Sentences with phrase «election costs»

And of course, these primary elections cost voters money.

But elections cost lots of money, time and effort.

Observers speculate that the assemblyman will include election costs in any extension of the sales tax, which comes up for negotiations in October.

And with elections costing more and more each year, public officials and candidates throughout the country feel more and more beholden to those with the deepest pockets.»

A few months later, Carswell told The House magazine that Farage's campaign strategy at the last election cost Ukip support.

In his House magazine interview, Carswell hits out at Farage saying his campaign strategy at the last election cost Ukip support.

Recent revelations that some members of the county legislature are pushing state takeover of local elections costs represent little more than a continuation of the so - called «Cahill sales - tax crisis.»

Observers speculate that Cahill will include election costs in the next 1 percent extension of the sales tax, which comes up for negotiations in October.

Also, despite being a rich organization, the EU merely provides 47,5 million EUR to estimated election costs of one billion US dollar.

«The county can't [absorb Safety Net and election costs] in one year and Cahill knows that.»

It has been estimated that every statewide election costs as much as $ 50 million, with the already cash - strapped local governments forced to pick up the tab.

Then, in 2013, a Chinese translation error in ballots for the November election cost one employee their job while another resigned.

Last year's referendum on whether the UK should adopt the alternative voting system for general elections cost the taxpayer # 75 million, according to a report out today.

With all the relief we provided [via Safety Net welfare costs and election cost takeover], the widespread property - tax reductions that the legislature and I, as well as our citizens, had anticipated did not happen.»

Vanderhoef will also be seeking to layoff 150 county workers, save $ 1.8 million by not reimbursing out - of - county students at the community college, cut the intelligence task force from the police budget, kick $ 1.4 million in local election costs back to towns, reduce funding to contract agencies by $ 300,000 this year and over $ 500,000 next year, and install a new charge on your motor vehicle registration.

Hosting the election on that date would assure a higher voter turnout and than on any other non-Election Day — and would minimize election costs.

Leadership elections cost a lot of money.

In Haverstraw, taxpayers are expected to contribute $ 150,000 towards election costs next year.

A resolution was on the agenda for the county government to assume election costs, budgeted at about $ 1.4 million a year.

The benefits of the agreement are twofold, Labour gaining candidates with lower election costs and the party gaining influence within a Labour movement.

(It is hard to speak of a real democracy in a country such as the US where winning a presidential election costs $ 1 billion and where that $ 1 billion comes from a few very wealthy donors.)

Ultimately, Hein produced something less than a third of a loaf, convincing a skeptical county legislature to phase in Safety Net expenses over a three - year period, beginning with $ 1.6 million in 2013, but taking no action on election costs.

In the only recent case, Fiona Jones, the then Labour MP for Newark, was found guilty of fraud in 1999 for failing to declare her full election costs, but her conviction was overturned on appeal.

• Jeopardise the Government's ability to govern effectively; • Weaken the relationship between the two Houses of Parliament; • Blur the clarity of the constituency link between MPs and their constituents and lead to conflicts at local level; • Reduce the quality and extent of the pool of talent available for the Second Chamber; • Increase election costs and the complexity of the voting system and • Increase the costs of running the Second Chamber.

Nobody really buys Hein's denials or believes his stated reasons, that the towns and the city had squandered millions in Safety Net and elections costs while raising taxes.

According to the State Board of Elections, each primary election costs, on average, $ 50 million statewide.

The follow - up installment dealing with the county government's possible assumption of election costs should be in the news in a few weeks.

In 2013, Assemblyman Kevin Cahill held up the extension in a bid to hasten the county's takeover of Safety Net welfare and election costs that were previously borne by municipalities.

Running the election cost more than # 90 million, according to the Department of Constitutional Affairs.

Kingston Mayor Shayne Gallo has estimated that failure to extend the temporary 1 percent sales - tax supplement, combined with Safety Net welfare and election costs, could cost the city upwards of $ 5 million and result in 20 to 40 layoffs, including cops and firefighters, from the city's workforce.

«He has not told the people that he has repeatedly refused to negotiate with me on issues of sales tax, home relief and election costs.»

In January, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Gerentine (R - Marlboro), citing increased costs to the county after it took over Safety Net welfare and elections costs, proposed returning the distribution formula to the 1990s formula, when city got 10 percent and the towns 2 percent.

According to the county executive's office, Safety Net (and election costs, which account for less than 10 percent of the total) have totaled $ 22 million (projected through 2016) since the 2013 county phase - in.

In Ulster County, some town supervisors have taken issue with criticism from the County Executive's Office about municipal budgets getting larger despite the county taking over $ 20 million worth of welfare and election costs.

County Executive Michael Hein on Thursday stood by his past contentions that town budgets have grown too much since the county took over the welfare and election costs.

According to Mr Arhin, «the donor community is not too happy with the funding, the way our elections cost.»

«An election in Nigeria is costing maybe $ 32 person and then Ghana is doing it's own at $ 40 or $ 50... People are complaining that our elections cost too much so we need to sit up and align it with what is operating in other countries.»