Sentences with phrase «election law allows»

New York State Election Law allows a registered voter to cast his / her vote by absentee ballot if a voter meets one of the following criteria:

New York election law allows candidates to run on multiple party lines.

If the petitions are upheld, officials in both camps said, it appears that state election law allows Mr. Mahony's campaign to pick someone to take his place in the primary — a rule so obscure that even election lawyers were unaware of it until this morning.

New York election law allows parties to choose what candidates to support.

A loophole in New York election law allows donors to write unlimited checks to political party «housekeeping» accounts.

New York state election law allows candidates to run on multiple party lines, letting candidates like Cuomo and Astorino get their names on the ballot more than once while appealing to specific voter segments.

Greenfield (D - Brooklyn) said election law allows Democratic officials to remove a member for «disloyalty» to the party, and the uptown candidate's rhetoric should qualify.

State election law allows candidates for the primary election to begin circulation designating petitions June 5.

Federal election law allows campaign donations to be used for many different things.

«New York election law allows political parties some flexibility for their nominating process,» said Jerry Goldfeder, an election lawyer who usually works for Democrats.

A loophole in state election law allows unlimited donations to parties» housekeeping accounts, while candidates for statewide office are limited to $ 60,800 from each contributor.

State election law allows former officeholders to retain their campaign treasuries and spend their funds on expenses like criminal defense.

Crusaders for campaign reform say it's galling that state election law allows even a convicted politician to use campaign cash to try to beat prison time.

Connecticut's election laws allow political party leaders critical influence in ballot access and there is no serious movement for reform.

Not exact matches

One option, cited by Italian newspaper La Republicca, is where the main two parties Lega and M5S agree to allow for an interim technocratic government that would modify the electoral law and pass the budget, with the view to return to elections back in October.

Europe's de facto leader, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, had told the Bundestag before meeting with Putin Thursday and Friday that she wanted Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine, allow independent monitoring of the Russia - Ukraine border, and support free regional elections in the disputed provinces of eastern Ukraine under Ukrainian law.

Current campaign finance laws allow individuals, corporations and labour unions to donate a maximum of $ 15,000 per year to a provincial political party in a non-election period and a maximum of $ 30,000 during an election period.

At least 20 other states in the U.S. allow 17 - year - olds to vote in primaries, but Ohio's election chief had interpreted Ohio's laws in a way that kept 17 - year - old's presidential votes from counting.

The GOP has been affected much more than the Democratic Party by the change in the election finance laws, allowing Super PACs to spend arbitrarily large amounts of advertising money to support their preferred candidates.

A letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo this signed by the women of color in the state Assembly urged him to push for the adoption of early voting and the closure of the loophole in election law that allows for unlimited donations through a web of limited liability companies.

McDonald argued that the city's cap on individual contributions at $ 4950 was in contrast to the state law which allows $ 19,700 for mayoral primaries and up to $ 41,000 for general elections.

People who are much more well informed about state election law than me say it's pretty clear: that's not allowed.

Providing clear definitions and imposing penalties for breaking the law will help level the playing field and allow for more honest elections.»

Many of the measures were listed on Cuomo's 2018 State of the State agenda, including closing a loophole in election law that allows for unlimited political donations through a network of limited liabilities companies, as well as early voting.

New York election law does not allow voters to change their party affiliation and vote as a member of a new party in the same year.

«When we allow for the editorials in New York City to tell our story, when we allow for columnists and other individuals and elected officials who honestly are doing a disservice to their community by not understanding election law,... [to be] going out there and blasting the hardworking men and women at the Board of Elections, we think it's appalling,» he argued.

This May will be the first time 16 - and 17 - year - olds will be eligible to vote in a Scottish Parliament election and follows a change in the law last year which allows this age group to vote in all Scottish parliamentary and council elections.

Martins now argues that the general election should also be moved to allow adequate time for the winner to campaign against Democratic candidate Thomas Suozzi and to comply with a federal law that requires 45 days for ballots to be able to reach military and overseas voters.

Under current law, absentee voting is only allowed if an individual expects to be absent on Election Day, or because of physical illness or disability.

State Senator Daniel Squadron said, «Too often, Albany stands in the way of common - sense voting and election laws that allow more New Yorkers to exercise their right to vote.

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.

While Sal Albanese, who is also challenging Mayor Bill de Blasio in the Democratic primary, has been backed by the Reform Party, Dietl and Malliotakis are each attempting to convince their supporters to help them steal the ballot line by voting on primary day — Tuesday, September 12 — using a provision in state election law that effectively allows an open vote.

Campaign finance disclosures filed this week with the state Board of Elections show McDonald raised $ 446,994.60, of which $ 358,163.00 came from individuals or partnerships, some of it in checks of $ 16,800 — the maximum amount allowed by law.

New York election law, in normal circumstances, only allows closed primaries in which registered members of a party can cast a vote to choose their nominee.

Critiquing the state's arcane election laws, Stringer said instant runoffs are a «progressive leap» that would allow elections to be decided quickly and efficiently, and he said the mayor's Charter Revision Commission affords the city a prime opportunity to pursue the policy.

His voting law change would allow New Yorkers to cast their ballots 12 days before elections.

«Laws that would allow for automatic voter registration, early voting, no - excuse absentee voting, and consolidation of primary elections will empower voters and give greater access to the ballot,» she said.

He points out that the Coalition's law bringing in five - year fixed - term parliaments allows for a new government being formed without a general election.

The plan includes a total contribution limit of $ 2,600 for all candidates running for state office, a complete ban on corporate campaign contributions, the elimination of «housekeeping accounts,» a $ 2,600 limit for transfers between party and candidate committees, and the repeal of the Wilson Pakula provision of the State Election Law which allows non-party members to be approved for candidacy by party officials.

«The law requiring a contribution to be made from one's own money allows no exceptions,» said Jerry Goldfeder, a leading election lawyer.

The town's council is allowed, by law, to appoint someone to the position until the next election, McDonald said.

On ethics, Cuomo proposed requiring state lawmakers to seek an advisory opinion on any outside income and closing an election - law loophole that allows companies to skirt contribution maximums by forming an unlimited number of subsidiaries to channel donations.

Cuomo in the past has pushed issues such as a publicly funded elections and closing the «LLC loophole» in state election law that allows vast giving by real estate interests, but has been unsuccessful — in large part due to opposition from the state Senate Republican majority.

«This actually is going to allow for the PMD stick — the flash card which has the actual tally from the actual machine — to be transported to their local precincts, where there will be a bipartisan team of election officials waiting at the precinct to download the information,» said Polanco, who said that members agreed to a «more liberal» reading of state law to allow the change.

The High Court has ordered the Electoral Commission to produce evidence of concrete steps it is taking to implement a law — the ROPAA (Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2006 [Act 699]-- allowing Ghanaians abroad to vote in national elections.

And Gaughran wants to close the loophole in election law that allows unlimited donations through limited liability companies.

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.

Cuomo wants to close a loophole in election law that allows for unlimited contributions through LLCs, as well as a bill to block those convicted of corruption from receiving pension benefits through a constitutional amendment's first passage.

A confidential memo the campaign finance attorney for de Blasio laid out his interpretation of what was allowed under state election law as the mayor worked to swing the state Senate to Democratic control.

[11] The law was amended in 2013 to allow the use of an emblem by candidates standing jointly for two parties; [12] this allowed Labour and Co-operative Party candidates to use the registered Labour Party emblem in the 2015 general election.