Sentences with phrase «ballot papers with»

His name still appeared on ballot papers with the UKIP party name.

My colleague Richard Adams points out that there is some alarm — mostly from Ukip voters, as far as we can see, though do let me know if this concern has spread to other parties» supporters — that voters are being asked to mark their ballot papers with a pencil.

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.

OR SPOIL YOUR BALLOT PAPER WITH A SUITABLY CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE BOGUS AV v FPTP UK REFERENDUM - A LIBDEMCON COALITION CON.

But now people have a ballot paper with two columns on it, one for their first choice and one for their second choice.

Each vote is a single choice - the voter marks their choice on each ballot paper with a single X.

Not exact matches

Estonia disputed the claims, saying that it had worked flawlessly in six elections and that it had «a level of security greater than was possible with paper ballots.»

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.

Put your cross on the ballot paper... or make John Buckeridge cross It was politics that triggered the only time I got mad with my good friend Phil.

What currently interests Cheevers most about Ski's future has to do with a green piece of paper that folds out like a road map and says OFFICIAL BALLOT — ECLIPSE AWARDS 1976.

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.

The unofficial tally, according to the NYC Board of Elections: 10,756, Storobin; 10,636, Fidler, with 757 paper ballots to be counted.

Now, this part of California uses a paper (Scantron) ballot with individual serial numbers.

After the result is declared what happens with the ballot papers?

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

The chamber is controlled by Republicans, but Democrats in the Senate were buoyed after a paper ballot count left their candidate in a Long Island Senate race with a 41 vote advantage, potentially giving them a 32 - person majority.

One complication was that the authorities changed voting laws so that every voter could cast their vote at any polling station (i.e. not necessarily where they are registered) with the inevitable consequence that many polling stations ran out of ballot papers.

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

The three - term legislator filed his papers with the secretary of the state's office Thursday to have his name placed on the Aug. 14 primary ballot.

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.

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.

the party's logo, if registered by the Electoral Commission and submitted to the Electoral Commission in accordance with subsections (7) and (8) of section 127 or in accordance with subsections (4) and (5) of section 146E for inclusion on the ballot paper, shall be shown to the right of the name of the candidate.

a 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)--

A significant swing to the SNP in Scotland could see the nationalists gain power, but with many seats yet to declare and scores of spoilt ballot papers, the result is still too close to call.

Also of the many people on the ballot paper how many of them get elected and does my choice get spread or just land with one?

The six constituency NEC places are also being elected this year, with nominations by local Labour Parties being made up until 24 June and ballot papers being sent to all members around 7 July.

While paper ballots have yet to be counted, the Board of Elections reported 1,026,169 ballots cast with over 4.3 million registered voters in NYC.

A successful coup requires a rigged leadership election, with Corbyn kept off the ballot paper.

«We believe that online balloting allows us to achieve a level of security greater than what is possible with paper ballots.»

Peers voted for the second time to introduce a new requirement for voters to sign for their ballot papers last night, setting up another clash with the House of Commons.

Ballot boxes will then be snatched and swapped with already thumb - printed ballot pBallot boxes will then be snatched and swapped with already thumb - printed ballot pballot papers.

In 2015, rather than scraping onto the ballot paper, Corbyn, with 152 CLPs behind him, would have led the field.

The ballot for positions on the presidential ballot paper has however been suspended until the court cases filed by some disqualified presidential aspirants have been dealt with, Mr Eric Dzakpasu, Head of Communications at the EC has said.

Anyone joining the queue at their local polling station at 21.59 are unlikely to have been turned away and there's probably a few stragglers with their pens still hovering over the ballot paper right now.

Voters put a cross on a ballot paper next to their favoured candidate and the candidate with the most votes in the constituency wins.

Ballot papers distributed by party, with equality of access for candidates to electorate.

YouGov said: «With the ballot papers out for the Labour leadership contest, Labour members will be dismayed to see the party's rating in the polls dipping below the 30 % mark once again.»

But, while in agreement with Labour's governing body, the National Executive Committee, that Corbyn should be on the ballot paper in the leadership contest, Smith nevertheless decided to resign and oppose his leader when a meeting between Corbyn and the so - called soft left of the shadow cabinet, including shadow energy secretary Lisa Nandy, led to rancour.

«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.

On Election Day, ballot boxes are snatched and stuffed with pre-thumb-printed papers.

He said, «We also acknowledge that in Ahoada East and West, a Supervisory Presiding Officer unsuccessfully tried to abscond with ballot papers and result sheets.

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

In Midtown, one machine serving District 12 broke, prompting Gregg Kaminksy, 46, to cast his votes for Christine Quinn, Eliot Spitzer and Corey Johnson with a paper ballot.

With more than 19,000 paper ballots still waiting to be counted, the Board of Elections said Tuesday that they won't know whether there will need to be a runoff until at least next week.

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.

A few hours later and with Diane Abbott on the ballot paper, the race took on a new dimension, not only for party members — it also became much more relevant to the wider public.

«In this leadership contest, Ukip's Tea Party tendency — people obsessed with US Republican conventions — are well represented on the ballot paper,» declared Evans last month,

The Co-operative Party has not registered a logo with the Electoral Commission for use on ballot papers.

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.

The Republican challengers remain ahead in two of the races, and one has tightened to become a statistical dead heat, which means we should get ready for a long election night — possibly with some contests too close to call without a tally of the paper ballots.