Sentences with phrase «board elections get»

Today, most school board elections get single - digit turnouts, even in multi-million dollar races, making them especially vulnerable to the wrong interests: tax hawks opposed to spending, unionists seeking influence on both sides of the bargaining table, extremists who want to pervert curriculum, racists bent on perpetuating segregation, or reform zealots who seek to disrupt the status quo regardless of results or consequences.

Not exact matches

One bloke said we should have elections every 4 years like Barc and i agree, maybe that's an option, BUT the BOARD and wenger are not going to get a dimme of my hard earned money

We've got a school board election next week, and I've been very disappointed at how little concern the candidates have expressed about the effects of No Child Left Behind on our schools.

The Oak Brook Park District joined the Glen Ellyn Park District this week in suing the Du Page County Board of Elections in an effort to get non-binding referendum proposals on the November ballot.

All that said, the best way for you to find out exactly what it takes to get on the primary ballot is to: (1) hire a good election law attorney, or (2) contact the Suffolk County Board of Elections and ask them to provide you with the rules for ballot access, candidate qualifications (such as residency requirements in the district), deadline dates, and filing fees.

It's not often that a Conservative Party member gets a job at the Suffolk Board of Elections from the Democrats.

April 16th at midnight is the filing deadline for congressional candidates to deliver their signatures to the local Board of Elections to get onto the June 26th primary ballot, but in an interesting wrinkle in election law, candidates can still substitute in someone else after this date.

Bill Mahoney, the research coordinator at NYPIRG, said after reviewing the documents that the Commission appeared to have gotten off to a promising start with an unprecedented review of a system plagued by wildly inconsistent reporting by campaigns and lax oversight by the state Board of Elections.

Curran, a Baldwin Democrat who took office Jan. 1, got $ 5,000 from Sean Acosta, who runs Property Tax Reduction Consultants in Jericho, and $ 5,000 from Shalom Maidenbaum, who owns three local tax grievance firms, according to State Board of Elections filings covering the period Dec. 1 - Jan.

That's a crime, or would be if the Board of Elections ever got off its duff and investigated.

Turner was introduced at the event by Juan Reyes, the attorney and former low - level Giuliani administration aide (UPDATE: A reader insists Reyes was not, in fact, «low - level,» noting his last title was general counsel to the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals, and he also served as counsel to the NYC Loft Board) preferred by the Queens GOP to get the party's nod in the upcoming Sept. 13 special election.

A reader forwarded an e-mail from a fairly frantic - sounding Dan Cantor, executive director of the Working Families Party, announcing the labor - backed party wasn't successful in getting a pre-Election Day decision in the so - called «double - vote» lawsuit it brought against the state Board of Elections along with the state Conservative Party.

«There's been a lot of activity, certainly more than you would normally get,» said Albany County Board of Elections Democratic Commissioner Matthew Clyne.

The Fossellas also got the traditional foothold in the borough Board of Elections (BOE), handing out patronage jobs to family members and loyalists.

«When all of these things drop on the board of elections at the last minute,» Horner said, «it doesn't really give an agency which under the best of circumstances has a hard time getting its job done a good chance to succeed.»

«I had to call the New York State Board of Elections to get information that I needed, and they were very helpful,» Robinson continued.

Six candidates set up campaign committees to run for the seat and five filed petitions with the state Board of Elections to get on the ballot.

Marzetta Harris, Espada's Director of Outreach, threatened to get «hoods from the 33rd» to beat up one of Rivera's staffers at the Board of Elections.

The governor did not allocate any money for the program in this year's spending plans, although the board of elections will get extra money.

The Manhattan commissioner recommends the appointment of the board's deputy borough clerk, who oversees the hiring of more than 100 full - time and part - time employees and supervises the staff that helps decide who gets on the ballot in primary elections, the sources said.

According to Valerie Vasquez - Rivera, a spokesperson for the Board of Elections, the Board of Elections will follow normal recanvasing procedures where a bipartisan team opens up polling machines to get an official ballot count and then counts and validates all paper ballots (such as absentee ballots).

On Tuesday, I live - tweeted from the Bronx Board of Elections as the case challenging the residency of well - heeled insurgent Democrat, Michael Alexander Blake got under way.

Cuomo failed to get lawmakers to agree on a package of campaign finance reforms, and says he will now appoint a commission under the powers» of the state's Moreland Act, to investigate campaign filings at the State Board of Elections.

Midnight Thursday, July 13 was the filing deadline for candidates to get their bound and paginated petition volumes to the offices of the City Board of Elections.

Kathleen Cunningham, the Quiet Skies director, said on Monday that about $ 5,000 had come in the preceding several days and that the committee's treasurer, Pat Trunzo, would get a report to the board of elections as soon as possible.

Mr. Van Scoyoc got more than 60 percent of the vote, according to the board of elections website, and Ms. Burke - Gonzalez was the top vote - getter in the town board race, with a nearly 15 - point lead over her nearest Republican challenger, Paul Giardina, a nuclear engineer who retired last year from a post at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Last month, The Observer wrote a piece detailing how the New York Times endorsement process works, what the editorial board looks for in a candidate, and how much getting the gray lady's nod determines who emerges victorious on election day.

John Conklin, a spokesman for the New York Board of Elections said Haber may have gotten in «just under the wire» to avoid facing any fines or penalties for the more than month late report.

But state Board of Elections spokesman John Conklin on Friday said that 1,448 of the 4,132 signatures Russo submitted were found to be invalid by a bipartisan team at the board responsible for reviewing petitions, putting Russo below the 3,000 signatures he needed to get on the independent ballot Board of Elections spokesman John Conklin on Friday said that 1,448 of the 4,132 signatures Russo submitted were found to be invalid by a bipartisan team at the board responsible for reviewing petitions, putting Russo below the 3,000 signatures he needed to get on the independent ballot board responsible for reviewing petitions, putting Russo below the 3,000 signatures he needed to get on the independent ballot line.

Deacon won 48 percent of the vote — 16 percent ahead of Kingson who got 32 percent, according to the NY State Board of Elections.

Charter advocates, who feel they have gotten short - shrifted by the city and state, say they would look to run candidates to grab control of the community boards, whose elections would be held in May 2018.

The questioning only got more pointed as the hearing went on, with multiple members of the commission questioning the few number of investigations the elections board had undertaken in recent years, and whether it had tried to use the powers it has and the staff it has to fully conduct whatever enforcement work it could.

City Board of Elections (BOE) commissioners last week ruled, 7 - 2, that Tabacco did not have enough valid signatures to get into an Independence primary against McMahon (D - Staten Island / Brooklyn), who is backed by the party.

Also, a petition was filed at the Suffolk County Board of Elections to create an opportunity to ballot for the Women's Equality party line in the 1st Congressional District on the East End, where Democrat Anna Throne - Holst has gotten the minor party's nod.

While numbers of voters may also be influenced by ongoing «Get Out The Vote» campaigns, Republican Deputy Commissioner of Elections Robin Sion said that is strictly a political function — something the Board of Elections does not participate in.

«Once it gets into the process, it's going to be very hard for Board of Elections to adjust this within a small period of time,» he said.

It will take special sessions of the legislature this month in order to meet early September board of elections requirements to get charter reforms on the November ballot.

The claim lodged with the Board of Elections today alleges that Mr. Cabrera's nominating petitions to get on the ballot for the Democratic primary were signed and even carried by members of the GOP — which is not permitted under New York's partisan election law.

Eleanor Randolph, a member of the New York Times» editorial board, profiles Zephyr Teachout's spunky bid to challenge New York governor Andrew Cuomo, asking «if she is such a trifle, then why has he hired one of the best elections experts in the state to pore over her records and find ways to get her off the ballot?»

The hearing got off to an aggressive start, with Kathleen Rice, the Nassau County district attorney and a commission co-chair, noting that the information the commission had received from the election board wasn't complete, easy to use, or entirely voluntarily given.

«I think the votes are here in Syracuse, and the people of Syracuse get to decide this election, not some (editorial) board in New York City,» Gillibrand said.

Levy, who is still technically a Democrat (at least as far as the state Board of Elections is concerned), needs to hit 50 - percent - plus - one to get a Wilson Pakula.

That being said, Rangel's campaign just filed 20,066 petition signatures with the Board of Elections, while the required minimum to get on the ballot is 1,250 signatures.

Anthony Weiner asked the Board of Elections to intervene today — so he could ensure the press got a good photo of him casting his ballot with his son on Election Day.

We've got a representative from the New York City campaign faincne board as well as the state Board of Elections,» he board as well as the state Board of Elections,» he Board of Elections,» he said.

The New York City Department of Investigation will get approximately $ 824,000 to employ six investigators to probe alleged fraud and waste at the New York City Board of Elections.

Weiner asked the NYC Board of Elections to intervene so he could ensure the press got a good photo of him casting his ballot — in the voting booth, and not on paper — with his son, Jordan.

For many voters, the new machines can be confusing — which is why Liz Benjamin caught up with Robert Donovan, who is the co-chair of the New York State Democratic Laywers Council, and John Conklin, a spokesman for NYS Board of Elections, to get a tutorial on how they work — and some of the problems you might face using them on election day.

Democrats and good - government groups, however, argued that a June primary gave overseas absentee voters more of a fair shot at getting their ballots in to the Board of Elections, based on the federal Move Act.

My tweet of Friday April 20, 2018 was typical of the reaction, «Actually Buhari was describing himself - he didn't get a good education and has no certificate; he's lived on the Nigerian state all his life; he doesn't like work; and he's fixated on Nigeria's oil...» In truth, Buhari has not presented evidence of completing secondary school - in all the elections he contested, including in 2015 he tendered affidavits to INEC and has declined to perform the simple task of providing his school certificate; since he joined the army in 1961, he has been a «ward» of the Nigerian state and served in multiple states as military governor, as Minister of Petroleum and Chairman of NNPC board under illegal military regimes; he was himself an unconstitutional military head of state; he was Chairman of Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) under the despotic and thieving dictator, Abacha; and is now back as civilian president.