Sentences with phrase «election voters conducted»

According to McLaughlin's poll of 800 likely general election voters conducted via telephone just before the Labor Day weekend (Aug. 26 - 29), DiNapoli has a favorable rating of just 25 percent, with 13 percent unfavorable, while 37 percent said they had no opinion and 29 percent had no idea who the former Long Island assemblyman was.

Not exact matches

A Monmouth University survey released on Wednesday — conducted by telephone, and with a plus - or - minus 3.5 % margin of error — found that 51 % of registered voters said they would vote for or lean toward a Democratic candidate if the 2018 elections were held today, compared to just 36 % who said they would vote or lean Republican.

They use the so - called «stealth» techniques less than they once did, but they still like to come in at the last minute and distribute voter guides, often putting them on cards at churches, or to conduct saturation telephone campaigns on the weekend before the election.

«What the commission wants is to conduct a nationwide continuous voter registration after Ondo and Edo states governorship elections.

The Floating Voters who decided the 2016 Victory are keenly watching the conduct of NPP against 2020 general election.

Putting that in context — Rwanda spent 5.5 billion Rwandan francs ($ 6.5 million) to conduct its August 4 third multiparty election which had 6.8 million registered voters thus less than a dollar per voter.

The latest New York Times / CBS News poll, conducted last week, showed likely voters in the same age group supporting Mr. Romney by a 15 - point margin — even wider than the gap on Election Day 2008.

The 2004 election cycle saw a dramatic rise in the number and size of nonprofit organizations that bought TV ads, organized voter turnout drives and conducted political «education» campaigns that were effectively working on behalf of (or against) one candidate or party, and because they used «soft money» in the process, their donors weren't limited in how much they could give and didn't fall under the strict disclosure rules required when trying to influence an election.

A survey conducted by the Center for Democratic Development (CDD) Ghana, revealed that though 63 % of Ghanaians believe the EC will perform its duties neutrally, guided by law, almost half of the voter population believes that the commission will likely announce wrong vote tallies or switch election results.

These elections are conducted using the so - called «First Past The Post» voting system, whereby every registered voter casts one vote for a candidate in their town or area (known as constituencies).

The Oneida County Board of Elections is responsible for voter registration and conducting elections throughout Oneida County, including 192 Election Districts in 48 Cities, Towns and Elections is responsible for voter registration and conducting elections throughout Oneida County, including 192 Election Districts in 48 Cities, Towns and elections throughout Oneida County, including 192 Election Districts in 48 Cities, Towns and Villages.

Mission Statement: The mission statement for the Oneida County Board of Election's office is to establish and increase public confidence in the electoral process by conducting voter registration and elections with the highest level of professional election standards, integrity, security, accuracy, and fElection's office is to establish and increase public confidence in the electoral process by conducting voter registration and elections with the highest level of professional election standards, integrity, security, accuracy, and felection standards, integrity, security, accuracy, and fairness.

Survey experiments that I have conducted in the UK together with Professor Margit Tavits of Washington University consistently show that voters perceive the opportunism inherent in elections, which incumbent governments call for partisan political advantage.

Conducted by the Student PIRGs» New Voters Project, Working Assets and researchers from the University of Michigan and Princeton, the study looked at the effects of SMS GOTV reminders in the 2006 general election on a group of 4000 people selected at random from a pool of over 8000 new vVoters Project, Working Assets and researchers from the University of Michigan and Princeton, the study looked at the effects of SMS GOTV reminders in the 2006 general election on a group of 4000 people selected at random from a pool of over 8000 new votersvoters.

For instance, it was considered highly unusual to conduct an election in which voters» identification is never checked, not during the registration process nor at polling stations.

«The Board of Elections must release a step - by - step uniform statement detailing exactly how each of their five borough offices conducts voter purges before any further action is taken,» the group said.

The impression a dispassionate observer would have from the failure of security and law enforcement during the Bayelsa election (which was conducted in Nigeria's smallest state with the lowest number of registered voters) would be that the federal government permitted or condoned the strong - arm tactics of the ruling party's candidate in his ultimately vain effort to secure that state's rulership by force.

The sum total of all these is that one unqualified achievement of Nigeria's democracy - the fact that INEC has conducted reasonably free and fair elections since 2011 in which the will of voters was freely offered resulting in opposition victories, especially in the 2015 presidential elections, is now endangered.

Polls conducted in advance of the April special election showed McGrath with a huge advantage among independent voters.

One of the major academic efforts to understand how voters behave in September's referendum is being conducted as part of an enterprise known as the British Election Study (BES).

This study is now 50 years old; each election since 1964 has been graced by an in - depth survey of voters conducted after polling day, while in -LSB-...]

In the weeks leading up to the result I conducted some polling to compare the views of Labour members and union supporters with those of voters who moved away from the party at the last election.

Swing voters: Six focus groups of people who voted Labour at the 2005 election but for a different party in 2010 were conducted between 16 and 24 August 2010 in London, Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham.

An order setting aside the current register of voters and compelling the Electoral Commission to compile a fresh register of voters before the conduct of any new public elections or referenda in Ghana.

It's communiqué, read partly, «That the Council views with concern the unusually heavy presence of security operatives in the state in the build - up to the election, noting that such could lead to unnecessary tension and may jeopardise peaceful conduct of the poll and possibly dissuade voters from coming out to exercise their franchise.»

Even though observers testify that security agencies conducted themselves well in the Saturday election, the reckless use of money to influence voters is as evil as any other form of malpractice that can visit elections.

Orji reiterated the commitment of the commission to conduct a free, fair, credible and acceptable election to the people of the state and urged the voters to participate effectively in the election.

Arrange and conduct the registration of persons qualified to vote and prepare, maintain and revise the register of voters for the purpose of any election under this constitution;

The Chairman reminded the journalists that the National Register of Voters had been used to conduct the 2011 and 2015 general elections, as well as several re-run and by - elections.

With over 3.63 million new voters registered since 27th April this year and over 175 elections conducted since November 2015, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has made tremendous progress in deepening, sustaining and defending the integrity of the electoral process, the Commission's Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has said.

It is important to remind us that this National Register of Voters has been used to conduct the 2011 and 2015 general elections, as well as several re-run, off - season and by - elections.

About a third of the roughly 51,000 eligible voters participated in the election, which was conducted by mail - in ballot.

More voters — Deadlines for registering and for switching parties must be closer to election dates, eligible voters should be automatically registered when they conduct business with various state agencies, and early voting is a must, perhaps starting the weekend before Electelection dates, eligible voters should be automatically registered when they conduct business with various state agencies, and early voting is a must, perhaps starting the weekend before ElectionElection Day.

A survey conducted by the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, has revealed that 58 % of voters believe that former President John Dramani Mahama, will lead the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 elections.

Besides, Governor Ambode urged Nigerians to keep alive the principles of June 12 by upholding democratic values and culture especially by participating in democratic processes such as voters» registration exercise, voting for candidates of choice during election and avoiding any act that could disrupt peaceful conduct of free, fair and credible election.

Mr Boadu said the Party had conducted a comprehensive analysis on the election 2012, and identified that the incredibility of the voters register led to its defeat and therefore asked supporters to exercise patience as the quest of a new credible register is being pursued.

In a not too distant land, our sister country Nigeria has conducted an election that meets internationally acceptable best practices and according to the then commissioner of Nigeria (Prof. Attahiru Jega) «it's illogical not to change a register that has so many irregularities in it», and after changing the Nigeria voters register, his team went ahead to clean it from 73.5 million to 58 million people all in an effort to follow best practices and ensure transparency in order to win the trust of the citizenry in the Commission.

Reacting to report of underage voters in Kano, Wike insisted that INEC lacked the capacity to conduct credible elections in Nigeria.

He, however, commended Anambra people for their conduct and high sense of patriotism in both voter education and registration exercise, saying the commission was ready to tackle all bottlenecks that would be encountered during elections.

The Siena poll of 930 New York voters, conducted over four days last week, was released two months before New York holds its presidential primary election, on April 19.

While pledging to conduct free and fair elections in the state, Agboke informed that INEC in the state was working to ensure that no case of underage voting or foreigner is allowed to register in the continuous voter registration in the state.

Counties used this time to count any absentee ballots or provisional ballots not yet counted, to reconcile the number of signatures on the roster of registered voters with the number of ballots recorded on the ballot statement, to count any valid write - in votes, to reproduce any damaged ballots, if necessary, and to conduct a hand count of the ballots cast in 1 % of the precincts, chosen at random by the elections official.

Rascoe said last week's elections showed the strength of a motivated Democratic base that could raise money from outside the county and deploy paid canvassers from groups like Citizen Action and the Working Families Party to conduct voter outreach.

By Chinwe Ogbuka, Assistant Director, Publicity Following the issue of alleged underage voters during the Kano State Local Government Election conducted by Kano State Independent Electoral -LSB-...]

Speaking through his spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said, «even though there were reports of malfunctioning of card readers, number of votes exceeding the number of accredited voters, and pockets of violence as well as buying of votes, the election was better than others conducted by INEC under the present government of the APC.»

By article 46, the first defendant is endowed with independence in the performance of its functions including the initiation, regulation and conduct of elections in the country... In our opinion and as part of our function to declare what the law is, the above words which are unambiguous insulate the Electoral Commission from any external direction and or control in the performance of the functions conferred on it under article 45... A fair consideration of the functions of the first defendant reveals that the demand which was made on it by the plaintiffs regarding the presence of ineligible and deceased persons and the latter's refusal to acquiesce in the said demands which provoked the action herein relates to its mandate under article 45 (a) «to compile the register of voters and revise it at such periods as may be determined by law».

It is unfortunate that in today's Nigeria, the authorities seem so prepared to waste so much public resources in conducting elections as was the case in the Kogi State supplementary election, which many consider unnecessary, but was conducted on the grounds of a so - called 91,000 voters, who were yet to vote, and who may not even have had the Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, whereas the total number of people who had PVCs was just 25,000, and APC was already leading by well over 41,000 votes.

The poll was conducted through phone interviews with 526 likely general election voters via a live or automated survey.

All units eventually conducted the election and voters expressed their satisfaction.

But the Siena Research Institute survey, conducted the day after the Republican in the race suspended her campaign, suggests that roughly one out of five voters in the district remain undecided just hours before Election Day.