Sentences with phrase «city elections»

He also called for the exploration of «deep public financing in city elections» and for increased transparency surrounding meetings between public officials and lobbyists.

Moving soon, four years out from the next city election, would also prevent individuals and parties from predicting, and gaming, the effects on the election system, he said.

The CCP report outlines 24 scandals related to New York City elections in an attempt to argue that public funding does not deter corruption.

The New York Campaign Finance Board (CFB) held a hearing Monday morning to field testimony on the 2017 New York City election cycle from candidates, operatives, and advocates.

Ahead of city elections in May, the Philadelphia Coalition Advocating for Public Schools has released a powerful platform uniting their call for equal opportunities in the classroom with citywide demands for economic and racial justice.

Syracuse, New York, held partisan city elections for city council on November 8, 2011.

New York City election law only requires that a candidate have a city address by Election Day.

REBNY's stand on the issue has yet to be determined, but in the near term the board will focus on city elections.

After every four - year city election cycle, the Campaign Finance Board is busy at work analyzing potential deficiencies in the campaign finance system and taking steps to

Officials with the Reform Party claim the WFP violated city election rules in how they selected candidates for the ballot.

The papers Sliwa tried serving on de Blasio stem from an apparent violation in city election rules governing how political parties can give their ballot lines to candidates who are not enrolled in the party.

The plan would create a «doing business» database similar to what's in place in the New York City elections system.

Not only will the 2013 New York City election bring a new mayor to work in City Hall, it will also likely bring a new mayor to turn the Gracie Mansion property into a home again, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Formally launched in 2000, Gotham Gazette came to prominence with the 2001 city elections after term limits resulted in open seats in 36 of the 51 city council offices, four of the five borough president offices, and all three citywide offices — mayor, comptroller and public advocate.

And the race for comptroller isn't the only city election where we'll see the effects of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.

Democratic Party Chairman Jeremy Zellner cited several reasons, including the refusal of the Republican Party to run candidates in most city elections and the difficulty of attracting candidates.

View the report on the Democratic candidates in this fall's New York City elections from the interviews and candidate forums held by the 504 Democratic Club.

New York City Elections Commissioner J.C. Polanco thinks September will be «a public - relations nightmare» unless changes are made to the vote counting procedure on election night.

Between 2001 and 2009, only 51 percent of candidates running in New York City elections received the maximum amount of public matching funds.

Experts were unsure whether the Advance Group's internal information exchange violated city election statutes.

The question that most split the field was the question of whether city elections should take the form of open primaries, which would allow any registered voter to cast a vote in the party primary of their choice.

The incumbent regularly points to a handful of key issues, including two of the main themes of this entire city election cycle: Democrats running against President Donald Trump and the issue of affordability.

View the list of candidates running in this fall's New York City elections endorsed by the 504 Democratic Club

So long as voters sit out elections, the Democrats fail to recruit qualified candidates and the Republicans sit out city elections altogether, we're stuck with the current state of affairs.

Super PACs are already dominating this federal election cycle, and an article from Crain's New York Business suggests they may play a major role in New York City elections as well.

Candidates who would have been stymied because they are out of favor with the local political establishment now find themselves free to run in open primaries, which typically determine city elections.

Records also show the mayor took in 92 contributions after Election Day totaling $ 82,461, including 13 from donors who each gave $ 4,950, the maximum allowed under city election law.

If approved, the maps will take effect for the upcoming City elections in November.

A special election will most likely take place in November when regular city elections are scheduled.

For comprehensive New York City election coverage, including background information on each candidate for major office, click here.

Among other things, the bill moved the presidential primary from February to March; provided for special elections when a vacancy occurs in statewide office (including U.S. Senate); and eliminated non-partisan city elections in some cities when the number of candidates listed on the ballot equals the number of vacancies.

Campaign finance reports for Hialeah city elections are not publicly available.

Low - income New Yorkers made up a larger portion of the PB voter turnout than traditional city elections, showing the desire for these communities to directly engage in the decisions that impact their community.

NEW YORK, NY — Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday named the first two members of a city charter revision commission tasked with improving city elections, part of his new plan to bolster civic engagement.

While so much of the focus in city elections falls on the Democratic ranks, which make up a whopping 73 percent of all registered voters in the city and whose members hold every elected office in city government, some of the most colorful and contentious story lines play out in the battles for the minor - party slots.

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There were news reports for city election results, and some blog activity in larger centres, but in rural Alberta election news, and results, and even platforms were mostly silent.

Whoops: Hundreds of Fort Lauderdale voters received their mail - in ballots too late to vote in the January city elections, the Sun Sentinel's Larry Barszewski reports.

The first city election was held on October 22 of that year, by order of Judge Hiram Stevens of the Tenth Judicial District, and resulted in the election of Mayor James Boyle.

Voting is about civic engagement and civic responsibility, an ideal showcased in city elections happening now across the state.

Tucson is the only city in Arizona with partisan city elections.

He warned them the BTF — a potent political force whose favored candidates now constitute a majority on the Buffalo School Board — could withhold its support during the next city election.

After every four - year city election cycle, the Campaign Finance Board is busy at work analyzing potential deficiencies in the campaign finance system and taking steps to plug any holes.

The slowness in summer fundraising was evident last city election cycle.

New York City election law requires the mayor to call a special election for Council within three days of a vacancy.

As the Sept. 15 primaries approach, some candidates are questioning how democratic the New York City election system is, including Miguel Santana, a candidate in the 14th City Council District, who was kicked off the ballot this morning.

Not only will the 2013 New York City election bring a new mayor to work in City Hall, it will also likely bring a...

As of the latest filings with the Campaign Finance Board on September 22, in this year's elections, independent groups have spent $ 1.2 million on city elections, about 7.5 % of what was spent in 2013.