Sentences with phrase «election constitutional affairs»
In the run - up to the 2015 general election constitutional affairs were centre - stage, the debate dominated by issues including Scotland's relationship with Westminster and Britain's place in Europe.
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Tewolde Gebremeskel, Director of Peace and Security Division - IGAD NDI Election Observation Mission — Dr. Aisha Abdullahi, former AU Commissioner for Political Affairs; Hon. Karen Bass, US Congresswoman; Professor Attahiru Jega, former Chair of Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission; Justice Yvonne Mokgoro, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa; and Hon. Christie Todd Whitman, former Governor of New Jersey.
Oliver Heald, Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs, made the point that this would further increase the unlikelihood of Brown calling a snap election:
Running the election cost more than # 90 million, according to the Department of Constitutional Affairs.
Election Day next month is shaping up to be a comparatively sleepy affair statewide, as ballot propositions for constitutional amendments, along with whether to hold a constitutional constitutional, the only issues all New Yorkers will face when they head to booth.
The Constitutional, Parliamentary and Legal Affairs Committee of Ghana's Parliament in its report to the plenary, recommends that the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2016, which will change the country's date of election from December 7th to the first Monday of November in election years, should be adopted and passed by Parliament.
Earlier this year, the House of Lords Constitutional Affairs Committee concluded that there should be «a presumption against holding referendums on the same day as elections» because of the risk that voters would be confused and results distorted.»
Johnnie Carson, former assistant secretary for African Affairs, U.S. State Department; Hon. J. Yvonne Mokgoro, former justice, South African Constitutional Court; Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh, senior associate and regional director for Africa, NDI; and Mr. Pat Merloe, senior associate and director of elections, NDI.
[4] On 23 January 2018, the Constitutional Affairs Committee adopted a text stating that the Spitzenkandidat process could not be overturned, and that Parliament «will be ready to reject any candidate in the investiture procedure of the commission president who was not appointed as a Spitzenkandidat in the run - up to the European elections».