Sentences with phrase «elections counts more»

Final totals of Tuesday's special election won't come until April 3, when the board of elections counts more than 51 absentee and affidavit ballots.

Not exact matches

The Southern Poverty Law Center has counted more than 200 complaints of hate crimes since Election Day, according to USA Today.

Moore, whose campaign filed a last - minute «election fraud» complaint on Thursday just before the results were certified just after 2 p.m. EST, claimed that widespread voter fraud had contributed to his more than 20,000 vote loss to Jones, a number that was not significantly altered by the inclusion of military and provisional ballots that were later counted.

She discussed the importance of building up a core of year - round activists, people who can be counted on to work on issues more than just at election time.

The only holiday we're talking about is the day of the actual election, but counting primaries and run - offs there could be more days throughout the year that require voter participation.

More than 2,000 leaders, executives and supporters of the main opposition New Patriotic Party have been suspended as of the last count, the governing National Democratic Congress» Director of Elections, Samuel Ofosu - Ampofo has said.

Kenya election monitors urge losing candidates to accept poll results Read more James Orengo, an opposition leader, said the opposition National Super Alliance (Nasa) had rejected the counting process as a «charade».

An optimal size for a country as large as the United States would be approximately 700 delegates, and I would choose them by a more - or-less random lottery, counting on the laws of statistics to generate what would in fact be a more «representative sample» of the public than any election would produce.

So I don't see how PR offers the whole solution to issues of participation and engagement in politics, though it is important to make more votes count for something on general election day.

This is something backbenchers have been pushing for over the past year — and there are more than 100 of them by one count — so not only would a Bill help the party on the doorstep when it comes to the European elections in 2014, but it will also cheer up MPs.

«When you have more competition, the election tends to count for more,» he said.

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.

It's the first time Bera has led the count since Election Day, when he was down more than 3,000 votes to Ose.

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.

«By resorting to corrupt party politics to try to block debate in this election, he is sending a clear message to the scores of volunteers — not paid people — who collected more than five times the number of signatures I needed to qualify for the ballot: that your passion for change and healthy politics does not count or matter.»

With votes still to be tallied in a close race, Foley said he more than likely lost to incumbent Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy in the general election, but would not concede the race until all the votes were counted.

With more than 19,000 paper ballots still waiting to be counted, the Board of Elections said Tuesday that they won't know whether there will need to be a runoff until at least next week.

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.

Aside from the cliches that it all comes down to turnout and that the only poll that counts is the one on Election Day, one more truism that talking heads will repeat endlessly Tuesday is that demographics are destiny.

If the only votes that counted were those cast on election day, the proposition would have gone down to defeat as there were more «no» votes cast on election day.

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.

Absent something like a candidate arranging to assassinate one or more rivals, bribe the electors, or committing fraud with the vote count (and no, some random crazy that voted 5 times doesn't count)-- a.k.a. election fraud — there's nothing to be done once the electoral vote is finished and certified.

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

The new measure will more than double that timeframe to between 70 and 80 days and give county boards of elections adequate time prior to special elections for absentee ballots for military voters to be mailed and counted in compliance with federal law.

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The outcome of the election was not known for more than a month after the balloting ended because of the extended process of counting and then recounting Florida's presidential ballots.

A new report from the Counting Women In campaign has found that representation of women in local government remains stagnant after May elections, that at the current rate of change we face another 150 years before women have an equal say, and that political parties are key to getting more women into town halls.

State Assemblyman David Weprin (D - Little Neck) swept past Democratic challenger Bob Friedrich in Tuesday's primary, garnering more than 68 percent of the vote with 91 of 102 precincts counted by early Wednesday morning, according to unofficial election results.

On Monday, members of the Chautauqua County Board of Elections hand counted absentee, affidavit and... [Read more...]

There are more absentee ballots that will be counted on Tuesday, September 20, and that will decide who moves on to face Democrat Harry Bronson in the general election on November 8.

Whether Ukip commands nationwide support in the high teens, as in 2014, or the low 20s, as in 2013 — perhaps more when the European elections are counted on Sunday — the upshot is the same: English local government has four big parties now.

In the event that more than one vote is cast by an absentee voter, the board of elections will count the most recent vote received.

Instead, Cuomo announced a program bill to amend the Public Officers Law to provide county boards of elections more time prior to special elections to allow enough time for military ballots to be mailed and counted in compliance with federal law.

Election officials also expect more absentee ballots, which take longer to count, cast by voters distrustful of the new machines.

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.

More Edo election results: Ward 2, Unit 003 Ebenezer Primary School Ihama Road Benin: ACN 126, ANPP 3, PDP 24 #Edoelection: #Edodecides: #EdoDecides: #Edoelection Citizen reporter Haruna reports that votes counted at Auchi Poly leaves ACN with 178 votes and PDP 18 votes #Edoelection: #Edodecides: Voting under the rain at Ukpenu Pry Sch, Ekpoma.

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]

Ballots shall be counted by an independent professional agent designated by the Board, or by three inspectors of election who are members in good standing, not candidates on the ballot, and no more than one is a member of the current Board.

They do not count for anything more than the other municipalities count for, but looking ahead to the general elections, we had 6 out of 10.

AJ is sent to the chalkboard to tote the results as Ms. Hannah counts the ballots in a style that is less like the Illinois election commission and more like Jeff Probst from Survivor.