Sentences with phrase «primary election committee»

Chairman PDP primary election committee for Ondo State and governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson said Eyitayo won the primary by polling a total of 760 votes while his opponent, Saka Lawal polled a total of 22 votes.

The party also commended Delta Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa - led Primary Election Committee for ensuring a transparent exercise and a level - playing ground for all aspirants in Ekiti.

Fayemi scored 941 Votes, after which the Chairman of the Ekiti State Governorship Primary Election Committee, Governor Tanko Al - Makura, declared him the winner.

The committees are Election Strategy Committee, headed by Chief Mike Kwentoh; APGA Electoral Guidelines for Primary Election Committee, headed by Mr Ifeanyi Mbaeri and Party Membership Review Committee headed by Mr Ibrahim Carefor.

On the receipt of the purported new delegates list, we all made a written protest letter, including Rotimi Akeredolu SAN, transmitted our letters to the Primary Election Committee Chairman informing him of our rejection of the substituted delegates list.

Not exact matches

They accused the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie - Oyegun, of compromise stating that majority of the members of the NWC had upheld the decision of the party's Appeal Committee to nullify the primary election and conduct a fresh one.

The court also mandated INEC to recognise the National Caretaker Committee of the PDP headed by Sen. Ahmed Markarfi, former Governor of Kaduna State in all matters pertaining the conduct of Primary Elections for Political Offices and the submission of the PDP List of Candidates for any elections to be conducted by INEC pending the hearing and determination of the Motion oElections for Political Offices and the submission of the PDP List of Candidates for any elections to be conducted by INEC pending the hearing and determination of the Motion oelections to be conducted by INEC pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice.

As you are aware, we approached the Primary Election Appeal Committee provided for by the APC Primary Election Guidelines.

The Usual Suspects moved quickly as news spread of Eric Cantor's sudden fall in Tuesday's primary election: my inbox filled fast with fundraising messages from the Democratic party committees, outside political funding groups, individual candidates and more.

Should be a special election to replace Latimer, the party nominees would be selected by committee members rather than in an open primary.

According to him: «In the three days that we (committee) have sat, we have not received a single petition, either in form of writing, telephone call or a text message, which means there has been no petition after the Primary Election in Ekiti State.

Seeking to put to rest rumors that his support of Doug Hoffman might be wavering, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long sent a memo today to NY - 23 county leaders and committee members seeking to tie Hoffman's GOP primary opponent, Matt Doheny, to the woman he forced out of last year's special election, Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava.

In advance of the January 2018 meeting of the County Committee, we proposed a common sense reform to require a vote of the County Committee for choosing a candidate to fill a vacant public office seat, in the event that a primary election is unfeasible.

In the event a primary election is unfeasible, the nomination of the Democratic candidate for all vacant public offices in all political subdivisions that include any part of Kings County should require a vote of the County Committee.

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The extent to which the state controls the primary election machinery appears from the Texas statutes, as follows: Art. 3118, Vernon's Texas Statutes, provides for the election of a county chairman for each party holding a primary by the «qualified voters of the whole county,» and of one member of the party's county executive committee by the «qualified voters of their respective election precincts.»

With no primary election, the county committee members of the 62nd Assembly District would choose their candidate.

Following the inability of the Huudu Yahaya - led conflict resolution committee of the National Democratic Congress to effectively deal with grievances arising out of last year's parliamentary primaries, the governing party risk losing some parliamentary seats it won or lost to independent candidates in the 2012 elections, investigations by The aL - hAJJ have uncovered.

The appointment of a successor is also complicated because it's an election year, and any appointee may need to quickly form a campaign committee and defend the seat this fall in both a primary and general election, according to longtime Albany legislators.

The action of the executive committee, which was elected in 2014, «undermines the election results of the 2016 primary election, and is inconsistent with case law limiting the authority of the 2014 executive committee» between the primary and the party convention.

Ian Phillips, chair of the Cayuga County Democratic Committee, said local party leaders want to avoid a primary and keep the party's focus and resources on defeating Rep. John Katko, R - Camillus, in the November election.

Over 2650 delegates from 16 local government areas of the state would participate in the election holding at Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, Ado - Ekiti.33 aspirants including two former governors of the state; Chief Segun Oni and Dr. Kayode Fayemi jostling for APC Governorship ticket.Fillers from the venue of the primaries indicated Fayemi or Oni might emerge winner based on comments from some of the delegates.The exercise being conducted by Governor Tanko Al - makura led committee is going on peaceful as Police has provided adequate security inside and outside the venue.

He advised that the Governor Tanko Al - Makura - led primaries committee should get all the aspirants to agree on the list of delegates before going for the election.

Committee seats are either appointed by the party chair or voted on during primary elections.

«The National Working Committee of our great party, headed by the National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun had this afternoon cleared senator Mudashir Husein to participate in the primary election as scheduled,» Oyatomi said.

State law prohibits the expenditure of party funds to assist a candidate before the Sept. 13 primary, and Mr. Rosenbaum has filed a complaint against the committee with the State Elections Board.

Commisso said Sheehan recently called a meeting of the committee «just as a show before the primary election.»

«While Republicans are already fighting a bitter and divisive primary, I have no doubt that another commonsense Democrat will fill his shoes in this competitive district that Democrats have held for the past three elections,» said Rep. Steve Israel of New York, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

The County Committee shall be constituted by the election biennially in each Election District in the County of New York, at the Primary Election held in each odd - numbered year, of two members of the County Committee plus an additional member if 300 or more votes and less than 451 votes were cast in such Election District for governor under the Party emblem at the last preceding gubernatorial election, and an additional member if 451 or more votes were cast in such Election District at saelection biennially in each Election District in the County of New York, at the Primary Election held in each odd - numbered year, of two members of the County Committee plus an additional member if 300 or more votes and less than 451 votes were cast in such Election District for governor under the Party emblem at the last preceding gubernatorial election, and an additional member if 451 or more votes were cast in such Election District at saElection District in the County of New York, at the Primary Election held in each odd - numbered year, of two members of the County Committee plus an additional member if 300 or more votes and less than 451 votes were cast in such Election District for governor under the Party emblem at the last preceding gubernatorial election, and an additional member if 451 or more votes were cast in such Election District at saElection held in each odd - numbered year, of two members of the County Committee plus an additional member if 300 or more votes and less than 451 votes were cast in such Election District for governor under the Party emblem at the last preceding gubernatorial election, and an additional member if 451 or more votes were cast in such Election District at saElection District for governor under the Party emblem at the last preceding gubernatorial election, and an additional member if 451 or more votes were cast in such Election District at saelection, and an additional member if 451 or more votes were cast in such Election District at saElection District at said time.

In special elections, parties do not hold open primaries — instead, a panel of party insiders called the county committee selects the candidate.

The Political Committee of the Caucus of Working Educators will be embarking upon its endorsement process for the upcoming May 2018 Primary Elections.

(a) Whenever a Party nomination for a public office to be filled at a general or special election is not made at a primary election or by judicial nominating convention, or when no valid designating petition is filed with the board of elections (1) such nomination shall be made by the Executive Committee if for a public office to be filled by the voters of a political subdivision whose boundaries are coterminous with the County of New York or the Borough of Manhattan, and any vacancy in a nomination so made shall be filled by the Executive Committee or a subcommittee appointed by the Executive Committee for that purpose, and (2) such nomination shall be made by the appropriate District Committee if for a public office to be filled by the voters of a political subdivision wholly or partly contained within, but embracing only a part of, the County of New York or Borough of Manhattan, and any vacancy in a nomination so made shall be filled by a subcommittee appointed by said District Committee for that purpose.

In 1955, The Lex Club was instrumental in changing the procedure for electing District Leaders from election by the County Committee to direct election by Democratic primary voters.

The Executive Committee shall adopt and designate a person or persons to file the statement required to be filed by Election Law 2 - 120 setting forth the party positions to be filled at each primary election and the number of persons to be elected to each position and the election districts contained within each part of an Assembly DElection Law 2 - 120 setting forth the party positions to be filled at each primary election and the number of persons to be elected to each position and the election districts contained within each part of an Assembly Delection and the number of persons to be elected to each position and the election districts contained within each part of an Assembly Delection districts contained within each part of an Assembly District.

Two of the committee members, which represented the majority, voted that the primary election won by Akeredolu should be cancelled and that a fresh one be organised.

(a) The Chairperson of the County Committee shall call a meeting of the Executive Committee within 30 days after the biennial Primary Election at which the District Leaders are elected and shall preside at such meeting until the Chairperson of the Executive Committee shall have been elected.

A Democratic party rule designed to encourage women to participate in state committee elections has backfired for some female candidates running in the 2018 Pennsylvania primary.

Silver's first bill, co-sponsored by Assembly Election Law Committee Chairman Mike Cusick, a Staten Island Democrat, would allow New Yorkers to vote at designated locations beginning 14 days prior to any general election and seven days prior to any primary or special eElection Law Committee Chairman Mike Cusick, a Staten Island Democrat, would allow New Yorkers to vote at designated locations beginning 14 days prior to any general election and seven days prior to any primary or special eelection and seven days prior to any primary or special electionelection.

Our correspondent privy to discussion at the meeting reports that National Working Committee (NWC) of the party gave Governor Tanko Al - Makura go ahead to conduct the rejuvenated Primary Election.

This observation and assertion is grounded on the clear understanding and full knowledge of the Traditional NDC Members and even the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NDC, that the Parliamentary Primaries which was held on the 22nd November, 2015 to elect a candidate was fraught and marred with violence, intimidations, fraud and false accusations spearheaded by Sam George, one of the candidates, for which reason the result of that elections could not be said or taken to represent the Will and aspirations of the majority of the NDC membership in the constituency and the country at large.

His oopponents — both in the primary and general election — argued he would not be able to adequately police he former colleagues, but Schneiderman pointed to his role as chairman of the committee that led the charge to expel former Sen. Hiram Monserrate as proof he can be tough with state lawmakers.

Whilst calling on the President to remain focused on delivering on his mandate to the people of Ghana, the Cadres appealed to the National Executive Committee to work hard to resolve all the differences among some of the Parliamentary candidates at the just ended NDC primaries and urged them to work hard to ensure the party's victory in the 2016 general election.

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took another dimension on Thursday as the embattled factional chairman of the party, Sen Ali Modu Sheriff on Thursday inaugurated five committees for the conduct of a fresh primary election in Edo State.

After the declaration of the official results of the poll, the chairman of the election committee announced Akeredolu as the winner of the primary election.

Meanwhile, a former Governor of Ekiti State, Segun Oni; Senior Special Assistant to the President, Babafemi Ojudu; a former member of the House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele, and 24 other aspirants in the primary have rejected the directive by the APC National Working Committee that the aborted primary election should continue from where it stopped.

But if a special election is called sooner, the county committee, led by Chairman John Antoniello, would decide whom the candidate is without the possibility of a challenge from a primary opponent.

Jonathan, who continues to serve on VID's Executive Committee, will stand for election at the upcoming Democratic primary (yet to be officially scheduled, but anticipated for September).

Special elections for state seats — like the one Gov. Andrew Cuomo scheduled in Harlem for May 23 — do not have an open primary: instead, the county committee, a panel of party insiders, selects who gets to run on the ballot line at a formal nominating convention.

The money from the board's political action committee will be used mostly on advertising leading up to the Sept. 10 primary, which in this heavily Democrat district usually determines the winner of the general election, and could have a major impact.

Special elections, like the one scheduled to replace the convicted lawmaker on April 19, do not have open primaries: instead, the county committee, consisting of operatives elected within the party, chooses who gets the ballot line.