Sentences with phrase «by election agencies»

State officials say the federal panel also has been requesting felony conviction information about voters, which is not maintained by election agencies in New York and is not public.

Voter information in New York is not held by the secretary of state, but rather by the elections agency, whose two Republican and two Democratic commissioners OK'd the information transfer.

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Twitter on Thursday banned advertisements from accounts owned by Russian media outlets Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, citing allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies that the outlets tried to interfere with the 2016 U.S. election.

U.S. lawmakers have raised concerns that Moscow might use the firm's products to attack American computer networks, a particularly sensitive issue given allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia hacked and leaked emails of Democratic Party political groups to interfere in the 2016 presidential election campaign.

Every intelligence agency that investigated the matter concluded by early 2017 that the Russian government had purposefully interfered in the 2016 US elections.

The charges took specific aim at the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a notorious Russian «troll factory» which focused on sowing political discord during the 2016 election by using internet bots to spread fake news and pro-Donald Trump propaganda on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms.

Warner told USA Today that he was pushing intelligence agencies to declassify the names of the states affected by those cyberattacks so they could prepare for midterm elections in 2018.

If anything, it seems to imply the opposite — listing off a series of large - scale efforts by Russia's Internet Research Agency (the name its hackers used) to shape the outcome of the election:

Facebook has removed 70 Facebook accounts, 138 Facebook Pages, and 65 Instagram accounts run by the Russian government - connected troll farm and election interference squad the Internet Research Agency.

«We believe it is entirely possible that there will be a connection there,» Zuckerberg said when asked if there was overlap between Cambridge Analytica's harvested user data and the political propaganda pushed by the Kremlin - linked Internet Research Agency during the 2016 presidential election, which Facebook has said was seen by some 126 million people.

The findings revealed that political ads from U.S elections worth $ 100,000 were purchased between June 2015 and May 2017 by a Russian «troll farm» called the Internet Research Agency.

He insisted that MASSOB under Uwazuruike has held several activities in the last two years without being harassed or invited by security agencies and insisted that the Biafra elections which he claimed, would be held soon, won't be an exception.

This assurance was given by the heads of the security agencies in the state following the announcement of the electoral umpire to conduct the bye - election into the vacant seat of the district next month.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

Mr President, the desperation so far exhibited by your person and your government in manipulating sensitive agencies of state like the judiciary and now the electoral commission to further your bid to win the 2020 election is totally against the spirit of democracy and peace bestowed by the NDC in conceding defeat at the Presidential election.

Unfortunately, there have been serious questions raised about conflicts of interest, selective enforcement, and politicized investigations by state agencies — JCOPE and the Board of Elections — and those questions should be examined.

The finding has led many analysts to question whether the government recent anti-immigration initiatives, such as the so - called «racist vans» and spot checks by UK Border Agency staff, might do more damage than good to the Tories» election strategy.

«Security agencies in the state are hereby alerted to this clandestine move by the PDP goons aimed at introducing a violent dimension to the politics of the state ahead of the July 14 governorship election.

In the recently published book «An Encounter with the Spymaster,» this writer disclosed categorically that «the movement of large cash in local and foreign currencies by the two major political parties, APC and PDP, to win primaries and general elections in 2015 were discovered by security and anti-corruption agencies but tactically suppressed to avoid embarrassing outcries that could tarnish the electoral processes and rubbish the image of the country.

In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President commended the people of Anambra State, the governorship candidates, the Independent National Electoral Commission, election observers as well as security agencies and other stakeholders, on the peaceful conduct of the November 18 election in the state.

Vanderhoef will also be seeking to layoff 150 county workers, save $ 1.8 million by not reimbursing out - of - county students at the community college, cut the intelligence task force from the police budget, kick $ 1.4 million in local election costs back to towns, reduce funding to contract agencies by $ 300,000 this year and over $ 500,000 next year, and install a new charge on your motor vehicle registration.

It was revealed that, the President felt highly embarrassed by the inability of the security agencies to provide a conducive environment for the conduct of peaceful and credible election in Bayelsa State.

The Senate intelligence committee says it agrees with a 2017 assessment by intelligence agencies that Russia intervened in the presidential election earlier to hurt the candidacy of Democrat Hillary Clinton and to help Donald Trump.

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(right) speaks on Capitol Hill on June 28, 2017 as the committee conducts a hearing on Russian intervention in European elections in light of revelations by American intelligence agencies that blame Russia for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.

Heads of security agencies said they have uncovered plots by some groups to disrupt the processes leading to the 2019 general elections.

The GJA President, Affail Monney was also present at the meeting which was addressed by both the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Sampson Oje and the IGP John Kudalor to find a common ground on how both the media and security agencies can work to sustain the peace in the country before, during and after the election.

Lindsay Graham, a top Senate Republican and frequent Trump critic, is urging Trump to defend democracy in the United States and around the world by punishing Russia for trying to interfere in the American presidential election as U.S. intelligence agencies allege.

In all, 12 million records were mailed in CD format Wednesday afternoon by the state elections agency to the federal elections panel.

County elections boards deal with a heavy load of paper registration forms provided by the DMV and other agencies.

Speaking during his citizens» engagement tour of some local government areas in the state, Prof. Ezeon explained that the said voting machines were designed by the Nigeria Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and demonstrated to the National Assembly members for adoption for elections, adding that the federal government was yet to adopt the electronic voting procedure for elections.

Howard addressed the personnel within his office and other law enforcement agencies, apologizing for what he suggested was their work being sullied by election politics aimed at defeating his campaign.

The politicians were not allowed to have a field day in the collation process, which led to the problems with some of the elections conducted by the electoral agency in the past.

He was employed by the Telford development corporation, Walsall council housing department and then, for 10 years, until his election to the House of Commons in 1992, he pursued his lifelong interest in encouraging the development of industrial co-operatives as a business development adviser for the Black Country co-operative development agency.

In its communiqué, which was signed by Major Gen. Chris Olukolade and Emmanuel Okeh, Chairman and Secretary respectively, FOSSRA members resolved that, through efficient and effective inter-agency collaboration, their respective agencies would ensure maximum security cover during the election period.

Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (left), presents a plaque to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris, when the Police Chief visited the INEC headquarters today to brief the Commission on the arrangements being put in place by the security agencies for the Anambra Governorship election scheduled for November 18, 2017.

However, the Commission wishes to point out in clear terms that it is not possible for sensitive materials meant for the Anambra State Governorship election to be delivered to a hotel room because there are laid down processes of delivery of sensitive election materials, which involve strict monitoring of the process by party agents, election observers, security agencies and the media.

According to a statement by ECONEC's spokesman, Paul Ejime and dated 18th March, President of the ECONEC governing board and Chair of Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu in a goodwill message said: «Conducting four elections in one day (presidential, parliamentary, district and local council) is not a mean feat, and in spite of minor hitches reported by election observers, Sierra Leone's political stakeholders — the electorate, government and security agencies, civil society and NEC, deserve commendation for the responsible conduct and patriotism exhibited during the first phase of the electoral process.»

The indispensability of adequate security to the conduct of free and credible elections in Nigeria was underscored at a training programme put together by The Electoral Institute (TEI) for a broad spectrum of personnel from various security agencies in Nigeria, which kicked off on 25th October in Anambra State.

Civil Society organisations have expressed concern over what they described as the continuing interference of security agencies in elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

He stressed that while there was glaring security interference in the River State rerun election, the security agencies interfered in Edo by attempting to determine the date for the election which he said was wrong.

«Edo State was another example of the security agencies interfering in the electoral process by trying to dictate the date for election which we felt was a major interference in the independence of INEC.

For a nation that was waiting for a messianic vision and direction from his government, President Buhari does not have the privilege or the right to remain silent on issues such as the current fuel scarcity (save for a one - page press release signed by him), the Mainagate, the NNPC $ 25bn contract scandal, the continued Fulani herdsmen attack on communities, despite their being listed as the fourth deadliest terror group in the Global Terrorism Index, and the full report of the Presidential Panel of Inquiry set up to investigate a former Secretary to Government of the Federation, Lawal Babachir, and a former DG, National Intelligence Agency, Ayo Oke, because beyond election, the validation of the legitimacy of any government through good governance rests on this core element which is communicating.

On fears being expressed by some stakeholders that the security agencies could postpone the election at the last minute, the INEC Chairman observed that although, the responsibility of securing the environment before, during and after elections was not within the Commission's jurisdiction, the electoral umpire however maintains a close relationship with all security agencies through the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security election at the last minute, the INEC Chairman observed that although, the responsibility of securing the environment before, during and after elections was not within the Commission's jurisdiction, the electoral umpire however maintains a close relationship with all security agencies through the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security Election Security (ICCES).

The mass purge was caused by the combination of a data - entry error and the agency's failure to send out postcards to Brooklyn voters who were about to be eliminated from the election rolls, sources told The Post.

State GOP Chairman Chris Healy had requested the investigation by Kane's agency, and on Monday, another top Republican, Senate Minority Leader John P. McKinney of Fairfield, said: «The crimes Sen. Gaffey committed and will plead guilty to, as well as his prior violations of state elections law, undermine the public trust placed in elected officials.

The Board of Elections, a quasi-state agency funded by the city, is set to roll out a new website in the coming months which will provide New Yorkers with an «electronically assisted way» to fill out a voter registration form and an absentee ballot application, according to BOE Executive Director Michael Ryan, who testified at a budget hearing of the City Council's Committee on Governmental Operations on Monday.

He declared that elections could only be won at the polling units and not through the swapping of result sheets by security agencies and INEC.

The team developed a model that was informed by not only the 2014 Sony attack, but also the theft of security clearance — related information for 21.5 million current and former government employees from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, allegedly carried out by Chinese nationals in 2014 and 2015, and the stealing of electronic files from the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 presidential election that the Central Intelligence Agency attributed to the Russian government.

The election of Donald J. Trump as U.S. president, a candidate who called human - driven climate change a hoax, was followed by Trump naming more and more climate - change doubters to run the government's environment and energy agencies.