Sentences with phrase «by registered voters»

Melaye had sought an order of injunction, restraining INEC from acting on the petition by registered voters of Kogi West Senatorial District for his recall.

Towards the 2019 General Elections, we would like the operators, in collaboration with INEC, to send bulk SMS and possibly voice messenger as well on the imperative of peaceful elections, the collection of the Permanent Voter Cards by registered voters and directional information on the location of Polling Units for easy access to voters.»

An independent candidate's nomination petition must be signed by registered voters eligible to vote for the office the candidate is seeking.

This referendum will bring the proposed $ 500,000 taxpayer - funded bond to a vote by the registered voters of Ossining Village.

But on the same 10th July, the Commission received an order given by the Federal High Court, Abuja and dated 6th July, directing the «parties to maintain the status quo till the determination of the plaintiff's motion on notice» in respect of the suit filed by the concerned senator, seeking orders of injunction against the Commission to stop it from acting on the petition by the registered voters of Kogi West Senatorial District.

Melaye had applied for an order restraining INEC from acting on the petition by registered voters of Kogi West Senatorial District for his recall.

A new political party must submit a written declaration signed by registered voters equaling at least 1 percent of the total number of votes cast for governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said 12 million Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) had not been collected by registered voters across the country.

Over 6 million Floridians have already cast their ballots in early voting, more than the total 5.9 million cast by registered voters in 2000.

The Board of Elections should fulfill their duties by running a proper, impartial election, not by becoming defendants in an action by a registered voter only looking to exercise their constitutional rights in casting a ballot.

After a full day of training on Saturday, participants engaged the Kansas City community by registering voters.

Not exact matches

Last October, Catalonia's leaders defied the Spanish government by holding an independence referendum; 90 % of Catalans voted sí (although only 42 % of registered voters went to the polls).

Make it easy to register to vote by keeping voter registration forms at the office or enclosing them in onboarding materials for new employees.

A Monmouth University survey released on Wednesday — conducted by telephone, and with a plus - or - minus 3.5 % margin of error — found that 51 % of registered voters said they would vote for or lean toward a Democratic candidate if the 2018 elections were held today, compared to just 36 % who said they would vote or lean Republican.

States permit poll watchers so long as they are registered, trained, and abide by state rules designed to make sure voters aren't impeded or intimidated while getting to and from the polls.

The nonprofit group Fight For The Future launched HelloVote on Thursday morning with the goal of boosting voter registration in several key battleground states by allowing voters to register directly via text message or Facebook Messenger.

The increasing role played by non-elected technocrats, increased voter abstention and curbs on civil liberties are among the main symptoms of this global malaise, the EIU said, noting that almost half of the 167 countries covered by its index registered a decline in overall scores between 2006 and 2016.

The survey of 1,077 registered voters was conducted online by the Program for Public Consultation at the University of Maryland from Dec. 6 - 8.

Sounds like what the Republicans are doing in this country by pruning the voter rolls, making it harder to register to vote, and making it harder for people to find the right voting place.

An August 2010 poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that nearly half of Tea Party supporters (46 %) had not heard of or did not have an opinion about «the conservative Christian movement sometimes known as the religious right»; 42 % said they agree with the conservative Christian movement and roughly one - in - ten (11 %) said they disagree (based on registered voters).

Miller would reform campaign finance by giving each registered voter a supply of federally financed «patriot dollars.»

Marist decided to play it safe by also polling registered voters (that's how Siena went, saying it's too early for the «likely» route), and those numbers are: 55-29-10, 6.

The answer depends mostly on where the voter is registered, because American election laws and procedures are for the most part determined by the individual states, even in elections for federal office.

Per a road map agreed late last year November by all feuding parties, the disenfranchised voters were to be properly registered and duly assigned to enable them to cast their ballot to either elect the incumbent, Collins Owusu Amankwah, or his challenger, Nana Osei Banfo.

While I don't love the way «registered democrats» sounds, it will be necessary to require participation by name and limit it to registered voters.

Though the EC has given the assurance it will meet the June 29 deadline given them by the Supreme Court; Mr Anyidoho believes the order is an attempt to do a new voter register.

Pollster and Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch Newspaper, Ben Ephson has said, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ascended to the height of double standards, when it questioned the credibility of the five - member team that was empanelled by the Electoral Commission (EC) to assess calls for a new voters register.

Given the potentials the card reader has for disinfecting the process with the scrutiny of authentication of the voter register, all those who stand for genuine electoral reform have no choice but to improve the enabling policy ambiance for supporting the card reader by ensuring judicial clarity which supports its use.

The Supreme Court demanded the list following a return to court by plaintiffs Abu Ramadan and Evans Nimako, to seek clarity on the same court's May 5 ruling, in which it ordered the EC to delete from the register of voters, names of the dead, minors and those, who were registered onto the poll roll through their NHIS cards.

While Republicans are outnumbered by Democrats 2 - 1 in registered voters, Langworthy believes Tuesday's historic results are proof Poloncarz is vulnerable.

(Remember that Siena's first post-primary poll included all registered voters and showed the AG up by 33 percentage points, leading Paladino's campaign to reject the outcome as «suspicious»).

If a process is meant to improve the integrity of the electoral process, judgments that shoot it down can not advance the cause of our development; it means we have chosen a path of regression to the era where elections are decided by unsavory self - help in bloating the voter register with strange names on the part of politicians.

The opposition NPP and pressure group «Let My Vote Count Alliance» have accused the EC boss of bias after several calls for a new voters» register were rejected by the EC.

With perhaps just over two months until the general election, voters may have less than a fortnight to register to vote once the polling date has been announced by the prime minister.

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. Antwi Boasiako has switched over to the defensive mode following threats by Koku Anyidoho to sue the New Patriotic Party's Vice Presidential nominee for failing to provide evidence for his bloated voter register claims.

By urging tribunals to strike down the use of the card reader, the implication is a return to our prior election system, going back to the 2003 and 2007 era where Mike Tyson, dead people and ghost names on the voter register produced huge votes recorded on election day to declare people winners of election.

Ghana currently has no electoral laws to handle the situation, and the government communique addressing the voter register admits that «Ghana should emulate the example of Kenya by codifying a set of electoral laws which adequately deter electoral fraud.»

The briefing included a presentation by the ECOWAS Technical Support Team that was deployed to assist the Liberian National Election Commission evaluate their voter register and technical capacity.

Each challenge shall be made separately, in writing, under oath and on forms prescribed by the State Board of Elections, and shall specify the reasons why the challenged voter is not entitled to register, remain registered, or vote.

Blank or unaffiliated voters in New York continue to gain ground in enrollment with registered Republicans, statistic released Monday by the state Board of Elections show.

According to him, the latest call by the NPP on the voters» register is getting to absurd levels.

The current voter register has been called «bloated» by all three political parties — the NPP, NDC and the Progressive People's Party — but their suggestions for reform are causing gridlock.

According to organizers of the debate, the IEA, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) wrote two weeks ago that it was bringing a team led by the party's General Secretary to debate the NPP on its unrelenting call for a new voters» register.

But the NDC in a statement signed by its General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, said the issue of the voters» register is being handled by the Electoral Commission (EC) hence the new decision to stay out of the debate.

Samia had earlier alleged that her Jomoro constituency seat was snatched from her by the ruling NDC with the bloated voters» register machinations.

Until the biometric voting system is centralized, all the stop guard measures being proposed by political parties on how to maintain a credible voters» register remains impotent.

The debate which came off Tuesday morning in Accra, was attended by NPP's Prof. Mike Ocquaye who used the platform to call on Interpol to audit Ghana's voter's register.

While there is likely a lot of truth to that, there is also a local backstory than enabled a serious Democratic candidate to emerge in a district where Republicans outnumber registered Democrats by more than 10,000 voters.

Cuomo leads Nixon of New York City by 68 to 21 percent among registered voters, according to the poll released on Thursday, April 12.

Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by June 1, 2012.