Sentences with phrase «elections commission voted»

Speaking of popularity, the Federal Elections Commission voted for the allowance of crypto donations in 2014.

In a laborious and at times heated hearing Friday afternoon, Indiana's Election Commission voted not to uphold combined challenges to Rep. Todd Young's appearing on the GOP Senate primary ballot.

Not exact matches

Trump said on Wednesday that he is terminating the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, created in May to investigate voting fraud allegations.

Shown pictures of some of the people who apparently voted twice, including at Ust - Djeguta's polling station no. 217, Leila Koichuyeva, a member of the election commission there, said: «They could be twins.»

Asked about the discrepancy, the chairwoman of the polling station's election commission, Oksana Mediyeva, said independent monitors had watched the vote and had raised no issues.

Opposition leader Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People's Party led with 43.3 percent of the vote in the first round of elections but failed to secure a majority vote needed to win, according to the electoral commission.

The report also gave details about a two - year - old warning from the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, a bipartisan organization, that described the state of America's aging voting system as an «impending crisis.»

The top diplomat for East Asia, Daniel Russel, is criticizing the election commission's disqualification of dozens of parliamentary candidates, many of them Muslims, and the disenfranchisement of stateless Rohingya, who were allowed to vote in previous elections.

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission vote on Thursday to roll back net neutrality rules could galvanize young voters, a move Democrats hope will send millennials to the polls in greater numbers and bolster their chances in next year's elections.

We note that, in accordance with Rule 14 (a)-6 (a), Apple was not required to file preliminary proxy materials with the Commission because the matters to be acted on at the meeting are limited to (1) the election of directors, (2) the ratification of accountants, (3) a vote on an advisory resolution to approve executive compensation, (4) the approval of the Plan described above, which is a «plan» as defined in paragraph (a)(6)(ii) of Item 402 of Regulation S - K, and (5) shareholder proposals pursuant to Rule 14a - 8.

Just last week, the Federal Election Commission, which regulates political campaign activity, voted to begin writing rules that detail the kinds of disclaimers they will require on online and mobile political ads to identify sponsors.

These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

On Monday, Gannett filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission an intent to seek «withhold» votes from stockholders in connection with the board election.

Fears of further bloodshed has led Kenya's election commission to postpone the planned voting in some opposition strongholds, with safety concerns for its workers cited as deadly clashes continued between police and protesters.

RiceBran Technologies will file final voting results with the Securities & Exchange Commission on a Form 8 - K once they are certified by the independent inspector of elections.

Eighteen Olympians will stand for election for the British Olympic Association's (BOA) Athletes» Commission after voting opened for athletes last week.

The court voted 4 - 2 to nullify Kenyatta's election saying they found the electoral commission had performed irregularities and illegalities in adding up the presidential vote.

Before the 2016 election, Mr Martin Amidu levelled so many allegations against former President Mahama, the NDC and the Chairperson of the electoral commission including planned vote rigging, corruption etc..

The Presidential Advisory Commission on Elections is investigating claims initially made by President Donald Trump first made as a candidate that votes were cast illegally, which he later attributed to his loss in the popular vote tally.

«When, before the 2005 general election, the Electoral Commission launched a campaign to persuade young people to vote with the shout - line: «If you don't do politics... there's not much you do do», they missed the point entirely.

Ademusire stated that the Commission would adopt simultaneous accreditation and voting system for the election with the use of newly developed card reader machines.

This preferential voting system had been recommended by the Labour party's Plant commission for use in general elections.

The groups; Let My Vote Count, Account for Accountable governance and the Youth wing of the biggest opposition party, New Patriotic Party (NPP), wrote to the Police, seeking permission to march through some principal streets of Accra and end up at the Electoral Commission (EC) and Parliament House to present a petition on the need to have a new voters register for the 2016 elections.

But was there any evidence suggesting that during the 2014 elections people voted strategically for certain parties in order to get Jean - Claude Juncker as the Commission president?

Kenya's election commission declared Friday that the 55 - year - old businessman and son of the country's founding President had received enough votes to secure a second five - year term.

A survey conducted by the Center for Democratic Development (CDD) Ghana, revealed that though 63 % of Ghanaians believe the EC will perform its duties neutrally, guided by law, almost half of the voter population believes that the commission will likely announce wrong vote tallies or switch election results.

The Chairperson informed the Commission in late 2015 that the Commission had requested new office premises from the Presidency to house the new secretariat of the Association of African Election Authorities (AAEA) after Ghana had been voted as a permanent secretariat of the AAEA in July 2015 with responsibility to provide office space for the AAEA.

The pay commission was supposed to act independently of politics, but when it met shortly after elections, commissioners appointed by Cuomo refused to vote on a pay raise proposal.

Trump formed the Election Integrity Commission in May through executive order to study «vulnerabilities» in the American electoral system after he made unfounded claims that 3 to 5 million people voted illegally in the 2016 election, costing him the populElection Integrity Commission in May through executive order to study «vulnerabilities» in the American electoral system after he made unfounded claims that 3 to 5 million people voted illegally in the 2016 election, costing him the populelection, costing him the popular vote.

Popular vote totals are from the official Federal Election Commission report.

[21] On 27 November 2006, the Press Association reported that she had commissioned an opinion poll from YouGov which found that Harman would be the most likely potential deputy leader to increase the Labour vote at the next general election.

The maximum amount that a party may be paid in donations made to the Electoral Commission for the benefit of that party during a specified period is 10 % (excluding any interest paid under section 208E (2)-RRB- of the maximum amount of election expenses allowed under section 206C (1) to be incurred by a party that is listed in the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote and that has a candidate contesting every electoral district.

A constituency candidate at an election who applies for a recount of the votes or a person who files an election petition may, by notice in writing to the Electoral Commission, require the Electoral Commission forthwith to annotate the list attached to the master roll pursuant to section 187 (3):

The bipartisan poll, which was commissioned by Rock the Vote, found that young adults are paying close attention to the election — about 77 percent of those surveyed said they were either very likely or somewhat likely to vVote, found that young adults are paying close attention to the election — about 77 percent of those surveyed said they were either very likely or somewhat likely to votevote.

The National Elections Commission (NEC) said on Thursday that with 98.1 % of the run - off vote counted, Mr Weah had won 61.5 % of the vote while Mr Boakai was far behind with 38.5 %.

«In the 2020 general election,» the Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy recommended, «secure online voting should be an option for all voters».

Certainly no - one voting in the elections actually thought they were also helping choose the next Commission president.

The ruling MPLA party won just over 61 percent of the votes cast on Wednesday and about 150 of the 220 seats in Parliament, according to election commission officials, which would put a Dos Santos loyalist, Joao Lourenco, in the presidency.

Election commission results showed President Ali Bongo Ondimba beat opposition contender Jean Ping in Gabon's Aug. 27 presidential vote by 1.57 percentage points.

On Wednesday, Opposition candidate Railo Odinga said hackers broke into Kenya's election commission computer systems and database overnight, leading to «massive and extensive» vote fraud that nullified the published victory of President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Kenya's election commission suffered a hacking attempt after this week's vote but the system was not compromised, its chairman said on Thursday.

The rank and file of the party feels aggrieved to learn that Zanetor could not vote in the very elections she contested because she is not a registered voter on the Electoral Commission's National voters» register — the very register on which compilation of the NDC biometric register was based.»

We still haven't seen a post-election Populus voting intention poll (though to answer Mike Smithson's question here, I understand they are still doing them, they are just having a quiet period following the election), but Lord Ashcroft has commissioned them to do some polling in marginal seats, with some interesting findings.

Labour's leader - in - waiting, Alan Johnson, yesterday restated his proposal for an election day referendum on the alternative vote plus system — the one recommended a decade ago by a commission headed by Roy Jenkins, but then shelved by the Blair government.

Ms. Berney also presented the Court with copies of Milano's Federal Elections Commission filings, which reveal that Milano paid the Ragusa faction of the Queens County Republican Party and related entities $ 13,000 just before they cast the only vote to grant Democrat Milano the Wilson - Pakula certificate to run as a Republican.

During the Smith Commission negotiations on further devolution to Scotland, it was agreed to transfer legislative power from the UK parliament to Holyrood to allow 16 and 17 year olds to vote in future Scottish Parliament elections.

Fourth, the Anambra election shows that the Independent National Electoral Commission, chaired by Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has improved in the conduct of elections, although avoidable pitfalls, such as delayed delivery of voting materials and malfunctioning card readers, need more attention.

The apex court on May 5 2016, asked the Electoral Commission to expunge from the current voters» register the names of all persons who registered and voted in the 2012 elections, with the NHIS card as a proof of identity.

The Maine Ethics Commission voted unanimously on August 27 to not enforce the $ 1,500 limit for each election, opting instead for a $ 3,000 per individual limit for the 2014 election cycle.

As counting for the Queensland state election continues, the Electoral Commission of Queensland has reported a record number of pre-poll votes.