Sentences with phrase «election date laws»

As the federal Conservative Party led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper taught Canadians earlier this year, fixed election date laws are merely a suggestion.

«For all these reasons, and to prevent future prime ministers from call unfair snap elections, Democracy Watch has applied to the Federal Court for a ruling that Prime Minister Harper's calling of the federal election in September 2008 was a violation of the fixed election date law and Canadians» rights under the Charter,» said Conacher.

Even if the Conservatives managed to get the proposal into law, it would carry no consequence for breaking it, much like the Conservative government's fixed election date law, which Harper broke by going to the polls early, in 2008, by retroactively claiming the law wasn't meant to apply to minority governments.

Not exact matches

It's also possible that Harper, himself, could pull the plug on his minority administration at some point before the next fixed election date — just as he did in September — although such a move would make an utter mockery of Harper's own, now - tarnished, fixed - election law.

Government's 2007 election commitment 4.33 In the context of ongoing community concerns about creeping acquisitions, reflecting that the regulatory responses to date had not adequately addressed the problem, the then - Opposition committed in the lead - up to the 2007 election, to introduce a law in relation to creeping acquisitions.

All that said, the best way for you to find out exactly what it takes to get on the primary ballot is to: (1) hire a good election law attorney, or (2) contact the Suffolk County Board of Elections and ask them to provide you with the rules for ballot access, candidate qualifications (such as residency requirements in the district), deadline dates, and filing fees.

Many states also have laws which set the election date.

In the recent blowup over the unverifiable allegation by a White House spokesman that GCHQ was spying on Trump before the election at the behest of the previous administration, the GCHQ issued a rare statement claiming that because of Five Eyes agreement (which dates to the 1970s) they do not participate in circumventing the laws of other participating nations.

Under paragraph 3 of section 42 of Public Officers Law, the «governor may in his discretion make proclamation of a special election... which shall be not less than thirty nor more than forty days from the date of the proclamation.»

The Brexit Secretary suggested that, to change the date of the election, the current laws would have to be changed and that was likely to be impossible because there are currently no MPs and no parliament.

April 16th at midnight is the filing deadline for congressional candidates to deliver their signatures to the local Board of Elections to get onto the June 26th primary ballot, but in an interesting wrinkle in election law, candidates can still substitute in someone else after this date.

Cuomo signed four bills into law, including legislation that will change the election date for the Albany school board to May.

(A governor has limited scheduling ability however, as state law requires that such a special election be held between 70 and 80 days from the date of a formal proclamation by the governor.)

A declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of Article 49 of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992, and Section 13 of the Representation of the People Law, 1992; PNDCL 284; the ballots to be cast pursuant to Regulation 23 (1), (2), (3)-LRB-, (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)(9) and (10) of the Public Elections Regulations, 2016; CI.94 by special voters in the December, 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections ought to be counted and announced there and then on the date (s) of the special voting; by the presiding officers and the results at each poling station; before communicating same to the returningElections Regulations, 2016; CI.94 by special voters in the December, 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections ought to be counted and announced there and then on the date (s) of the special voting; by the presiding officers and the results at each poling station; before communicating same to the returningelections ought to be counted and announced there and then on the date (s) of the special voting; by the presiding officers and the results at each poling station; before communicating same to the returning officer.

Teachout, a Fordham law professor, is challenging Governor Andrew Cuomo in a Democratic primary; New York law requires any gubernatorial candidate be a state resident for five years prior to the date of the election.

Farrell wrote in the letter to the FEC, dated Wednesday, that it «appears that the following potential violations of federal election laws may have occurred: Mr. Greenberg is not paying fair market value for his campaign office's rent and has failed to report this as an in - kind contribution, nor has he reported payment for his office rent as an obligation of the [campaign] committee.»

Steiner said Cuomo was obliged to set a special election date for a congressional seat under federal law, but state law allows the governor to set one for a state legislative vacancy at his discretion, so a court challenge might not be successful.

In his autumn conference speech Brown promised a referendum on AV, but at the last minute excised a commitment to pass a law setting a date for a referendum after the election.

The date of the election is set for 46 days after the announcement, according to state law.

In the letter dated Dec. 6, Sampson writes that a June date is the best one possible in order to ensure compliance with federal law and the certification of elections on the state and local level.

Republican State Sen. Tom O'Mara, who sponsored the bill, said the later date will also give New York more time to comply with the MOVE Act, a federal law that requires states to send absentee ballots to military voters overseas no less than 45 days before an election.

Under state law, Cuomo will have to determine the date of a special election or keep the seat vacant until November's elections.

Mazurowski died before Sept. 20, the specific date set by state election law for putting a vacancy on the ballot.

County legislators are expected next week to set the date of the special election for Jan. 15, though by law they have 90 days from Monday, when Mr. Romaine stepped down as county legislator.

On July 14, the Board of Elections determined that the petition was invalid, stating that it «was not in compliance with the Election Law and / or the [Board's] Designating and Nominating Petition Guidelines and Requirements,» according to a decision dated Tuesday.

Under election law alterations are to be initialed and dated, typically where they occur and on the first signature line of the petition to indicate that the alterations occurred prior to the first voter signature.

«Notwithstanding any current state law or administrative procedure to the contrary, New York shall conduct its 2012 non-presidential federal primary election on a date no later than 35 days prior to the 45 - day advance deadline set by the MOVE Act for transmitting ballots to the State's military and overseas voters, i.e., at least 80 days before the November 6, 2012 federal general election.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that he has signed into law a measure moving the date of the primary election from Tuesday, Sept. 11 to Thursday, Sept. 13.

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It chronicles the dates of some of the 2000 laws passed against Jews in the years following Hitler's election in 1933, and attempts to answer the question HOW did normal people allow, and participate, in the Holocaust.

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