Sentences with phrase «ballot position for»

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

If you are not registered for any party, and the Democratic Party allows it, you can get a No Party Preference Democratic Party ballot (this name may seem contradictory, but it is used to refer to a ballot that allows you to vote for the party nominees, but not party leadership positions).

They did not consider the need for support of Democratic candidates running for down ballot positions.

No major statewide or coordinated campaign questions the need for a Digital Director staff position, yet down - ballot — at the state legislative and state party level — you would be hard - pressed to find one, except in rare high - dollar races in major media areas.

8:15 pm — Vote on official position of two referendum propositions on November ballot See below for propositions

This creates a situation where one candidate will appear multiple times on the same ballot, for the same position.

The 2017 New York City elections are for the three citywide posts of Mayor, Public Advocate and Comptroller; the five Borough President positions; all 51 City Council seats; the Brooklyn and Manhattan District Attorney posts; and other down ballot offices like some civil court judges and some district leader positions.

In theory anyone could attempt to run by collecting enough signatures to get on the primary ballot but the reality of election politics today is that only those people who are connected to the party already and have the ability to raise money for themselves and the party have a real chance of success of being nominated to a high profile position.

For average voters to have the chance to elect the positions separately, the state would need to find a slate of Electors pledged to a cross-party pair (e.g., Romney - Biden) and put it on the ballot.

After my position in the ballot for private Members» Bills was announced, I sought their views on what piece of legislation I might introduce.

But with Cuomo's focus on getting 50,000 votes for the new ballot line — thus giving the party automatic ballot status for the next election cycle through 2016 — concerns are being stoked the WFP could lose influence and its own ballot position, currently Row D.

Political parties contesting this year's Parliamentary election have voted for positions on the ballot papers.

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.

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.

Okaikoi North NDC Constituency Chairman, Fiifi Taylor has said the executives will disqualify any candidate who is contesting for a position in a polling station he does not cast his ballot.

Unofficial results were not available to the public according to the BOE and will not be made available until next week however, unofficial tallies indicate with 862 votes for the District Leader position, Vazquez could find the extra four votes she needs to win with 316 absentee ballots and 50 emergency ballots yet to be counted.

Mr. Bruer's open seat is the only justice position on the ballot this year, but there are two trustee seats being decided, with Mr. Bergen seeking re-election for his seat.

The business of the caucus is to decide on who will represent the Democratic Party on the ballot on November 7 for local town positions.

Minor party presidential candidates who qualified for the New Jersey ballot are the nominees of the American Third Position, Constitution, Green, Libertarian, Justice, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and Socialist Workers parties.

(b) Each Democratic organization shall have a written constitution which provides among other things (i) that the annual election of officers be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization; (ii) that membership in the organization be open to all enrolled Democrats residing in the political subdivision for which the organization is to function; (iii) that there be periodic financial reports to the membership, with at least one report each year and that the receipts and expenditures of the organization may be reviewed upon the written request of any member of the organization at a reasonable time and place fixed by an officer of the organization designated for that purpose; (iv) that endorsement of all candidates for party position or public office in the party primary be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization.

Killian's position also comes as Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan insisted to The Daily News over the weekend Trump's candidacy would not hurt Republicans running down - ballot races and that he was not abandoning support for the nominee.

We asked Republican candidate for attorney general John Cahill for his position on each of the three ballot propositions on the November ballot.

For now, a woman will lead the office: State Solicitor General Barbara D. Underwood will assume Schneiderman's position until the state Assembly and state Senate choose a successor by a joint ballot.

We've asked both candidates for attorney general, Democratic incumbent Eric Schneiderman and Republican challenger John Cahill, for their positions on each of the three ballot propositions on the November ballot.

To ensure that all candidates who are put to the ballot command a substantial body of support in the PLP, the threshold for nominations to secure a position on the shortlist should be raised from 12.5 per cent to 15 per cent of House of Commons members of the PLP.

Unfortunately for him, this entailed a ballot of university staff, registered alumni and a small number of students in representative positions.

In Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace and Kensington, voters cast ballots for city - and borough - wide positions such as mayor, public advocate and Brooklyn District Attorney.

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.

The day prescribed by applicable State law as the last day to qualify for a position on the general election ballot may be designated as the primary election for such candidate.

But, the delegates cast ballots for the position of chairman of the party in the state, in which the Acting Chairman, Chief Eze Nwachukwu, defeated Mr Patrick Ngbebu, to become substantive chairman.

State GOP spokesman Alex Carey said Cox is «entirely secure in feeling that all the hard work he has undertaken positions the party for its best possible chance for success at the ballot box this November.»

John Perry, his town's former assessor and a longtime fixture for his coaching of local kids» sports teams, will be the new town supervisor in Hurley after the counting of absentee ballots on Monday, November 20 gave him 13 more votes than former Woodstock supervisor and now West Hurley resident Tracy Kellogg, who was making her third run for the position on Democratic, Green and Working Family party lines.

Political parties in New York State need at least 50,000 votes on their line for governor to maintain their position on the next cycle's ballot.

Instead of having an «Alternative Vote» and artificial second preferences, a ballot is held a week or two later in which the top two candidates slug it out for pole position.

Young stood again for the position of Speaker of the House of Commons in 2009, finishing second in the ballot of MPs to fellow Conservative MP John Bercow.

WFP needs 50,000 votes on their line for governor to maintain their ballot position.

The push for the WEP is concerning to the WFP, given that it could siphon liberal votes away from the ballot line, thus endangering their position at Row D.

The impressive result moves the Greens from the sixth spot on the ballot to fourth for the next four years, overtaking the position previously held by the Working Families Party.

Attorney Mike Raffauf is representing our party and the Green Party of Georgia (which is in the same position regarding ballot access) in the lawsuit for a very reasonable fee.

In a recent article for Jacobin, Green Party Lieutenant Governor candidate Brian Jones argues that the party made substantial progress because the party's improved showing this year allows the party to move over two positions on the ballot line from Row «F» to Row «D».

Not much, given that the 120,000 votes cast for Mr. Cuomo on the WFP line, while well clear of the threshold of 50,000 needed to assure that it remained on the ballot, resulted in its being dropped from the fourth to the fifth position, behind the Green Party, which got three times as many votes for Mr. Hawkins this time as in 2010.

The IP could return to what made it a party of «reform» for both Left & Right candidates by saying their Party's position is a ballot initiative.

Six down ballot state executive positions were up for election in the state of Oklahoma in 2014.

ALBANY, NY (06/23/2015)(readMedia)-- Albany — Ballots cast by members of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) for the union's top leadership positions were counted today by the American Arbitration Association in Manhattan.

JAMESTOWN - It appears that all four candidates for the recently created second Chautauqua County Family Court judge position will have their names on the ballot for the 2014 General Election.

The only people on the ballot in Silver's Lower East Side neighborhood were seven candidates for seven judicial positions, all Democrats, picked last month in a judicial nominating convention Silver has cast a shadow on for years.

Blake, a 34 - year - old a veteran of former President Barack Obama's presidential campaign and White House, received the most votes — 171 — for the remaining position, open to a male or female out of 411.5 ballots received, but a second round was held because all contenders fell short of the 206 - vote threshold.

Assuming that the race does go to a full ballot of party members (and the BBC was suggesting on Wednesday that it might not) then there will be six weeks or so for the position to change, and the party membership have certainly shown themselves to be a volatile electorate.

While the Bernie groups are expected to be a factor in several local down - ballot races, including Sara Niccoli's bid to unseat incumbent Republican state Sen. George Amedore, Teachout may be uniquely positioned to capitalize on Sanders» call for political revolution.

«If you are talking about the end of the process in terms of determining those who are qualified to ballot for their positions on the ballot paper, yes,» Head of Communications, Eric Kofi Dzakpasu told Citi News» Sixtus Dong Ullo when he was asked whether the suit could affect the entire nomination process.