Sentences with phrase «elections for»

Six elections for directly elected regional mayors will be held in May 2017.

The race was one of two special elections for vacated state Senate seats.

In New York, 19 of 27 elections for the United States House of Representatives were won by margins of victory of 20 percent or greater.

There is an active campaign committee filed with the New York Board of Elections for Palma, but it

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The race is one of two special elections for Senate seats taking place Tuesday.

Elections for the office of New York State Assembly took place in 2016.

Upon completion, DMV sends the voter registration applications to the County Board of Elections for action.

The Washington Post and Politico reported that Republicans, led by Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS, were attacking Democratic candidates in the 2014 midterm elections for supporting the «bipartisan» cuts to Social Security.

In May 2018, there are elections for all 32 London boroughs, 35 metropolitan boroughs, 74 district / boroughs, and 20 unitary authorities.

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Ken Lovett, Albany Bureau Chief for The New York Daily News, about Tuesday's special elections for state legislature seats.

Proponents of the legislation say it will save the state $ 50 million if enacted by having primary elections for Congress, U.S. Senate and state offices on the same day.

Unlike in England, Wales saw full elections for all of its local authorities yesterday.

It provides a single, seemingly straightforward measure of party performance that can tell us not only how well or badly a party has done as compared with four years ago, but also as compared with any previous local elections for which a PNS is available — even though the places in which local elections are held varies considerably from one year to the next.

Patricia M. Hollarn, the 1998 president of the Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections and then supervisor of elections for Okaloosa County, drafted a letter to alleged felons that read in pertinent part:

This was in large part because 2018 saw elections for the London boroughs.

It was not a particularly good set of local elections for them from which they might be expected to fall.

The state report accompanying New York's report card singles out the ineffectual State Board of Elections for special criticism.

Boko Haram attacks escalated in 2014 and into 2015, forcing the Nigerian government to postpone presidential elections for six weeks until March 28, 2015.

In November 2018, 87 of these 99 chambers are holding general elections for a total of 6,069 seats — roughly 82 percent of the total state legislative seats in the country.

Also on the republican list of demands: abolition of the Privy Council; full proportional representation in elections for the House of Commons; decentralisation of power to local and community authorities; a voting age of 16; fixed - term parliaments; state funding of political parties; a ban on outside earnings for MPs; more powerful Commons select committees, with powers to confirm or block ministerial appointments; elected police chiefs and elected mayors in all the major cities.

One of the most heavily reported outcomes of last week's elections for the European Parliament has been the «revolution on the right» — the large numbers of people who opted to vote for far right, Eurosceptic...

In Washington, five of ten elections for the United States House of Representatives were won by margins of victory of 20 percent or greater.

Lara and Padilla said in a joint statement the bill would combine the presidential primary with elections for statewide office and legislative races which would «help engage new voters from the top of the ticket down to legislative races.»

In Massachusetts, all nine elections for the United States House of Representatives were won by margins of victory of 20 percent or greater.

There will also be elections for Bristol City Council, and the Isle of Wight Unitary Council.

Elections for the European Parliament in the Netherlands have traditionally been described as either «dull» or «extremely dull».

I am tabling an amendment that would rewrite the referendum question to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems, including properly proportional options such as the additional member system (used in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Greater London Assembly) and the single transferable vote (used in Northern Ireland).

Here's what you need to know before you cast your vote in the elections for local police crime commissioners.

Democratic candidates yesterday won two special elections for state legislative seats in the Northeast, another indication for the party that a blue wave is forming ahead of November's midterm elections.

A series of local events highlighting legislators» reliance on out - of - district campaign contributions is being held around the state this week and next as part of a build - up to the formal launch of a new coalition called Fair Elections for New York on April 17.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a 2016 GOP presidential contender, said that lawmakers should be held accountable during this fall's midterm elections for their inaction on gun laws following a number of high - profile mass shootings around the country.

Starting in 2018, Maine will become the first state to use instant - runoff voting for elections for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and state legislature.

Fair Elections for New York, one of the groups pushing for establishment of a public campaign finance system, is hosting a free screening tonight of «Pricele $ $,» a documentary that looks at the pervasive nature of political cash and its power in shaping policy at the national level.

There will also be direct elections for the Mayoralties of Hackney, Lewisham, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Watford.

While the APC Constitution, in Article 17 (1) and 13.2 (B), limits the tenure of elected officers to four years, renewable once by another election, the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended), in section 223, also prescribes periodic elections for party executives at regular intervals, which must not exceed four years.

Perhaps you will be too for the right of a leader of a political party who won the elections for the European Parliament in 2014.»

After years of review in the case of former Niagara Falls Sen. George Maziarz, and no charges brought, a question remains: What happened to hundreds of thousands of dollars of questionable spending flagged by the state Board of Elections for prosecutors to review?

Several Long Island villages hold elections for mayor and board seats on Tuesday, including contested elections in six villages.

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee emailed a fundraising appeal this afternoon on behalf of the Democratic candidate, NYC Councilman Lew Fidler, calling this race «the front line in the battle to retake one of the most important legislative chambers in the country» and «one of the most important elections for progressives anywhere in the country between now and the Wisconsin recalls.»

(3) Mid-term elections for the Upper House.

Former Erie County Democratic Chairman Steve Pigeon is slated to appear in a Buffalo courtroom today to answer felony complaints that he cheated in elections for County Legislature and a town supervisor.

People can be legally barred from elections for a variety of reasons, that shouldn't be surprising and of course, it's not unique to Russia.

There are also elections for the London Assembly and three Mayoral elections, most prominently the election for the Mayor of London.

The race is one of two special elections for Senate seats taking place tomorrow.

Progressive activists — including Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout, who launched a strong but unsuccessful primary challenge to Cuomo in 2014 — are calling for the rejection of this plan, unless the governor immediately calls special elections for the two Senate seats that will become vacant on Jan. 1.

For example, civilian one - party states such as Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia held one - party elections for Members of Parliament throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Felder announced last week he would remain with the Republican conference in the Senate as Democrats retained two seats in special elections for districts in the Bronx and Westchester County.

Factor in elections for government at a state and local level as well, and it becomes clear just how vast the field is.

At the same time, Cuomo is being pushed to call elections for Senate seats that could potentially open, including one expected to be vacated in the Bronx next month by Ruben Diaz, Sr., in order to keep the party's numbers in the chamber.