Richard Ciceron couldn't vote this week in
the election for governor of New York, but the 12 - year - old spent the past few months analyzing campaign ads and even grilled representatives of the candidates at a town hall forum.
Diebold's Mark Radke points out that during the recall
election for the governor of California last year, fewer than 1 percent of the voters that used Diebold machines submitted blank ballots — a rate well below that for optical - scan cards (2.7 percent) and punch cards (6.3 percent).
For these reasons, the County Executive race — like this year's
election for Governor of Virginia — is seen as a bellwether in regard to whether the impact of the 2016 election and the «Trump effect» will reverberate down to state and local levels.
Dear New York MoveOn member, Let's get this out of the way:
The election for Governor of New York on Tuesday won't be a nail - biter.
If the double vacancy occurs until three months before the mid-term state elections, [2] a special
election for Governor of New York and Lieutenant Governor is held.
1 * If the 2010
election for governor of New York were held today would you vote for Republican Carl Paladino or Democrat Andrew Cuomo?
Not exact matches
But as
of 2016, Scott, who was a hospital executive before launching a bid
for Governor, had a net worth
of nearly $ 150 million, according to his public financial disclosure forms, and he used funds from his personal fortune on his gubernatorial
elections in 2010 and 2014.
She also supported Mitt Romney during the 2012 presidential
election, and ran
for governor of California in 2010.
Opponents also could try to force recall
elections of Republican lawmakers who voted
for the laws, or
of Republican
Governor Rick Snyder.
Governor Greg Abbott has called
for a special
election to cover the remainder
of Blake Farenthold's term after his abrupt resignation last month.
However, the chances
of her party gaining significant support in the
election tailed off when the Tokyo
governor confirmed her reluctance to stand
for parliament herself, increasing uncertainty about the opposition's strategy.
Just weeks after Haruhiko Kuroda,
governor of the Bank
of Japan, surprised the world with a bold plan to inflate Japanese assets and weaken the Japanese yen by buying 80 trillion yen ($ 680 billion) in Japanese bonds, exchange - traded funds and real estate investment trusts, prime minister Shinzō Abe upstaged him by calling a snap
election for mid-December, two years ahead
of schedule.
Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter to former United States Congressman Blake Farenthold demanding that he cover all costs
for the upcoming emergency special
election for the 27th Congressional District
of Texas.
Were he to either lose the [upcoming Jakarta
governor's]
election because
of this situation, or face jail
for blasphemy charges, that would be a very serious setback
for pluralism in Indonesia.»
Peter Anyang» Nyong «o, the
governor of the third - largest city in the East African nation, also supported postponing the vote
for the presidential
election re-run and described counter plans as a «joke».
Please let's not judge lest we will be judged, on the other hand Mr. Obama we are supposed to pray to God all the time, in health and in sickness, and in the time
of election or at any other time, May God Bless America,
Governor Romney and President Obama, so the best
for the Country would win
My first introduction to this world on a personal level was at Virginia's Boys State program, when one
of my closest friends ran
for governor and was stabbed in the back by a last - minute, back - hallway deal that shifted support to another candidate in exchange for supporting someone else's election as Lieutenant G
governor and was stabbed in the back by a last - minute, back - hallway deal that shifted support to another candidate in exchange
for supporting someone else's
election as Lieutenant
GovernorGovernor.
The populace must certainly believe so,
for it is no exaggeration to say that many a gubernatorial
election in Georgia has been carried by means
of votes gained at barbecues, and no campaign
for Governor is complete without a series
of such popular feasts.
We're nearing the end
of election season, a time
of year when we get to vote
for president
of the United States, members
of Congress,
governors, and, in some states, even dog catchers.
The Ekiti State
Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has dismissed the possibility
of contesting
for any political post in the next general
elections.
The
governor has been sabre - rattling
for some time about calling the Legislature back to Albany between the primary and general
elections in hopes
of getting lawmaker to act (in some cases yet again) on his property tax cap proposal.
The court also mandated INEC to recognise the National Caretaker Committee
of the PDP headed by Sen. Ahmed Markarfi, former
Governor of Kaduna State in all matters pertaining the conduct
of Primary
Elections for Political Offices and the submission of the PDP List of Candidates for any elections to be conducted by INEC pending the hearing and determination of the Motion o
Elections for Political Offices and the submission
of the PDP List
of Candidates
for any
elections to be conducted by INEC pending the hearing and determination of the Motion o
elections to be conducted by INEC pending the hearing and determination
of the Motion on Notice.
@MontyHarder Agreed, and an interesting fact to note is that we got rid
of that model
for Senators in favor
of direct
elections because an Illinois
governor was involved ina scandal to sell the Senate seat to the highest bidder... and almost 100 years to the day
of that amendment to the constitution you had another Illinois
governor do the exact same thing.
Former state Sen. Terry Gipson has taken another step toward running
for governor, forming a campaign committee to explore a statewide run next year, according to a filing posted Friday at the state Board
of Elections.
I say we make this
election for the children and the college aged students who call the hudson valley their home and not make it about one man who is part
of the problem, the easy solution is we boot him out
of office and put in a fresh face who will stand up to shelly silver, the
Governor and imagine this maybe even to some fellow republicans who can't be trusted with our childrens futures in their hands....
(DUNKIRK, NY)-- Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards, the Republican candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, today called Democrat
Governor candidate Andrew Cuomo «desperate and misleading»
for attacking Carl Paladino's business in his first general
election television advertisement.
According to them, by nullifying
elections in 18 out
of 31 local government areas, Section 179 (2)(b)
of the Nigerian Constitution, which required that a candidate vying
for the office
of the
Governor would be declared winner if he has not less than one quarter
of the votes cast at the
election in each
of at least two - thirds
of the local government areas, has been breached.
Adeyeye, who, a few days ago resigned his position as the Pro-Chancellor
of Ekiti State University in protest, after the state chapter
of the party dashed his hopes and adopted
Governor Ayodele Fayose's deputy as the party's flag bearer said, «the governor and myself are friends and I believe reason will prevail and we cooperate together,» and then «fight for next year's election, and win by the grace of God
Governor Ayodele Fayose's deputy as the party's flag bearer said, «the
governor and myself are friends and I believe reason will prevail and we cooperate together,» and then «fight for next year's election, and win by the grace of God
governor and myself are friends and I believe reason will prevail and we cooperate together,» and then «fight
for next year's
election, and win by the grace
of God.»
And, in a bit
of a dig at Gov. Andrew Cuomo, with whom Spitzer has never really seen eye - to - eye, the former
governor says Hillary Clinton is a lock
for the Democratic nomination in 2016, but isn't necessarily a sure thing to win it all in the general
election.
In light
of today's Cuomo - Paterson summit, which is about to start any minute now, I thought it might be timely to check the archives and determine where we at this time four years ago following the
election of then -
Governor elect Eliot Spitzer (the last executive New Yorkers actually voted
for).
Now, however, Democrats have been putting the brakes on, citing the prohibitive cost
of a special
election as the main reason
for their reluctance to make good on the
governor's pledge.
DeFrancisco, who said in the interview he is «actively pursuing» the Republican nomination
for governor, predicted a «deeply personal» statewide
election on the merits
of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
«
For me this has been a phenomenal experience, I made history as the first Latino (in serving as Secretary of State) and we have reaped many successes because I've had a phenomenal employees but things change, the governor decided not to stand for election and me that was very important,» said Cortes - Vazquez, who also noted that his new job is but a continuation of their work to community servi
For me this has been a phenomenal experience, I made history as the first Latino (in serving as Secretary
of State) and we have reaped many successes because I've had a phenomenal employees but things change, the
governor decided not to stand
for election and me that was very important,» said Cortes - Vazquez, who also noted that his new job is but a continuation of their work to community servi
for election and me that was very important,» said Cortes - Vazquez, who also noted that his new job is but a continuation
of their work to community service.
«When the
governor sets a date
for a special
election, ten days after that, you have to have all your paperwork and filing
of nominating petitions in.
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.
As the All Progressives Congress rounded up its campaign tour
of the West Senatorial zone ahead
of Saturday by -
election, the National Chairman
of the All Progressive Congress, Chief John Odigwe Oyegun, the
Governor of Borno, Kashim Shetima, his Kebbi State counterpart, Bagudu, revved the campaig canverse
for the party's candidate in
election.
The DN isn't waiting until after the GOP primary to choose a favorite in the race
for governor, dismissing both Carl Paladino and Rick Lazio out
of hand and backing the Democratic frontrunner, AG Andrew Cuomo in an editorial that appears in today's paper — with more than two months to go until the November general
election.
I kid slightly because I suppose six years is not all that long, but it's been two previous
election cycles where the
Governor's support
for Senate candidates
of his own party has been anywhere from «tepid» to «agnostic.»
The
Governor of the Bank
of England, Mervyn King, in April 2010, perhaps Delphically, suggested that whoever were the victors
of the
election in May 2010, given the austerity they'd have to inflict upon the nation, would be «out
of power
for a generation».
Many
of my people see me as the arrowhead and close lieutenant
of Ogbeni Aregbesola and so, my
election was seen as revenge
for my committed role to support the
governor I so much trust compared to my kinsman....
Good information is creeping out about how Democrat Terry McAuliffe used digital and data tools to win the Virginia
governor's race last week, and you can look
for my analysis piece in the next issue
of Campaigns &
Elections mag.
Tomorrow the 180 or so members
of the New York County Democratic Committee
for the 65th Assembly District will gather on East Broadway to pick their candidate
for the April 19 special
election called by
Governor Cuomo last Saturday.
Former Minister
of State
for Works, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, who was defeated by Ekiti State Deputy
Governor at the Peoples Democratic Party primary
election has dumped the ruling Party in the state
Moss ran
for election to the office
of Lieutenant
Governor of New York on the same ticket as gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino.
One
of the plaintiffs part
of a lawsuit challenging
Governor Cuomo
for not holding a special
election after Rep. Louise Slaughter's death says he was recruited to join the suit by a representative
for the Republican candidate...
Politico New York confirms that in the final stretch
of the
election none
of New York's six statewide elected officials will speak out publicly in favor
of a state constitutional convention and the only one who once did so,
Governor Cuomo, has long since stopped doing so
for compelling political reasons.
• Transforming the ethical environment in Government:
Governor Cuomo's «Clean Up Albany» agenda would institute campaign finance reforms including a system
of public financing
for elections, limits on contribution levels, creating an independent redistricting commission, creating independent monitoring and enforcement
of ethics laws, and requiring full disclosure
of outside income and clients.
Immediately after an Electoral Commissioner has endorsed the writ in accordance with section 153A or section 153B or section 153C, the Electoral Commission must notify the
Governor - General
of the need
for a fresh
election because
of the death or the incapacity
of the candidate concerned.
A member
of the Bauchi state House
of Assembly representing Lere / Bula constituency, Hon. Aminu Tukur says the All Progressives Congress, APC, under
Governor Mohammed Abudullahi Abubakar is forcing the House
of Reps Speaker, Yakubu Dogara to dump the party
for another ahead
of the 2019
elections.
Though
Election Day is fast approaching, much
of the political news that revolves around speculation on a race
for next year: the
governor's race.