Sentences with phrase «party primary ballot»

Mr. Levy said he believed he now had the support of about 40 percent of the state's Republican county chairmen — a group that is crucial because of the significant influence it has over the rank - and - file delegates who decide which candidates appear on the party primary ballot.

Michael Giordano is not ready to concede his candidacy for the receiver of taxes position in Harrison, even with the New York state Supreme Court upholding a decision by the Westchester County Board of Elections to remove him from a potential Republican Party primary ballot.

Hers was the only name on the Progressive Party primary ballot.

The problem in North Dakota is a law that requires between 10 % and 15 % of all voters who vote in the primary election to choose a minor party primary ballot, in order for that minor party to nominate any legislative candidates.

On March 14, a lower state court in Arizona ruled that Charlie Manolakis should remain on the Green Party primary ballot, in the upcoming special election to fill the vacant U.S. House seat, 8th district.

Independent candidate R. Nelson «Oz» Gribel will also need signatures although, oddly enough, it's easier to qualify that way for the general election ballot than for the party primary ballot.

Francesca Carlow is well on her way to securing a place on the Democratic Party primary ballot to become the Democratic nominee for New York's 6th State Senate District.

No party can list a nominee on the November ballot for legislature unless between 10 % and 15 % of all the voters in the primary choose a minor party primary ballot.

In no state with open primaries in the last forty years is there any instance in any state when more than 6 % of the state's primary voters chose a minor party primary ballot.

Court ruling takes assemblyman off Independence Party primary ballot for Rensselaer County executive

In Ohio, voters select their preferred party primary ballots at their polling places on Election Day.

Because the overwhelming majority of primary voters are not interested in choosing a minor party's primary ballot, and instead choose one of the major party primary ballots, the effect is that minor parties can never place nominees on the ballot for state legislature.

Not exact matches

Due to a voter - approved initiative that has the two highest primary vote - getters appearing on the general election ballot regardless of party, some November races for major state offices are contests between a leftwing Democrat and a radical Democrat.

The state Conservative Party has given its nod to Elise Stefanik, one of two Republicans contenders (as of today) vying for the North Country House seat of retiring Democratic Rep. Bill Owens, ensuring her a ballot line in the November general election regardless of the outcome of the June GOP primary.

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.

Naturally, I am disappointed to hear the the Executive Committee of the Conservative Party of New York State chose not to grant me a Wilson Pakula authorization to appear on their primary ballot.

The Reform Party of New York State says it plans to conduct candidate interviews by early June, with an eye toward forcing an opportunity - to - ballot primary in some races.

«In preparation for the upcoming September primaries for the Republican and Conservative Party ballot lines, our Congressional campaign team is shifting some personnel,» Cox stated.

Both candidates in the 40th state Senate district race — GOP Sen. Greg Ball and Democrat Justin Wagner — are hoping to win the Green Party line through an opportunity to ballot in Thursday's primary elections.

For example, I think Stuart's criticism is a more valid one of a system where the party has to hold a primary ballot, and where anybody at all can put in as a candidate, and anybody can choose to vote in it.

He's convinced this plan was, as he put it, «born on the floor of the (GOP) convention to punish or get even with the Conservative Party» for holding its convention first, tapping Rick Lazio as its gubernatorial candidate and helping him to block Cox's preferred candidate, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, from getting on the GOP primary ballot.

The bills include measures aimed at early voting in New York, making it easier to vote through an absentee ballot with «no excuse» voting, pre-registration for 16 - and 17 - year - old future voters, and making it easier to change a party ahead of a primary.

But Long, who received the state Conservative Party's unanimous endorsement yesterday, and so will be on the November general election ballot no matter what happens in the GOP primary (unless there's a post-primary deal, a la Paladino - Lazio 2010), was careful not to offer a full - throated endorsement of Ryan's proposal — or to say she would vote for it if she had the opportunity — saying she needs more time to review it.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy today refused to say today whether he will quit the governor's race and back his GOP primary opponent, former Rep. Rick Lazio, if he fails to get on the ballot at the state party convention.

Erie County Conservative Party Chairman Ralph Lorigo, who managed to get himself onto the ballot to force a gubernatorial primary with former Long Island Rep. Rick Lazio, is having a fundraiser today at the home of Paladino's brother, Joseph, and is also being assisted by the father of Carl Paladino's campaign manager, Michael Caputo.

Requirements for placement on the primary election ballot are left up to the parties.

The motion claims that statute (MCA 13-10-601), regarding ballot access in primary and general election, is unconstitutionally burdensome to third parties.

But while inferences are easier to make based on actual data, what's more difficult to discern is what happened for numerous voters who were turned away or forced to file affidavit ballots because they weren't enrolled in a party or at least weren't enrolled in time for the primary they wanted to vote in.

In New Hampshire, a presidential candidate seeking the nomination of a major party must file a declaration of candidacy and pay a $ 1,000 filing fee in order to have his or her name printed on the primary ballot.

Nixon said she's «not prepared to say» whether she'd stay on the third party ballot until November if she wins its nomination but loses the Democratic primary.

Smith was indicted by a federal grand jury in April 2013, for allegedly plotting to bribe Republican Party officials for a spot on the party's 2013 primary baParty officials for a spot on the party's 2013 primary baparty's 2013 primary ballot.

A party that allows petitioning for primary ballot access may not have a later filing deadline for presidential candidates than candidates in the general primary election.

(It is not necessary to give a party choice for a general election; however, in a party primary a voter may participate in only one political party's primary; thus a choice must be designated so that the appropriate ballot can be provided.

New voters can even cast ballots in next month's primaries if they register and enroll in a party online by Sunday, said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi.

The two candidates have split support from the local Democratic party machines and elected officials, and have overshadowed two other Democrats on the primary ballot, community activist Tamika Mapp and former State Assemblymember Israel Martinez.

Walsh won the Independence Party primary by a landslide, and he wasn't even on the ballot — he did it with write - in votes.

The move is a signal that the party is hoping James, who was first elected to public office with the WFP's backing, would eventually take its ballot line in the fall should she win the primary contest.

In Tea Party activists and in angry voters electing or putting on the ballot, excuse me, in primaries, people like Christine O'Donnell in Delaware — does that create a situation where the Republican Party in a general election is so out of the mainstream, is so filled with candidates who are so crazy that the party actually ends up blowing an incredible opportunity that's been handed to them on a silver platter and fails to capitalize in a significant way on the intense voter dissatisfacParty activists and in angry voters electing or putting on the ballot, excuse me, in primaries, people like Christine O'Donnell in Delaware — does that create a situation where the Republican Party in a general election is so out of the mainstream, is so filled with candidates who are so crazy that the party actually ends up blowing an incredible opportunity that's been handed to them on a silver platter and fails to capitalize in a significant way on the intense voter dissatisfacParty in a general election is so out of the mainstream, is so filled with candidates who are so crazy that the party actually ends up blowing an incredible opportunity that's been handed to them on a silver platter and fails to capitalize in a significant way on the intense voter dissatisfacparty actually ends up blowing an incredible opportunity that's been handed to them on a silver platter and fails to capitalize in a significant way on the intense voter dissatisfaction?

To get the nomination, you need 25 percent of the vote to get on the ballot, I think 40 percent to get the official designee or nominee of the party, so you want someone that would have the intention to continue to run and then that person would be on the ballot in September in the primary formally, and then in November in the general election,» Smikle explained.

Please help the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania get ballot access petition signatures on Tuesday, May 15 — Primary Day in Pennsylvania.

After that first ballot, most delegates are no longer bound to support the winner of their state's party primary or caucuses — they're free agents who can support the candidate of their choosing.

Local political parties get all of their funds from donations, although the mechanics of primary elections (voting machines, space rental, ballot counting staff) are often publicly funded.

In theory anyone could attempt to run by collecting enough signatures to get on the primary ballot but the reality of election politics today is that only those people who are connected to the party already and have the ability to raise money for themselves and the party have a real chance of success of being nominated to a high profile position.

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).

McGuire said the NYCF PAC did not get involved in the Grisanti race during the primary, but will now engage on behalf of «pro-family candidate» Chuck Swanick, the former Erie County legislator who lost his primary bid for the Democratic line to attorney Mike Amodeo, but remains on the November ballot on the Conservative Party line.

For major - party candidates (Democrat or Republican), prospective candidates file with the county party organization in the county of their residences, and then the parties will conduct a primary whose winners will be placed on the general election ballot.

Fulani noted there are «nearly one million independent voters, the majority of whom are Black, Latino and Asian, who are locked out of the decisive first round of voting» because of the closed - primary system in New York that only allows enrolled members to cast ballots in intra - party contests, adding: «That is what some like to call an inconvenient truth.»

Interestingly, both McDonald and Saland have the Independence Party line and could continue on in the general election even if they lose to their primary opponents after the paper ballots are counted.

Saland's campaign and Senate Republicans also touted their absentee ballot program and targeting of specific voters in the lawmaker's first serious party primary.

The man in charge of the Rules for the Massachusetts Republican Party (who happens to be a Charlie Baker supporter) says unequivocly that blanks should NOT have been counted at the convention and that Mark Fisher belongs on the primary ballot.