Sentences with phrase «elections commissioner says»

A central New York board of elections commissioner says switching to a vote - by - mail system would both increase turnout and save money.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - City Councilor Jake Barrett held on by a 38 - vote margin to win re-election to his 1st Council District seat representing Syracuse's North Side, elections commissioners said today.

«If we have early voting and automated registration, a lot of court orders will be unnecessary,» the elections commissioner said, adding that they issued more than 200 court orders last year on Election Day to allow people to register and vote.

State Board of Elections commissioners said at their meeting in early September that they would recommend counties put text and a graphic marking, such as an arrow, on both sides of the general election ballot this November to draw attention to material on both sides.

In one of the bumpier moments, elections commissioners say there was a power outage at the Glenville Senior Center and voting machines had to be operated on battery backup.

There were reports of people being turned away at polls on Tuesday, but the Onondaga County Board of Elections commissioner said it was most likely because registration instructions were not followed properly.

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Sandberg also said, in a different interview, that Facebook could not conduct such an audit because it must wait for the U.K. information commissioner to finish its investigation of Cambridge Analytica's election activity.

The remaining three seats on the five - member parks board of commissioners could be filled by write - in candidates or elected during the next regularly scheduled park district election, Smith said.

Park Board President Steve Randich said commissioners believed there was not enough time to organize an effective campaign, especially because it would compete for attention with the presidential election.

«We've acted traditionally on complaints that were filed with the board,» said Ralph Mohr, the Republican commissioner on the Erie County Board of Elections.

But the two commissioners overseeing the Erie County Board of Elections said they have no intention of initiating an investigation.

Anthony Scannapieco, the longtime Putnam Republican elections commissioner, said Wednesday that it was his understanding Leibell would be facing a legal proceeding in White Plains.

«Barring any surprises that we don't anticipate, there is no plausible result other than what happened last night,» said David Gugerty, Nassau's Democratic elections commissioner.

He said his second run is motivated in part by Zellner's appointment as Erie County's Democratic elections commissioner and the conflict of interest it creates for Zellner.

Nick LaLota, the Republican elections commissioner, said Friday that schools remained the best place to conduct elections.

«This is outrageous, it's shameful, and I hope the commissioners will send a powerful message to anyone that tries to defraud the election process like this,» said Frank Morano of the Staten Island Reform Party.

Chase's 177 - vote lead widened by 9 votes after the absentees were counted, said Dustin Czarny, Democratic elections commissioner.

The Manhattan commissioner recommends the appointment of the board's deputy borough clerk, who oversees the hiring of more than 100 full - time and part - time employees and supervises the staff that helps decide who gets on the ballot in primary elections, the sources said.

Board of Elections commissioner Lou Babcock said Lettre's move is not necessarily uncommon.

Dustin Czarny, one of the two elections commissioner for the Onondaga County Board of Elections, said 8,000 signatures would rank as one of the largest petition submissions he has seen from a candidate in his 25 years in elections commissioner for the Onondaga County Board of Elections, said 8,000 signatures would rank as one of the largest petition submissions he has seen from a candidate in his 25 years in Elections, said 8,000 signatures would rank as one of the largest petition submissions he has seen from a candidate in his 25 years in politics.

Kelly's son and some others said they did not like that Stavisky would hold both the position of Democratic chair and elections commissioner.

The commissioners also say that the State Board of Elections should be stripped of their enforcement powers and an independent enforcement agency be set up instead.

They says the Board of Election's current bipartisan structure, with two commissioners from each major party, has led to a «tacit, bipartisan agreement to do nothing.»

«All those have to be counted before the commissioner has to certify the election itself,» said Valerie Vazquez, the board's spokeswoman.

That's the reason why she's pushing so hard to appoint her pal, Andy Praschak, as the next Manhattan Democratic commissioner on the Board of Elections, political insiders and critics said.

«Jack Jordan's on the ballot but not running,» said the county Board of Election's Republican commissioner Tom Turco of the GOP candidate in District 22 in an interview this week.

And while Governor Cuomo has said repeatedly he's waiting for the completed review from his health commissioner, he has also said that he would make a decision on whether the state should go ahead with hydro fracking before Election Day in November of next year.

However, Mr. Gerstman, the department's acting commissioner, said his department did not contact the Board of Elections with its concerns, making them instead to the governor's office.

Philip Davies, a Conservative, says that if Clegg wants lawmakers to be elected, he should support elections for European commissioners.

«It's very confusing for voters, but a lot of people are going to see this for the first time when they get to the polls,» said Ulster County deputy elections commissioner Ashley Dittus.

Dustin Czarny, an Onondaga County elections commissioner, said New York is lagging behind other states when it comes to voting systems and procedures because state legislators often have partisan views on voting matters.

The New York City police commissioner said the department had spent $ 300,000 a day protecting Trump Tower between Election Day and Inauguration Day.

«The election districts that we changed were based on a request from the school district,» said Republican commissioner Tom Turco.

Even the judge, a former Republican Onondaga County elections commissioner, did not know who was coming to the special court appearance scheduled last Thursday, his clerk said.

Sugarman said in a memo to Board of Elections Commissioners, reported by the Daily News, that she tailored her investigation to complaints referred to her office specifically about de Blasio's fundraising and spending by the Ulster and Putnam County Democratic Committees.

Dustin Czarny, one of Onondaga County's Board of Elections commissioners, said that because Election Day usually takes place at the beginning of a month where people tend to move, that currently affects people's ability to register to vote.

Speaking in Abuja while briefing Commissioners of Police and officers, Idris said the Police, under his leadership, were working towards ensuring that not only the Anambra election was hitch free, but also subsequent ones in Ekiti and Osun states.

Commissioners opposed to the measure said at the time it was up to the Legislature to write campaign finance laws, not a state agency tasked with overseeing elections.

A poll commissioner by New York Jewish Life found 57 percent of respondents said they would vote for Trump over Clinton if the election were held again.

Scott Thomas, a former longtime commissioner on the Federal Election Commission and its onetime chairman, said that federal law was more clear on the requirement that «earmarking» had to originate with a donor or their agent.

The Board of Elections commissioners have said they changed the original language sent to them by the state attorney general, which was more neutral, after discussions with staff from the governor's office and the legislature.

The fallen Bronx power broker said the deal was concocted after he reached out to Halloran in January 2013 for help ensuring that the City Council didn't replace one of Savino's hand - picked commissioners on the city's Board of Elections.

Commissioners said Thursday that it would cause confusion as it uses the «same root word as the existing party,» citing election law.

Mayor de Blasio on Friday demanded the resignation of a Board of Elections commissioner who said in an undercover video that the city's municipal ID program is contributing to voter...

Gianaris says an even numbered panel could be paralyzed by the gridlock that now plagues the State Board of Elections, which has two Democratic and two Republican commissioners.

But Republican county elections commissioner Peter Quinn says security around the voting machines and paper ballots is already very tight.

Sharpe said he would consider Silver's letter, along with the briefs filed by Senate Republicans, election commissioners and good - government groups when he renders his decision.

The commissioner said that the March 19 re-run elections were suspended at various stages of post-collation, pre-collation and during collation, due to the prevailing violence then.

«The state health commissioner is doing Governor Cuomo's political bidding in delaying a decision through his election,» said Astorino, in a video release.

Residents of Syracuse proper — those who live within the city limits — are eligible to vote in the general election, including SU students who registered to vote using the address at which they live during the academic year, said Dustin Czarny, commissioner of the Onondaga County Board of Elections.