Sentences with phrase «ballot status on»

The governor's re-election campaign lost two court challenges to Teachout's ballot status on the grounds she doesn't meet the state's residency requirements and does not plan a third appeal.

Poloncarz winning ballot status on the WEP line comes as the fledgling party faces a host of legal challenges.

Not exact matches

Pulpit Freedom Sunday, an annual event organized by the Alliance Defending Freedom (formerly the Alliance Defense Fund), flaunts an IRS tax code restriction stating that churches risk their tax - exempt status if they endorse specific political candidates or positions on ballot issues.

Long rejected the idea that his days might be numbered as state chairman, insisting the party won't have any trouble hitting the 50,000 mark with Lazio on its line in November in order to maintain its official ballot status.

Barron, who hopes to receive at least 50,000 votes on the Freedom Party line, establishing a new third party that will have automatic ballot status in the 2014 elections, told me the vast number of signatures he has amassed should serve as the equivilent of a political «no trespassing» sign to any of his detractors.

Both Cuomo and Astorino received more than 50,000 votes on the ballot lines, giving them automatic status in the current election cycle.

Astorino and his running mate, Chemung County Sheriff Chris Moss, received the needed 50,000 votes on the line to give the party ballot status in the current election cycle.

The party needs to receive at lest 50,000 votes on its line in the race for governor in order to maintain ballot status for the next four years.

Sliwa also said Reform aims to maintain permanent status on the state ballot, but needs to garner the required 50,000 votes in November.

If the party fails to win at least 50,000 votes for its gubernatorial contenders on its ballot line, it will both its line and its official status — and basically all but cease to exist.

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.

There were other individuals besides Stephen Durham who weren't on the ballot in any state but who filed for write - in status in some states, but their vote has not been tabulated here.

The WFP had considered running its own candidate in the form of a big - name liberal star to run on Cuomo's left and draw the 50,000 votes necessary to maintain its official ballot status.

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.

He really won't have any choice, seeing as how the WFP needs to hit the 50,000 mark on its ballot line in the gubernatorial election in order to maintain its official party status for another four years.

The room was receptive to a proposal that the WFP run someone else for governor on Row D — a gamble, given the fact that the party risks losing its hard - won ballot placement if its candidate doesn't perform well, and could lose its ballot status altogether if the candidate fails to win at least 50,000 votes.

But ironically, keeping the WFP's ballot status, much less its spot at Row E, appears to be increasingly a concern for party leaders and activists as the governor pushes for voters to back him on the Women's Equality Party line, which is increasingly being seen as a rival for liberals» votes and potential siphon away support from the WFP.

Some of the more conspiracy theory - minded members of New York's political class wondered what the governor was up to, and if he was hoping to confuse voters and dilute the WFP vote — potentially bumping the labor - backed party from its hard - fought position on Row D, or even perhaps robbing it of ballot status altogether.

Unmentioned is the fact that Cuomo, whose victory over Republican Rob Astorino in November is even more likely without a WFP candidate in the race, would probably seek some sort of retaliation against the WFP — assuming, that is, that the party managed to get 50,000 votes for Teachout on its ballot line in the November general election and maintained its official status.

«By any reasonable criteria — support demonstrated by poll numbers, a ballot status party with its own candidate, a serious statewide campaign, the only progressive option on the ballot — I should be included in debates,» Hawkins added.

Presidential campaigns help achieve ballot status necessary for state Green Parties, which helps local candidates get on the ballot.

That provision was included so that Americans Elect can revoke its political party status, and avoid being on the 2014 ballot with its own primary.

«While the referendum will not be on the ballot, the issue is alive this November because voters can choose between legislative candidates who support improving efficiency and those who want to maintain the status quo.»

On June 21, a Maryland state circuit judge heard arguments in the lawsuit over whether the Green Party petition and the Libertarian Party petitions for ballot status in 2012 and 2014 have enough signatures.

Of the 12,729 eligible voters in Saugerties, 5,530 cast votes; 510 absentee ballots were issued in Saugerties; so far, 332 have been received by the Ulster County Board of Elections, making definitive results of the Districts 1 and 2 races, along with the status of Schoonmaker's 42 - vote lead on Republican Donald Tucker, unknown until the ballots are counted on November 15.

Insiders say the Conservatives fear the new name could jeopardize their status as the third line on the ballot by stealing votes away.

After Rockland County Democrats scored a victory late last week by re-affirming ballot status for the county's Women's Equality Party candidates, Onondaga County Republicans on Monday scored a win in court, knocking some 20 candidates from the ballot line.

The Cuomo - Hochul ticket received 50,000 votes on the line last year, giving the party ballot status in the current election cycle.

There was some talk among WFP insiders early on about running a high - profile progressive like actor Alec Baldwin instead of Cuomo in hopes of generating the 50,000 votes necessary to retain its official ballot status.

A majority of the candidates who ran on the newly formed ballot line last year have not signed off on a set of rules for the party and a judge's ruling this month threw the party's status into legal limbo.

Both Cuomo and his running mate, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, received more than 50,000 votes on the line to give the WEP ballot status in the current election cycle.

Astorino's ballot line evolved, however, after the election when it secured ballot status for the current election cycle when the top of the ticket received more than 50,000 votes on the line.

I'm taking bets on whether McMillan manages to hit the 50,000 mark and land the «Rent Is Too Damn High» Party official ballot status.

In the hopes that it's not over for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, his local volunteers are watching Erie County election workers this week review the affidavit ballots that were filled out on primary day by voters whose status to vote was unclear.

A federal appeals court has agreed to move up a hearing on former House Majority Leader Tom Delay's ballot status to July 31.

In the short - term, the party knows it needs to land 50,000 votes on its line in races for governor to maintain its ballot status.

Lazio promised Conservative Party chairman Mike Long months ago he would remain on the line, and the big issue now is making sure the party gets enough votes to maintain ballot status (party leaders would also like to get enough to retake Row C, and push past the Independence Party).

He garnered over 52,000 votes, and because of this showing, the party received automatic ballot status for the next four years, and was included as a party option on all state voter registration forms.

While their status and longevity in the political process makes them known quantities — especially to the party players who will help get them on the ballot at the convention — the taint of Albany is going to be hard to shake, particularly at a time when disgust with the Capitol and anti-incumbent sentiment is running so high.

Now that the Arizona Green Party is safely on the ballot for 2012, due to successfully getting a ballot access bill through this year's legislature, Arizona Greens are now organizing a search for volunteer members who will petition to restore the Green Party's ballot status in neighbor states New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada.

The WEP was created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo before the 2014 gubernatorial election and gained official party status when he received more than 50,000 votes on that ballot line.

The Indys, like all the other minor parties, need to see Cuomo receive at least 50,000 votes on their line in order to maintain their official ballot status for another four years.

A television ad from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's re-election campaign is pushing voters to back his re-election on the Women's Equality Party ballot line in order to give it automatic ballot status in the next election cycle.

A challenge to Zephyr Teachout's ballot status brought on behalf of Governor Andrew Cuomo is invalid, a state Supreme Court judge ruled today.

Hawkins is a proven vote getter: In 2010, he received more than 50,000 votes on the Green Party, thus securing ballot status for the party this time around.

To learn the latest status on the ballot access battle in Ohio and how you can help, visit the Libertarian Party of Ohio website.

On election day, the progressive Working Families Party garnered 120,000 votes, well over the 50,000 required to maintain ballot status - although it slipped from fourth to fifth position behind the Green Party, which rode a wave of anti-Cuomo sentiment and got 175,000 votes.

Today, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Senior Judge James Gardner Colins is expected to rule on the Republican Party's final attempt to nullify the Libertarian Party's hard - won ballot status for 2012.

I asked MacKay during a brief interview earlier today if he would do the same — in other words, refuse to let candidates who vote «no» on gay marriage run on Row E (and yes, the party fared poorly in the ballot status sweepstakes last fall).

If the WFP fails to attract 50,000 votes on its line, it will lose its ballot status — not to mention the clout it has built up over the past several years.