Sentences with phrase «change election laws»

They often change or replace the Constitution or change the election laws so they legally stay in power forever.

But it is the process we currently have, and the one in which we need to work to ensure that we elect the best candidates (while we also work to change election laws to make them more small - d democratic).

It was a sharp and dramatic rebuke of the Florida court's usurpation of legislative authority in attempting to change election laws after the election.

A jurisdiction subject to preclearance needed to get approval from the U.S. Department of Justice before changing election laws or district maps.

«But one of my goals is to change our election law and make... public financing of campaigns something that happens, so that we don't have to do this.

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And, the Government will propose changes to Canada's elections laws to uphold the integrity of our voting system.

In the wake of the PPF report, Liberal government sources were telling some reporters in Ottawa that election - law changes are on the way, quite likely in line with what's suggested in this latest report.

This election does create an opportunity for the biggest tax law changes since 1986.

We anticipate an eventual easing of tensions in Spain over Catalonian independence and view a potential populist government following elections in Italy in 2018 as unlikely after recent changes to the electoral laws.

The passage of the Reform Bill may be defined in a shorthand way as the procedure of voting by Parliament, and approval by King William IV, of a law changing the qualifications for voting in British elections and redistributing seats in the House of Commons.

There was a reason why the founding fathers put kept religion out of our government and now it seems we are being asked to» pick the Christian» in this next years election — we are not picking the leader of a church here people, we picking someone to be the most influential, most powerful person on the earth... do we want someone who has our best interests at heart or someone who will time and again try to change the US laws to reflect his own personal beliefs?

Observers say a legal challenge to the proposals is inevitable and warn that, because the changes will require «hybrid» legislation, it could prove difficult for the government to force the law through parliament before the 2015 general election.

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The GOP has been affected much more than the Democratic Party by the change in the election finance laws, allowing Super PACs to spend arbitrarily large amounts of advertising money to support their preferred candidates.

Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards, the man best known for running (through an odd twist of fate / NYS Election Law) as Carl Paladino's No. 2 in 2010, is now trying to change Albany from the outside, urging his local Legislature to reject the «sham» 2 percent property tax cap champhioned by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The Brexit Secretary suggested that, to change the date of the election, the current laws would have to be changed and that was likely to be impossible because there are currently no MPs and no parliament.

It's legally impossible to postpone the election without changing current laws.

Top issues for state lawmakers to tackle when they return to Albany from their two - week spring break include NYC mayor's control, ethics reform and changes to the election laws.

Democratic lawmakers in the state Senate on Tuesday called for a suite of election law changes that are designed to make it easier to vote, strengthen disclosure for campaign finance laws and close loopholes in the law.

«When you do see election fraud, it invariably involves election officials taking steps to change election results or it involves absentee ballots which voter ID laws can't prevent,» he said.

In April 2013, Miliband pledged ahead of the upcoming county elections that Labour would change planning laws to give local authorities greater authority to decide what shops can open in their high streets.

New York election law does not allow voters to change their party affiliation and vote as a member of a new party in the same year.

This May will be the first time 16 - and 17 - year - olds will be eligible to vote in a Scottish Parliament election and follows a change in the law last year which allows this age group to vote in all Scottish parliamentary and council elections.

This, for Merkel, was a crowning achievement — mere elections and changes of government would not be able, she insisted, to change these laws: «when a majority in a parliament changes, you can not make those [budget] caps no longer valid.»

At 10:30 a.m., state lawmakers call for changes to the state's voter registration laws to make it easier to register, outside Erie County Board of Elections, 134 West Eagle St., Buffalo.

Cuomo signed four bills into law, including legislation that will change the election date for the Albany school board to May.

But the governor is still pushing for changes to the state's hate crimes laws to protect more people after a rise in bias - related incidents after the election of Donald Trump.

But, she said, if people really do want to change the laws, they have to call their legislators — not the board of elections.

It makes many miscellaneous election law changes, including a provision that says the qualified smaller parties must notify the state of their presidential and vice-presidential nominees in August.

The New York City Independence Party has issued recommendations for election law changes in New York state.

«Because everyone's eyes are on election matters right now, we wanted to take this moment to make very, very clear that New York City and all of us here are going to be very, very actively engaged in a campaign to change state law in the coming months to finally make this a state that's voter friendly, to finally make this a state where people can participate and not be disenfranchised.»

The first third consists of a series of short, informative essays on subjects such as by - elections, changes in electoral law since 2005, how the internet will shape the election and the expected demographics of the next House of Commons.

There are a series of in - depth articles dealing with different aspects of elections, ranging from the changes in electoral law to the anticipated role of the internet.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2015 State of the State address floated the idea of changing the law to make the voter's party enrollment change take effect three months after the application is received by the local board of elections.

Election law bills in Wyoming that would have made interesting substantive changes have failed to pass by the necessary deadline.

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

Let's not forget that, unlike previous prime ministers, Cameron will not be able to call an early election at a convenient time, unless he changes the law and abandons the Fixed - term Parliaments Act — which his government introduced.

In 2010, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that dramatically changed campaign finance laws, removing the cap on what outside groups, like the NRA, can spend to influence elections.

He also said it's likely there will be a grand jury report that could recommend legal and policy changes «that would improve the campaign finance system and election law enforcement.»

«This actually is going to allow for the PMD stick — the flash card which has the actual tally from the actual machine — to be transported to their local precincts, where there will be a bipartisan team of election officials waiting at the precinct to download the information,» said Polanco, who said that members agreed to a «more liberal» reading of state law to allow the change.

In particular, we welcome proposals to strengthen the role of individual Returning Officers and to address the present shortfall in funding electoral administration, to simplify law and to establish a principle that all changes in electoral law must be finalised at least six months before any election.

Under federal law, an inactive voter is one who hasn't voted in two successive federal election cycles, or shown any other activity, such as registering a change or address or signing a petition, according to county elections Director Gina Kaczala and Deputy Director LaVera Scott.

DJClayworth gave an example, and in some states, changes to election laws require judicial review beforehand as well.

Our election laws also need changes.

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.

But they did collectively benefit from well over $ 1 million from REBNY during the 2014 elections, which spent big to help the Republicans re-take the majority with an eye toward getting a clean extension — in other words, no pro-tenant changes — of the rent laws this year.

The reason you can «voters not having their votes cancled out or ignored in NYS elections» is because of the «Election Law» all you have to do is change it.

According to New York election law, registered voters missed the last chance to change their party affiliation for the entire 2016 primary season — presidential on April 19, congressional on June 28, state and local on Sept. 13 — more than five months ago.

Election Attorney Jerry Goldfeder discusses the state's byzantine election laws, and talks about Governor Cuomo's proposed bill to change the state's special elElection Attorney Jerry Goldfeder discusses the state's byzantine election laws, and talks about Governor Cuomo's proposed bill to change the state's special elelection laws, and talks about Governor Cuomo's proposed bill to change the state's special elections.

Even with a recent change in law, only elections for U. S. Congress and U. S. Senate will use party primaries.