Sentences with phrase «cast for governor»

Initiative statutes require valid signatures from at least 5 percent of the total votes cast for governor at the last gubernatorial election, while initiative constitutional amendments require at least 8 percent.

To place an initiated constitutional amendment on the ballot, proponents must collect valid signatures signatures equal to 10 percent of votes cast for governor in the last gubernatorial general election.

For an initiated state statute or veto referendum, signatures equal to 5 percent of votes cast for governor in the most recent gubernatorial election are required.

If a petition is circulated after redistricting and before the next gubernatorial election, the number of qualified electors in each district is equal to the total number of votes cast for governor statewide divided by the total number of districts.

The number of qualified electors in any district, for the purpose of the distribution requirement, is equal to the number of votes cast for governor in that district in the last gubernatorial election.

A new political party must submit a written declaration signed by registered voters equaling at least 1 percent of the total number of votes cast for governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election.

On May 12, 2015, Governor Mary Fallin (R) signed into law a bill that reduced the petition signature requirement for newly - qualifying political parties to 3 percent of the total number of votes cast for governor in the last general election.

Not exact matches

UK rate hike expectations fade Bank of England governor Mark Carney cast doubt on market expectations for a rate hike at the next meeting of the bank's Monetary Policy Committee in May.

According to them, by nullifying elections in 18 out of 31 local government areas, Section 179 (2)(b) of the Nigerian Constitution, which required that a candidate vying for the office of the Governor would be declared winner if he has not less than one quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two - thirds of the local government areas, has been breached.

The day kicked off with a Times report by Nick Confessore about how the infighting caused in no small part by Cox's insistence on pushing Democrat - turned - Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy for governor has cast a pall on what is supposed to be a banner election year for the GOP.

The governor has repeatedly insisted the movement was NOT in fact responsible for moving him off his opposition to raising taxes on the state's wealthiest residents (actually, Cuomo and both legislative leaders refuse to see this as a tax hike at all, casting it as a cut for 4.4 million New Yorkers).

«Next year, when you are running for your third term as Governor of new York, when you go to the polling place to cast your vote, promise me you will not ride there on horseback,» he said.

Much like a previous radio ad on this subject, this spot casts the race for governor as a two - person contest between «two major candidates» — Paladino and Cuomo — making no mention of the third contender, Republican Rick Lazio, whom Paladino must first defeat in a primary before facing off against the AG.

Lawyer David Gerstein, 78, who cast his vote on the Upper West Side Tuesday, said he didn't pay attention to party when he picked Democrat Andrew Cuomo for governor and Republican Harry Wilson for comptroller.

Of course, there was no mention of Addabbo and the rest of his conference not casting a vote on one of the governor's most hard - sought proposals this year: the Tier Six pension measure which scaled back benefits for new state hires.

He declined to say how he would cast his vote in the race to replace him as governor in November, but expressed support for Democratic nominee for Cuomo.

Today the governor said the details have not been worked out yet, and he's waiting for directions from Obama's campaign Cuomo also didn't back off from his endorsement last week of a Republican state senator who cast what he called the courageous and critical vote to legalize gay marriage in the state.

The County Committee shall be constituted by the election biennially in each Election District in the County of New York, at the Primary Election held in each odd - numbered year, of two members of the County Committee plus an additional member if 300 or more votes and less than 451 votes were cast in such Election District for governor under the Party emblem at the last preceding gubernatorial election, and an additional member if 451 or more votes were cast in such Election District at said time.

If the boundaries of such Election District have been created or changed since the last preceding General Election at which members of Assembly were elected then the above formula shall apply based on that percentage of the number of persons enrolled in the Party in such Election District on the list of enrolled voters last published by the Board of Elections which the total vote cast in the County for governor under the Party emblem at the last preceding gubernatorial election bore to the total Party enrollment in the County on the list of enrolled voters last published by the Board of Elections.

It sounds like a stupid move to me, where is the state saving money there??? I know where to cast my governor vote next election day that is for sure

But while Cuomo and Democrats in Albany, New York City, and elsewhere cast blame on their Republican counterparts for certain legislation being eliminated from the budget proposals, it's not clear what exactly the governor and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie made the focal points of budget negotiations, and what they weren't pushing, given the opaque nature of the process.

In 1998, 348,272 votes for Governor George E. Pataki were cast on the Conservative line, over 20,000 more than in 1994, an anomaly in political history.

The 1994 elections were a breakthrough for the Conservative Party as we provided the margin of victory for Governor George E. Pataki with the 326,605 votes cast on our line.

For a second year in a row, the PSC has deeply slashed the amount of renewable energy that utility companies are forced to buy under Cuomo's Clean Energy Standard, casting further doubt on the governor's goal of having renewables supply 50 percent of the state's electricity by 2030, while reinforcing the program's status as primarily a bailout for money - losing upstate nuclear planFor a second year in a row, the PSC has deeply slashed the amount of renewable energy that utility companies are forced to buy under Cuomo's Clean Energy Standard, casting further doubt on the governor's goal of having renewables supply 50 percent of the state's electricity by 2030, while reinforcing the program's status as primarily a bailout for money - losing upstate nuclear planfor money - losing upstate nuclear plants.

83 % of Republicans in New York State say if the 2010 Republican Primary for governor were held today, they would cast their ballot for Rudy Giuliani.

He insisted that, «I wish to make it clear that the governor, a gentleman with deep respect for culture and traditions did not at any time abuse or cast aspersions on anybody.»

While 37 states will cast votes for governor this November, a handful of those states matter more to the long term political fates of the two parties.

The number of certified signatures required on the petitions is 3 % of the total vote cast for all candidates for governor (excluding blanks) at the immediately preceding state election.

On Nov. 4, I will be casting my vote for Howie Hawkins for Governor.

Despite the re-election of union - busting Democrat Andrew Cuomo, Hawkins and his running mate, Brian Jones, received nearly 5 %, or 176,000, of all votes cast — a tremendous total marking the highest vote for a left candidate in New York state since 1920 when Socialists ran labor organizer Joseph D. Cannon for Governor.

Assemblyman Sheldon Silver — one of the most powerful men in Albany for two decades and a constant in shaping state policy under five governors — was found guilty Monday of selling his office for legal fees, capping a trial that cast new light on the capital's lax ethics laws and handing federal prosecutors a big win in a case that had lacked a smoking gun.

Some profiles of her career have focused on the fact that, as lieutenant governor, she cast the deciding vote in the state Senate for the income tax in 1991.

Voter participation has been on the decline across the country for decades now, but is especially poor in New York, where only 29 percent of those eligible cast their votes in the 2014 general elections for state - level positions, including Governor.

For casting himself as a progressive governor, some of us would add, of convenience, he's actually proving to be remarkably old school.

Ms. Teachout cast the Cuomo camp's claims that she lived in her native Vermont in the past half - decade, and thus does not meet the five - year residency requirement to run for governor in New York State, as an effort to avoid a discussion of his tenure in office.

The longtime Wisconsin political activist Mike McCabe joined the increasingly crowded Democratic field for governor on Tuesday, casting himself as an outsider from the left who will shake up the establishment.

Some of the city's highest ranking Latino lawmakers will gather on the steps of City Hall on Sunday to ask voters to support the Working Families Party when they cast their ballot for Governor Andrew Cuomo's re-election.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie are both casting blame on the Republican - led State Senate for preventing them from bolstering rent regulations.

The governor has indeed cast a wide for advice, and Monday, cognizant of criticism, Cuomo huddled privately with leaders of several major labor unions.

Meanwhile, Matthew Broderick, Dennis Quaid, and Annette Bening — who've been cast as Michael Brown, George W. Bush, and former Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco in Katrina — will presumably have to sit tight and wait for the big storm to have its turn.

Richard Gere is perfectly cast as a congressman running for governor.

Also joining them are new cast for season six includeing: Arliss Howard as Louisiana Governor Truman Burrell; Rob Kazinsky as Ben, a stranger with faerie ties; Rutger Hauer as Niall, a faerie grandfather; Jurnee Smollett - Bell as Nicole, a pro-vampire activist; and Amelia Rose Blaire as Truman Burrell's daughter, Willa.

When the movie adaptation premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in February, critics loved the caustic, complex performances of the film — the superb cast includes Richard Gere as Stan, a congressman running for governor; Rebecca Hall as his wife, Katelyn; Steve Coogan as his less successful brother, Paul; and acclaimed actress Laura Linney as Paul's wife, Claire.

This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to require that the signatures on a petition to directly initiate legislation be of voters from each of the State's 2 congressional districts and that the number of signatures from each congressional district be not less than 10 % of the total vote for Governor cast in that congressional district in the previous gubernatorial election.