Sentences with phrase «ballot papers as»

Independent Candidates, that is candidates not adopted by one of the parties in the party section of the ballot paper, will be identified on the ballot paper as Independent.

Grant Shapps said the party will stand in every seat and its hopefuls will «only ever be on the ballot paper as Conservative candidates».

The Islamic numerologist and spiritualist who predicted the loss of President Mahama by comparing his political life to Nigeria's former president, Goodluck Jonathan — Mallam Shamuna Ustaz Jibril — is again predicting a victory for NPP's Nana Addo using the ballot paper as reference.

«While she will still be on the ballot paper as a Ukip candidate we want voters in her district to realise that she is not representing the party and the people of east Sussex,» said a spokesperson.

BBC News reported that, while the Registration of Political Parties (Prohibited Words and Expressions)(Amendment) Order 2005 stipulates that no political party can be registered in the UK under the name «None of the Above», there is no legislation against a person changing their name by deed poll and appearing on the ballot paper as «None Of the Above».

Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) is meeting in central London to rule on whether Mr Corbyn should automatically get on the ballot paper as a sitting leader or whether he needs the nominations of 51 MPs and MEPs as his challenger Angela Eagle.

Claire Udy who had resigned from the party in a row over anti-semitism last week, said she would serve as an independent despite being on the ballot paper as a Labour candidate.

Not exact matches

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.

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

Even if Fidler manages to eke out a paper ballot win, this race was still a blow to the Senate Democrats as they gear up to try to take back the majority this fall.

Although voting experienced unprecedented delays and reports of pre-ticked ballot papers, the national presiding officer described the election as «successful» in spite of the glitches.

In Australia, where the method is used to elect the Senate, this is known as voting «below» and «above» the line respectively due to the design of the ballot paper.

The questioner doesn't go on to explore questions such as when and how the vote would take place, what should be on the ballot paper, and whether abandoning Brexit altogether should be an option.

If you stir in legislation such as the European Referendum Act 2015 which set the question to appear on the ballot paper but failed to address the legal consequences of a vote to leave, and the anomalies thrown up by the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011, not least the ability to avoid a fixed - term, then the unsatisfactory basis upon which the country has gone to the polls three times in the last three years is underscored.

No constituency candidate who seeks election as an independent candidate shall use the name of any political party that contested the last general election or any by - election held since the last general election but shall have the word «INDEPENDENT», without further qualification or addition, shown on the ballot paper immediately below that candidate's name.

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.

As a voter, you get two ballot papers.

As soon as practicable after giving the Electoral Commission the information specified in section 179 (1), the Returning Officer must destroy or cause to be destroyed all unused ballot paperAs soon as practicable after giving the Electoral Commission the information specified in section 179 (1), the Returning Officer must destroy or cause to be destroyed all unused ballot paperas practicable after giving the Electoral Commission the information specified in section 179 (1), the Returning Officer must destroy or cause to be destroyed all unused ballot papers.

Where the name or names given by a candidate as the name or names to be used on the ballot paper are too long to fit on the ballot paper, the Electoral Commission may abbreviate the name or names to be shown in such manner as will enable them to fit on the ballot paper.

«Of course, all this could change as machines are re-canvassed and paper ballots counted.

There was widespread sniggering early in David Cameron's tenure as leader of the party when candidates started appearing on local election ballot papers tagged as David Cameron's Conservatives.

The determined refusal of Labour and the Tories to even include PR as an option on the ballot paper makes it * look * as if they are trying to ensure that the status quo which gives them their undeserved electoral advantage is maintained, whatever the outcome.

Eight polls have so far been conducted since the Scottish Government accepted in January that the question on the referendum ballot paper should read, «Should Scotland be an independent country», as recommended by the Electoral Commission.

We knew we were going down; but, as in 1992, we hoped that when it came to polling day, stubby pencils would hover over the box next to the Labour candidate on the ballot paper, and people would decide to «play safe» and vote Conservative.

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

«He tried getting a contract to print ballot papers in Kenya; and he didn't get it; and yet in Ghana he's lucky to walk away with a rather huge sum as compared to what the others quoted.

According to Valerie Vasquez - Rivera, a spokesperson for the Board of Elections, the Board of Elections will follow normal recanvasing procedures where a bipartisan team opens up polling machines to get an official ballot count and then counts and validates all paper ballots (such as absentee ballots).

And David Cameron says the system is too complicated, as if putting 1,2,3 on a ballot paper is going to confuse people.

As leadership ballot papers are despatched, here's John Slinger with his top ten for a centre - left party that is serious about winning.

The answer most Bristol Labour party members will be looking for, as they start to receive their all - postal ballot papers any day now, is why should a Bristol Labour party member vote for you to be their Labour mayoral candidate?

As the midterm congressional primaries heat up amid fears of Russian hacking, 1 in 5 Americans will be casting their ballots on machines that do not produce a paper record of their votes.

Making the call at a news conference in Osogbo, the state Chairman of APC, Prince Gboyega Famodun, said the video clip was fabricated by some unscrupulous individuals to discredit the election, adding that the video clip, which was brandished by the spokesperson of Jonathan Campaign Organization, Mr Femi Fani - Kayode, had nothing to do with the last August election in Osun State as the ballot papers shown in the video were different from the actual ballot papers used for Osun governorship election.

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.

He made some good points but he also suggested that voters could have two boxes on their ballot papers at election time - one to vote as normal but another to award, if they chose, say # 3 in annual funding to that same party.

Convicted Eric Illsley, with a jail term of less than 12 months, could theoretically have continued working as an MP from his prison cell, but he would not have been allowed to put a cross on the ballot paper while behind bars.

If you want to stand as a candidate in the UK parliamentary election or by - election as an independent candidate and you want the word independent to appear on the ballot paper, you are required to state this on the nomination form.

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).

History will remember him as the leader who presided over the end of a three century old union, the man who signed off on a weak question on the ballot paper, failed to focus on the campaign until it was far too late and then, when he finally realised the error of his ways, sprinted to Scotland and spluttered out a panicked - looking promise of everything he'd never wanted.

The electronic machines are on the spot, same as paper ballot.

«I am telling you that our presidential candidate shall find himself not only on the ballot [paper] but also on December 7, when you are voting, you will not be only voting for Dr. Edward Mahama as president but also Thomas Akurugu as your Member of Parliament.

And we know and we are sure that by December 7 we are going to see the picture of Dr. Nduom on the ballot paper,» another one who gave his name as Ekow Vandike said.

As ballot papers go out for the Labour leadership election and after weeks of hustings, does it feel as though these are the people the party is talking about or talking tAs ballot papers go out for the Labour leadership election and after weeks of hustings, does it feel as though these are the people the party is talking about or talking tas though these are the people the party is talking about or talking to?

Voting The voter has two ballot papers with separate, independent votes - one vote for the Candidate you want as your local MP - on your first ballot paper, and one vote for the Party you really support - on the other ballot paper.

Yesterday I wrote to Harriet Harman to urge her to use her position as Acting Leader in association with the party's national officers to secure a reduction of the qualifying threshold for candidates to be allowed onto the ballot paper.

Mandelson and Blair's dominance of the political news just as Labour members received ballot papers fatally damaged the candidate whom they hoped to help, persuading enough undecided voters that it was time for everyone to move on.

It also struck out an appeal filed by the APC on whether the tribunal was right to order a recount of used ballot papers outside the pre-hearing period, stating that the order was properly made, since the used ballot papers were produced as demanded by the petitioners.

As everyone knows «Jez We Can» Corbyn has only modest support among fellow MPs and is on the ballot paper because some colleagues thought he would enliven the contest.

The poll had a «who would be your first preference as leader» question with a very long list of candidates in which Corbyn got less than a majority of support, but on a mock ballot paper against Hillary Benn, Dan Jarvis, Lisa Nandy, Angela Eagle and Tom Watson he wins comfortably on the first round (62 % support, with Benn in second place on 15 %).

He towered over Ellison as he gave him a bear hug outside the ballroom where voters gathered, then worked the floor as party insiders filled out their first round of paper ballots.

Tuesday's vote saw scattered technical glitches as voters used the new ballot - scanning machines, and some voters also complained about the miniscule 6 - point type on the paper ballots.