Sentences with phrase «general election ballot which»

Cascade's founders helped put an initiative (Measure 11) on Oregon's 1990 General Election ballot which would have given every Oregon K - 12 student a refundable tax credit to exercise full school choice.

FWIW, in decades of active political party involvement in Ohio, Michigan, New York and Colorado I've never seen a political party provide any support to a non-partisan candidate (not counting candidates nominated in partisan judicial race primaries whose affiliation doesn't appear on general election ballots which Ohio once did and may still do).

Not exact matches

Dohney has been endorsed by the state Independence Party, which means he also has an assured spot on the general election ballot should he lose the GOP primary.

Of course, I believe all of these candidates are also attorneys, which means they can be nominated for judgeships to get them off the general election ballot.

As Nixon tries to harness progressives in her left - flank challenge to Cuomo, an early test of her staying power will come with the Working Families Party, which could give her a general - election ballot line even if the governor wins the Democratic nomination.

ALBANY — As Cynthia Nixon tries to harness progressives in her left - flank challenge to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, an early test of her staying power will come with the Working Families Party, which could give her a general - election ballot line even if Cuomo wins the Democratic nomination.

According to Richard Winger, publisher of Ballot Access News, between 1892 and 2012 there were 401 instances in which a state required an independent or unqualified party candidate to collect more than 5,000 signatures in order to appear on the general election bBallot Access News, between 1892 and 2012 there were 401 instances in which a state required an independent or unqualified party candidate to collect more than 5,000 signatures in order to appear on the general election ballotballot.

Louisiana utilizes a two - round electoral system in which the names of all eligible candidates are printed on the general election ballot.

The turnout improvements in the above studies resemble our own internal research at VoterCircle which has shown 5 - 10 point turnout bumps for general elections and 10 - 20 points for off - cycle and / or down - ballot races.

She noted there has been bipartisan opposition from New York City and Nassau elections officials to moving the general election to December, which would cost an estimated $ 1 million and attract 100,000 fewer voters for the race than if it was on the November ballot.

As for general elections, BOE results showed the most votes for the 25th Assembly District came Nov. 4, 2008, when 14,916 ballots were recorded in the race in which Lancman retained his seat.

Their aim is to minimize the number of spoilt ballots, which were high in the 2012 general elections.

During that interview, Coughlan expressed confidence that the Independence and Conservative parties, both of which had endorsed him, would stick with him all the way to the general election, guaranteeing him a place on the November ballot regardless of how he performs in the September GOP primary.

Idaho: A precinct which contains no more than 125 registered electors at the last general election may be designated by the board of county commissioners a mail ballot precinct no later than April 1 in an even - numbered year (Idaho Code § 34 - 308)

Grisanti has the Independence Party line, which means he's assured at least one line on the November general election ballot.

2012 will also be the first presidential election since 1908 in which no state has a primary screen - out for all methods to the general election ballot.

Four years ago, Cuomo won the nomination of the WFP — which has its own general election ballot line — over progressive primary rival Zephyr Teachout.

The US Justice Department, which sued New York in 2010 to force election officials to take extra steps to count military service members» absentee ballots in the general election, is again sounding the alarm on this issue, which could require moving the annual primary date from September to June.

Will County Clerk, Nancy Schultz Voots, is notifying Will County residents on Tuesday, May 8 at 9:00 AM, in the Will County Clerk's Office, a lottery will be held to determine the order in which the major political parties will appear on the November 6 General Election ballot in Will County.

On September 9, Mississippi election officials will hear from both sides, and decide which faction's nominees to list on the general election ballot.

Having gotten the WFP's ballot line, which otherwise would have gone to Ms. Teachout, Mr. Cuomo ensured that he would not have to fear a split in the balloting during the general election among Democrats, although disillusionment among the party's left wing accounted for his getting 9 percent less of the vote than in 2010.

Turner is also pointing to a case in Essex County, which considers whether electronic voting images of ballots cast in the November 2015 general election can be disclosed under FOIL.

With almost a week to the country's general elections on December 7, many people have raised allegations including bloated ballots, broken seals and thumb printed ballots, most of which the EC has denied.

There's also the possibility, he noted, that Cuomo will lose votes in the general to third party candidates — Nixon won the endorsement of the Working Families Party, which would allow her to be on the general election ballot even if she loses the Democratic primary; and Howie Hawkins is running for governor for a third time on the Green Party line, on which he came in third with more than 180,000 votes in 2014.

The elections board typically deploys fewer inspectors at fewer tables for a primary election than for a general election, which increases the number of ballots each inspector must keep track of, she said.

A top - two primary is an all - parties primary in which only the top two finishers stay on the ballot for the general election, even if they are from the same party.

«You overlay that with the lousy system of running elections in general — which is, voter registration laws are cumbersome, we have a closed primary system, getting on the ballot is difficult — and as a result New York has anemic voter turnout, one of the worst in the country.»

During the 2012 open seat election, Hoylman came through the Democratic primary, then won an uncontested general election in which 93,469 registered voters cast a ballot for him.

Which means, rather than having local party bosses pick who gets put on the ballot on the Democratic line — and, by extension, who inevitably wins the general election in the safe district — voters will get to choose a standard - bearer through a competitive primary.

A proposed amendment shall be submitted to the Members of the Association for mail ballot or by electronic means at the time of the next annual general election following the Council meeting at which it was presented if (a) a majority of the Council so votes or (b) it bears the signatures of one thousand or more Members of the Association.

Designed to encourage students to become active voters once they are old enough to cast a ballot, the MyVote Student Mock Election, headed by Secretary of State Debra Bowen and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, invites high school and middle school students, teachers and principals to participate in the MyVote California Student Mock Election, which this year took place on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, just one week before California's November 4 General Election.

After it passes the legislature, the amendment question is placed on the next general election ballot, which will be in November 2012.

To argue that vouching is «not safe,» the government has relied on a 2013 Elections Canada compliance review which found that, in four recent elections — the 2011 general election, plus by - elections in Victoria, Durham, and Calgary Centre [23]-- 25 percent of ballots cast using vouching involved «irregularitieElections Canada compliance review which found that, in four recent elections — the 2011 general election, plus by - elections in Victoria, Durham, and Calgary Centre [23]-- 25 percent of ballots cast using vouching involved «irregularitieelections — the 2011 general election, plus by - elections in Victoria, Durham, and Calgary Centre [23]-- 25 percent of ballots cast using vouching involved «irregularitieelections in Victoria, Durham, and Calgary Centre [23]-- 25 percent of ballots cast using vouching involved «irregularities.»