Sentences with phrase «cases of election law»

In addition, Underwood said her office will continue prosecuting high - profile cases of election law violations such as those Schneiderman brought against former Erie County Democratic Chairman G. Steven Pigeon, former Niagara County Republican Chairman Henry F. Wojtaszek, and former State Sen. George D. Maziarz, R - Newfane.

Not exact matches

The cases involve the use of a landmark voting rights law that led to the election of African - Americans across the South and Supreme Court decisions that limited the use of race to draw electoral maps.

In the case of Florida, state law spells it out clearly: «The ballot of an elector who casts an absentee ballot shall be counted even if the elector dies on or before Election Day.»

But regardless who wins the election, a serious case can be made for the need for urgent reform of electoral laws.

In a case that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee played up during the 2012 election, the ethics committee in July began a review of whether Grimm violated campaign - finance laws by seeking and accepting illegal contributions, created false reports and improperly sought assistance from a foreign national.

Thelegislation is part of a broader package of laws designed to improve enforcement of election laws, ease voter registration, strengthen anti-bribery laws, and provide district attorneys with greater power to prosecute public corruption cases.

Opponents note that the laws will give PiS overall control of the supreme court, which in addition to serving as the highest court of appeal for all civilian and criminal cases is also responsible for validating elections.

On the heels of deeply troubling problems at the polls during the April 19th presidential primary, roughly 200 citizen advocates will meet with lawmakers to share their personal voting experiences and make the case for fundamental reform to New York's antiquated election laws.

The action of the executive committee, which was elected in 2014, «undermines the election results of the 2016 primary election, and is inconsistent with case law limiting the authority of the 2014 executive committee» between the primary and the party convention.

In any case the spirit of the 27th Amendment to the Constitution ought to prevail here: «No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.»

Savino also has been one of the top election - law attorneys in the area, handling dozens of cases for local politicos in Rockland, Westchester and the Bronx.

After assessing a dossier of evidence submitted by the BIJ, the Electoral Commission said it was carrying out a case review, which falls short of a full investigation but could lead to a ruling over whether there had been a breach of election law.

It appears that prosecutors have never made a criminal case under this section of state election law, a violation of which would be a felony: Records going back to 1999 show no arrests or arraignments on the charge, according to the State Division of Criminal Justice Services.

Mayor Bill de Blasio today went on a tirade against claims that he and his allies participated in «willful and flagrant» violations of state election law in 2014 — and against the «motivations» of Cuomo - picked Board of Elections counsel who recommended bringing a criminal case against the mayor.

The board had repeatedly insisted that state law required it to use the old error - prone process, even though the State Board of Elections and other boards across the state insisted that wasn't the case.

Legal Practitioner, Tsatsu Tsikata, has explained that he could not support his onetime partner in law, Nana Akufo - Addo, in the election petition case, because in his view, the NPP's case for which it went to court to challenge the results of the 2012 election, was «pathetic» and lacked merit.

(c) In an appropriate case, the Committee on Ethics may request that the Chairperson of the County Committee designate it to conduct a proceeding pursuant to Election Law 16 - 110 (2).

Republican spokeswoman Kelly Cummings referenced a decades - old case of Democratic freshman Marc Panepinto for an election - law violation.

This is because, strict adherence to the law in the transition process will be followed in case there is a change of government after this year's election.

The others are the case involving alleged election law violations by former Newfane Republican Sen. George Maziarz in March; the re-trials in April and May of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos; the Buffalo Billion corruption case trial set for June; and, on Long Island, the corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano in March.

In this case, the citizens and taxpayers of Connecticut were defrauded out of $ 6.5 million of taxpayer money in a deliberate attempt to circumvent and ignore clean election laws.»

Schlesinger has done free legal work in election - law cases for numerous candidates, sits on a state Character and Fitness Committee that vets individuals joining the state bar, and has chaired the Professional Ethics Committee of the Nassau Bar Association.

[18][19] New York law does not provide for a primary election in cases of a special election for a vacant House seat.

Opponents of campaign - finance laws hope that the case argued Tuesday — McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission — will carry on the work the justices did in Citizens United in 2010, when they struck down as unconstitutional a ban on corporations making independent expenditures in elections.

A prominent component of relevant case law is the Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which ruled unconstitutional certain restrictions on corporate campaign spending during elections.

«Florida to monitor Broward election chief after judge finds «unlawful» ballot destruction in Wasserman Schultz race «via Marc Caputo of POLITICO — The elections supervisor in Florida's second-most populous county broke state and federal law by unlawfully destroying ballots cast in U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz «s 2016 Democratic primary, a judge ruled Friday in a case brought by the congresswoman's challenger who wanted to check for voting irregularities.

Given the «apparent ambiguities» presented by the case, Vance also called on the legislature in Albany to «clarify the Election Law to prevent workarounds that might undermine the purpose of contribution limits,» and to prohibit third parties from «orchestrating the flow of contributions.»

In the wake of a number of high - profile corruption cases, Sugarman's independent office was created in 2014 to bolster election law enforcement in New York.

Early voting as allowed by 37 other states, reform of New York's archaic election laws, allowing victims of sexual abuse cases to reopen their cases and sue their abusers, common sense reforms to New York's gun laws, so many issues on the table that need to be addressed.

That law states that in such instances, a majority of the party's statewide candidates from the previous election (in this case there are four) must back one of the rule sets.

Nearly every election begins with court cases challenging the sufficiency of compliance with these laws as candidates strive to get on extra lines and to keep their opponents off them.

Although the case does not specifically address election law, political signage is prohibited within 600 feet of a polling place, which many schools are.

Alternatively, of course, the PAC violated state law by failing to properly report its official expenditures or in - kind contributions, in which case a fine should be forthcoming should the State Election Enforcement Commission take notice of the PAC's election law viElection Enforcement Commission take notice of the PAC's election law vielection law violation.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of the United States heard McCutcheon vs. Federal Election Commission, which may become as much a chapter of the history of climate change as it is a case about campaign finance law.

A Chicago lawyer's focus on case law and judicial elections with commentary and a smattering of «water - cooler rant.»

In the case of Georgia, the law regarding a child's election changed in 2008.

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He also played a role in another historic legal case, as the Wall Street Journal's Law Blog notes: «On election night 2000, his famed analysis of electoral votes on his handheld whiteboard served as a bookend to the Supreme Court's controversial decision in Bush v. Gore.»

Author: Rick Hasen is a professor at University of California, Irvine School of Law and the author of the books Remedies Examples & Explanations; The Glannon Guide to Torts: Learning Torts Through Multiple - Choice Questions and Analysis; Election Law: Cases and Materials; and The Supreme Court and Election Law Judging Equality from Baker v. Carr to Bush v. Gore.

Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh, writing for the court in the case of South Carolina v. United States (Civil Action No. 12 - 203), expressed the opinion of the court that the law enacted by South Carolina «satisfies Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act,» making it permissible, but that the short time left before the 2012 elections prohibited its implementation until elections taking place in 2013.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CCLA CALLS ON FEDERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES TO RECOGNIZE THEIR DUTY TO UPHOLD THE CHARTER AND PROMISE TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY IN LAW - MAKING Ottawa, ON — Last week, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) intervened in the Federal Court case of Schmidt v. Attorney General of Canada, arguing that (1) the government has a responsibility to -LSB-...]

The Justices of the Supreme Court and District Judges shall each receive for their services a compensation to be fixed by law and paid in the manner provided by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which they shall have been elected, unless a Vacancy occurs, in which case the successor of the former incumbent shall receive only such salary as may be provided by law at the time of his election or appointment...

Juniors had worked on a variety of matters, including «working at an organization to help pensioners be able to access Medicare,» working for Lawyers for the Creative Arts, tackling immigration cases, writing appellate briefs and helping people learn election laws.

The election process is a «means by which the criminal law provides the Attorney General with sufficient flexibility to take the specific circumstances of each case into account and ensure that, in each case, the interests of justice are served.»

The justices of the Supreme Court, the judges of the court of appeals and the district judges are each entitled to receive for their services a compensation to be fixed by law and paid in the manner provided by law, which must not be increased or diminished during the term for which they have been elected, unless a vacancy occurs, in which case the successor of the former incumbent is entitled to receive only such salary as may be provided by law at the time of his election or appointment.

According to relevant Elections Law, in case of vacancy, if for example, one of the elected Members of the Parliament were appointed as Attorney General of the Republic, the next in line was of the same party in the electoral district and is automatically «elected» as a Member of the House of Representatives.

CMW 97 Ritchie's Nova Scotia Equity Decisions, 1873 - 82 Russel's Election Cases, 1874 Young's Admiralty Decisions, 1865 Martin's Mining Cases & Statutes of British Columbia v. I & II Ontario Law Reports 2d v. 25 — 35

Although we have authority to deflect cases to the Court of Appeals, which relieves much of the load, the more difficult and complex cases, plus all cases involving constitutional questions, death penalty, first impressions, newly developing law and a whole litany of special subjects (election contests, utility rates, annexations, bar and judicial discipline matters, etc.) are assigned to our Court.

Now we'll see how well our patchwork of election laws handles this particular case.