «lies and intimidation» reports, along with four new parent signatures to add to the 261 already on the Trigger petition.

AFT St. Louis, Local 420, along with the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Jobs with Justice and other groups helped drive participation in public meetings, surveys and petition efforts.

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In reality, neither Robinson's paper nor OISM's petition drive had anything to do with the National Academy of Sciences, which first heard about the petition when its members began calling to ask if the NAS had taken a stand against the Kyoto treaty.

The petition appeals to the Indian government's desire to improve the economic situation and asks the country not to drive away innovators with overbearing regulations.