Sentences with phrase «elections counting process»

All campaigns are welcome to observe the official Board of Elections counting process.

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Incumbent Sen. Michael Venditto regained a narrow advantage in the 8th district ballot counting process on Tuesday as Democrats accused Republicans of «walking away» from counting the final 300 or so ballots in Democratic friendly election districts.

Kenya election monitors urge losing candidates to accept poll results Read more James Orengo, an opposition leader, said the opposition National Super Alliance (Nasa) had rejected the counting process as a «charade».

But while the voting process itself has been described as fair by most international observers, the political campaign and the actual counting of the votes — no doubt the most important part of the democratic election process — has been characterized by the abuse of power, the excessive role of money, extraordinary events such as power cuts in the polling stations, fights between party representatives, accusations of fraud and scandals in denying observers access to polling stations.

The de Blasio Administration is fighting to ensure every vote counts this Election Day by streamlining the process, engaging voters and making it simpler for voters of all languages to register.

LaLota said the process could slow as election officials begin an absentee ballot count in the 8th Legislative District, where Legis.

Suffolk elections officials on Friday began the lengthy process of counting the 16,690 absentee and affidavit ballots in the tightly contested countywide sheriff's race, starting with the county's smallest town, Shelter Island.

Counting the write - in ballots at the Board of Elections is set to begin in a few minutes, which may cause the gap to change again later today, depending on the speed the process moves forward.

State Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh said, «It becomes clearer with each election that the ability of New Yorkers to participate in our democracy is impaired by a broken process for registering to vote, casting a ballot, and having it properly counted.

The Board of Elections will begin the process of manual counting on Friday, going from machine to machine, and will start counting paper ballots on Monday, they said.

Counting in the European election will resume in Northern Ireland later today with officials facing heavy criticism over the length of time the process has taken.

While the voting and counting processes on election day were assessed positively overall, the tabulation of results was negatively assessed in nearly half of the electoral districts observed.

The outcome of the election was not known for more than a month after the balloting ended because of the extended process of counting and then recounting Florida's presidential ballots.

Election officials started the count of 1,780 absentee ballots and about 200 affidavits at 2 p.m. Nassau County Board of Elections commissioner David J. Gugerty spoke with Newsday about the process.

BY LEGAL LARRY This week, a State Supreme Court judge ordered the Rockland County Board of Elections to comply with the Election Law and process and count certain absentee ballots.

But our choice of elected representatives and the free and fair electionsthat bring them to power do matter; one only has to look back tothe stolen presidential election of 2000 and consider what might havebeen if the vote - counting process had run its due course.

Students also experience the electoral process through a complete sequence of electoral activities including candidate nominations, party platforms, campaign speeches, how to vote cards, a mock - election (including printed ballot papers) and a preferential vote count.

So far 175,683 ballots have been counted in the city election, but another roughly 40,000 need to be processed, an official at the city clerk's office said.

They also had to line up in specific lines by last name, and the votes were counted in a sealed room, all mirroring the process of regular elections.

4.5 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer may issue a direction requiring the use of vote counting equipment during an election and modifying the voting process established by this Act to permit the use of the equipment.