Sentences with phrase «access to the ballot by»

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The tax returns bill has been derided by Senate Republicans as a «P.R. stunt» but Stewart - Cousins insisted the measure was part of a consistent set of policy proposals (a different, but similar bill that would link releasing tax returns to ballot access, was defeated as a hostile amendment on the Senate floor).

Billed as the «People's Presidential Debate,» the three candidates fielded a wide range of questions, ranging from the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline to the recent document dumps by WikiLeaks to staggering student debt and the nation's burdensome and discriminatory ballot access laws, among other topics, and did so without interrupting or insulting their opponents as had happened frequently during the recent Clinton - Trump deAccess Pipeline to the recent document dumps by WikiLeaks to staggering student debt and the nation's burdensome and discriminatory ballot access laws, among other topics, and did so without interrupting or insulting their opponents as had happened frequently during the recent Clinton - Trump deaccess laws, among other topics, and did so without interrupting or insulting their opponents as had happened frequently during the recent Clinton - Trump debates.

By the evening of January 1, 2013, the December 1, 2012 print edition of Ballot Access News will probably be posted here, and even though normally past print issues are not updated, in this case, that issue will be updated to include the vote for president by state for each candidatBy the evening of January 1, 2013, the December 1, 2012 print edition of Ballot Access News will probably be posted here, and even though normally past print issues are not updated, in this case, that issue will be updated to include the vote for president by state for each candidatby state for each candidate.

By challenging her petitions he can force her lean campaign to spend tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees to defend her access to the ballot.

A: Citizens Party Delegates will have the opportunity to field a strong Presidential ticket at our 2016 Presidential nominating Convention only if we have reached ballot access on a minimum number of states at least 30 days before the beginning of the convention and we have quality candidates that also meet the minimum requirements set forth by the national committee to seek our nomination.

He says in addition to the bribery accusations, candidates also exchange money to obtain ballot access by making large donations to the party coffers.

Ballot papers distributed by party, with equality of access for candidates to electorate.

On March 4, the Birmingham News again published a column by Joey Kennedy, deploring Alabama ballot access and publicizing SB 265, the bill to cut the number of signatures in half and improve the deadline somewhat.

The aim of this lawsuit is to gain ballot access by keeping the Oklahoma Board of Elections from enforcing unconstitutional ballot restrictions.

The contrived nature of the system is even more abundantly clear when it comes to the discriminatory burdens placed on the nation's minor parties and independent candidates, whether the issue is unfair ballot access laws or the arbitrary and exclusionary 15 percent polling threshold imposed by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) on the Libertarian Party's Gary Johnson and Jill Stein of the Greens — or any other third - party presidential candidate, for that matter — to appear in the nationally - televised debates this autumn.

These pages include maps showing state by state breakdowns of party ballot access and the campaign's quest to reach the 20 state threshold for matching funds:

On September 7, U.S. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley issued a preliminary injunction, ordering the state not to enforce the ballot access law passed earlier this year by the legislature.

There was a link to this blog post posted by the author on the CP Debate thread at Ballot Access News.

The Democratic Party machine, Senator Schumer in particular denied Ohio Democrats a choice by cutting off Hackett's access to campaign cash - in effect denying him a spot on the ballot.

Jimmy McMillan, the 2010 candidate for governor who made a viral splash at the sole televised debate that year, was denied access to the statewide ballot on Friday by the Board of Elections.

The ballot line, created by state Democrats and Cuomo's re-election campaign to promote the 10 - point women's agenda, does not have many down - ballot candidates gaining access after their petitions were tossed.

There are three ballot propositions on the November ballot: 1) Creation of a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

Two - thirds (33) of all states require 10,000 or fewer signatures for a new political party to obtain ballot access; 22 of these states require less than 5,000 signatures or some other simpler means for a party to be recognized by the state.

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In some states, ballot access was not affected by 2012 election results, usually because either the LP achieved four - year ballot access in 2010 or because there are sufficient registered Libertarians to meet the state's requirement.

The Working Families Party and the Independent Party earned ballot access in 2010 by petitioning and then won enough votes to keep it, Harris said.

The commission is considering easing access to the ballot for candidates by lowering the number of signatures needed to get onto the ballot - but is not ready to open access to the ballot for voters.

On WBEN's Hardline program with Dave Debo, Stokes argues that giving people better ballot access is important, while Hardwick suggested it is a way for Democrats in some states to stockpile votes with organized drives hosted by churches or other narrowly defined voting blocs.

«After four Presidential cycles of ignoring the ballot access needs of Georgia by those who have sought our nomination,» said Al Herman, treasurer of the Party and himself a past write - in candidate for the U.S. Congress, «it is refreshing, indeed, to finally hear a Presidential candidate taking seriously the potential to be realized by putting the Green Party on the ballot in Georgia.»

According to research performed by Ballotpedia in February and March 2015, there were 221 state - level minor political parties across the nation, 39 of which had ballot access.

Virginia requires petitions, both for general election access by independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties, and also for a candidate to get on a primary ballot.

The Democratic Party of Virginia has been opposed to the strict law on primary ballot access, and has been in the habit of collecting signatures for all Democratic presidential candidates recognized by the party.

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In their lawsuits, filed last May, the groups argued that Proposition 39, a state ballot measure passed by voters in 2000, grants charters» access to facilities in...

«This ballot question actually takes a fairly tempered approach to increasing access in a gradual process, year by year, with retention of the important oversight of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education,» said Christopher Anderson, a former chairman of the state Board of Education and one of the petition's signers.

The idea that American democracy is government «by the people, for the people» is fundamental to our national identity, yet the history of who has access to the ballot box in America is troubled.

An election was held in April 2014 and the ballots cast by the workers were «impounded» and not counted while the NLRB grappled with the joint employer issue — an issue that quickly became a lightning rod in academic, political and legal circles about access to unionization, generally, and meaningful collective bargaining, specifically.

About the only bright spot for reproductive rights supporters was the defeat in Mississippi of a ballot initiative that would have sharply restricted women's access not only to abortion but also to various contraceptive methods by defining a person under state law as «a human being from the moment of fertilization.»