Sentences with phrase «ballot paper for»

In 2007, the Holyrood and Scottish council elections took place on the same day, and saw the introduction of a new design of ballot paper for the parliament vote and a new voting system for the council seats.

How exactly does this square with even having an option on the ballot paper for taking no position on a leadership contest it described in May as «an essential opportunity for the party» to think «long and hard about how it renews and transforms itself in the years ahead»?

«For the candidates who have met the requirements, their nominations will be accepted, which will mean they will be on the ballot paper for the December presidential elections,» she said.

Meanwhile, MPs are said to be resigned to the fact that Mr Corbyn would make it back onto the ballot paper for the contest triggered by a coup.

«The GMB appear to have broken the spirit of the rules guiding the conduct of the Labour party leadership election by sending out a strong recommendation for Ed Miliband together with the ballot paper for political levy payers... It may well suggest that the margin of his victory depended on votes cast in dubious circumstances.

Her announcement looks set to trigger civil war within the party, with Mr Corbyn likely to fight to ensure that his name is on the ballot paper for a vote of the party's members, among whom he has strong support.

Johanna Baxter hit out after the NEC voted by 18 - 14 in favour of putting Mr Corbyn straight onto the ballot paper for Labour's forthcoming leadership election.

The Convention People's Party (CPP) may not be on the ballot paper for this year's elections as the party was unable to submit its nomination fees to the Electoral Commission (EC).

The Sunday Politics spoke to the other 10 who will also be on the ballot paper for voters to choose from, as they get a chance to make their case.

Jeremy Corbyn will be on the ballot paper for the Labour leadership contest after a legal challenge to force him to collect the backing of MPs was rejected by a High Court judge.

The EC invited all the parties for Thursday morning's decision on how Parliamentary candidates were to be positioned on the ballot paper for Election 2016.

[4] Heathcoat - Amory partly blamed the presence of a UKIP candidate on the ballot paper for his defeat during his speech after the result of the ballot was announced.

Labour moderates were left licking their wounds this afternoon after it was confirmed that Jeremy Corbyn will not be thrown off the ballot paper for the Labour leadership contest.

The count is also further complicated by how difficult it is to design a fool - proof ballot paper for it.

There are two ballot papers for this as some are elected on a constituency basis and some are on a party list.

LOWER EAST SIDE — Rep. Nydia Velazquez's office is warning Chinese - speaking voters not to be confused if her name is misspelled on ballot papers for Tuesday's primary elections.

If, like me, you haven't received your ballot papers for some reason, you should contact Electoral Reform Services:

In the «Gender Balance» variant there are three ballot papers for each voter to complete.

The petitioners had, through their counsel, Yusuf Alli (SAN), filed an appeal seeking an an order to direct that the recounting of the used ballot papers for the identified LGAs be completed.

New on DA today: The problem of large ballot papers for European elections, and what the parties should do about it.

The ballot papers for the Conservative leadership election will be sent out next Friday, and conventional wisdom is that most party members will return them almost straightaway.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is calling for an investigation into what it calls a major security breach at Innolink, the company printing the ballot papers for the Greater Accra and Volta Regions.

«A hotel room that was booked by an aide of the regional chairman of New Patriotic Party for Ashanti Region, Chairman Wontumi to allow his business partners to spend a night or two there, where he [Wontumi] stayed himself as the report indicated, with a white lady, the next morning the chairman now moves with the Police to a very room that his own special assistant has spent the night and say there are thumb printed ballot papers there and that they were thumb printing ballot papers for President Mahama,» he claimed.

Ballot papers for indiustrial action should contain more information concerning the nature, frequency and length of industrial action to be authorised, including identifying a specific grievance.

Innolink limited, one of the companies contracted to print the ballot papers for the Greater Accra and Volta Regions has started defacing the plates used for the printing of the ballot papers following the completion of the process.

As ballot papers for Labour's leadership land on doorsteps this week, those electing the next Leader of the Opposition, namely party members, MPs and affiliated trades unionists have a duty not only to consider their party's best interests, but the country's best interests too.

The error was the latest in a number of problems with ballot papers for local and European elections in Cornwall.

Samuel Pyne explained that the party detected the «discrepancy» while examining ballot papers for the various constituencies.

According to the party's Director of Elections, Martin Adjei - Mensah Korsah, they have uncovered a major security breach at Innolink, the company printing the ballot papers for Greater Accra and Volta Regions.

Not exact matches

Before we were allowed to put our slip of paper ballot in the bucket, the chair gave an opportunity for someone to speak on behalf of each candidate.

As the Liberals and NDP fill ballots across the province with last minute paper candidates, with few exceptions Alberta remains safe electoral territory for the Conservative Party of Canada.

In fact, over a million people in Egypt voted for Salah in the country's national election, even though he wasn't on the ballot paper!

Neither gap is insurmountable for either Di Carlo or McDonald to erase as the count turns to the paper absentee ballots.

In paper ballot states, for example California, there seem to be a «standard» way of getting a ballot (from what I was told in comments, you get mailed one when you register to vote).

Since the UK uses paper ballot, the possibility for human error in the recount is obviously still there, however sorting errors should on average be reduced, since this will be a further check on resorted piles, rather than the initial sorting.

Sub-headings like «the changing position of the Scottish government» and «is there demand for a further devolution question on the ballot paper?»

The pro-Bill de Blasio drumbeat continues, with the labor - backed Working Families Party announcing its full support of the public advocate's candidacy — yet another development that will make it increasingly difficult for Bill Thompson to remain in the runoff, should the tallying of paper ballots push de Blasio below the magic 40 percent mark.

In his view, local notables can participate in policy - making on - line, give a small donation (maximum # 50), put their name on a ballot paper, then serve in Parliament for a maximum period of five years.

Having a partner in government may have helped the Lib Dems in some ways: though the Tory campaign on the ground denied it, stories dominated the national press about the limited extent of David Cameron's support for his own man on the ballot paper.

Campaigning for the Ukip leadership will take place throughout August with ballot papers being issued on September 1.

After the recount of roughly 5,100 voting machines and so - called «emergency» paper ballots used by those who could for whatever reason not cast their vote in the usual way, de Blasio's tally stands at 40.88, which is up from 40.33 percent via the unofficial results on primary night.

Say what you will about those old lever machines, you could at least line up the candidates for every race in columns on a paper ballot.

Those who steal ballot boxes, those found with ballot papers and who commit other electoral offences should be jailed for 5 years.

After checking that all ballot papers are properly accounted for, counters begin sorting them into piles to work out how many votes were cast for each candidate.

Forthwith after nomination day for an election, the Electoral Commission must cause ballot papers to be printed in sufficient numbers for the election.

Tuesday 18th February 9.30am - 11 am Raeburn Room, Old College, University of Edinburgh The possibility that Scotland should remain in the UK but that the Scottish Parliament should be given more power over and responsibility for taxation and welfare benefits will not appear on the ballot paper on 18th September.

the party's logo, if registered by the Electoral Commission and submitted to the Electoral Commission for inclusion on the ballot paper, shall be shown to the left of the name of the political party.

a constituency candidate for a component party of that party (being a component party that is not listed on the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote but is, in accordance with the details held by the Electoral Commission under any of the provisions of sections 127 (3A) and 128A, a component party of that party) has his or her name endorsed on a writ under section 185 as a person declared to be elected as a member of Parliament.

Any secretary of a political party listed on the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote may, instead of making 1 or more separate applications for recounts under section 180 (2), apply to the Chief District Court Judge for recounts of the party votes to be conducted in every electoral district.

Where the Electoral Commission disregards the name of a party in accordance with subsection (4), that party shall, for the purpose of this section and sections 192 and 193, be deemed to have been deleted from the list of parties included in the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote.