Sentences with phrase «by returning officers»

Some people who were also supposed to vote outside their original constituencies were turned away by Returning Officers.

One of the claims regularly made by Returning Officers wanting to delay counting until the Friday was that thousands and thousands of postal votes get handed in on polling day at polling stations and that under new regulations it would take hours to verify them, thereby making it impossible to deliver a result on the night.

This was in response to moves by returning officers - affecting potentially hundreds of constituencies - which could have left the country waiting until the Friday afternoon for the result of the general election.

Candidates for the Fonterra Directors» Election were announced by the Returning Officer today, following the completion of the Candidate Assessment Panel (CAP) process.

4 - Any candidate who disputes the result, can then request a recount - though an «unreasonable» request may be refused by the Returning Officer.

In the UK, a recount can be requested by the candidates or their agents once they are told the provisional result by the returning officer, and before this result is announced.

The date of January 13th is being mooted in Westminster circles as it is customary for by - elections to be held on Thursdays, but it will be decided formally by the returning officer for the constituency.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Orire North Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Mrs. Fatimoh Gildado has been announced by the returning officer for the council area as the only and the first democratically elected Chairperson for the council area in the just concluded local government election in Oyo State.

He said that the commission made it clear that Section 68 (c) of the Electoral Act (as amended), stipulates that once a declaration is made by the Returning Officer, only a «Tribunal or Court in an election petition proceedings» can set it aside.

86 (1) No person shall be allowed to inspect any ballot or other document that has been forwarded to the Chief Electoral Officer by a returning officer and that is in the custody of the Chief Electoral Officer except under an order of a judge of the Superior Court of Justice.

81 (1) If a candidate has been declared elected by the returning officer as provided by section 28 or 30, or if the returning officer has received from a judge the certificate of the result of a recount or if by the seventh day following the completion of the official tabulation the returning officer,

59 (1) The deputy returning officer shall complete a prescribed statement of the poll, accounting for all the ballots supplied to him or her by the returning officer, and the statement shall be signed by the deputy returning officer and poll clerk and may be signed by any candidate or scrutineer present.

«polling division» means a polling division established by the returning officer in accordance with this Act; («section de vote»)

«polling list» means the list of electors furnished to a deputy returning officer by the returning officer in accordance with this Act; («liste électorale»)

62 (1) The deputy returning officer shall then personally deliver the sealed poll return envelope along with the sealed official tabulation envelope to the returning officer or both envelopes shall be delivered by the poll clerk or by some other person chosen as special messenger by the returning officer or the deputy returning officer who shall write on the envelopes the name of the person to whom they were entrusted and shall take a receipt therefor.

50 (1) An elector voting under the authority of a certificate issued by the returning officer or revision assistant shall surrender it to the deputy returning officer at the polling place before receiving a ballot.

85 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer shall retain in his or her possession the used documents transmitted to him or her by the returning officer under section 84 for at least one year, and if the election is contested, then for one year after the termination of the contestation.

3 (1) Except where otherwise provided, an oath, affirmation or statutory declaration for the purposes of this Act may be taken by a returning officer, election clerk, revision assistant, justice of the peace, a commissioner for taking affidavits or a notary public and for election purposes, all election officers appointed by the returning officer are empowered to take such oaths, affirmations or declarations at the poll.

(2) For the purpose of arriving at the facts, the judge has all the powers of the returning officer with regard to the attendance and examination of witnesses or the judge may act upon the evidence taken by the returning officer.

(2) For the purposes of this section, nomination papers must be received at the office of the returning officer during its regular office hours and may be received at other times and places during the nomination period as allowed by the returning officer.

71 (1) For the purpose of determining the candidate who obtained the highest number of votes and within the four days, Sunday being excluded, following the official tabulation made by the returning officer, a judge may appoint a time and place to recount the votes cast at the election in the electoral district upon the application of a candidate or elector if it is made to appear by affidavit that,

(g) being authorized by the returning officer or Chief Electoral Officer to print the ballots for an election, prints more than he, she or it is authorized to print; or

Not exact matches

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In determining the long - term incentive component of CEO compensation, the Committee shall consider, among other factors, the Company's performance and relative shareholder return, the value of similar incentive awards to chief executive officers at comparable companies, the awards given to the CEO in past years, and other factors considered relevant by the Committee.

By submitting your proxy (either by signing and returning the enclosed proxy card or by voting electronically on the Internet or by telephone), you authorize Christine P. Richards, FedEx's Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and Alan B. Graf, Jr., FedEx's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, to represent you and vote your shares at the meeting in accordance with your instructionBy submitting your proxy (either by signing and returning the enclosed proxy card or by voting electronically on the Internet or by telephone), you authorize Christine P. Richards, FedEx's Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and Alan B. Graf, Jr., FedEx's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, to represent you and vote your shares at the meeting in accordance with your instructionby signing and returning the enclosed proxy card or by voting electronically on the Internet or by telephone), you authorize Christine P. Richards, FedEx's Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and Alan B. Graf, Jr., FedEx's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, to represent you and vote your shares at the meeting in accordance with your instructionby voting electronically on the Internet or by telephone), you authorize Christine P. Richards, FedEx's Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and Alan B. Graf, Jr., FedEx's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, to represent you and vote your shares at the meeting in accordance with your instructionby telephone), you authorize Christine P. Richards, FedEx's Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and Alan B. Graf, Jr., FedEx's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, to represent you and vote your shares at the meeting in accordance with your instructions.

But the loan by Cleveland Metroparks of its chief marketing officer, Sanaa Julien, to the Group Plan Commission is only a short - term solution, and the square's planners have yet to devise a permanent plan to guarantee the area doesn't return to its neglected past.

«RBC GAM's investment approach is characterized by fundamental research and rigorous discipline, along with a focus on risk management and portfolio construction, all within a team - oriented structure,» said Dan Chornous, chief investment officer, RBC Global Asset Management Inc. «Habib and his team fit seamlessly with our approach, as demonstrated by their strong investment results and stability of returns, with notably solid performance in down markets.»

In Alberta, a similar practice was stopped in 2010 by then - Justice minister Alison Redford after it was revealed that local returning officers had been appointed from a list submitted by the Progressive Conservative Party.

They're just difficult to come by, and (it's) much more difficult... to get decent returns on those,» Chief Financial Officer James Saccaro said on a conference call.

Furthermore, returning officers (who are overseen by Elections Canada) will employ up to 160,000 temporary employees during a general election or referendum (Elections Canada, May 2007).

As for executive compensation, all of the company's five named executive officers received 17 per cent more in 2017 than they did in 2016; meanwhile its total return was down by 46 per cent.

These include limiting the number of junk bonds that can be acquired by federal - and state - insured institutions, and specifying to company directors and officers that achieving the best short - term investment returns is not their main fiduciary responsibility.

UCA news reported that Fathers Chen Jun, Gao Binglong, Ma Ning and Shen Xuezhong and several laypeople were assaulted by security officers and workers who came to demolish the property hat was returned to the church four years ago.

At the theological level, Hauerwas cites the remark by Cardinal Walter Kasper, the Vatican's chief ecumenical officer, that «the ecumenical aim is not a simple return of the other into the fold of the Roman Catholic Church nor the conversion of individuals, even if this must obviously be mutually acknowledged when based on conscience.

Where Maunsel White participated in the celebrations as a city official, it is not difficult to imagine, and certainly fits logically within the time frame that Maunsel White sauce was first concocted (which is dated by two different accounts to have been either 1849 or 1850) that the alleged traveler from Central America story perpetuated in McIlhenny family lore was actually a soldier returning through the port of New Orleans from the Mexican - American war to a festive reception in June of 1847, being honored and greeted by a prominent former military officer who was also a city commissioner.

THE McCALLUM CASE Ensign Napoleon McCallum may have been led to believe by the previous secretary of the Navy, John F. Lehman Jr., that he could be both an officer and a Los Angeles Raider (SCORECARD, Aug. 17), but the fact remains that he promised the Navy and his country that he would serve not less than five years on active duty in return for a free education.

The officer had creased Liston's skull with a nightstick, and two weeks later the fighter returned the favor by depositing the fellow headfirst in a trash can.

Some hours after Mr Uche Ogah, collected certificate of return and declared as the authentic governor of Abia state by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, an Abia High Court has asked all judiciary officers, including the Chief Judge and the President of the Customary Court of Appeal in the state not to swear in Ogah as governor of Abia State.

Addressing the newsmen and other stakeholders shortly after the announcement of the results by all the Returning Officers in the LGAs, Chairman of Ekiiti State Independent Electoral Commission (EKSIEC), Justice Kayode Bamisile, a retired Justice, said it was peaceful, violent free, fair and free.

White House physician Read Adm. Ronny Jackson, who withdrew his nomination to lead Veterans Affairs, will not return as Trump's personal doctor, and will be replaced by Sean Conley, a Navy officer who has filled in for Jackson over the past month.

Any kind of by - election - be that a parliamentary one, a police and crime commissioner by - election or a local government by - election - means the electoral returning officers don't have to bother publishing any statistics at all until February 1st.

Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2), the Returning Officer may, with the concurrence of the Electoral Commission, accept the nomination of any constituency candidate under a name that does not comply with the provisions of that subsection, if the Returning Officer is satisfied that the name has been adopted by the candidate in good faith and for good reason and is not indecent or offensive or likely to deceive or cause confusion.

the list of post-writ day deletions supplied to the Returning Officer by the Electoral Commission under section 123 (b); and

Every polling place official must exercise or perform his or her powers, duties, and functions in accordance with any directions given by the Electoral Commission or the Returning Officer.

Subject to the concurrence of the Electoral Commission, the Returning Officer shall not accept the nomination of any constituency candidate if the Returning Officer is not satisfied, by such evidence (if any) as the Returning Officer requires, that the name under which the candidate is nominated is --

A statement released this evening said Mr Mohamed was detained by officers from the Met's counterterrorism command at RAF Northolt shortly after 13:00 GMT following his return from Cuba.

A declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of Article 49 of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992, and Section 13 of the Representation of the People Law, 1992; PNDCL 284; the ballots to be cast pursuant to Regulation 23 (1), (2), (3)-LRB-, (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)(9) and (10) of the Public Elections Regulations, 2016; CI.94 by special voters in the December, 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections ought to be counted and announced there and then on the date (s) of the special voting; by the presiding officers and the results at each poling station; before communicating same to the returning officer.

At 1 am returning officer Janet Waggott, chief executive of Ryedale council, announced that farmer Paul Douthwaite's 58 votes had beaten two other independents in a by - election for Scagglethorpe parish council.

«After the voting, both candidates had 19 votes, making it a split, so the electoral officer decided that the house should take a breather for an hour and return to vote for the second time, but this declaration of the votes by the electoral officer did not go down well with the youth who had gathered at the back of the church building.»

The returning officer is gathering them together by the side of the stage.