Sentences with phrase «ballot by petition»

In Idaho, a Homestead Exemption initiative, which would exempt the first $ 50,000 of assessed value on residences from property tax, was placed on the November ballot by petition.

Frank Gulluscio, a Democrat who ran against Ulrich in the February special election for the seat but was removed from the ballot by a petition challenge, was also endorsed by DC 37.

Lindsay campaign officials tried to pick up petition blanks to add her to the ballot by petition, but county elections Read more»

Peters announced near the end of April that she had gathered enough signatures to qualify for the ballot by petition.

Hoeppner got on the ballot by petition, and no one challenged that petition.

«I'm happy we were able to qualify for the ballot by petition,» Brandes said Friday.

Not exact matches

They plan to circulate petitions to put an assault weapon ban on the 2020 ballot if neither the Revision Commission nor the Legislature responds adequately by then.

But if the district «s suit fails and the petition drive is successful, the referendum questions favored by the petition drive organizers would appear on the ballot, according to officials.

A minimum of ten parents can trigger a petition but this must be backed by 20 per cent of affected parents before a full ballot can go ahead.

This e-mail is being forwarded around by Warren Redlich, who is also trying to petition his way onto the ballot and has been endorsed by the Libertarian Party (which doesn't have ballot status, hence the petition drive).

If he were to file petitions to be on the ballot by tomorrow at midnight, that would be indicative of his intentions to do just that.

But if you've been confronted recently by clipboard - carriers asking you to sign a petition to get someone on the ballot, that's because it's petition time, the semi-official beginning of campaign season in New York.

An electoral petition relating to the allocation of seats under sections 191 to 193 may be presented to the Court of Appeal by a secretary of a political party whose party was listed in the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote.

After Spitzer appeared Monday afternoon at his petition drive with no staffers in tow — and few volunteers canvassing the area — questions remain about whether his hurried campaign will be able to collect the 3,750 signatures from registered Democrats required to qualify for the ballot by the midnight deadline this Thursday.

But if you've been confronted recently by clipboard - carriers asking you to sign a petition to get someone on the ballot, that's because it's petition time, the semi-official beginning of...

But he was defeated in a September primary by Paladino, who petitioned his way onto the ballot and then went on to lose big in the general election to Democrat Andrew Cuomo.

Mermel also made it clear he doesn't support Carl Paladino's plan to force a primary by petitioning his way onto the ballot (Levy hasn't ruled that out, either, at this point).

He's going to have to be quick about his decision, however, since petitioning for House races started yesterday and the ballot needs to be certified by May 4.

ALBANY — Cynthia Nixon said Monday she is likely to try to secure a spot on the Democratic gubernatorial primary ballot by gathering petition signatures rather than contesting Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo at the party primary next month.

Those not chosen by the borough's party organizations can still get on the ballot by filing new petitions within 12 days of Paterson's announcement, which gives them an Aug. 18 deadline.

Levy's rejection by the GOP also makes it more likely that maverick multi-millionaire Buffalo developer Carl Paladino will commit the resources necessary to petition his way onto the Republican primary ballot for a one - on - one contest with Lazio, another major boost for Cuomo.

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.

Suozzi's petitions for a «Fix Washington» ballot line were approved by the state Board of Elections in Albany.

She would need 15,000 signatures on nominating petitions by July 9th to get onto the ballot.

Given the difficulty of getting a statewide petition on the ballot in New York, the law is unlikely to be overturned by a referendum, as was the case in California.

In areas where grammar schools were the norm, the 1998 regulations made under the Act provided for ballots to be triggered by 20 per cent of parents at all schools signing a petition, while in areas where grammar schools were less common, only parents of children at «feeder schools» would be allowed to vote.

Teachout, a Fordham law professor, is challenging Cuomo on the Democratic primary ballot (Her petitions are being challenged by the governor's re-election campaign).

Coffey initially upset some rank - and - file Dems by suggesting he would forgo the state convention and simply petition his way onto the ballot.

«Several longtime loyal African American, Haitian and Hispanic District leaders also attended but were unable to vote for the Chairman due to having been targeted by the opposing faction and knocked off of the ballot during petitioning.»

The commission proposed cutting the number of petition signatures needed to get on the ballot for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, borough president and Council by half.

Party insiders said Coffey hurt himself by suggesting early on that he would forgo the state convention and petition his way onto the ballot, which was seen as something of a slight by some committee members.

The meaning of a signature on a ballot access petition was explained well by U.S. District Court Judge Philip Pratt, a Nixon appointee, in Hall v Austin, 495 F.Supp.782 (eastern district of Michigan, 1980).

In 2013, Luthmann was kicked off the ballot for Borough President by the Board of Elections after it said he didn't have enough signatures on his petition.

According to Frederico Polsinelli, Bo Deitl's campaign manager, the petition to ballot was filed by Reform Party members who support Dietl and «felt that Bo had been shut out unfairly and felt that the Reform Party should have an open, fair process to vote.»

Perez Williams said her decision — less than two weeks before the deadline to file petitions to get on the June 26 ballot — was influenced by a political mentor she would not identify and a belief that Balter failed to raise enough money and attention to compete against Katko.

According to sources familiar with his thinking, in recent weeks — with the kickoff for ballot petitions fast approaching and the political climate unsettled nationwide — Fossella has been weighing a run for the seat currently held by Democratic Rep. Mike McMahon.

But state Board of Elections spokesman John Conklin on Friday said that 1,448 of the 4,132 signatures Russo submitted were found to be invalid by a bipartisan team at the board responsible for reviewing petitions, putting Russo below the 3,000 signatures he needed to get on the independent ballot line.

Ballot Access News erred when it reported that the new Florida ballot access law for minor party presidential candidates requires a petition signed by 4 % of the last presidential vote, unless the minor party is recognized by the Federal Election CommiBallot Access News erred when it reported that the new Florida ballot access law for minor party presidential candidates requires a petition signed by 4 % of the last presidential vote, unless the minor party is recognized by the Federal Election Commiballot access law for minor party presidential candidates requires a petition signed by 4 % of the last presidential vote, unless the minor party is recognized by the Federal Election Commission.

Cuomo allies would have to gather at least 15,000 petition signatures by mid-August to create a «Women's Equality Party» line on the statewide ballot.

The Tenney campaign had claimed that Phillips violated election law by submitting fraudulent petition signatures in order to secure a spot on the ballot.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City — County executive candidate Legislator Ed Day has initiated court proceedings against Conservative Party opportunity - to - ballot candidate Simon Leschinsky, alleging petitioning irregularities.

He also ran into more controversy recently when the State Elections Enforcement Commission opened an investigation into a complaint by a Bridgeport resident who said he never signed a petition that allowed Ganim to get on the primary ballot.

The claim lodged with the Board of Elections today alleges that Mr. Cabrera's nominating petitions to get on the ballot for the Democratic primary were signed and even carried by members of the GOP — which is not permitted under New York's partisan election law.

UPDATE: A reader rightly points out that Serino is not necessarily guaranteed the Conservative and Independence lines, since she could be primaried by a registered member of one or both parties who circulates petitions to get onto the ballot.

Today marks the start of the six - week process of designating petitions, where candidates are typically joined by hordes of volunteers in collecting the required number of signatures to place themselves on the ballot for September's party primaries.

Such candidates, who would not be from any of the current parties with a ballot line in New York State through 2014, could receive the Green Party nomination and put their own line on the ballot by independent nominating petition.

We can do this by using our existing Reform Party ballot lines, petitioning our candidate onto a handful more, and by petitioning for our potential nominees at Americans Elect (www.americanselect.org).

Even without the party designation, Kicinski and Vasquez can gain a spot on the June 24 primary ballot by collecting 1,250 valid signatures on petitions.

Election Petition Tribunal which sat in Katsina after the by - election had on 15th November, nullified the election of Hon. Mansir Aliyu Mashi on the ground that election was marred with irregularities, ranging from ballot box snatching, failure of election to hold in some polling units among others and ordered fresh election in those polling units.

Robert Mittman, an allergist in Bayside with no previous political experience, is on the ballot after surviving a drawn - out petition challenge by the Lancman campaign.