Sentences with phrase «around election day»

In September, Facebook revealed that it found 470 profiles tied to agents of the Russian government, which purchased 3,000 ads around Election Day.

Recall that Facebook has reported that the Internet Research Agency, an army of Russian government - backed trolls, reached roughly 126 million Americans around Election Day.

Not exact matches

In the days following election, numerous boycotts are floating around on both sides of the aisles as comments made by a number of executives win praise or condemnation taking some sort of stance as it relates to the election.

By Election Day, states had reportedly corralled around the DHS for cybersecurity assistance.

Near the end of June, the VIX was around 11 %, which is historically low and about half where it was just days before last year's presidential election.

During the days and weeks following the BC election a question has bounced around my mind, and the boardrooms of Vision Critical, our parent company which I chair: «Why bother?»

The Faith and Freedom Coalition, the Atlanta - based organization Reed launched in 2009 to mobilize voters of faith around the country, is placing more than one million voter guides in 5,300 Ohio churches and plans to complete the effort on the final Sunday before Election Day.

Instead, Congress is praying that the American Public will never wake up and stay at home the next time Election Day rolls around.

The candidates vying to fill the Westchester County state Senate district have in recent days began to coalesce around issues ahead of what's expected to be a crucial special election scheduled for April 24.

It does beg thequestion however: why hasn't he back in his room by that time?Misplaced enthusiasmMy favourite memory of election day was being given the opportunity to drive around the constituency with a megaphone.

During the campaigning days of this year's general election, Simon Roberts drove a motorhome around the UK chronicling candidates of all political persuasions.

Ulrich nonetheless said that he hopes Trump will «come around before election day.»

Though Election Day is fast approaching, much of the political news that revolves around speculation on a race for next year: the governor's race.

The romanticized notion that elections are solely decided on the day's issues gets a dose of reality whenever special elections roll around.

In recent days, Heastie's use of his campaign funds, his donations and steering of member items to contributors have come under the magnifying glass as Assembly Democrats coalesce around his election as speaker.

Barring a substantial shift in the last few days of campaigning — which seems unlikely given that 91 per cent of Labour voters say they probably will not change their minds — we can expect a swing from the Liberal Democrats to Labour of around 8 per cent since the general election.

Last month, with Election Day around the corner, that seemed to change as de Blasio renewed his call for a system that will encourage voting in a state with one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the country.

Rather it seems to be the «others» who are gaining support — though at around 8 % their total is still very low compared to the 18 % minor parties got at the last mayoral election, albeit, that was probably partially to do with the election falling on the same day as the European elections and the consequential boost for UKIP.

But it could come around again on Election Day next year, said Blair Horner, legislative director for the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Tague said he's been interested in the seat since Lopez stepped down last year; he said he began campaigning for the seat two days after it was vacated and contacted all 316 Republican committee people in the district after the county chairs began special election process «around Dec. 6.»

But the consensus around European issues in general tends to reduce the temperature of debate on the Belgian political landscape — and the fact that, for the first time, federal, regional and European elections will be contested on the same day makes the European parliamentary elections less visible to most people.

Siena released a trip of state Senate polls today that bring good news for the underdog Democrats with Election Day right around the corner.

The challengers seeking seats on the Southold Town Board this Election Day centered their campaigns around the idea that there's a need for change in a town where all five board members have been elected with Republican support.

Later, working models predicted the number to be around 32 - 39,000, with larger Election Day turnout seemingly favoring Taddeo.

Tyner being Tyner, he refused to apologize, which he should have, but his constituents rallied around on Election Day.

According to this poll of 401 likely voters, Maloney is leading Hayworth 46 - 40 with 14 percent still undecided, even though Election Day is right around the corner.

With less than a week until Election Day, the heart of GOTV is right around the corner.

This time around there was much talk by election «analysts» that Labour's majority would be reduced to less than 3,000 votes, and that Ukip might even win the seat, ending Corbyn's regime before it had even reached 100 days.

The union, which was instrumental in leading the push for measures such as a minimum wage increase to $ 15 in the downstate region and $ 12.50 upstate as well as a paid family leave program, has spread its endorsements around to members of both parties as control of the state Senate remains up for grabs a week before Election Day.

It's not unusual for a campaign to use office mail to reach out to constituents right as Election Day is around the corner.

Instead of timing the election when things looked good, the government would merely arrange its business so that things looked good when the predestined day rolled around.

I assumed that it could be instantly traced back to the door of our old Labour - hating friends, the Sun or the Mail - indeed in the five days following Miliband's election there were around 150 references to «Red Ed» in the British national press with the Sun leading the way with 49 mentions and the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday with 23.

«Everything works properly but on the day the elections results were declared by the EC chair, a lot of people who were jubilating came around and were a bit rowdy.

Secondly, the Sunday prior to election day also restricted visit locations due to media commitments in and around London.

«With less than two weeks until Election Day, it's going to take more than a minor miracle by the Paladino campaign to turn the gubernatorial race around,» Greenberg said in a statement.

New York Public Interest Research Group Legislative Director Blair Horner in a statement also reiterated the call for easier voter registration, including same - day enrollment as well as an end to patronage posts at boards of elections around the state.

With less than three weeks to go until Election Day, candidates for office around central and northern New York have been holding debates.

With Election Day around the corner, here are some useful resources in case you encounter problems at the polls.

He further urged Ghanaians to give the NPP the chance on the election day to turn the fortunes of Ghana around.

«It is crucial that parents and members of the public know that this bond proposition, which will greatly benefit students in urban school districts around Westchester, will need support on Election Day,» said Williams.

I was a late convert to the idea that we needed to do something quickly... I was persuaded in the few days surrounding the change of government because that's when the sovereign debt crisis was at its peak... Certainly under the conditions under which we embarked on the election there was no immediate sense of crisis that crisis hit us around election time and we had to respond to it... I changed my mind in the days shortly after the election because that was when the sovereign debt crisis his Europe.

# 100,000 per candidate, rather than the usual limit these days for seats in a general election of around # 12,000 - # 13,000.

Mike Derrick, a Democrat, engaged in what his campaign referred to as a «full court press» in the final week before Election Day, including a whirlwind schedule that saw him stump at over a dozen locations around the state's largest congressional district, including Willsboro, where he hammered Stefanik on residency issues and the role of outside money in politics.

Stefanik, who stumped in Plattsburgh on Monday, sails into Election Day with a fresh endorsement from the Post Star, who endorsed Green Party candidate Matt Funiciello during the last go - around in 2014.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about Election Day and all the races around the state and nation affecting voting today.

Polling places around Monroe County have some additional inspections on Election Day — staffers from the U.S. Justice Department.

NEW YORK — Neither of the two men running for New York governor are spending Election Day stumping around New York State for more votes.

Is Andrew compelled to jet around NYS to thank the hundreds of volunteers that worked for him before the election and on election day?

The buzz around her election - night rally in Kingston was that a plea for financial support to Bernie supporters late in the campaign generated some $ 250,000 from one email in one day.

One issue that progressive activists are upset with the incumbent governor about — and that came into stark relief around the time of the 2016 Clinton - Sanders primary — is the state's antiquated election laws, including lack of early voting and same - day registration, and party - change deadlines extremely far in advance of the applicable vote.