Snyder told The Associated Press that the Board of Elections didn't vote publicly to add the promises when it rewrote the referendum on July 29.
Even though the state
Board of Elections did not make the new wording of the casino amendment public until three weeks after they voted on it, Snyder still waited another month before filing his claim.
So... the Board of Elections didn't follow the law, just like Cuomo didn't follow the law when he wrote that extremely biased ballot proposition regarding casinos.
The Board of Elections did absolutely nothing to notify voters of the redistricting.
George Maziarz and his successor in the Senate Robert Ortt on Tuesday argued the enforcement counsel at
the Board of Elections did not have the authority to bring the fraud case they now face.
A spokeswoman for the Board of Elections didn't immediately return a message left by the Observer seeking comment.
New York City's
Board of Elections did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
A NYPIRG report found that candidates, political committees and their contributors broke the law more than 103,805 times between between January 2011 and January 2013, while the state
Board of Elections did little more than send warning letters to offenders.
Lerner added that the Moreland Commission clearly established that
the Board of Elections does not see itself as having the responsibility or the capability to enforce the campaign finance elections law.
«Also, unbelievably, the Judge here ruled that
the Board of Elections does not need to keep track of the number of double votes.
The boards of election do not challenge petitions.
«There's a lot we'd like to help
the Board of Elections do, but we must see commitment to reform and modernization, or we're not going to spend the taxpayers» dollars.»
The Board of Elections does not require cover sheets on petitions that are fewer than ten pages unless they are more than one volume.
While numbers of voters may also be influenced by ongoing «Get Out The Vote» campaigns, Republican Deputy Commissioner of Elections Robin Sion said that is strictly a political function — something
the Board of Elections does not participate in.
,
the Board of Election does not have a list of candidates that are petitioning (except for Grace Meng, according to a BOE spokesman).
As of April 12th,
the Board of Election does not have a list of candidates that are petitioning (except for Grace Meng, according to a BOE spokesman).
While write in ballots totaled an impressive 453 (it is unclear how many of them belong to Samuels because
the Board of Elections does not tabulate them on election night unless they are numerous enough to be a deciding factor) Samuels found himself swamped on election day by the expected Democratic tidal wave, carrying appointed incumbent Richard Heppner to his first elected term with 1580 votes, and Lorin Rose into office with 1338 votes.
Bbut most of the district's county
boards of election did not give the Upstate Jobs Party its own line on the ballot.
Not exact matches
Wilson, who came to the meeting at a swanky downtown Vancouver hotel dressed causally in a pair
of blue pants and light - coloured T - shirt,
did not comment after the
board election results were released.
While our
Board does not anticipate that any
of the director nominees will be unable to stand for
election as a director nominee at our Annual Meeting, if that occurs, proxies will be voted in favor
of such other person or persons as may be recommended by our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and designated by our
Board.
The vote - counting methodology used by the Company
does not inherently favor proposals submitted by the
Board over proposals submitted by shareholders, as the vote - counting standard for approving any proposal other than for the
election of directors is identical.
majority
of the members
of the Governance Committee received a Majority Withheld Vote at the same
election, then the independent directors who
did not receive a Majority Withheld Vote shall appoint a committee among themselves to consider any resignation offers and recommend to the
Board whether to accept such resignation offers.
One farmer shareholder urged others to vote against the
election of Mr Spark as a special director, saying he
did not have a good understanding
of the dire straights many farmers were in over the past year, while others said the
board has
done a good job in tough circumstances.
The district «s suit is against the Du Page County
Board of Elections, which ruled that park districts
do not have the authority to hold advisory referendums.
Also on the NYC Indy Party reform to -
do list: Initiative and referendum, term limits for legislators, letting voters change their enrollment after a one - month waiting period, nonpartisan administration
of the
Board of Elections, nonpartisan redistricting and campaign finance reform.
Grisanti, who has voluntarily filed six financial reports with the state
Board of Elections since September even though he didn't run for re-election this year, started out with $ 72,642, spent $ 35,056 and now has $ 284,273 on hand.
«However, we
do know these proposals will dramatically increase costs for local county
boards of election, putting even more pressure on taxpayers.
Woops... I forgot: At 1:30 p.m. Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. will «address his future with the Democratic Party» at a press conference outside the Bronx
Board of Elections... hmmm, might he be dis - enrolling himself before party leaders try to
do it for him?
While waiting for Sandy to
do her worst, I've been checking in on the 24 - hour filings on the state
Board of Elections website.
Link to results: If you aren't going to be able to update your campaign site on
Election Night or the following morning, you should at least provide a link to a site that
does provide results; preferably an
Election Board or Secretary
of State's results page.
Supports
of ending the LLC giving practice sought to have it
done administratively through the
Board of Elections, but the push was blocked by Republican commissioners.
«The idea is to bring the unit more within the agency as far as providing both transparency and accountability, like we
do with all
of our units,» said Republican
Board of Elections co-chairman Peter Kosinski.
New York's statue, signed into law in 1998 by Gov. George Pataki, was meant to codify what villages were
doing unofficially, state
Board of Elections spokesman John Conklin said.
And since it is not a clearly defined political campaign, it doesn't have to provide a list
of donors periodically to the State
Board of Elections.
Spitzer didn't go public about his run until the evening
of July 7; the next morning, the
Board of Elections opened the window for accepting completed petitions from candidates.
The New York
Board of Elections sent violators warning letters but
did little to follow - up.
«When we allow for the editorials in New York City to tell our story, when we allow for columnists and other individuals and elected officials who honestly are
doing a disservice to their community by not understanding
election law,... [to be] going out there and blasting the hardworking men and women at the
Board of Elections, we think it's appalling,» he argued.
Democratic
Elections Commissioner Tom Ferrarese says the deadline to file was April 12th, and while White postmarked them that day, they didn't arrive at the
Board of Elections until four days later.
«I appreciate that the criterion for removal is very narrow, however, I believe that to remove an elected school
board member, overturning an election, it should be done by the Board of Education, providing for transparent, open hearings and ensuring due process,» said former School Board President James Sam
board member, overturning an
election, it should be
done by the
Board of Education, providing for transparent, open hearings and ensuring due process,» said former School Board President James Sam
Board of Education, providing for transparent, open hearings and ensuring due process,» said former School
Board President James Sam
Board President James Sampson.
Just
do SOMETHING to eliminate the incompetence
of the
Board of Elections.
This is all pretty ironic when you consider the fact that leaders from the WFP and the Conservative Party, which appears to have
done the best
of all the minor parties, bumping the Independence Party from its perch on Row C, were so worried about the results
of this
election that they unsuccessfully sued to challenge the state
Board of Elections» so - called «double - vote» decision.
The NYC
Board of Elections acknowledged that a week after the primaries, it still
does not know when it would be able to release official results
of the mayor's race.
«Over the past five years, the city has provided the
Board of Elections with more than $ 77 million to make the transition to the new machines, and that doesn't include the $ 85 million in federal funds used to purchase the new machines.»
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman last week announced he was launching an investigation into the removal
of the voters from the rolls, which was city
Board of Elections officials now say was
done through a clerical error.
«A guy who is... a patronage employee at the
Board of the
Elections with no FEC filings, no money, no endorsements, and no campaign whatsoever to speak
of, but he
does have a Jewish surname.»
Cuomo's Moreland Act Commission heard testimony from
Board of Elections officials this fall, where they admitted to essentially
doing nothing when it comes to enforcing the hundreds
of alleged violations
of campaign finance laws.
Castorina, also a city
Board of Elections Republican commissioner, is representing the plaintiffs pro bono and argues the governor doesn't have broad discretion in setting a date.
But, she said, if people really
do want to change the laws, they have to call their legislators — not the
board of elections.
The
Board of Elections initially kicked Martinez off the ballot, and claimed he didn't have the required 500 valid signatures on his nominating petitions.
«When all
of these things drop on the
board of elections at the last minute,» Horner said, «it doesn't really give an agency which under the best
of circumstances has a hard time getting its job
done a good chance to succeed.»