Do you favor expanding the use of the indebtedness authorized under the referendum for loans to volunteer fire companies, volunteer ambulance services and volunteer rescue squads under 35 PA. The purpose of the ballot question is to determine whether Pennsylvania voters authorize making municipal fire departments or companies with paid personnel and emergency medical services companies eligible to apply for loans from an already existing state loan program.
Originally, this indebtedness funded a loan program for volunteer fire companies, volunteer ambulance services and volunteer rescue squads. Currently, municipal fire departments or companies with paid personnel and emergency medical services companies are not authorized to apply for loans from this program. The Pennsylvania General Assembly has determined that municipal fire departments or companies with paid personnel and emergency medical services companies are most in need of loans to replace outmoded or unsafe equipment and buildings to meet the increased demands for a higher level of service in the communities they serve.
If approved, the referendum will allow municipal fire departments or companies with paid personnel and emergency medical services companies to apply for loans from the program, consistent with the existing law and regulations. The Office of the State Fire Commissioner administers the loan program, and has promulgated regulations to govern the loan application process. Upon successful application, the Office authorizes loans for the purposes and in amounts specified by the Emergency Management Service Code and the Office's regulations.
These loans may be used for establishing or modernizing facilities to house firefighting apparatus equipment, ambulances and rescue vehicles. They may also be used for the purchase of new firefighting apparatus equipment, ambulances and rescue vehicles, protective and communications equipment and any other accessory equipment necessary for the proper performance of these organizations' duties. This referendum does not authorize incurring any additional debt to fund the loan program; it only expands the class of eligible loan applicants.
It also does not expand the purposes for which loans may be made; municipal fire departments or companies with paid personnel and emergency medical services companies may only apply for the type of loans already provided for by law and regulation. During the May primary election, Pennsylvania voters will weigh in on these three constitutional amendments:. This notice contains information about questions that will be on the ballot in the Municipal Primary to be held on May 18, The ballot questions propose three separate amendments to the Constitution of Pennsylvania, based on a joint resolution of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania.
If one or more of the ballot questions is approved by a majority of the people voting on it, each amendment approved will become law. The General Assembly of Pennsylvania first proposed the amendments during the session and approved them for a second time during the session of the legislature, as required by Article XI, Section 1 of the Constitution. This public notice is part of the process of amending the Constitution of Pennsylvania.
The independent redistricting commission shall be composed of ten members, appointed as follows:. No member shall within the last three years:. In the event that more than one plan received the same number of votes for approval, and such number was higher than that for any other plan, then the commission shall submit all plans that obtained such number of votes.
The legislature shall consider and vote upon such implementing legislation in accordance with the voting rules set forth in subdivision b of section four of this article. The members of the assembly shall be chosen by single districts and shall be apportioned pursuant to this section and sections four and five-b of this article at each regular session at which the senate districts are readjusted or altered, and by the same law, among the several counties of the state, as nearly as may be according to the number of their respective inhabitants , excluding aliens.
Every county heretofore established and separately organized, except the county of Hamilton, shall always be entitled to one member of assembly, and no county shall hereafter be erected unless its population shall entitle it to a member.
The county of Hamilton shall elect with the county of Fulton, until the population of the county of Hamilton shall, according to the ratio, entitle it to a member. But the legislature may abolish the said county of Hamilton and annex the territory thereof to some other county or counties. The quotient obtained by dividing the whole number of inhabitants of the state , excluding aliens , by the number of members of assembly, shall be the ratio for apportionment, which shall be made as follows: One member of assembly shall be apportioned to every county, including Fulton and Hamilton as one county, containing less than the ratio and one-half over.
Two members shall be apportioned to every other county. The remaining members of assembly shall be apportioned to the counties having more than two ratios according to the number of inhabitants , excluding aliens.
Members apportioned on remainders shall be apportioned to the counties having the highest remainders in the order thereof respectively. No county shall have more members of assembly than a county having a greater number of inhabitants , excluding aliens. The assembly districts, including the present ones, as existing immediately before the enactment of a law making an apportionment of members of assembly among the counties, shall continue to be the assembly districts of the state until the expiration of the terms of members then in office, except for the purpose of an election of members of assembly for full terms beginning at such expirations.
In counties having more than one senate district, the same number of assembly districts shall be put in each senate district, unless the assembly districts cannot be evenly divided among the senate districts of any county, in which case one more assembly district shall be put in the senate district in such county having the largest, or one less assembly district shall be put in the senate district in such county having the smallest number of inhabitants, excluding aliens, as the case may require.
Nothing in this section shall prevent the division, at any time, of counties and towns and the erection of new towns by the legislature. An apportionment by the legislature, or other body, shall be subject to review by the supreme court, at the suit of any citizen, under such reasonable regulations as the legislature may prescribe; and any court before which a cause may be pending involving an apportionment, shall give precedence thereto over all other causes and proceedings, and if said court be not in session it shall convene promptly for the disposition of the same.
The court shall render its decision within sixty days after a petition is filed. In any judicial proceeding relating to redistricting of congressional or state legislative districts, any law establishing congressional or state legislative districts found to violate the provisions of this article shall be invalid in whole or in part. In the event that a court finds such a violation, the legislature shall have a full and reasonable opportunity to correct the law's legal infirmities.
The word count for the ballot title is 68, and the estimated reading time is 18 seconds. The word count for the ballot summary is , and the estimated reading time is 2 minutes, 56 seconds. Yes on 1, 3, 4 led the campaign in support of Proposal 1 , Proposal 3 , and Proposal 4. Officials U. Ballotpedia has not identified ballot measure committees registered to support or oppose the ballot measure. In , voters approved a constitutional amendment, titled Proposal 1 , to establish the member redistricting commission.
Proposal 1 received Before Proposal 1, the New York State Legislature was responsible for drawing congressional and state legislative district boundaries. There was a six-member redistricting commission, but it only acted in an advisory role. Most states are required to draw new congressional district lines every 10 years following completion of United States Census those states comprising one congressional district are not required to redistrict.
As of , in 33 of these states, state legislatures played the dominant role in congressional redistricting. In eight states, commissions drew congressional district lines. In two states, hybrid systems were used, in which the legislatures shared redistricting authority with commissions.
The remaining states comprised one congressional district each, rendering redistricting unnecessary. See the map and table below for further details. In New York, the state legislature can propose amendments to the state constitution. Between and , the state legislature referred 25 constitutional amendments to the ballot.
The last election to feature constitutional amendments in New York was November 7, The following chart illustrates trends in constitutional amendments on the ballot in New York:. In New York, a constitutional amendment requires a simple majority vote in each chamber of the New York State Legislature in two successive legislative sessions with an election for state legislators in between. The constitutional amendment was introduced into the rd New York State Legislature In the Assembly, Democrats supported the amendment, and Republicans opposed the amendment.
In the Senate, 91 Democrats supported the amendment, and Republicans, along with nine Democrats, opposed the amendment. Legislators of the th State Legislature approved the constitutional amendment. On January 12, , the Senate voted 42 to 20 to pass the constitutional amendment.
Democrats voted 'yes' on the amendment, and Republicans voted 'no' on the amendment. On January 20, , the Assembly voted to 50 to pass the constitutional amendments. Most Democrats 99 of voted 'yes' on the amendment, and seven Democrats and all 43 Republicans voted 'no' on the amendment. Click "Show" to learn more about voter registration, identification requirements, and poll times in New York. For primary elections, polls open at a. Polls open at p. Polls open at a. An individual who is in line at the time polls close must be allowed to vote.
To vote in New York, one must be a United States citizen, a resident of the county, city, or village for at least 30 days prior to the election, and at least 18 years old by the date of the election.
Individuals who are in prison or on parole for a felony conviction and those who have been declared mentally incompetent by a court are ineligible to register to vote.
One cannot register to vote in New York while claiming the right to vote elsewhere. Forms are also available online , or prospective voters can request the form by mail. The form must then be received by election officials at least 20 days before the election. A registration done in person must be completed at least 25 days prior to the election.
These applications are forwarded to the board of elections; applicants should allow up to six weeks for processing. When individuals interact with state agencies, voter registration will be integrated into other applications or registrations the agency provides. New York has implemented an online voter registration system.
Residents can register to vote by visiting this website. New York does not allow same-day voter registration. In order to register to vote in New York, applicants must reside in the county, city, or village in which they are registering for at least 30 days prior to the election. The New York State Board of Elections allows residents to check their voter registration status online by visiting this website.
New York does not require voters to present identification while voting. As of April , 35 states enforced or were scheduled to begin enforcing voter identification requirements. A total of 21 states required voters to present photo identification at the polls; the remainder accepted other forms of identification.
Valid forms of identification differ by state. Commonly accepted forms of ID include driver's licenses, state-issued identification cards, and military identification cards. Amendment 1 was one of six amendments Florida voters had on their ballot in the general election, and the language included with the other ballot measures may be just as difficult for voters to interpret on Election Day, which is why they were encouraged to brush up on the ballot measures before heading to the polls.
Click here for a closer look at all six amendments. Find more election results and news on the Results page. A river flood warning and a special weather statement in effect for 3 regions in the area. Act will provide for the organization and powers of the Alabama State Parks Enhancement Authority and provide the necessary framework prescribing how the bonds, authorized by Act , are sold. This proposed Constitutional Amendment will appear on the Ballot after election of statewide and local offices and will be the first constitutional amendment for voter consideration.
A plain language summary of the statewide ballot measure, which shall include, at a minimum, the legal or constitutional authority for its passage, the effect of the statewide ballot measure if it is passed, including its cost and source of funding, and the effect of the statewide ballot measure if it is defeated. This amendment will authorize the State of Alabama to borrow money to improve, renovate, equip, acquire, provide, construct and maintain state parks, public historical sites and public historical parks.
Any additional funds will be given to the Alabama Forestry Commission for it to improve, renovate, acquire, provide, construct, equip and maintain state forests.
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