Sentences with phrase «campaigning by merit»

Joint campaigning by merit retention candidates, as authorized under Section 7C (2), is not a prohibited public endorsement of another candidate under Section 7A (1)(b).

Not exact matches

In response to Fortune «s request for comment, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung sent a campaign statement saying, «These outlandish, unsubstantiated, and totally false claims fabricated by publicity hungry, opportunistic, disgruntled former employees, have no merit whatsoever.»

He opened his whirlwind speech by touting his administration's new tariffs — 25 % on steel imports and 10 % on aluminum imports — before wading into the issues surrounding North Korea, previewing his 2020 campaign slogan, discussing the merits of giving drug dealers the death penalty and attacking a series of familiar targets.

Indeed, can't I equally argue that Neal Lawson risks narrowing his coalition of support for electoral reform by suggesting that the existence of a national campaign on PR means postponing or vetoing any consideration of party reform issues on their merits (where he seems to argue that the principle would be one he would support, were it not for this context)?

He did so by raising the minimum of $ 174,000 needed to qualify for matching funds from the city Campaign Finance Board, and running a campaign debate sponsors deemed visible enough to merit time on the debatCampaign Finance Board, and running a campaign debate sponsors deemed visible enough to merit time on the debatcampaign debate sponsors deemed visible enough to merit time on the debate stage.

The Republicans are neither seen nor heard in defense of Theodore Roosevelt's Merit and Fitness Civil Service System (which is under Federal attack by Newt Gingrich in this campaign).

«Rather than reflecting any merit in the bill,» NYSSBA wrote to Governor Hugh L. Carey, «the Legislature's approval was manifestly its way of appeasing public employee unions angered by Executive and Legislative rejection of their protracted and expensive campaign» to repeal pension reforms enacted in 1976.

When he was gearing up to run for his second term, I asked him why, if he was such a believer in politics being about merit, and about the rightness of his policies, he wouldn't abide by the campaign - finance rules and level the playing field.

A last - ditch attempt by the acclaimed thriller Wind River to detach itself during campaign season from its original distributor, the Weinstein Company, shows there are desperate hopes for the film to survive on its own merits.

In fact, while the Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State of New York poses the question of adequacy with characteristically New York bluntness and extravagance, many wonder if the case hasn't become a victim of those excesses and, during the 12 - year brawl over the merits of linking financial input with academic output, been overtaken by events.

What started as a simple Kickstarter campaign, has become a great game that manages to be both an homage to the great RPGs of the past, and a powerful experience by its own merits.

Merit selection, endorsed by the ABA in 1937, helps remove the partisan politics inherent in a judicial election and the excesses of campaign rhetoric and cash.

This case explores the extent to which a campaign of criticism, conducted by internet and email, can merit restraint by the civil courts.

Trends in how judicial campaigns are conducted and are in the methods by which states choose to select their judges merit close scrutiny.

Section 7C (2) authorizes candidates facing active opposition in a merit retention election for the same judicial office to campaign together and conduct a joint campaign designed to educate the public on merit retention and each candidate's views as to why he or she should be retained in office, to the extent not otherwise prohibited by Florida law.