Sentences with phrase «candidates get on the ballot»

This week in the ShakingNewsletter, we're looking at some of the nuts and bolts of politics: how activists are trying to pressure Cuomo to take action on homelessness and how candidates get on the ballot.

Presidential campaigns help achieve ballot status necessary for state Green Parties, which helps local candidates get on the ballot.

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It's hard not to in the current climate; many candidates wouldn't get on the ballot if they didn't claim adherence to the superstition.

I don't know what church you've been going to, but my minister goes to great pains before an election to not mention ANY candidate or particular ballot issue, but instead call on the congregation to read their scriptures (suggesting some references) and pray, pray, pray for God's guidance, as they get ready to cast their vote.

If I thought drafting Mitch Daniels would get him to run, and if I thought he could really be nominated given that he has missed a bunch of filing deadlines to appear on ballots (and then there is the reality that all candidates have warts and bad days), then I would be all for drafting him or Bobby Jindal.

Through personal involvement in many NY political campaigns over the past 25 years, I can tell you that getting on the ballot in NY is no easy task for outsiders (i.e., candidates not backed by a party).

But they didn't love the idea of losing control over who gets to run on their ballot line, which they — through gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins — worked so hard to secure in the 2010 campaign.

Not surprisingly, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot line.

All that said, the best way for you to find out exactly what it takes to get on the primary ballot is to: (1) hire a good election law attorney, or (2) contact the Suffolk County Board of Elections and ask them to provide you with the rules for ballot access, candidate qualifications (such as residency requirements in the district), deadline dates, and filing fees.

GOP gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino is trying to embarrass his Democratic opponent, Andrew Cuomo, into a freewheeling debate that, in the Buffalo businessman's opinion, should include every single candidate who got on the ballot — from the Anti-Prohibition Party Manhattan Madam to the Freedom Party's Charles Barron.

There is no such thing as an «official» announcement; the only official ways to be a candidate are to get enough votes at a convention or signatures on a petition, and accept them in order to be on the ballot.

That leaves three months for candidates to gather signatures, get on the ballot, and actually campaign before the late June congressional primary (which may be separate from the state legislative primary, another travesty).

«I want to be very clear on this: Because we've had five candidates who have, over the year, worked hard to get substantial support throughout the state committee and have that support, I am going to allow a two ballot process which will end up letting all five on the ballot,» Jacobs told me this morning.

The issue of potential rules changes to help Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy get on the ballot at the state GOP convention next month reportedly did not come up at last week's Ft. Orange Club meeting, but the topic of the order in which candidates will be nominated was broached.

He's convinced this plan was, as he put it, «born on the floor of the (GOP) convention to punish or get even with the Conservative Party» for holding its convention first, tapping Rick Lazio as its gubernatorial candidate and helping him to block Cox's preferred candidate, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, from getting on the GOP primary ballot.

If a candidate drops out this late, wouldn't there be deadline issues with getting a new name on the ballot in most states at all?

Lazio was the only candidate to get onto the ballot at the convention, but Carl Paladino went on to cream him in the GOP primary and he «ran» for a Bronx judgeship to get off the Conservative line and cede it to the businessman from Buffalo.

According to Barron, his supporters collected names in every one of the state's 29 congressional districts and passed the 100 - name limit in 23 of those (the requirement is at least 100 in 15 districts, so candidates can't just stand on a single busy street corner in NYC and get onto the ballot).

Two Paladino - backed candidates failed to get their names on the ballot and lost write - in campaigns, including the current board's president.

WASHINGTON (AP) Candidates outside of the two major parties are struggling to get a place on the ballot in some U.S. states.

In order to get on the ballot in Hawaii, a candidate for state or federal office must meet a variety of state - specific filing requirements and deadlines.

In order to get on the ballot in Nevada, a candidate for president of the United States must meet a variety of state - specific filing requirements and deadlines.

In order to get on the ballot in New Hampshire, a candidate for president of the United States must meet a variety of complex, state - specific filing requirements and deadlines.

At least 10 and perhaps as many as 18 hopefuls are currently petitioning to get on the ballot, and a number of prominent District 7 candidates have found themselves living not just in adjoining districts, but two districts away from the people they plan to represent.

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson is set to appear on ballots in at least 39 states, and party activists are working in places such as swing state Ohio to get his name before voters this fall.

For a candidate for the New York City Council — which, you may not know, has 51 members — trying to get on the ballot for a race that most New Yorkers pay little attention to can be burdensome.

In other words, if Candidate X gets on the ballot, but gets sick or says I don't want this to happen, their committee will pick someone to replace Candidate X and they won't have to recollect the signatures.

The left fears that a 15 % threshold would make it impossible to get any candidate on the ballot, because most Labour MPs are centrist.

In the past 48 hours, Eliot Spitzer has appeared on just about every local television and radio show to promote his eleventh - hour bid for New York City comptroller, but the comeback candidate may have a problem that publicity alone can't fix: getting on the ballot.

In order to get on the ballot in Missouri, a candidate for president of the United States must meet a variety of state - specific filing requirements and deadlines.

The Bridgeport mayor has been collecting thousands of signatures to get on the primary ballot, and some delegates surmised that Ganim might not go forward with his convention effort if he believes that a poor showing would make him look like a weak candidate.

McGuire said the NYCF PAC did not get involved in the Grisanti race during the primary, but will now engage on behalf of «pro-family candidate» Chuck Swanick, the former Erie County legislator who lost his primary bid for the Democratic line to attorney Mike Amodeo, but remains on the November ballot on the Conservative Party line.

State GOP Chairman Ed Cox is so worried about party - flipping Suffolk County Steve Levy's chances of getting on the ballot at the party's upcoming convention that he has been actively recruiting a fourth gubernatorial candidate, multiple sources confirm.

Mermel, who backed erstwhile gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio after Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy failed to get on the ballot at the convention, hosted a breakfast fundraiser for Paladino (his first in Manhattan) this past Wednesday.

An NYPD detective who was disqualified from challenging a GOP - backed candidate for a Nassau legislative seat because of a petition error has filed an 11th - hour appeal seeking to get on the ballot.

The five states in which it operates (New York, Connecticut, South Carolina, Vermont, and Oregon) all have enacted «fusion voting» — a system in which each party that qualifies gets a spot on the ballot — in some states its own line with a check box — where it can list the candidate it favors, regardless of party.

ALBANY Several Democratic candidates running for New York's 21st Congressional District have padded their operations with paid signature - gatherers in order to get on the ballot.

The WFP gets its own line in a prime place on a New York state ballot, and if they'd put another candidate on it, that would have siphoned away significant votes from Cuomo in the general.

Another example Hoylman points to is his TRUMP (Tax Returns Uniformly Made Public) Act, which would require presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns if they want to get on the ballot in New York state.

The state's Supreme Court hadn't resolved a partisan scuffle over who gets to be listed first on the ballot this year before overseas absentee ballots were dropped in the mail, so those voters will have to write in all the candidates» names themselves, according to Deputy Secretary of State James Spallone.

So those voters get empty ballots and a list of candidates that they'll have to write in on their own.

Green Party congressional candidate Matt Funiciello said Tuesday he has secured enough signatures to get on June 24 primary ballot, but his campaign will continue to circulate petitions as a safeguard against any signatures that might be challenged and to show the strength of the campaign.

The Connecticut Republican Party challenged (PDF) Secretary of State Denise Merrill's decision to list Democratic candidates first on the ballot this year, arguing that it violated a statute mandating that the party whose candidate for governor got the most votes in the last election gets to be listed first in all ballots.

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(A congressional candidate seeking to also get on the ballot for a legislative election might need to start circulating petitions to get onto the September 11th state ballot while still campaigning for the June 27th congressional primary.)

Any candidate would need to submit 1,250 signatures from registered Democrats by April 12 to get on the primary ballot.

Six candidates set up campaign committees to run for the seat and five filed petitions with the state Board of Elections to get on the ballot.

The candidates who receive at least 25 percent of the committee's support will get their names on the ballot this fall.

The party has its nominating convention starting June 1, and each candidate needs 25 percent to get on the ballot.

When there is a vacancy at the top, leadership candidates need the support of 15 % of MPs and MEPs in order to get on the ballot of members.