In May 2005 the Canadian province of British Columbia had a referendum on abolishing single-member district plurality in favour of multi-member districts with the Single Transferable Vote system after the Citizens ' Assembly on Electoral Reform made a recommendation for the reform.

Citizens from Bedford, Lincoln, Maury, and Giles counties petitioned the Tennessee General Assembly in 1825 to from a new county from portions of the aforementioned counties.

Disagreeing with Fair Voting BC's decision to devote the movement's energies to backing the new BC Liberal government's plan to move forward with the Citizens ' Assembly process it had developed in 1997, Carr founded a rival electoral reform organization called Free Your Vote to utilize the province's citizen initiative legislation ( which technically allows citizens to force referendums on legislation if they gather a sufficient number of signatures ).

In 2004, the British Columbia Citizens ’ Assembly on Electoral Reform convened a policy jury to consider alternatives to the first-past-the-post electoral systems.

In 2007, the Ontario Citizens ’ Assembly on Electoral Reform convened to consider alternative electoral systems in that province.

* BC Citizens ' Assembly on Electoral Reform website

* Ontario Citizens ' Assembly on Electoral Reform website

In the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Ontario, a group of citizens was randomly selected to create a Citizens ' Assembly on Electoral Reform to investigate and recommend changes to the provinces ' electoral systems.

In 2007 the Citizens ' Assembly on Electoral Reform in Ontario, Canada, also recommended the use of MMP in future elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, with a ballot similar to New Zealand's, and with the closed province-wide lists used in New Zealand but with only 30 % compensatory members.

This approach is used in the Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia and the National Assembly of Lesotho, and was recently recommended by the Ontario Citizens ' Assembly on Electoral Reform for adoption by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

On 28 December 1784, the Maryland General Assembly passed a resolution stating that Lafayette and his male heirs " forever shall be ... natural born Citizens " of the state.

He is a founding member of the Helsinki Citizens Assembly.

The Helsinki Citizens ’ Assembly ( hCa ) is an organization of citizens dedicated to peace, democracy and human rights in Europe.

The collapse of the Berlin Wall and the new global political context this created gave rise to a new peace movement called the “ Helsinki Citizens ’ Assembly ”.

Let us therefore found a Helsinki Citizens Assembly!

* Helsinki Citizens ' Assembly Azerbaijan National Committee

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It was launched under the name ' Emergency Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons ' in November of that year at the 2nd Citizens Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons held in Nagasaki, Japan.

He was the President of the Main Board of the SPS and was the Vice President of the SPS from 2000 to 2003, and federal deputy in the Chamber of Citizens of the Federal Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Assembly of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro from 1992 to 2004.

On the same day, a special committee called the " Committee on Fundamental Rights of Citizens and Minorities of Pakistan " was appointed to look into and advise the Assembly on matters relating to fundamental rights of the citizens, particularly the minorities, with the aim to legislate on these issues appropriately.

Citizens took the view that a lawman was expected to risk his life on the odd occasion anyway, but this fighting fury of a man risked it regularly over a period of half a century.

Citizens of the United States who, on April 15, are not in the United States or Puerto Rico, are allowed an extension of time until June 15 for filing the return for the preceding calendar year.

Finally there are the parent organizations and the laymen's organizations such as the National Association of Parents and Teachers, and the Citizens Committee on Public Schools.

In an important assertion of national leadership in this field, he has issued an executive order establishing the President's committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Crime, to be supported and assisted by a Citizens Advisory Council of recognized authorities on juvenile problems.

In that year, the people of Oregon passed two laws under their newly instituted program of Citizens ' Initiatives limiting fishing on the Columbia and other rivers.

Citizens of the war-weary nation wanted stability, peace, and an end to conditions that at times bordered on chaos.

Citizens of the Central Powers serving with the Foreign Legion on the outbreak of war were normally posted to garrisons in North Africa to avoid problems of divided loyalties.

Citizens exercise this right through periodic, free, and fair elections held on the basis of universal suffrage.

* 1487 – Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands strike against a ban on foreign beer.

On 13 September, Prime Minister Otmar Hasler confirmed to Parliament that his government was drafting a bill for Parliament based on the compromise reached between the Prince and the Citizens ' Forum.

Robert A. Heinlein dedicated his 1985 novel The Cat Who Walks Through Walls to Anderson and eight of the other members of the Citizens ' Advisory Council on National Space Policy.

In the 1993 elections, both PAM and labour took 4 seats each, whilst on Nevis, a new party, the Concerned Citizens Movement, took 2 seats, beating the NRP's 1.

Marge has higher morals than most other characters, once leading a family values crusade against the violent Itchy & Scratchy Show and being a prominent member of the " Citizens ' Committee on Moral Hygiene.

Citizens and residents are taxed on worldwide income and allowed a credit for foreign taxes.

In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U. S. ___ ( 2010 ), the Court ruled that the BCRA's federal restrictions on electoral advocacy by corporations or unions were unconstitutional for violating the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.

Most recently, the group Citizens for a Canadian Republic has advocated the election of the nominee to the Queen, either by popular or parliamentary vote ; a proposal echoed by Adrienne Clarkson, who called for the prime minister's choice to not only be vetted by a parliamentary committee, but also submit to a televised quiz on Canadiana.

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was decided in January 2010, the Supreme Court finding that § 441b ’ s restrictions on expenditures were invalid and could not be applied to Hillary: The Movie.

In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, on Jan, 2010, the US Supreme court ruled that corporations and unions can not constitutionally be prohibited from promoting the election of one candidate over another candidate.

When used by a radio operator, a pseudonym is called a " handle ", especially in Citizens ' Band radio ; on the Appalachian Trail it is common to adopt or, more usually, be given by others a " trail name ".

Image: Bundesschwur Zuerich. jpg | Citizens of Zurich on 1 May 1351 are read the Federal Charter as they swear allegiance to representatives of Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden and Lucerne.

The corporate personhood aspect of the campaign finance debate turns on Buckley v. Valeo ( 1976 ) and Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ( 2010 ): Buckley ruled that political spending is protected by the First Amendment right to free speech, while Citizens United ruled that corporate political spending is protected, holding that corporations have a First Amendment right to free speech.