Sentences with phrase «cast ballots»

Voters will cast their ballots today to decide who fills six seats on the Buffalo School Board, but it could be days before some of the races are settled, due to a large number of write - in ballots that need to be hand counted.

Cuomo today reminded New Yorkers that they must register to vote by March 25 in order to cast ballots in the upcoming presidential primaries on April 19.

In all, 32,637 registered members of the NDC are expected to cast their ballots in 70 voting centres across the constituency to elect a candidate to represent the party in the 2016 general elections.

As New Yorkers head to the polls this fall to cast their ballots for citywide office, I wanted to take a second to tell you why I support Scott Stringer to be the City's next Comptroller.

It must surely make sense to focus on getting younger people to cast their ballots to stay.

Slightly over half of eligible Labor Party primary voters cast ballots in the party's leadership primaries by the time polls closed at 10 p.m. Thursday, already leading to worries in Yachimovich's camp that the low turnout could unseat her.

Turnout is always a key, especially in special elections, where no more than 15 percent of voters typically cast ballots.

Before New York voters cast our ballots, we need clear, comprehensive information on each candidate's views and principles.

At least 32 million Americans cast their ballots early in this past election cycle.

On voting reform, Cuomo vowed to enact early voting, allowing people to cast their ballots for about a week prior to election day, and to implement same - day registration, permitting New Yorkers to register to vote on election day.

More than 26,000 voters in Miami - Dade County cast ballots in the Senate District 40 and House District 116 elections.

About 182,000 people cast ballots in the district.

Voters will cast ballots for numerous county executive, district attorney and mayoral offices, and five vacated state legislative seats will be filled via special election.

Voters in North Brooklyn can also cast ballots on who the Democratic nominee will be in the crowded Brooklyn district attorney race, where Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez will run against a host of other candidates including former prosecutor Anne Swern.

But based on the results in the county's various municipalities, it certainly seems plausible that the results were driven by an increase in the number of suburban voters who cast their ballots for a Democrat rather than a surge in turnout among the solidly blue city voters.

However, it does not meet a common definition of an open primary, because people registered as Republican or Democratic on voting day can not cast ballots in the primary of the other party.

The family's role in the civil rights struggle provides the Kennedy name with a special status among older African - Americans who, like the public at large, tend to cast ballots at a greater rate than younger voters.

A total number of 15, 712, 499 registered voters will be expected to cast their ballots when polls open at 7 am across the country.

Republican leaders are urging GOP voters in the Rochester area to cast their ballots for Assemblyman Bill Nojay, even though he fatally shot himself last week.

Both cast their ballots for Brad Hoylman, the former chairman of Manhattan's Community Board 2, whom Duane has endorsed — but said that, even though they'd received personal calls from Duane and lots of mailers, they hadn't realized until the last minute that Thursday was primary day.

New York County GOP Chairwoman Adele Malpass told The Post that the purpose of the new line, approved on Friday, was to give the large numbers of Democratic and independent voters who polls show are unhappy with de Blasio's policies a place to cast their ballots without feeling uncomfortable about voting Republican.

Saccone, 60, adhered to Republican orthodoxy and openly embraced Trump, who tweeted numerous times on his behalf and campaigned in person twice, including a raucous rally the Saturday before voters cast ballots.

Four years earlier, in September 2013, approximately 20 percent of registered voters cast ballots in the primary.

After speeches, registered Gardiner Democrats in attendance will cast their ballots and the winners will get the party's nomination and be placed on the Democratic line on the November ballot.

Saturday voters in the state head to the polls to cast ballots, and the hottest contest appears to be the Democratic gubernatorial battle.

Thirty - seven states and the District of Columbia currently allow voters to cast ballots in person before Election Day.

Now, the primary challenge for the Progressive bloc and Brooklyn will be to maintain their alliances until January 8, when the 51 members of the council will officially cast their ballots.

Following a private meeting on Monday afternoon, Democrats announced that they will cast their ballots for Assemblyman Carl Heastie of the Bronx at an 11 a.m. vote on Tuesday, making him New York's first African - American Assembly speaker.

But voters who did turn out overwhelmingly cast their ballots for Meng, who had the backing of both Ackerman and Queens Democratic Party honcho Joe Crowley, and maintained a significant money advantage.

And as for the results — while the numbers on turnout of voters are generally tallied three times during the day, the figures on who voters cast their ballots for don't get looked at until the polls close.

Prolonged power outages could cause some changes in the way that people cast their ballots come Election Day.

The middle school gym, where voters from districts 2, 4, 6 and 8 will cast ballots, can be isolated from the rest of the building.

After reviewing state board of elections filings, researchers determined that about 60 percent of eligible voters nationwide cast ballots, a marginal improvement from 2012.

A massive 62 % of those eligible to vote in the contest are backing the incumbent, with just 38 % set to cast ballots for challenger Owen Smith, according to a YouGov poll for The Times.

His voting law change would allow New Yorkers to cast their ballots 12 days before elections.

New York's unique «fusion voting» system allows minor parties to cross-endorse Democrats and Republicans, and lets voters cast their ballots for a politician on any one of a number of party lines.

A massive 62 % of those eligible to vote in the contest are backing the incumbent, with just 38 % set to cast ballots for challenger Owen Smith, according to a

(CNN)- Just days away from Election Day, a significant number of Ohioans have already cast ballots, a state official said Saturday.

City voters will cast ballots on Nov. 8.

Voters cast their ballots at the Milton Community Center on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, in Milton, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

The members will cast their ballots under an alternative vote system and the winner will be announced on 16 July.

The Reform Party will hold a semi-open primary, giving about 15,000 people in Syracuse a chance to cast ballots for mayor in Tuesday's primary as well as several judicial races.

We still see a hung Parliament — that's what people voted for, after all — but there is better representation for smaller parties, far less divisive regional / national results, and, crucially, millions fewer wasted votes or tactically - cast ballots.

A Sanders campaign spokesman said it was wrong of the Associated Press and NBC News, which made the calls on Monday evening, to count the votes of superdelegates before they cast ballots at the Democratic National Convention in July.

Members will cast their ballots under an alternative vote system and the winner will be announced on 16 July.

Of course, even though New Yorkers cast their ballots on September 10, just two months from today, it is still relatively early in the election season and polls of low - turnout primaries are notoriously unreliable.

Several voters at the same polling place said they cast their ballots for de Blasio because they felt he was more in touch with the public and would steer the city in a better direction.

Early voting would allow eligible voters to cast ballots in - person days, sometimes weeks, before an election.

The solution is simple: Pass the Voter Friendly Ballot Act so New Yorkers can cast ballots that count.»

Yet his district was too small to win using mailers and TV ads; only about 4,000 people even bothered to cast ballots.