Sentences with phrase «elections is of concern to»

The low voter turnout in some recent elections is of concern to the Commission.

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The allegations about Cambridge Analytica have drawn concern concern over whether Facebook data were used to influence the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the Brexit vote.

Russia's use of the platform to meddle in U.S. elections, a regulatory investigation that could result in fines of hundreds of millions of dollars against the company for privacy violations, and the Cambridge Analytica episode are all topmost concerns.

Another concern is the results of last weekend's regional elections, the worst showing in thirty years for Spain's ruling party, and the risk that this will lead to the discovery of higher debts accumulating on the part of Spain's municipalities.

Having tried to dissuade Trump behind the scenes, hoping that he would vacillate on this issue as he had on DACA and guns, the usually supine Republican leaders Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan finally spoke up after five days of public silence, expressing concern on the part of their followers that the tariffs would set off a trade war and wipe out the economic gains on which they were pinning their November election prospects.

But because this year's election breaks the mold in a number of important ways, it raises the question of how closely it will hew to past elections, at least where market reaction is concerned.

His stock response to the committee's concerns about divisive political ads was that Facebook believes «radical transparency» is the fix — also dropping one tidbit of extra news on that front in his written testimony by saying Facebook will roll out an authentication process for political advertisers in the UK in time for the local elections in May 2019.

In short, given the increased concerns of global growth slowing, oil price instability, the potential Brexit, and U.S. election, we think owning gold as part of a diversified asset allocation continues to be a sound approach.

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Even before the recent U.S. presidential election, Canadian governments were concerned about the weakened ability of the news media to inform the public about their democracy.

That is why I made the move out of the market in February because I knew we were about to start tapping the 529 and I was concerned about the market direction right after the Trump election.

SEAN HANNITY: My question is, are you concerned within the process of this, we did discover that a foreign national, Christopher Steele, was paid through Fusion GPS, used Russian sources that not only weren't verified, but were debunked — are you concerned that was paid for, to manipulate the American people in the lead - up to an election?

Learning of the recent meddling in a free U.S. election further demonstrates another concern we have of how they handle users» data — more than 25 million of which are Playboy fans — making it clear to us that we must leave the platform.»

Forget the specifics, for a paragraph, because this is a notable development: while these hearings usually devolve into partisan cliches with the same talking points — Democrats want regulations, and Republicans don't — yesterday Senators from both sides of the aisle expressed unease with Facebook's handling of private data; obviously Democrats tried to tie the issue to the last election, but that made the Republicans» shared concern all - the - more striking.

Trump's victory was a surprise to many, but I think a lot of the concern was already priced in and a lot of market participants were heavily short peso prior to the election and positioning for a decline.

«Although the French election result has now been deemed to not be a threat, Greece remains a significant concern and is likely to be a source of volatility through the week,» said Stan Shamu of IG Markets in Melbourne.

The National Bank of Greece study was published Tuesday as Greece heads to new general elections on June 17, amid Europe - wide concern of broader financial turmoil if Greece's place in the single currency is threatened by a victory for an anti-austerity party.

These concerns are exacerbated by political rhetoric connected to the presidential election, and we think the likelihood of significant reform remains low.

There was a brief lull in Europe's crowded election calendar, but polls in the run - up to the first round of voting in France's presidential contest in late April suggested the centrist - candidate Emmanuel Macron was gaining support, which continued to soothe market concerns about a possible victory for the populist Marine Le Pen.

With the defeat of the Conservatives, and the election of a new government in October 2015, we were led to believe that these concerns would finally be taken seriously, and that the text could be amended.

Blame the Russians: The FBI is investigating the cybertheft of emails from the Democratic National Committee amid concerns hackers working for Russia are attempting to use the breach to influence the presidential election.

The social network's announcement Friday could allay concerns of election experts and lawmakers that ads about hot - button social issues meant to be divisive and foment voter outrage might still slip through, leaving a dangerous weak spot on the network.

As far as most commentators are concerned, the first round of the French presidential elections, due to take place on April 23, will be a race to see who faces the far - right National Front leader Marine Le Pen in the run - off in May.

So no election result should also be of any concern when it comes to analyzing the current situation.

While Pranesh Prakash, policy director at the Centre For Internet and Society, doesn't believe the government would actually summon Zuckerberg to India, he says, «One new concern that's valid across the world, where there are limitations put on freedom of expression during times of campaigning and elections, how do they translate online?

Still, his election was unexpected and can best be explained by an odd coalition of diverse subgroups within the Southern Baptist Convention that came together in Greensboro, North Carolina, to register their concerns.

It assumes that our elections, legislative battles, and legal wrangling concern only the city of man, and that Christians, insofar as they are loyal to the city of God, must distance themselves from politics.

The Labour party was undone in the recent British election by a combination of Scottish nationalism, concerns about immigration, and opposition to EU integration — each a version of identity politics.

The newly published report on the Future of Devolution after the Scottish Referendum is a worthy attempt to bring some order to an often confusing and conflicting debate concerning where devolution goes after the election.

Electoral Act concerning the organization of party primaries, it was not even deemed to have participated in the April 11th 2015 governorship election in Taraba State in the eyes of the law.

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Voters in President Donald Trump's home state continue to hold an unfavorably view of him as a majority are concerned with reporters of Russian meddling in the election, a Siena College poll released on Thursday found.

Ghanaians who have overstayed their visas in the United States of America must be concerned because the new Trump administration will ask them to «depart», U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson has told Atiewin Mbillah - Lawson in an exclusive interview minutes after Mr Donald Trump emerged winner of the U.S. election on Wednesday, 9 November.

Seb Dance MEP This was sent in response to the following email sent to MEPs, including Seb, on 14 November Dear Colleague I am concerned about the wealth and influence of George Soros's Open Society and whether this organisation is subverting national elections and referendums.

However, contrary to the impressions of the petitioners, the leadership of the NPP is in a position to confirm several meetings held with Mrs. Osei to discuss their concerns ahead of the 2016 elections.

While candidates» concerns are reasonable, those with an eye of No 10 need to keep something in mind: if they don't move soon, they'll end up taking power and potentially fighting another election just as the country heads into a period of turbulence as we begin to leave the EU properly.

«Due to serious concerns over the rollout of new electronic voting machines in several counties within the district, the local financial burden of holding a special election so close to the regular election cycle, as well as the possible disenfranchisement of overseas military voters who would not be able to participate, I will call for a Special Election to be held on November 2, 2010election so close to the regular election cycle, as well as the possible disenfranchisement of overseas military voters who would not be able to participate, I will call for a Special Election to be held on November 2, 2010election cycle, as well as the possible disenfranchisement of overseas military voters who would not be able to participate, I will call for a Special Election to be held on November 2, 2010Election to be held on November 2, 2010.»

The unchecked exploitation of social media for false public information has raised serious concerns among security experts who fear it may be used to forment trouble in the heat of the 2016 general elections.

The campaign was launched as a result of genuine concerns that sufficient parliamentary time would not be made available to debate and vote on the reforms prior to the 2015 General Election.

In any year in which a triennial general election of members of any local authority must be held under the Local Electoral Act 2001, the Electoral Commission must direct an inquiry to be made concerning the particulars on the roll of every person who --

In the case of parliamentary elections the Storting is itself the appellate body when it comes to appeals concerning the franchise and the right to cast a ballot.

These findings will be cause for concern to the major British parties — especially the Conservatives — and will mean the results of the forthcoming European Parliament elections will be taken especially seriously when looking ahead to the likely vote shares of the parties in 2015.

Trump was also reportedly enraged by Comey's statement of concern to Congress that his October reopening of the Clinton email investigation affected the election

The group called Grand Street Democrats in New York City is highlighting the complaint to the state Board of Election's enforcement counsel raising concerns with the activities of the Truman Democratic Club.

While the hyper - liberal approach the Schneiderman campaign has adopted might be a risky strategy — particularly when it comes to winning the support of Cuomo, who is clearly concerned the senator's left - of - center ideology will hurt him in the general election against Staten Island DA Dan Donovan — it is one that is being expertly executed.

Last week, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox pleaded with his party's presidential hopefuls to stop attacking one another out of a concern that they'll provide fodder for President Obama once the general election battle is joined.

Recent high - profile election observer missions have been deployed to the elections in Sri Lanka, Fiji, Nigeria and Malawi; whilst each of these was given a broadly clean bill of health, there were doubts in advance concerning the integrity of the electoral process in these countries.

It seems likely that the one - third of Labour voters from the last general election who want to leave the EU are disproportionately drawn from the Labour party's historic — but increasingly perilous — working - class base, and there is little doubt that these economic concerns are a major explanation for their dissatisfaction.

According to the group's information section on the Facebook Page, «we are a coalition of concerned citizens who are supporting Leroy Comrie for Queens Borough President in the 2013 elections... join us...»

But it is the 2019 local elections that will tell us more about the long - term viability of the party, since those will concern a larger number of English districts where the Lib Dems will be seeking to reclaim ground lost to the Conservatives since 2010.