Sentences with phrase «convention votes needed»

With the state Democratic Convention slated for May 25 - 27, Rice is close to getting the 25 percent of convention votes needed to automatically get on the ballot, observers said.

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An actual Republican needs 25 % of the Convention vote to get on the ballot.

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I appreciate that established conventions might need to be varied to accommodate a coalition Government, with the coalition partners voting differently in certain circumstances, but it surely can not be right for Ministers, including the Chief Secretary to the Treasury today, to agonise publicly in newspapers about whether they are going to support the Government in the Division Lobby.

«Anyone who waited in line, anyone who had trouble voting, needs to make their voices heard to their elected officials,» Kallos said, «and Albany needs to finally make these changes even if it isn't in the interest of incumbents... Ultimately in 2017, we will have a vote on the Constitutional Convention, and if Albany won't act then the electors might.»

Before a primary, candidates need to secure the support of the all - important Republican and Democratic delegates, who will vote on their party nominees at state conventions in May.

The hour - long meeting at Trump Tower in Manhattan included 26 county chairs who hold 60 percent of the votes needed to nominate a gubernatorial candidate at the state GOP convention in May, said Tom Dadey, the Onondaga County Republican Party chairman who is also the state party's No. 2 officer.

But an amendment would need to be passed by both this year's and next year's Legislatures and wouldn't appear on the ballot for voter approval until the same day in 2017 that the convention vote will be held.

In Kentucky, if a group polls 2 % of the vote for President, it is a qualified minor party for the next four years, and can nominate by convention, with no petitioning needed.

Though Levy could get on the Republican primary ballot as a Democrat, he would need 51 percent of the vote at the party's convention this summer, and party leaders have indicated he'd need to change parties to truly be a viable candidate for them.

Jeremy Corbyn was right in his speech yesterday — the Convention which was articulated by the Tories in 2011 and accepts the need for a Commons vote before military action on the basis of the 2003 Iraq precedent, is broken.

At the state convention in 1994, Murray was on the stage, helping the Pataki forces shut down any would - be challengers from attain the 25 percent of delegate votes needed to get onto the ballot automatically.

That's a claim with which I'm sure Lazio's supporters would quibble — particularly if the party indeed is moving forward with a vote that appears structured to benefit Levy, who needs just over twice the 25 percent weighted convention vote Lazio requires to get onto the ballot.

«While acknowledging the potential negatives of such a convention — e.g., the risk of amendments being approved that would weaken the home rule authority of local governments — the Executive Committee viewed the opportunity to strengthen the position of municipalities in New York's governmental structure as more important and voted to approve NYCOM's support of a «Yes» vote on the constitutional convention question facing New York voters this November, with the additional stipulation that municipal officials would need to run for and be elected as delegates to the convention if our intended outcomes are to be achieved,» the guide states

Lorigo, being a party member, only needed 25 % of the weighted vote at the party's convention on May 28, 2010 to get on the primary ballot instead of the majority required by non-party members.

Erie County Legislator Joseph Lorigo is accusing the Poloncarz Administration of a continued lack of cooperation in providing information that, he says, is needed if lawmakers are to vote on a request for more money for an expanded future convention center study.

Levy is still working this week to make sure he has «broad enough Republican support» to justify a serious campaign, the Times reports; he would need 51 percent of the vote at the Republican Party's convention this summer to earn a spot on the ballot.

The GOP presidential nominee will need to win at least 1,237 votes from the 2,472 delegates at the national convention to clinch the Republican nomination.

If 50 legislators approve it, it goes to a second constitutional convention next year, with another 50 votes needed for it to go on the ballot.