Sentences with phrase «created by the election»

We must rebuild American political culture so that, at its presidential apex, it is far less likely to produce such a mortifying choice as the one created by this election cycle.

In the sharply divided House of Commons created by this election, party management will be crucial.

It remains to be seen how much Labour has learned from such mistakes as it begins to adjust to the new realities created by the election.

Not exact matches

The creator of Romania - based misinformation site Ending the Fed, cited by Buzzfeed as responsible for four of most viral false election headlines on Facebook, told Inc. in November that he created the U.S. politics website with the intention of helping Trump get elected.

Cambridge Analytica was created around 2013 initially with a focus on U.S. elections, with $ 15 million in backing from billionaire Republican donor Robert Mercer and a name chosen by future Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon, the New York Times reported.

The move to preemptively brand «property scalpers» a problem, however, smacks of an effort to create a villain that the government can then vanquish — a useful tactic for a government headed by a leader with a record - low approval rating facing an election next year.

Given recent political developments, including the election of Donald Trump, who has called climate change a hoax created by the Chinese, Patagonia decided to take their donations to a new level.

Cohen said he told the panels that he never engaged with, was paid by, or communicated with anyone representing the Russian government, or anyone else, about hacking or interfering with the U.S. election, hacking the Democratic Party, or about creating fake news stories to assist the Trump campaign or to damage the Clinton campaign.

Wikileaks created turmoil in the U.S. Presidential election last year by leaking emails stolen from Hillary Clinton's campaign Chair, John Podesta, and is regarded by many as a propaganda outlet for the Russian government.

An ad created by the pro-Trump Great America Alliance — a nonprofit «issues» group that isn't required to disclose its donors — casts Comey as a «showboat» who was «consumed with election meddling» instead of focusing on combating terrorism.

We created a patriotism score for cities around the U.S. by looking at three categories: the percentage of people who are veterans, according to the 2012 American Community Survey; the percentage of residents 18 and over who voted in the 2012 presidential election; and the ranking of the best cities for Fourth of July celebrations from Wallet Hub.

The federal Liberal Party's recent election promise to create a new tax bracket for rich Canadians has been quickly decried by — well, rich Canadians.

Also, if a majority of the Board is comprised of persons other than (i) persons for whose election proxies were solicited by the Board; or (ii) persons who were appointed by the Board to fill vacancies caused by death or resignation or to fill newly - created directorships («Board Change»), unless the Committee or Board determines otherwise prior to such Board Change, then participants immediately prior to the Board Change who cease to be employees or non-employee directors within six months after such Board Change for any reason other than death or permanent disability generally have their (i) options and stock appreciation rights become immediately exercisable and to the extent not canceled or cashed out, generally have at least six months to exercise such awards; (ii) restrictions with respect to restricted stock and RSRs lapse and generally shares are delivered; and (iii) performance shares and performance units pay out pro rata based on performance through the end of the last calendar quarter before the time the participant ceased to be an employee.

In a separate post on Facebook on Monday, Mr. Zuckerberg addressed how the social network was misused by Russians in the 2016 presidential election and said that Facebook would create the commission of researchers to study social media's impact on elections.

On Twitter, a Russian - created account that falsely claimed to be controlled by Tennessee's Republican Party attracted more than 100,000 followers during the election season.

The tariff announcement comes as Trump tries to rally his base ahead of this fall's midterm congressional elections by making good on promises to protect American industry and create jobs.

A Privacy International investigation in December 2017 accused Harris Media of influencing the Kenyan presidential election in favour of the incumbent, Uhuru Kenyatta, by creating online video content discrediting his challenger, opposition leader Raila Odinga.

The heavy pressures of a being boom - town have created many unique growth and social challenges in this northern Alberta community that could easily become an issue in a locally - focused by - election.

In a letter to Facebook, the Indian government wrote: «What security architecture is proposed to be created by Facebook, on an urgent basis, so that the data concerning Indians is not pilfered or manipulated again for extraneous purposes including to influence the elections.»

He said he told the panels that he never engaged with, was paid by or communicated with anyone representing the Russian government, or anyone else, about hacking or interfering with the U.S. election, hacking the Democratic Party or creating fake news stories to assist the Trump campaign or to damage the Hillary Clinton campaign.

The legalization of marijuana across much of the U.S. — spurred by election - night victories on Tuesday — is creating a huge new market for legal weed.

Cambridge Analytica was created around 2013 initially with a focus on US elections, with $ 15 million in backing from billionaire Republican donor Robert Mercer and a name chosen by future Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon, the New York Times reported.

Nobody should want the politicizing of church leadership that comes with popular elections, as is the case in many Protestant denominations, and the Board assumes the right of the pope to appoint bishops, but they are convinced that the present pattern of the promotion of the like - minded by the like - minded within a clericalist club designed to perpetuate the habits that created the present crisis is not a promising way toward reform.

As far as creating opportunities for dialog within your faith communities, I'd recommend starting with a book club, perhaps around a book like Trouble I've Seen by Drew Hart, or The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, or Assimilate or Go Home by Danielle Mayfield, or Forgive Us by the authors mentioned above — something that's not directly about this election or this presidency, but that addresses issues related to justice.

Today's Russian propaganda isn't aimed at promoting Russia, though; its purpose is to undermine and demoralize us, destabilizing Western societies by throwing election results into question, creating suspicions about Western intelligence services, and generally mucking things up.

It is difficult (at least as Arminius saw it) to square these key tenets of his thought — that providence is subordinate to creation and that God creates to spread and share his goodness — with traditional Reformed theology and the notions of election and predestination affirmed by the Reformed.

When we grasp that the election of Israel flows from the fatherhood that extends to all created in God's image, we find ourselves tied to all men in brotherhood, as Joseph, favored by his human father, ultimately found himself tied to his brothers.

At this point, it's pretty much common knowledge that Russian operatives used Facebook to influence the 2016 presidential election by creating fake news accounts that sold divisive political ads and...

To this end he created great ecclesiastical states in Germany, for, since their princes, being bishops and celibate, could not be hereditary, by controlling their election he could use them to support the royal authority.

Manhyia North is one of the new constituencies created by the Electoral Commission ahead of the 2012 presidential and parliamentary elections.

A sharp - eyed reader wrote in to note the existence of a new campaign committee on the state Board of Elections Website, created by one Gustavo Rivera, who appears to be running in the 33rd SD.

I've been asked by my employer to create an online voting system for internal elections (e.g. board of directors).

But I am compelled to put Ghana First and to defend the 1992 Constitution by saying that the only way Ghanaians can have the Woyome / Austro - Invest joint loot refunded is to change the Government that created, looted and shared the loot with them during the Presidential elections this year.»

The by - election is to fill the void created by the death of Late Senator Isiaka Adeleke in the national Assembly.

The latter race was a costly special election to fill the vacancy created at the start of the year by George Latimer's departure to become Westchester County executive.

Democratic Assemblyman James Skoufis has created a campaign committee geared toward running for the state Senate seat being vacated by Republican Bill Larkin, a filing at the Board of Elections shows.

In a statement released by PCCC and DFA, Balter, who also has the Working Families and Women's Equality party lines, which could create a spoiler scenario in the general election, should she lose the June Democratic primary, criticized Katko for refusing to meet with her to talk about healthcare reform.

Add in the video clips created by media outlets, interest groups and citizens, and the amount of political video available is going to be mind - boggling — we have to assume that the number of clips related to the ’08 elections will rise into the millions or tens of millions.

«By treating LLCs as individuals rather than artificial business entities like corporations or partnerships, the Board of Elections created a gaping hole at the heart of our state's legislatively enacted campaign finance system,» said Lawrence Norden, deputy director of the Brennan Center's Democracy Program.

The Reform Party was created by Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino's allies during the 2014 election year as a ballot line aimed at capturing voters who disapproved of the Common Core educations standards.

Electoral results bear out the opposition's resurgence despite the obstacles and obstructions created by the governing administration: It won the majority of the popular vote in the 2010 parliamentary elections, narrowed the gap to Chavismo in the 2012 and 2013nd finally won a supermajority in the parliament in 2015.

The logjam that would be created by anybody attempting this on Election Day would shut down voting entirely, and it would attract suspicion.

The current proposals are bound to meet a largely partisan reception, and will be depicted by some as a politically motivated attempt to create difficulties for a future Labour administration (though it should be noted that Labour's catastrophic performance in Scotland in the general election alters the territorial political dynamic that underpinned debates about EVEL quite considerably), and by others as an attempt to diminish the role of Scottish MPs.

In a case that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee played up during the 2012 election, the ethics committee in July began a review of whether Grimm violated campaign - finance laws by seeking and accepting illegal contributions, created false reports and improperly sought assistance from a foreign national.

● Protect the right to vote by guaranteeing automatic voter registration, allowing online registration, and creating oversight mechanisms for state and local Boards of Election.

Many proposals to «fix corruption» focus on creating a taxpayer - funded campaign finance system, similar to New York City's, and do not address changes necessary for true reform and parity amongst all parties impacted by elections.

Silver champions fair elections Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Election Law Committee Chairman Michael Cusick have introduced legislation to bring fair elections to New York by reforming the state's antiquated campaign finance laws and creating a public financing system for all state offices, shifting the focus of elections to the substance of the issues and -LSB-...]

More recently, Bill Perkins» victory in a City Council special election created a vacancy in the State Senate, which was filled by Brian Benjamin, who won the Democratic nomination by virtue of a county committee vote.

As a complement to Samuel Russell's really good answer: by cheating on the election count, instead of just making the numbers up, the dominant power tries to get away from elections as pure «demonstrations of support on previously agreed lines» thus creating the feel of legitimate choice for at least some participants.

The Loophole was created in 1996 by a Board of Elections (BOE) decision, which wrongly classified LLCs as individuals, undermining the campaign finance laws previously passed by the legislature.