Sentences with phrase «ballot because»

The resolution got about 9 percent of the vote, enough to qualify for next year's ballot because it exceeded the 3 percent minimum for a first - time resolution.

Miyamoto read the name from a ballot because of our location in the home of the Oscars, according to Reggie.

And it appears at least two candidates — Larry Scott Blackmon and Mamadou Drame — may be ruled off the ballot because staff at the city's Board of Elections found that their independent party names (in the City Charter - mandated nonpartisan election) were too similar to major party names.

Lodge is a Democrat, but he was removed from the Democratic primary ballot because his petition didn't specify which seat he was running for.

Walsh said party leadership left him off the ballot because «their decision had already been made.»

Felder will appear on the ballot because she re-filed as an independent and collected the required Read more»

Felder is actually a Republican, but she was eliminated from the Republican primary ballot because she didn't file copies of her campaign finance papers both electronically and on paper by the March deadline.

But that matchup was short - lived, because Mr. Espada was removed from the ballot because of Democratic challenges his petitions.

State election officials had said the Democratic lawmaker had fallen short of requirements to make the ballot because two people collecting signatures for him were not registered voters, as required by state law.

[The Indypendent and NYT] Jose A. Padilla, who was running for Michael Benjamin's seat in the 79th Assembly District, has been knocked off the ballot because of a lack of signatures.

He had been appointed to the board vacancy the previous March but was ruled off the ballot because of faulty nominating petitions.

Foreman - Hines attempted to run in the previous election for Carmen - Arroyo's seat but she did not make it onto the ballot because she filed her paperwork late.

The Albany Times Union first reported on Tuesday lawyers for Republican Jim Tedisco objected to Gillibrand's absentee ballot because the senator was in the district on Election Day.

Lodge is a Democrat, but he was removed from the Democratic primary ballot because his petition Read more»

Even if he loses the Republican and Independence primaries, Coughlan still can appear on the November ballot because he has the backing of the Conservative Party.

Party for Socialism and Liberation nominee Peta Lindsay was denied a spot on the ballot because she does not meet the age requirements to be president, but remains a candidate for the party's nomination in August.

A spokeswoman for Gillibrand said the senator requested an absentee ballot because she did not expect to be able to vote at her polling location because Senate votes were scheduled that day.

The Secretary of State instructed county elections officials to tell the Lindsay campaign that she may not appear on the presidential primary ballot because she is under age 35.

Their names will not appear on the ballot because they have not been selected yet.

Both minor party candidates only qualified for the November ballot because, in each case, only one major party member filed to run in the primary.

«Donald Trump is becoming more unhinged by the day,» Mook said, suggesting that opportunities are growing for Democrats down ballot because of increased enthusiasm and high turnout projections.

Despite a 2006 felony conviction and three attempts to remove his name from the ballot because of his criminal record, Mohamed T. Albanna logged a 44 - vote victory Tuesday over John Ingram to win a race for Lackawanna City Council.

State law requires Nojay's name remain on the ballot because he died within seven days of the primary.

-- INDICTMENT, SCHMINDICTMENT: It wouldn't feel like an election in the Empire State if there weren't at least a few candidates on the ballot because they are presumed innocent of some criminal offense.

County officials had regarded 2016 as the best opportunity to get a water fee passed on the ballot because of typically high Democratic voter turnout in presidential election years.

They say state law requires Nojay's name remain on the ballot because he died within seven days of the primary.

«I hope it makes it to the ballot because I think it's going to have significant effect on the November election,» he said.

«I focused on the absentee ballot because I thought it was going to come down to this,» said Polacco.

Every year, either the Alabama Republican Party, or the Alabama Democratic Party, blocks candidates from its primary ballot because it doesn't like their political behavior.

Tim Fleming of the SOS has said the Green Party had to use petitions to get on the congressional ballot because the party has never garnered enough statewide votes to automatically earn a ballot spot.

A source close to Mr Corbyn confirmed the leader had opposed a closed ballot because he believed NEC members should «accountable» for their decisions.

The letter says that minor party and independent candidates should be kept off the ballot because «they can't win».

As per Alabama code, Title 17 - Elections, Chapter 6 - ELECTION PREPARATION, Article 2 Ballots, Moore will remain on the ballot because it is less than 76 days before the election.

Brian Bushner decided to put his name on the ballot because he thinks the current board didn't act fast enough when they learned the water was contaminated with PFOA two years ago.

Marte managed to score a spot on the ballot because five voters wrote in his name for the Independence line — out of a total of 21 votes cast in the all write in contest.

The Greens, Libertarians and Peace and Freedom are all in danger of falling off the ballot because of it by 2015.

He became an accidental congressman when former Rep. Thaddeus McCotter was dropped from the 2012 primary ballot because of a lack of valid signatures.

When Corbyn stood for the party leadership in 2015 he struggled to secure enough nominations, and only made it through to the membership ballot because some MPs said they would second him even though they disagreed with his views.

The bow - tie wearing attorney was originally kicked off the ballot because the BOE found that Luthmann was short by 171 signatures of the required 2,000 needed to run, Luthmann previously told DNAinfo New York.

«I think it's certainly harder to vote a straight party line ballot because of the new ballots,» he said.

Jeffrey Dean Schwartz, Governing Boardmember, Arcata School District, Arcata (Humboldt County) incumbent 1st / 3 candidates for three seats (tie, race not on ballot because uncontested) ELECTED

Rama Zarcufsky, Governing Boardmember, Maple Creek School District (Humboldt County) incumbent 1st / 2 candidates for three seats (tie, race not on ballot because uncontested) ELECTED

Barbara Sheldon, one of three candidates for Buffalo Grove village president, has been disqualified from the April 2 ballot because election officials found her nominating petitions faulty.

Park Board attorney Bruno Tabis told the board that it might not have the authority to place a referendum question on a ballot because it doesn't have home - rule powers and that authority is denied by statewide park district code.

Randy Johnson sailed through the Hall of Fame on the first ballot because hardly anyone suspected him of steroids, then or now.

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.

«Some supporters have urged me to press for a hand recount of the ballots because of voting irregularities, but I ran to stick up for Westchester taxpayers and I can not ask them to pay that bill,» Cohen said.

DeFiglio told investigators that voters in low - income areas were often unwittingly targeted for the fraudulent use of their ballots because they were less likely to do anything about it.

The Indiana race drew the most attention of all the races on Tuesday's ballots because some cast it as a referendum on the power of the tea party movement.

Attorneys for the Democratic and Republican parties challenged 64 of those ballots because of ballot signatures that didn't match those on record, and for other reasons.