Sentences with phrase «election night counts»

Whatever my personal preference for as many election night counts as possible, which is as strong as yours, that does mean that as the Secretary of State with sponsoring responsibility for the Electoral Commission and for election law, I must not improperly seek to interfere with the necessary discretion of Returning Officers, or the capacity of the Electoral Commission to give advice as they think appropriate.

Zac Goldsmith has elegantly won the key Tory seat of Richmond Park after an election night count as close as the campaign which preceded it.

While election night counting in Alaska can have its own complications, a close race would mean waiting for mailed absentee ballots to come in.

Not exact matches

Representatives from across the political spectrum have spoken out against plans which could delay the counting of general election votes until the following morning - rather than the dramatic all - night count.

The public has added its voice to a mounting campaign to keep the traditional all - night general election vote count - rather than move it to the following morning.

New York City Elections Commissioner J.C. Polanco thinks September will be «a public - relations nightmare» unless changes are made to the vote counting procedure on election night.

1) While the conventional wisdom is that Gipson indeed will maintain a good portion of his election night lead and ultimately prevail over his GOP opponent, Sen. Steve Saland, Saland hasn't yet conceded and the paper ballot count is not yet complete.

COUNT»EM: Eliot Spitzer last night flashes a smile along with some of the 27,000 signatures at Board of Election HQ.

Indeed, Jerry Goldfeder, an election law guru, went on Inside City Hall night as well, explaining the lack of anything in state law compelling the board to count votes by hand on Electelection law guru, went on Inside City Hall night as well, explaining the lack of anything in state law compelling the board to count votes by hand on ElectionElection Day.

According to unofficial election night totals from the New York City Board of Elections, Vance received more than 90 percent of votes, with just under 10 percent of votes going to candidates on write - in ballots, which are still being counted.

AV IS EXPENSIVE: Under AV we won't be able to count ballot papers by hand on election night if we want a quick, decisive election result.

On election night, unofficial results showed the former Queens NYC councilman leading the Republican lawmaker by some 3,000 votes — 25,864 to 22,781 votes — with 100 percent of the precincts counted.

Toulon and Zacarese vied to replace Sheriff Vincent DeMarco in the Nov. 7 election that was too close to call on election night and required counting of more than 14,000 absentee ballots.

Sadly this invaluable book can not tell us in advance if this is going to happen but it does provide the information to help guide even the most statistically illiterate person as to what will be going on during the election and will come into its own during the long night of counting after the polls have closed, if returning offi cers up and down the country do not have their way and pull the plug on counting in a majority of the seats immediately after the polls have closed.

A number of counting errors have made the race much close than reported on election night.

Past midnight on Election Night, Majestic had 1,002 votes on the Republican and Conservative Party lines; challenger Lisa Lindsley was breathing down her neck with 981 votes on the Democratic, Working Families and Women's Equality Party lines; and 124 absentee ballots plus an undetermined number of affidavits still remained to be counted.

I was somewhat concerned that the Government's amendment gave too much wriggle room to returning officers - but the measure was passed into law last week, and it clearly focused minds as over 100 more returning officers have informed the Electoral Commission in the last week that they will indeed be counting on General Election Night.

The New York Observer, reporting Tuesday night from Liu's election party in Bayside, said he told his supporters that «every vote must be counted.»

After nearly screwing up the contentious primary between Rep. Charlie Rangel and State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, the troubled board voted unanimously Tuesday to immediately update the way it counts ballots on election night.

Despite winning both special elections last night and now holding a numeric majority in the Senate, Brooklyn Democrat Simcha Felder played spoiler even before the votes were counted, declaring in the afternoon that he's staying put and casting his lot with the GOP.

Behind by nearly a thousand votes on the night of the election, Smyth said she was going to wait for the absentee ballots to be counted.

Former Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne - Holst's primary night lead of 29 votes has increased to 188 after 46 percent of absentee ballots were counted Thursday at the Suffolk County Board of Elections.

Continue reading «Scottish Parliament Election Night under threat as Westminster refuses to insist on overnight counting»»

Storobin emerged with a 120 - vote lead on election night, but his margin of victory shrank to just three votes after the Board of Elections counted half of the more than 700 absentee ballots and affidavits.

David Storobin's lead over NYC Councilman Lew Fidler in the 27th SD special election has shrunk to just 37 votes — 83 votes less than the election night tally showing a 120 - vote lead — after a day of ballot counting down in NYC.

Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day during the early voting period, including Saturdays and Sundays, and ballots cast during the early voting period would be counted at the close of the polls on Election Day and included in the election nighElection Day and included in the election nighelection night tally.

Election night veterans have been telling me that 20 years ago there simply wasn't this kind of information emerging from counts.

On Election Night Tuesday, Espaillat was down by about 1,800 votes — but said the race was «too close to call» and vowed he'd wait until every paper ballot was counted before making a move.

«Eric Pickles calls for the Electoral Commission to give Returning Officers an «unambiguous steer» that not counting votes on General Election Night would be in defiance of Parliament Main Captions please...»

After I launched the campaign to Save General Election Night to ensure that votes are counted and results delivered overnight at the general election, a number of spurious arguments have been offered for wanting to overturn the traditional Thursday count in favour of Friday morningElection Night to ensure that votes are counted and results delivered overnight at the general election, a number of spurious arguments have been offered for wanting to overturn the traditional Thursday count in favour of Friday morningelection, a number of spurious arguments have been offered for wanting to overturn the traditional Thursday count in favour of Friday morning counts.

Labate did not concede on election night, noting there were still more than 580 absentee ballots to be counted throughout the district.

Recent elections, including the Congressional contest between Rep. Charles Rangel and State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, have seen election night totals come in drastically different from the eventual official count.

Eric Pickles uncovers evidence that proves that Thursday night general election counts are perfectly viable

When all the ballots were counted on Election Night, Do had bounced back to take a 2 - vote lead.

But primary elections have notoriously low turnouts so every vote counts and the job won't be done till the last voting moment at 9PM Tuesday night!

This is the exact same total as the Board of Elections had last night, and the remaining machines counted today all contained zero votes.

Local elections officials counted about 2,500 of the 3,300 absentees last night, but those votes were NOT included in the unofficial total.

Why not count those ballots — in strict secrecy — before the machine vote and add the results election night?

The count for Brotton ward was suspended on election night after 2 recounts and completed the following day.

The vote count at Board of Elections headquarters on Wall Street was the final act in a drama that began as polls closed on primary night, Sept. 13, with Clement holding a 648 - 642 lead over Gallo.

This election - night tally is subject to change as absentee ballots are counted this week.

The first count and three subsequent recounts on the night of the election had given Davidson a narrow majority, but after the ballot boxes were locked away overnight, two more recounts gave victory to the Conservative.

Continue reading «The Campaign to Save General Election Night is raised in the Commons again as a ComRes poll shows overwhelming backing from MPs and PPCs for overnight counts»»

Tuesday, November 5, 2013 — When all the votes were counted on election night 2012, politicians, pundits and ordinary folks were very surprised to...

Almost 800,000 additional ballots have been counted since Election Night, and Initiative 1240 is looking more and more like it will ultimately win a majority of votes cast when the election results are ultimately certified by the Secretary of State... [ReturnElection Night, and Initiative 1240 is looking more and more like it will ultimately win a majority of votes cast when the election results are ultimately certified by the Secretary of State... [Returnelection results are ultimately certified by the Secretary of State... [Return to Top]