Sentences with phrase «during national elections»

Former President Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has urged members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in various constituencies to vote out Members of Parliament who have become a liability to their communities or risk voter apathy during the national elections.

The Electoral Commission had argued that its failure not to allow Ghanaians outside the country case their ballots during national elections was due logistical and financial constraints but according to Mr. Arhin, the EC on its own can not suggest it does not have adequate funds to support voting by Ghanaians living outside the country.

He said quite often than not, the number of registered party members the CPP have, does not show up to vote during national elections, thereby making the party record single digits at some polling stations.

The African - American vote has become a major focus during this national election with the presence of the first serious black contender, Barack Obama.

Not exact matches

The National Party ran a television ad 186 times that used the song «Eminem Esque» during its successful 2014 election campaign before pulling the ad off the air.

The Special Counsel's office indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies in February for committing federal crimes while trying to sow discord in the U.S political system, including during the 2016 election.

The Trudeau government promised to «modernize» the National Energy Board during last year's election.

Carvin argued unsuccessfully against the ACA at the Supreme Court level on behalf of the National Federation of Independent Business in 2011, and successfully for George Bush in Bush v. Gore during the 2000 election.

Assange had wanted to meet with Rohrabacher to tell him that «Russia was not behind» the leaks of Democratic National Committee emails that were hacked during the election.

His name appeared more often in the pages of the Toronto Star, Globe and Mail and National Post during Ontario's recent election than the leader of the Green Party's did — and Don Drummond wasn't even doing interviews.

Graham added that he is confident it was the Russians, and not «some 400 - pound guy sitting on his bed,» who hacked the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, during the election.

During the campaign, the Democratic National Committee was hacked, and many of its emails leaked via WikiLeaks — an act that some elements within the CIA believe was part of a Russian effort to help Donald Trump win the election.

«I remember during the local elections, they told me that there was the glass ceiling and that I would not be able to win, but we won,» David Rachline, mayor of the southern city of Fréjus and the election campaign manager for the National Front, told CNBC.

The election histrionics only grew in intensity following the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention, with Republican nominee Trump in particular generating countless headlines as he clashed with the parents of a Muslim U.S. Army captain killed in the line of duty after they criticized him during a speech on the night the party nominated Hillary Clinton.

We still don't know (but presumably Mueller does) why Mike Flynn, Trump's chief foreign policy adviser during the campaign and his short - lived national security adviser, was talking during the transition to the Russian ambassador about lifting sanctions Obama had imposed in retaliation against Russia's meddling in the election.

Macron's campaign was hacked shortly before the presidential election last year, but, thanks to France's election - silence law, it didn't have anywhere near the impact of the hack of the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 election in the U.S..

«The next crowd is Twitter, Facebook, Airbnb,» said venture capitalist Steve Westly, who served on President Barack Obama's national finance committee during the 2008 election.

On December 7 2013, Jeremy Bird, Barack Obama's National Field Director during the 2012 presidential election, gave a keynote speech on the fundamentals of community - based organizing to the Broadbent Institute's Municipal Political Action Conference.

Public Citizen reports that only the National Rifle Association spent more than the Chamber of Commerce's $ 30 million during the 2016 federal election.

The precise nature of the criminal investigation on Cohen is not entirely clear, but it began following a referral from the Special Counsel Robert Mueller who is investigating potential collusion between Russian nationals and the Trump campaign during the 2016 election.

During the nomination race, Edmonton - McClung PC MLA David Xiao was disqualified from the contest by the Conservative Party National Council (Mr. Xiao was defeated in this month's provincial election).

With national elections due to take place during the first half of 2018, Five Star's failure to win in a region seen as one of its strongholds was characterized by some commentators as evidence the party's appeal had peaked.

During my year in Italy when the blood failed to liquefy, the priest announced that this sign indicated God's displeasure over the large communist vote the public opinion polls were predicting for the upcoming national parliamentary elections.

President Obama himself said that he believed that Jesus Christ died for his sins on national TV during the last election.

The fears that emerged during the 1980 national elections were understandable: Was paid - time religious programming the correct model for electronic communication, destined to become the new form of Christianity in the modern age?

After losing his Glasgow - Govan parliamentary seat in the 1992 General Election, Scottish National Party politician Jim Sillars condemned Scotland as a country of «Ninety - Minute Patriots,» willing to support Scotland during a football match but unwilling to take the necessary steps to....

Affairs popped up in the national conversation during the election, and honesty — who doesn't like a good open discussion about the dishonesty of infidelity?

National Democrats are now pressuring Cantor's GOP colleagues to declare whether they support his call, which is actually reminiscent of how the Rep. Paul Ryan Medicare reform plan fight played out during the NY - 26 special election.

During the general election, the two major parties» National Committees have a joint «Debate Commission».

Those in Cyrenaica clamoring for a return to the decentralized federal system are a minority in their own region, and the sheer outpouring of voters during the recent election shows that the majority of the Libyan people are willing to give the new National Assembly a chance.

The Labour leader only really comes alive during elections - whether they are internal attempts to unseat him or national contests.

Claim 19: «The Chairperson through her arrogant posture brought embarrassment to the Commission by refusing to grant audience to the members of the National Peace Council and the leader of the Africa Union Delegation Mr. Thabo Mbeki, the former president of South Africa during the 2016 General Election.»

Trump was infuriated after it quickly leaked that he had been directly instructed by his national security advisers in briefing materials not to congratulate Russian President Vladimir Putin on his recent election victory during their call Tuesday morning.

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.

Because of the way Maryland election law works, however, the Task Force Action Fund's registration as independent expenditure committee meant that Penn National Gaming was effectively able to hide this expenditure during the time the legislature considered whether to press forward with the measure.

The two major national party committees and the four Congressional campaign committees had healthy fundraising efforts during May, leaving them with substantial war chests for the upcoming elections.

While not coming completely out of the blue, the remarkable success of the M5S during the first time that the newly - formed political party competes in national elections is unique in Western democracies.

Debt with Prudential Bank It has come to my notice that a letter written to me and copied to the National Chairman, from the Prudential Bank about a transaction that took place during the 2012 election campaign is being circulated in sections of the media.

«We strongly belief that President Buhari, must be seen to be acting contrary to court decisions on the use of Military during elections as clearly stated in the rulings of Justice Aikawa of the Federal High Court, who in his judgment, restrained the President and Commander - in - Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and INEC from engaging the service of the Nigerian armed forces in the security supervision of elections in any manner whatsoever in any part of Nigeria, without the Act of the National Assembly.

During the 2016 presidential election, she was the Deputy National Operations Director for Hillary Clinton's campaign.

As the National Republican Senatorial Committee's political director during the last election cycle, the former Marine helped orchestrate a stunning nine - seat GOP gain, seizing Senate control for the first time since 2006.

What is on ground right now is an attempt by certain individuals to use the image of the National leader of the party to entrench their own personal interest by promoting impositions of candidates from various local government, wards during the last elections.

The National legal adviser was not present during the failed primary election at the National Stadium in Surulere on the 27th of May, 2017.

It is, ostensibly, a statement in and of itself that the National Theatre chose to run the play focusing on such a divisive topic during the general election campaign.

The NC also offers workshops and activities for participants during non-presidential election years at the Annual National Meeting.

We need a national chairman that will add political value to our party, we need a national chairman that can lead the party to victory during elections and we do not need a national chairman who will clearly be a political liability to this party as we head towards elections.

Shettima said during the inauguration of the projects that the people of Borno State would ever remain grateful to Tinubu for freeing them from the hands of a tyrant, who made frantic efforts to hijack the APC's machinery ahead of the 2015 governorship, national and state Assembly elections.

He, however, added that the group (ICE) would soon reach out to student unions in tertiary institutions in the state, traditional rulers and the National Orientation Agency on the need to sensitise the youths and other members of the public to shun violence during the 2019 elections.

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has congratulated the Bayelsa State Governor who also doubles as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the state gubernatorial election, Seriake Dickson for been able won the the support of the people of Bayelsa who stood behind him during the exercise, which was on Monday, declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Dumelo who had openly and vigorously campaigned for incumbent President John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) during run up to the December 7 polls made the remark in a Facebook post to congratulate Akufo - Addo for emerging winner of the elections.