Sentences with phrase «elected position»

Some stakeholders are supporting the elimination of their own jobs or elected positions for the sake of the children and taxpayers.

Life members receive all benefits of membership and are eligible to vote and hold elected positions within the association.

Both were convicted on multiple federal corruption charges that in part focused on their abuse of income they earned outside of their state elected positions.

A political party is a group of people with a set of shared goals that present a list of candidates and a electoral program to try to win a set of given elected positions.

Making the council speaker a publicly elected position would take the power away from the party bosses who currently control the process, he said.

The unpaid elected position is one of four that represent the district, consisting of two men and two women.

We can not continue the endless recycling of people between elected positions and lobbying groups where there is the clear appearance of conflict of interest.

Our standard members receive all benefits of membership and are eligible to hold elected positions within the association and vote.

Both were convicted on multiple corruption charges that in part focused on their abuse of income they earned outside of their state elected positions.

It is even more disappointing to see that all candidates for elected positions in this election are all Caucasian and that there is not one Hispanic or an African American; and at the same time, Andrew Cuomo did not have the same courtesy to pick up the phone and call the Hispanic leadership and apologize publicly as he did with the Rev. Al Sharpton.

The only exception is president of the United States, the most important elected position on the planet.»

But this year there seems to be a reverse trend where many State Lawmakers instead of running for re-election and choosing to run for local elected positions in their home district, including State Senator George Latimer who is running for Westchester County Executive in the fall.

Indeed, she stressed the importance of pipeline work, noting the five mayors were in other elected positions first.

Mr. Fischer, who ran unsuccessfully last year for Riverhead Town Supervisor and who has run for other elected positions in the past, believes that under the wording of the law, they must be put on the ballot as candidates for the LIPA board, even though, at present, there isn't a ballot for that position.

Polanco acknowledged that in order to enact such an agenda, the Public Advocate — a largely ceremonial citywide elected position with little direct authority — needs to heavily rely on the bully pulpit and organizing, as opposed to hard power.

Those aren't elected positions, and Corcoran is passionate about changing the way Florida's children receive their education.

«I am honored to serve my colleagues as State Director and will focus on growing the membership of this remarkable organization and encourage women to step into elected positions across our state.»

Seven statewide elected positions in the state government, including the office of Governor of Texas, were also at stake.

«I think the press has done a good job of pointing out how many folks in elected positions who have been convicted are collecting pensions and how much.»

While in Congress, she co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus along with Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem and Shirley Chisholm, working to secure more elected positions for women in politics.

They elect their states representative in the electoral college which then elects both positions separately on the behalf of their voters.

Taking cues from Clinton's success, the party must work to address these weaknesses through better fundraising and voter mobilization as well as recruiting stronger candidates for these important elected positions.

Both candidates ultimately took aim at Astorino, who has held the county's top elected position since 2010.

Perhaps he should consider running for county or state level elected positions before trying to buy a seat in the U.S. Congress with his husband's money.

In the US, is it common for people to be successfully elected to the highest state or federal offices available without holding a more junior elected position first?

Between 2010 and last December, Mangano held the highest elected position in the county adjacent to New York City.

As the race for what some consider the most powerful elected position in New York State hits the back stretch, some wonder if what was once thought to be a very winnable race for Republicans is getting further out of reach.

(a) Not later than March 1, the Nominating Committee shall prepare nominations for the office of President - Elect and for the regionally elected positions on the Executive Committee.

As mentioned by D.A. they also gain access to post elected positions like lobbyists where there salary can increase by more than 1000 %.

«I will agree that there have been a significant number of smart, leading folks from the Ohio Democratic Party or who have held Ohio Democratic Party elected positions who have talked to Jerry about this,» he said.

Election means any casting of votes where a specific elected position was to be filled.

Are there jurisdictions in the US that allocate elected positions (and / or Electoral College electors) based on a system other than a plurality vote where each voter can indicate support for just one candidate?

In addition to legislators, the pay freeze would also affect salaries for the County Executive, District Attorney, County Sheriff, County Clerk and County Comptroller, which are also elected positions.

Conroy, Congress's Jesuit Priest, is the first Chaplain to leave his 2 - year elected position mid-term in decades.

State lawmakers don't have to run for re-election this year, but many elected officials in the Assembly and Senate are eyeing the exits, running for locally elected positions back in their home districts.

The bill states: «It is unfair to the general public and ethically inappropriate that an elected official who is eligible to receive a pension can retire, collect a government pension and still be re-elected to another position and collect an additional salary for the newly elected position.»

New York City's municipal government has a citywide, elected position called The Public Advocate, a non-voting member of the New York City Council who has the right to introduce and co-sponsor legislation.

Veteran board members and those who regularly advise school boards agree that while being a school board member can be a rewarding job, it is also one of the most difficult and daunting elected positions that exists for anyone who wants to do the job well.

Indiana 6th District Congressman Luke Messer has been elected Chair of the House Republican Policy Committee, the fifth - ranking elected position in the House Republican Leadership.

DeMarco, a Conservative, has served 12 years in the countywide elected position as head of the Suffolk County jail system and sheriff's deputies.

Pretty much all inter-state elected positions can be recalled.

The Democrats chose several candidates for town elected positions during the party's convention Wednesday, but are still looking for another assessor, highway superintendent, Fishers Island justice and town clerk.

Rivera currently holds a volunteer elected position, that of district leader in the 74th AD (Part A).

... It will be difficult for him to get elected position in the party even if he continues to be a member», he observed.

The Maryland Association of Student Councils has similar impact in their state, with a student member serving in a regularly elected position annually.

In California, North Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin, the state's top school official is a non-partisan elected position.

His dedication to his work shows in many ways including his service as the chairman for the ASTM F38 - 02 Subcommittee on UAS Flight Operations and in his a nationally elected position on the Board of Directors for the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), the world's largest association for unmanned systems.