Sentences with phrase «ballot signatures gathered»

In the wake of growing criticism by his fellow Republicans, U.S. Senate candidate Marlin Stutzman's campaign is defending its challenge of ballot signatures gathered by...

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Over $ 1 million was raised in pursuit of legalization in Maine, much of which was spent gathering the signatures necessary to get Question 1 on the ballot.

Activists gathered enough signatures to put a proposal on the ballot, the city's election board confirmed Wednesday.

The first step in the process is gathering residents» signatures on petitions asking the Cook County Board of Elections to add the question to the November ballot, according to Ron Castrogiovanni, a spokesman for a group of residents.

The opponents then gathered 2,920 signatures demanding that the bond issue be placed on the Nov. 6 ballot.

The residents gathered more than 5,400 signatures on petitions to persuade the Wilmette Park District to place a $ 25 million tax referendum question on the March 19 ballot to buy the land.

That leaves three months for candidates to gather signatures, get on the ballot, and actually campaign before the late June congressional primary (which may be separate from the state legislative primary, another travesty).

Perkins needs 1,000 legal signatures to get onto the primary ballot (he's being challenged by Basil Smikle), and club members gathered more than 1,890.

According to Caputo, Primary Challenge is just one of «dozens» of organizations with which Paladino's campaign is working to gather the signatures necessary to get him on the September ballot.

The challenger said he's already gathered more than enough signatures to appear on the primary ballot and has raised more than $ 100,000 but still needs to raise more money to challenge the incumbent.

Twenty - six states allow citizens to gather signatures and place measures onto the ballot, while every legislature may place statutory laws before voters.

Lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Kathy Hochul (D) and supporters of Gov. Cuomo gathered signatures for a Women's Equality Party line, thereby increasing the Democratic ticket's haul of ballot lines to four.

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.

Party members were expected to trim their AG field to two or maybe three contenders at the state convention in Westchester County today, a customary cut that would force the remainder to gather signatures to get on the ballot.

Grimm, who served two terms in Congress before resigning in 2015, easily hurdled the 1,250 - signature mark to file for the ballot Tuesday, the first day of eligibility to file in New York, gathering more than 3,000 signatures from people in the district.

Paladino is now in the process of gathering the signatures needed to petition his way onto the GOP ballot.

Carl Paladino says he is confident he will be on the GOP Primary ballot, after gathering roughly 28 thousand signatures for his petition, which is roughly 13k more than the required 15 thousand.

Perez Williams said the DCCC supplied a small number of paid canvassers to help her gather signatures from Democratic voters in the 24th Congressional District that are required to make it onto the primary ballot.

NY Union Proud (NYUP), the slate of insurgent union members competing for the leadership of PEF, has gathered the requisite petition signatures needed to make the ballot.

Mr. Cuomo's allies will have to gather 15,000 signatures to establish the new ballot line.

Astorino, the current Westchester County executive, would have to gather at least 15,000 petition signatures over the next five weeks to create a Stop Common Core line on the statewide ballot.

Supporters statewide need to gather 15,000 valid signatures this week to establish the party, which would give the governor a fourth spot on the ballot along with the Democratic, Independence and Working Families lines.

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.

Was it fair to require a DTS candidate to gather over 176,000 signatures to qualify as a candidate for Governor, and was it fair for DTS legislative candidates to have to collect more than 8,000 signatures to have a place on the ballot?

Astorino and supporters kicked off a campaign on Tuesday to gather at least 15,000 signatures, the requisite number for securing a third - party ballot line.

This total represents the number of signatures gathered across the nation so far on ballot access petitions.

Although he has not officially run for office, he attempted to get on the ballot for the 2005 Democratic primary but could not gather enough signatures.

GOP Congressman Michael Grimm lost the Independence Party's ballot line when he did not turn in enough valid signatures from voters in the district, but he appealed the decision arguing that a systemic problem with the Board of Elections unfairly placed obstacles in his signature - gathering efforts.

As observers wonder whether newly - minted candidate Eliot Spitzer will even be able to gather the nearly 4,000 signatures he needs to make it on the primary ballot, the city's mayoral candidates began submitting their piles of petition forms to the city's Board of Elections Tuesday afternoon — and it appears Mr. de Blasio and Mr. Liu are leading the pack.

In Ohio, Phil Burress» anti-gay group gathered 575,000 signatures in fewer than 90 days to put their constitutional amendment on the ballot.

«I'm incredibly thankful for our grassroots support — and to our staff, unpaid interns and volunteers for working so hard to get our campaign on the ballot, gathering more than 7,250 signatures and ensuring that after 18 years, voters will finally have a choice in this election,» Saujani said in a press release.

Spitzer has already used a considerable amount of money to hire canvassers to gather more than 27,000 signatures so he could qualify for the ballot.

The Green Party candidate in NY - 21, Matt Funiciello, says he has gathered enough signatures to get onto the June 24 primary ballot.

At noon, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders» presidential campaign will hold a news conference with supporters to announce the 80,000 signatures gathered to appear on the ballot in NYC, City Hall Park, Manhattan.

This is the case that challenges California laws that say petitioners can't work outside their home district, when they are gathering signatures for candidates (for district office) to get on the primary ballot.

To appear on the Democratic Primary ballot, Assembly candidates must gather at least 500 signatures of registered Democrats in their district.

Much of Ramos» spending was to pay workers to gather signatures to get her on the ballot.

Now Babinec will have to gather 3,500 signatures of registered voters to make it onto the ballot on the new party line.

But he was kicked off the ballot after failing to gather enough valid petition signatures for the Independence Party line in the November election.

Advocates in Michigan have gathered enough signatures to put legalization on the ballot in November.

«In the end, when and if I choose to run, there will be people with me,» said Cappelli, who has until July to gather petition signatures to get on the ballot.

Lawmakers have already moved to shorten the time frame for gathering petitions, and have reduced the number of signatures required to qualify for the ballot.

He got his start in campaigns by gathering signatures to get the 1980 Libertarian presidential ticket on state ballots across the country.

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

Originally, the advocacy groups formed a coalition, led by Ohio's League of Women Voters, which gathered more than 200,000 signatures for the measure to make it to November's ballot.

By the end of the excursion, Mr. Spitzer had gathered a grand total of fewer than 10 signatures of the several thousand he will need to collect by Thursday if he wants to appear on the ballot.

Voters will choose one of the six in the June 26 Democratic Primary to run against Faso, providing all gather the necessary petition signatures to earn a place on the ballot.

To clarify: A citizen may gather a set number of signatures, on a petition, to have an issue or item placed upon a ballot for...

After launching her campaign, Perez Williams only had 12 days to gather the 1,250 signatures necessary for a spot on the June 26 Democratic primary ballot.

He was also permitted to use his FEC certification to bypass the time - consuming process of gathering signatures to get his name on the ballot in several states, including Ohio.