The teachers' union has been working without a contract since just before Mr. Bloomberg's re-election in 2009, a campaign in which the union declined to endorse a candidate despite its political and get-out-the-vote clout.
But the new fight over abortion and the voting clout of women also says a lot about Colorado itself — and its contradictions.
The Church of England plans to use its £3 billion voting clout to tackle excessive City bonuses as it seeks to reignite last year's "shareholder spring".
In some parts of Japan, a farmer can have twice the voting clout of a city-dweller because of falling populations in rural districts.
While the San Antonio judges were drawing interim maps, another panel of federal judges was looking at the maps approved last year by the Legislature and will determine whether lawmakers illegally diminished the voting clout of minorities.
Castro was certainly right on one count — the Cuban American National Foundation essentially calls the tune on our Cuba policy because of its voting clout in a few key states, its generous campaign contributions and its passion.
One day during the recount, a few dozen people rallied outside the elections office, many wearing black T-shirts ThetiNew"The New Florida Majority," a group that aims to increase the voting clout among minorities and immigrants.
2005) ("All in all, it is perhaps fairest and more sensible to read Lynch as being premised on a sincere concern that mergers with controlling stockholders involve an extraordinary potential for the exploitation by powerful insiders of their informational advantages and their voting clout".).
It's a highly inconvenient truth that 3.97 million British citizens were living abroad in 2010 - and since then their numbers have grown to the point that the House of Lords are currently debating whether overseas Brits should be able to vote in the EU referendum.We are many and mighty, with enough voting clout to swing a decision.
It will also, fortuitously, allow a government intent on selling down some of its stakes in domestic companies to retain its influence over them while banking the cash.Renault's outraged boss, Carlos Ghosn, is particularly worried that suddenly doubling the voting clout of the state will upset its Japanese partner, Nissan, which holds 15% of Renault's capital but no voting rights.
With jubilant shouts of "si se puede" (yes, we can) breaking out at his victory rally, Mr. Reid was suddenly the new example of how to channel Hispanic voting clout, a lesson that was not lost on organizers of Mr. Obama's campaign.
