Sentences with phrase «candidate is a member of that party»

The bill, if enacted, would allow anyone to run in any party's primary, regardless of whether the candidate is a member of that party or not, and regardless of what party officers think Read more»

The bill, if enacted, would allow anyone to run in any party's primary, regardless of whether the candidate is a member of that party or not, and regardless of what party officers think about the candidate.

Not exact matches

BEIJING — A one - time candidate to succeed Chinese President Xi Jinping pleaded guilty to bribery charges on Thursday following a speedy process that is seen as a message to fellow members of the country's Communist Party.

Ms. Jansen responded that she is not a member of the federal Conservative Party and is under no obligation to support their candidates (her pragmatic reply is unlikely to appease her Wildrose critics).

«It's like we've become House of Cards,» is how one Progressive Conservative Party member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, described their party's candidate nomination proParty member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, described their party's candidate nomination proparty's candidate nomination process.

Instead, a committee of Calgary - Montrose PC members named local pastor Ron Leech as their candidate before his nomination was quickly overturned by the central party.

For the next week, the federal Liberals will be holding their annual «Summer Caucus» in Edmonton and the party's 37 Members of Parliament be criss - crossing the Canadian West, hosting events, promoting local candidates and knocking on doors.

On Saturday, August 25, Conservative Party members in the riding of Calgary - Centre will choose a candidate to carry their party's banner in an upcoming and yet - to - be called by - elecParty members in the riding of Calgary - Centre will choose a candidate to carry their party's banner in an upcoming and yet - to - be called by - elecparty's banner in an upcoming and yet - to - be called by - election.

After that, goes the plan, members in both parties would approve the new entity later this year and then candidates and constituencies would be put in place in 2018 to fight the next election, scheduled for the spring of 2019.

The tight - knit village of Glen Ellyn has two traditions in government: Members of the Village and Library Boards serve only one four - year term; and those members are typically chosen by the Civic Betterment Party, a nominating committee that since 1931 has met every other November to select candMembers of the Village and Library Boards serve only one four - year term; and those members are typically chosen by the Civic Betterment Party, a nominating committee that since 1931 has met every other November to select candmembers are typically chosen by the Civic Betterment Party, a nominating committee that since 1931 has met every other November to select candidates.

It is harder to research a couple dozen candidates in a given election (which would be typical in a nine seat election since there would be viable third party candidates as well as a candidate for each seat from each of two major parties) than it is to research two of them as you would in a single member district with the two party system that single member districts strongly favor.

Again the NPPs candidate has been on record for unplugging the transmission power source of 3FM radio during the Ablekuma North Constituency debate organized on Friday August 26, 2016 at Kwashieman taxi rank in the full glare of supporters of both parties, denying NDC members the opportunity of dancing to the presidents campaign song (Mahama paper) thereby crushing an otherwise interesting event to an abrupt end.

In a statement personally signed by the presiding judge, Justice A. M. Liman, the court granted a restraining order on any member of the National Working Committee of the PDP who was removed from office by the Party's National Convention in Port Harcourt from receiving nominations and or submitting names to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as officers or candidates of the PDP in whatever capacity pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice brought by the Party.

«I think some of the members were upset that he campaigned against the Conservative Party candidate Jane Corwin,» Long said.

We wish to reiterate that, our candidate and party members have kept their calm and composure in the face of extreme provocation because members of the National Democratic Congress are peace loving people and thus engage in healthy politics based on ideas and strategies rather than personality attack.

Also touching on the issue on «Kokrokoo» was the former NPP Member of Parliament for Ahafo - Ano South, Stephen Balado Manu who advised the NDC Regional Chairman to remain neutral so far as the race for a Presidential candidate for the party is concerned.

Speaking at the party's campaign launch in Cape Coast in the Central Region on Sunday, 14 August, General Mosquito, as Mr Asiedu Nketiah is known in political circles, said: «The NDC scored a very important victory when we decided to expand our decision - making structures and allow every card - bearing member of the NDC to participate in the choice of our parliamentary and presidential candidates.

My question is: Is polling for a party member's number 1 favourite candidate a useful way of predicting how likely a candidate is to win the primaris: Is polling for a party member's number 1 favourite candidate a useful way of predicting how likely a candidate is to win the primarIs polling for a party member's number 1 favourite candidate a useful way of predicting how likely a candidate is to win the primaris to win the primary?

Joanie Mahoney, the Republican Onondaga County executive and first woman to hold that post, is the latest member of her party to announce support for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo, YNN's Bill Carey reports.

What they'd probably do is to vote for their party's presidential candidate, and become «faithless electors» when it came to the VP, either abstaining from that vote, or voting for a non-Texan (presumably, a different member of their own party) for that office.

«The Labour party has an opportunity for the first time in the process of selecting its candidate to go beyond just those who are signed up members to those who want to make a small contribution.

As a reminder of Unite's importance though; Unite are still the biggest funder of the party (in the first week of the election campaign they gave # 2.4 m of the total # 2.7 m received by Labour), they have upwards of one million members they can encourage to register as supporters in a leadership election (and indeed activate in Parliamentary candidate selections), Unite has three seats on the NEC and of course Len's chief of staff, Andrew Murray, was seconded to Jeremy's team for the general election campaign.

A number of other names have been floated by members of the party as possible attorneys general, including 2014 candidate John Cahill, state Senator Andrew Lanza and former George Pataki aide Joe Holland.

On Saturday, Zuma announced plans to raise subsidies for tertiary colleges and universities, a move that analysts said was timed to appeal to the more populist members of the party allied to Dlamini - Zuma, the first woman to be nominated as a candidate for the ANC presidency.

To avoid choosing a leader that is unacceptable to the parliamentary party, members are presented with a «shortlist» of candidates nominated by MPs.

He pointed out that the Vice Chancellor of FUOYE, Prof Kayode Soremekun, is a card carrying member of the APC and a close ally of the party's candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.

Aregbesola urged party members to ensure support for whoever the party chooses as its candidate for the next election adding that continuity of what his government had commenced seven years ago was more important to the state than anything else.

Of course a candidate needs to spend some cash but let's suppose that billboard and TV ads were banned, the local party sent out emails to all members on behalf of every short listed candidate, and the taxpayer (or central party) covered the cost of a single mailshot to all voterOf course a candidate needs to spend some cash but let's suppose that billboard and TV ads were banned, the local party sent out emails to all members on behalf of every short listed candidate, and the taxpayer (or central party) covered the cost of a single mailshot to all voterof every short listed candidate, and the taxpayer (or central party) covered the cost of a single mailshot to all voterof a single mailshot to all voters.

Another possible candidate is Ramón Aveledo, the Executive Secretary of the MUD and a member of the COPEI, one of the dominant parties prior to 1999 that it is now widely discredited.

If that candidate is still alive, the Electoral Commission must inquire of the secretary of the political party on whose list the candidate appeared, whether the candidate remains a member of that party.

Robin William Charles Tilbrook (1958, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) is a solicitor and English politician, the chairman and founder member of the English Democrats.He was a member of the Conservative Student Association and a member of the Conservative Party, at one time a Conservative candidate for Ongar Town council.

However, several amendments were diluted or rejected outright: selection of judicial candidates will likely continue to happen behind closed doors, the Brooklyn Democratic Party will continue to refuse to provide basic support for Brooklynites looking to organize their own Democratic clubs, and unlimited power via the proxies of absent County Committee members remain in the hands of the Chair.

The New York gubernatorial race has a number of colorful candidates, including Jimmy McMillan, a former postal worker running as a member of the «Rent Is 2 Damn High» party.

Boris is likely to have an ebuillient confidence that he would win the party leadership if ever he was one of two candidates on that members» ballot paper.

It alleges the WFP failed to follow state election rules in granting a so - called Wilson - Pakulas waiver for candidates who are not members of the party.

a constituency candidate for a component party of that party (being a component party that is not listed on the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote but is, in accordance with the details held by the Electoral Commission under any of the provisions of sections 127 (3A) and 128A, a component party of that party) has his or her name endorsed on a writ under section 185 as a person declared to be elected as a member of Parliament.

If that candidate is still alive and remains a member of that political party, the Electoral Commission must then inquire of that candidate whether that candidate is willing to be a member of Parliament, and if that candidate so indicates his or her willingness, the Electoral Commission must declare that person to be elected by notifying the person's election in the Gazette.

At any general election any secretary of a political party that is registered under Part 4 may forward to the Electoral Commission a list of candidates for election to the seats reserved for those members of Parliament elected from lists submitted under this section.

One legacy has been a membership sharply polarised by when they joined the party: in a recent YouGov poll of Labour members, Corbyn's net approval rating was -46 among those who joined before he became a leadership candidate in 2015 but +36 among those who joined after he declared — and this latter group constitutes 60 % of the total membership.

there is no candidate lower in the order of preference on the party list than the member of Parliament whose seat has been declared vacant, --

One of the interesting features of this system is that, while the winning candidate would need to have demonstrated broad support among MPs, they would not require majority support from them, only from the party members.

The party's most significant electoral success came when Peter Davies (a former UKIP and Reform UK member), its candidate for Mayor of Doncaster, was elected.

It was learnt that the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, is also pitching tent with the faction in what members described as a renewed effort to wrest the structure from the 2015 governorship candidate of the party, Olorogun O'tega Emerhor.

the number of persons who stood as constituency candidates for a party that is, in accordance with the details held by the Electoral Commission under any of the provisions of sections 127 (3A) and 128A, a component party of that party and whose names were endorsed on a writ pursuant to section 185 as having been elected as members of Parliament.

Some members of his team prayed the omission would not be noticed, though at a donors» party after the speech, two of Miliband's closest aides — Stewart Wood, who exerted the greatest intellectual influence on the candidate, and Stan Greenberg, one of Miliband's American pollsters — were heard joking to one another about the missing passage.

Despite this success, the need for further reform was highlighted just weeks later, when party boss Frank Seddio selected the candidate for an open state Senate seat in a thoroughly undemocratic process that ignored the will of voters and County Committee members.

The remaining 40 to 45 per cent of representatives for each body (the «additional members») are elected in large regional areas using a proportional representation system, so as to match every party's share of winning candidates to their votes share.

New York utilizes a closed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.

Indications that proportional representation and centralised ranking of candidates for the European Parliament elections are going to be used to purge Euro - MPs and abolish the right of party members to choose candidates give a flavour of what is posed by the Electoral Reform Commission's remit to look at the introduction of PR for Westminster.

A member of the communication team of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Nenugbo Mawugbe has predicted that the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), will by September 2016 elect a new presidential candidate because his chances of winning are slim.