Sentences with phrase «election commissioners»

Both county elections commissioners must approve an investigation for the board to initiate a probe at the local level.

The Democratic election commissioners have formed a working group that would aid in developing an early voting program for the state's 62 counties.

State Board of Elections commissioners said at their meeting in early September that they would recommend counties put text and a graphic marking, such as an arrow, on both sides of the general election ballot this November to draw attention to material on both sides.

In 1995, Cairo resigned his job as county Republican elections commissioner after his disbarment as a lawyer.

A central New York board of elections commissioner says switching to a vote - by - mail system would both increase turnout and save money.

As they said they will, Assembly Democrats and the bi-partisan Election Commissioners Association of NY have both written to Judge Gary Sharpe urging him to set a June primary date, instead of the August primary date that Senate Republicans have been asking for.

But another name has been tossed out as a contender: Lisa Grey, former local GOP official, now Board of Elections commissioner for the borough.

The WEP candidates had actually been approved by both the GOP and Democratic elections commissioners in September.

Last month, Rotzler and Kerr had their Village Board petitions challenged and at a hearing held by the Ulster County Board of Election Commissioners on April 9, 23 objections on Kerr's petition were upheld and 25 on Rotzler's were upheld, pushing them both underneath the 100 signatures required to appear on the ballot and forcing them to organize a write - in campaign.

Rahman's election as mayor was declared void last year after he was found guilty of illegal and corrupt practices by election commissioner Richard Mawrey QC in the High Court

The letter comes as elections commissioners on Thursday are due to considering the so - called loophole in the campaign finance law that has allowed individual donors to contribute well above the legal maximum to candidates and political offices through a web of LLCs.

• State Board of Elections commissioners meet at noon at the state Board of Elections offices, fifth floor, 40 North Pearl St., Albany.

«It's very confusing for voters, but a lot of people are going to see this for the first time when they get to the polls,» said Ulster County deputy elections commissioner Ashley Dittus.

Mayor de Blasio on Friday demanded the resignation of a Board of Elections commissioner who said in an undercover video that the city's municipal ID program is contributing to voter...

In a break with their colleagues at the bipartisan Election Commissioners Association, three Republican boards of elections chiefs are calling for a federal judge to set an August primary date.

The law would seem to apply to a recent instance in Dutchess County, where a former elections commissioner collected absentee ballots at a senior housing facility, leaving it unclear where they were ever cast.

Onondaga County Board of Elections commissioners negated hundreds of Blackwell's petition signatures, because many came from addresses outside of Syracuse such as from Liverpool and Cicero.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito wants to install pal Andrew Praschak as a Manhattan elections commissioner before she leaves office.

EARLIER REPORT: County elections commissioners ruled Monday night that Bryon McIntyre didn't file the 1,000 valid signatures needed to go on the ballot.

There were four blank ballots among the 90 opened by Ulster election commissioners Tom Turco and Victor Work.

In Monroe County, Democratic elections commissioner Tom Ferrarese says officials expect somewhere in the mid-50-percent of registered voters to turn out.

Iowans do not want nor can they afford to have the office of chief elections commissioner for the state occupied by a partisan political operative from either party.

Both Rachel Bledi, the Albany County GOP elections commissioner and Thomas Nichols of St. Lawrence County, mention that a June primary would push the political calendar up so far that candidates would be forced to obtain petitions in the cold weather of upstate New York during February, March and early April.

She was elected in a special session of the committee, which was challenged by committeeman and former Board of Elections commissioner David Gamache.

Danskin presented the Village Board with correspondence from Ulster County Board of Elections Commissioners Thomas Turco and Vic Work which confirmed that West no longer lived in the village.

WBFO's Eileen Buckley talked with both the Democratic and Republican Erie County Board of Elections commissioners about what voters can expect.

The Du Page County Board of Election Commissioners heard objections to Oury «s nominating petitions Monday.

Meanwhile, Sugarman shrugged off a week in which two Board of Elections commissioners raised concerns about selective prosecution on her part while those close to de Blasio denied any wrongdoing and suggested she had political motivations given her ties to Cuomo, who she has worked for since 2007.

The Glen Ellyn and Oak Brook Park Districts will proceed with a lawsuit Wednesday against the Du Page County Board of Election Commissioners despite a successful petition drive in Glen Ellyn to place three alternative referendum questions on the ballot.

Rensselaer County Executive Candidate Steven McLaughlin berated his party's elections commissioner during a rant Friday about flawed campaign petitions filed at the board of elections.

Fred Havemeyer's name was stricken last week from the September primary ballot in Southampton Town after two Suffolk County Board of Elections commissioners denied petitions that would have allowed him to challenge Supervisor Jay Schneiderman for...

Democratic Board of Elections commissioners tried earlier this year to get the full board to reconsider the ruling, but Republican commissioners» opposition left the board deadlocked.

Elections commissioners confirmed that Peggy Chase, the Democratic candidate for Onondaga County legislator in the 9th District (representing parts of Syracuse), won her race against incumbent Republican Bob Andrews.

Board of Elections commissioner Lou Babcock said Lettre's move is not necessarily uncommon.

Citing a «failure to communicate,» U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe today has tossed out a calendar proposed by Republican elections commissioners because it does not follow the federal MOVE Act.

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In a hearing Tuesday morning, the county's elections commissioners invalidated hundreds of Blackwell's petition signatures, leaving him short of the 1,000 needed to run in a primary.

I want to thank the County Legislature, Rockland County Sheriff Lou Falco, District Attorney Tom Zugibe, Board of Elections Commissioners Zebrowski Stavisky and Giblin, and the Medical Examiner for their involvement and support of these projects from the beginning.

Elections commissioners hope to reduce the cost of New York's expensive political process by holding only one primary in June.

The state election commissioners accepted Huffmaster's word Tuesday that each of the candidates properly paid a mandatory $ 200 filing fee to run for Congress.

Last week, Board of Election Commissioners originally took the candidates off the ballot after questioning whether the party had followed its own procedures in choosing the candidates.

Board of Elections commissioner Michael Ryan: The party's candidate for district attorney in 2007 has to be in the mix.

On Tuesday, the NYC Board of Elections commissioners held hearings on designating petitions for the September 9 Primary Election.

Westchester Democratic Chairman Reginald LaFayette, who is also a local election commissioner, thinks it's «a little insulting» to be asked why he can't file financial reports on time.

Democrats in Rockland County late last week scored a victory for candidates running on the Women's Equality Party line after the Republican elections commissioner sought to toss them from the ballot.

Ronald Castorina Jr., an attorney, resigned from the city Board of Elections commissioner position to explore a run for Assembly.

To prepare voters, Board of Elections Commissioners Reginald LaFayette and Carolee Sunderland have launched a voter outreach drive to increase awareness of the new machines and allow voters to see them — up close and personal.

The defendants of the Article 78 lawsuit, filed in Essex County Supreme Court in July, are Essex County Election Commissioners Mark Whitney and Alison McGahay and Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Ferebee.