Sentences with phrase «before changing election»

A jurisdiction subject to preclearance needed to get approval from the U.S. Department of Justice before changing election laws or district maps.

Not exact matches

Zuckerberg says all Facebook ad changes should be complete months before the 2018 elections, as well as for upcoming elections over the next year in India, Pakistan, Mexico and Brazil.
So far in 2018, he has contributed minimally to the congressional elections, but people close to him say that's expected to change before Election Day.
It requires states and local governments with a history of racial and ethnic discrimination, mainly in the South, to get advance approval either from the Justice Department or the federal court in Washington before making any changes that affect elections.
This year, that changed; Canada's TSX stock index was outperforming the S&P 500 even before commodities and financial stocks got a boost from Trump's election.
Before the election results, the White House had signaled no major changes for Obama.
Also, if a majority of the Board is comprised of persons other than (i) persons for whose election proxies were solicited by the Board; or (ii) persons who were appointed by the Board to fill vacancies caused by death or resignation or to fill newly - created directorships («Board Change»), unless the Committee or Board determines otherwise prior to such Board Change, then participants immediately prior to the Board Change who cease to be employees or non-employee directors within six months after such Board Change for any reason other than death or permanent disability generally have their (i) options and stock appreciation rights become immediately exercisable and to the extent not canceled or cashed out, generally have at least six months to exercise such awards; (ii) restrictions with respect to restricted stock and RSRs lapse and generally shares are delivered; and (iii) performance shares and performance units pay out pro rata based on performance through the end of the last calendar quarter before the time the participant ceased to be an employee.
And, yes, those proposed changes are intended to be in place before the October 2019 election.
The president of the Criminal Lawyers» Association is calling on the government of Ontario to make good on its promise on changing the way police records checks are done, before a provincial election later this year.
A few weeks ago, just before election day 2016, I met two video people from Food & Wine at Sullivan Street (which hasn't changed much) and we taped a reunion, with Jim commenting on and critiquing my technique (which evidently isn't bad).
You can change your party affiliation before the election, allowing free choice of any one of the party ballots.
The former climate change secretary entered the plea alongside his ex-wife Vicky Price at London's Southwark crown court this morning, shortly before resigning as an MP and triggering a by - election in Eastleigh.
The explanatory variable is the four - year change (i.e. since the previous round of elections) in the opinion poll shares for the three main parties taken in the month before the local elections.
Democrats are fools if we ignore the chance to build a case for change long before elections loom and party lines harden.
He had warned before the general election there was a «price tag attached» to the policy, calling it «hollow» and «disguising fake change».
Astonishingly, this huge change wasn't put before the people in the general election less than a year ago.
Observers say a legal challenge to the proposals is inevitable and warn that, because the changes will require «hybrid» legislation, it could prove difficult for the government to force the law through parliament before the 2015 general election.
Kwetey said: «Before the 2000 elections, virtually no day passed without Mensa Otabil talking about the leadership of Ghana being the problem and the need for a change in leadership.
Grayling is understood to consider the project part of his legacy and is keen to force through changes before the election.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled before the election that the CFPB's leadership structure of a single agency appointee who could only be sacked for cause was unconstitutional and needed change.
Unite's Policy Conference sent a very clear message to rebel Labour MPs yesterday by voting by an overwhelming majority to support a rule change to the Labour Party rulebook to reintroduce mandatory reselection of MPs before each general election.
And as the committee shifts resources to play defense on the map this month, it's unlikely that will change before Election Day.
Now that we are past the midway point in the parliament — and now that it's clear that the constituency boundaries will not be changing before the next election — I decided it was time for a proper look at the marginal territory where it will be decided who enters 10 Downing Street on 8 May 2015 and whether or not they have an overall majority at their command.
If it did, conference could not change anything from the 2015 manifesto till just before the 2020 election.
Before the party can be renewed, it must make an accurate assessment of why it has just lost: «This was a change election and we were not the party of change.
Cuomo's plan would change that be requiring counties to offer at least one early voting polling location for every 50,000 residents during a 12 - day period before Election Day.
And Yvette Cooper said «checks on driving licences and bank accounts sound sensible and build on changes Labour made before the election» and «landlord checks are sensible in principle».
Under the changes wrought by the Wright committee in 2010, the whips» agree the allocation of chairs between themselves at the start of the parliament, before elections take place.
To change, you would have had to requested it at least 25 days before the general election for it to go into effect the following year.
In an age of instant communication, advocates for changing the voting rules say there's no reason to require voters be registered at least 25 days before the next election.
Joiners, who say they would vote Tory tomorrow despite not having done so last time (two thirds of them having come from the Liberal Democrats), think similarly but are more likely to prefer coalition government and to say they may change their mind again before the election.
Today's Q poll is a mixed bag for GOP / Conservative gubernatorial designee Rick Lazio, showing him with a double - digit lead over his primary opponent, Carl Paladino, but with 49 percent of Republicans who have a favorite in the race saying they're open to changing their minds before the Sept. 14 election.
If the errors are not systematic, than before a vote is set aside it must be shown that the errors could reasonably have resulted in changing the outcome of the election.
Goldfeder noted New York's deadline is actually closer to the first state primary in a presidential election year: Those seeking to change their party affiliation for the September state legislative primary have to make the switch more than 11 months before heading to the polls.
There is also the question of Gordon Brown — voting intention figures 4 years from a general election are of little importance at the best of times, let alone when we know the sitting Prime Minister will probably change before the next election.
It strengthens the NPL now view, but does not clinch it, as the major affiliated unions and other bodies are likely to stick with Labour, at least until the election, unless constitutional changes which effectively end union affiliation come into force before then.
Jeremy Corbyn said the face of British politics had changed and called on Theresa May to resign after her snap general election left Britain with a hung parliament 11 days before Brexit talks begin.
When Kakto takes office, it will mean the 24th Congressional District seat has changed parties every election since former Rep. Jim Walsh retired before the 2008 election after 20 years in office.
His voting law change would allow New Yorkers to cast their ballots 12 days before elections.
Tony Blair has sparked a major political row by effectively ruling out a referendum on changing Britain's voting system before the next general election.
Ministers dropped plans for changing the Lords before the next election but promise to act early in a third term.
The lawmaker suggested the resolution on changing the constitution could be modified before the November election to allow up to 10 new casino sites.
Before British politics got swept up in a whirlwind of Brexit, leadership challenges and a change of cabinet, one of the biggest stories was the allegations surrounding Conservative general election spending in 2015.
Mr. Losquadro said he believes there will be changes made to the maps before they're finalized, and that those changes may be made quickly, since the redistricting is supposed to be in place in time for primaries for this fall's election.
And he buys a prominent political webite months before that election and we're all expected to shrug our shoulders and pretend that nothing's changed?
Previewing his campaign before an election night audience Tuesday, Suozzi said, «People have been screaming at each other for 30 years on issues like gun control, immigration, and climate change.
He told ITV's Peston On Sunday: «There is going to need to be a change if Labour is to step up to the plate for the general election and before and show that it has a vision for the future, which is actually about both uniting the country and also being able to shape this negotiation.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver predicts that Republican Senators will change their minds and might even come back to the Capitol before the November elections to vote on the measure.
He recommends voters who want to change their party do so in person at their local Board of Elections office before 5 p.m.
Carroll views early voting as a first step in modernizing our voting systems, but feels that there is so much more to do, «from allowing same day registration, no fault absentee voting, allowing for party enrollment changes to take place 10 days before an election and more.»
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