Sentences with phrase «election challenge calling»

That sounds like a big fat non-acknowlegement of the Redfern Statement in which Indigenous organisations, with the backing of many health groups and NGOs, issued a landmark election challenge calling for transformative action to address structural inequalities, and to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Not exact matches

That raises the possibility of court challenges by First Nations, blockades along the pipeline route between Edmonton and Kitimat, B.C., and rallies in major cities during the run - up to a federal election that must be called by October 2015.

Navalny is also barred from challenging Putin in the March election due to a conviction that supporters call politically motivated.

Progressive activists — including Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout, who launched a strong but unsuccessful primary challenge to Cuomo in 2014 — are calling for the rejection of this plan, unless the governor immediately calls special elections for the two Senate seats that will become vacant on Jan. 1.

This would help the economy in the short term and challenge the Coalition to either agree or call an early election

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Christie's decision to call a special election was challenged in the state's Supreme Court.

This is all pretty ironic when you consider the fact that leaders from the WFP and the Conservative Party, which appears to have done the best of all the minor parties, bumping the Independence Party from its perch on Row C, were so worried about the results of this election that they unsuccessfully sued to challenge the state Board of Elections» so - called «double - vote» decision.

Perhaps the cleverest and most challenging message came from Angela Merkel who managed to combine the obligatory congratulations on his election with a call for him to recognise shared values of «democracy, freedom, and respect for the law and the dignity of man, independent of origin, skin colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political views».

[115] On 11 July 2016 an official leadership election was called as Angela Eagle launched a challenge against Corbyn.

After a close race that couldn't be called on election night, just 110 votes separated the two candidates, with 877 ballots challenged.

Four contenders are already gearing up for the fight, unaffected by the short delay in calling the by - election announced today by the Speaker: the Liberal Democrats, only 103 votes behind Labour in May, are to be challenged by an anti-coalition Liberal, and the Conservatives, 2300 votes behind the Liberals, fancy their chances too.

Labour party members are increasingly calling on Mr Miliband to challenge the chancellor Gordon Brown for the Labour leadership when Tony Blair leaves Downing Street, most likely after the May elections.

Since concerns have been raised about a so - called post-truth style of politics shaping election campaigning, with facts intersecting with opinions and emotional appeals, broadcasters may consider drawing on a wider range of actors to help them scrutinise the parties and challenge their claims.

The Sullivan County Board of Elections will appoint a monitor to review challenges to voter registrations to settle a lawsuit filed by Hasidic Jewish residents in what legal experts call an unprecedented agreement in New York state.

Donald Trump's talk of a rigged election and calls for supporters to turn out in droves to monitor polling sites has stirred increasing fears of intimidation of minorities inside polling places, where their qualifications to vote could be challenged, or outside, where they would face illegal electioneering.

But if a special election is called sooner, the county committee, led by Chairman John Antoniello, would decide whom the candidate is without the possibility of a challenge from a primary opponent.

The Republican was frustrated by what he called the near absolute power of the Legislature run by lawmakers with 20 to 40 years in office with little challenge in elections.

He challenged Brown to call a general election.

On Wednesday night, John Mann, the Labour MP for Bassetlaw, who has previously called for the election to be suspended until proper checks can be carried out on the tens of thousands of new members, suggested that Labour MPs should renominate and choose their preferred candidate from Burnham, Kendall and Cooper to challenge Corbyn in a head - to - head contest.

Commentators and his Conservative rivals have speculated Gordon Brown is lacking in «vision» since his decision not to challenge David Cameron to an early general election, but Labour modernisers have now joined in calls for a more definite statement of what Labour stands for.

It's not clear whether Schneiderman would challenge Cuomo in the primary election, but sources say the attorney general is starting to lay the groundwork to make sure he's in position should the governor decide to call it quits after two terms.

Gordon Brown's election campaign was thrown into turmoil today after he was caught on mic calling a Labour supporter who had challenged him over the economy and immigration a «bigoted woman».

Tabacco lost the Feb. 24, 2009, election and says he can't get MacKay to return any of his calls as he explores a challenge to McMahon, now a congressman.

It was perhaps the most challenging election that Hansut has faced since he first ran for the position in 2011, with the difference in votes between him and challenger Claire Winslow close enough that it couldn't be called without checking the absentee ballots.

Ohiosunua made the call in in Benin after the Election Petitions Tribunal in Benin dismissed the petition filed by PDP candidate, Mr Osagie Ize - Iyamu, challenging Obaseki's eElection Petitions Tribunal in Benin dismissed the petition filed by PDP candidate, Mr Osagie Ize - Iyamu, challenging Obaseki's electionelection.

The NYPD spent more than $ 25 million on what de Blasio called the «unprecedented security challenge» of protecting Trump in the weeks after the election — when he held court in his penthouse apartment on Fifth Avenue, and where his wife and youngest son still live — and had been seeking federal reimbursement.

Mr Cameron has challenged Gordon Brown to call a general election, and his party say it has money, candidates and a draft manifesto.

He last did that in very similar circumstances when, at the 2007 conference, he dismissed mutterings about his leadership and spooked Brown into abandoning an election with his challenge: «Why don't you go ahead and call that election?»

The state Public Education Department called it a «frivolous» challenge timed to the fall elections.

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From the unexpected Brexit vote in the UK, to the surprise result of the US election, the anti-establishment challenge to the so - called political «elite» will have ramifications across the world, including in upcoming European elections.

Paul Zukerberg, a lawyer and former D.C. Council candidate, challenged the delay in court, arguing the council unconstitutionally ran afoul of the charter amendment approved by voters in 2010 calling for the first election to take place in 2014.