Sentences with phrase «elections in some states such»

He added that the police had done well in elections in some states such as Edo, Ondo and Anambra where no single violence was recorded.

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This affects roughly 30 private colleges with extremely large endowments, 22 of which are located in states that traditionally tend to go blue in Presidential elections, such as New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and California.

Now that she's in such a weakened state with the Italian elections, he's in no position to do anymore tightening or hawkish statements.

The influence of pro-Israel groups and Christian Zionists in such vital swing states as Texas, California and all - important Florida may well have been the deciding factor for Bush in the 2000 election.

Such postponement the communication indicates is necessary in view of threats of terrorists activities in Edo State and other states of the federation during the election and over the Sallah period.

When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

Some analysts have dismissed the theory of the Bradley effect, or argued that it may have existed in past elections, but not in more recent ones, such as when Barack Obama was elected and reelected President of the United States in 2008 and 2012 respectively.

When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.

Smooth the process of becoming head of state with respect to time, in various ways such as indirect election by a rolling elected panel.

Donors such as the United States and France invest vast amounts of money in supporting elections but sometimes forget that this can be meaningless if they do not defend democratic principles along the way.

That's a clear indication of the cancerous results such monies spawn — the, «Perpetuation & Maintenance» of an IDC Coalition, bought into being by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which denied Democrat Voters the «Majority» role in the NYS State Senate for 2 Election cycles now!

According to Moroney, Maragos is trying to figure out whether he might have any «viability» in a general election against Schumer (amazing that in such a short time the senior senator has gone from having zero potential GOP challengers to two; all efforts by state Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox to entice someone to run have so far gone nowhere).

Because of this, going to such a system simply reduces the impact of a state in an election, and is therefore not in the interest of the state to do.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

Zenith Bank, the financial institution named by embattled Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State as sponsoring his election in 2014 today denied ever doing such.

Rather, multiple political actors, such as parliament, the cabinet, and the presidential head of state are involved at different stages in the process that leads to an early election.

Such pleas aren't new, but they have been slow to be addressed or are the source of partisan bickering at the state Capitol, where of 84 pieces of legislation (some of them duplicates in the Assembly and state Senate) currently before state lawmakers include the word «voting» (333, again with some duplicates, include the word «election»).

In 2013, NPR's Allan Greenblatt listed a few: It's effectively a one - party state, with the Democrats so dominant that there is no political competition and machine politics set the agenda; the elections are expensive, making candidates reliant on donors; many key decisions, such as the shape of the state budget, are made in backroom deals between a few power players; the local media is so focused on national events that it ignores what's happening in the state (especially upstate); and there's no anti-corruption movement to challenge the existing culturIn 2013, NPR's Allan Greenblatt listed a few: It's effectively a one - party state, with the Democrats so dominant that there is no political competition and machine politics set the agenda; the elections are expensive, making candidates reliant on donors; many key decisions, such as the shape of the state budget, are made in backroom deals between a few power players; the local media is so focused on national events that it ignores what's happening in the state (especially upstate); and there's no anti-corruption movement to challenge the existing culturin backroom deals between a few power players; the local media is so focused on national events that it ignores what's happening in the state (especially upstate); and there's no anti-corruption movement to challenge the existing culturin the state (especially upstate); and there's no anti-corruption movement to challenge the existing culture.

shall be submitted to and decided by the electors of the state; and in case a majority of the electors voting thereon shall decide in favor of a convention for such purpose, the electors of every senate district of the state, as then organized, shall elect three delegates at the next ensuing general election, and the electors of the state voting at the same election shall elect fifteen delegates - at - large.

The statement said the President was highly embarrassed by such reports was in regular contact with Tinubu before, during and after the recent Ondo State governorship election.

With that said, and although the decision was made, one which must have been difficult for the Board of Elections; I must state that the negative influences internally and externally within the Republican party of those such as John Haggerty and Bart Haggerty (employees, supporters, friends, and colleagues of New York City Councilman Eric Ulrich); and the ever so trivial personal and territorial egos of Myrna Littlewort and Gigi Salvador has caused the results of the disqualifying the nomination and designation of the only candidate seeking ballot, a Hispanic Republican in the 35th Assembly District, Eric M. Mingott.

This has continued since the election as the Liberals have sacrificed many of the manifesto pledges that they used to pose themselves to the left of the Labour Party, such as the scrapping of Trident, proportional representation, an amnesty for illegal immigrants and opposition to nuclear power — the latter on which it will now abstain in any parliamentary votes rather than oppose it as its manifesto had stated.

But then, was the APC willing to go the whole hog such as to mobilise resources that would outspend the state's chief executive in the election under discussion?

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.»

The money then went to two Democratic candidates in tight Senate races, Terry Gipson and Justin Wagner, who would have been barred by state election law from collecting such large sums directly.

She won a special election for the office in November 2011, following her defeat in 2010 for such office by then - state Senator Vincent L. Leibell.

No person shall serve as a member of the legislature unless he or she is a citizen of the United States and has been a resident of the state of New York for five years, and, except as hereinafter otherwise prescribed, of the assembly or senate district for the twelve months immediately preceding his or her election; if elected a senator or member of assembly at the first election next ensuing after a readjustment or alteration of the senate or assembly districts becomes effective, a person, to be eligible to serve as such, must have been a resident of the county in which the senate or assembly district is contained for the twelve months immediately preceding his or her election.

Cuomo in the past has pushed issues such as a publicly funded elections and closing the «LLC loophole» in state election law that allows vast giving by real estate interests, but has been unsuccessful — in large part due to opposition from the state Senate Republican majority.

On his roles in politics, the former NSA who has been having running battles with the Department of State Security narrated how he supported the campaign aspiration of Muhammadu Buhari for Presidential elections in 2003, 2007 and 2011 noting that such respected Northern elements like Adamu Adamu, Bashir Kurfi, Sule Hamman, Wada Maida and Kabir Yusuf are among individuals privy to his active involvement.

Eleanor Randolph, a member of the New York Times» editorial board, profiles Zephyr Teachout's spunky bid to challenge New York governor Andrew Cuomo, asking «if she is such a trifle, then why has he hired one of the best elections experts in the state to pore over her records and find ways to get her off the ballot?»

So let's say the Democrats pick up a couple of states in the election, while Utah and Nevada go for McMullin and persuade a few other Republican states to join them right away, such that the breakdowns goes something like — with 26 needed to win — 19 delegations for Clinton, 23 for Trump and eight for McMullin.

The union, which was instrumental in leading the push for measures such as a minimum wage increase to $ 15 in the downstate region and $ 12.50 upstate as well as a paid family leave program, has spread its endorsements around to members of both parties as control of the state Senate remains up for grabs a week before Election Day.

«We would not normally dignify such comments with a response, however, on this occasion we think it's important to state to Londoners that Mr Trump could not be more wrong... Any candidate for the presidential election in the United States of America is welcome to receive a briefing from the Met police on the reality of policing London.»

With outside spending groups expected to again play a major role in New York's 2016 elections, the state Board of Elections has posted for public comment draft rules regulating such independent expenditure coelections, the state Board of Elections has posted for public comment draft rules regulating such independent expenditure coElections has posted for public comment draft rules regulating such independent expenditure committees.

Governor Ganduje, on Friday while addressing State House journalists after meeting President Buhari, said the All Progressives Congress was determined to ensure a free and fair election in Rivers because having such «is not normal in that part of the country.»

19.10: These results below have not been confirmed by the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), the electoral body in charge of the election, and at such results here can change at any time.

The Founding Fathers only said in the U.S. Constitution about presidential elections (only after debating among 30 ballots for choosing a method): «Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors...» The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly characterized the authority of the state legislatures over the manner of awarding their electoral votes as «plenary» and «exclusive.&rState shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors...» The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly characterized the authority of the state legislatures over the manner of awarding their electoral votes as «plenary» and «exclusive.&rstate legislatures over the manner of awarding their electoral votes as «plenary» and «exclusive.»

In the weeks leading up to the 2014 election, the state Democratic Party paid for pro-Malloy mass mailings with about $ 250,000 from its «federal account» — which is intended to pay for campaign efforts on behalf of candidates for federal office such as Congress.

The date of the last major party primary election, caucus, or convention in that State may be designated as the primary election for such candidate.

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.

«To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects elections to take place in Afghanistan; and what steps the Government are taking to facilitate such elections.

Like several other anonymous givers in recent elections, the limited liability company was not principally housed in New York, but in Delaware, a state where the laws provide such anonymity to businesses» corporate founders that some tax experts compare it favorably to the Cayman Islands.

NOM has also promised to spend $ 1 million in the next election to protect their allies and target their own enemies to combat against the threat that LGBT advocates would work to vote out state senators who oppose such a bill (as they did with two state senators in last year's election).

While the Democratic and Republican parties usually easily obtain ballot access in all fifty states in every election, third parties often fail to meet criteria for ballot access, such as registration fees.

The 2010 election was such a blowout for Andrew M. Cuomo that incumbent and competitive Republican candidates down ballot — including brilliant state comptroller candidate Harry Wilson, on whose campaign I consulted — were defeated in the landslide.

As voters get ready to consider more than 70 school district referendums as part of the statewide elections in a week, a state lawmaker's aide is saying his boss plans to reintroduce legislation that would limit when such votes can take place.

«The 2018 election is our moment in New York political history and will be our chance to make New York again a fiscally sound, industrious, creative and prosperous state and as such the brightest light in that «shining city on a hill» — The United States of America,» Cox said.

A foreign national shall not direct, dictate, control, or directly or indirectly participate in the decision making process of any person, such as a corporation, labor organization, political committee, or poltiical organization with regard to such person's Federal or non-Federal election - related activities, such as decisions concerning the making of contributions, donations, expenditures, or disbursements in connection with elections for any Federal, State, or local office or decisions concerning the administration of a political committee.

(c) The terms «President - elect» and «Vice-President-elect» as used in this Act shall mean such persons as are the apparent successful candidates for the office of the President and Vice President, respectively, as ascertained by the Administrator following the general elections held to determine the electors of the President and Vice-President in accordance with title 3, United States code, sections 1 and 2.

Even in a close race, if a candidate this week successfully challenges a state's election results (such as proof of vote fraud), would the U.S. Supreme Court intervene?