Sentences with phrase «electoral acts»

The heads of the security agencies that engage in illegal electoral acts should be made to face the law.

Justice Bwala said that the panel has searched through the electoral act and did not find any where the returning officer is empowered to cancel the result of an election and therefore upheld the reversal of the cancellation of the election in the three council areas.

«To us as a party, the most egregious of the faux pas committed by INEC is asking the APC to lawfully nominate a candidate for the supplementary governorship election without a valid and legally cognizable primary election of the party conducted within the mandatory timeliness specified by the electoral act.

He said it was on the strength of the position of the electoral act on the developments in the state that he has asked the court to compel INEC to issue him with a certificate of return.

«The provisions of the constitution and the electoral act are clear to the effect that with the unfortunate death of Prince Abubakar Audu before the conclusion of the election, and the fact that the laws do not permit the replacement of candidates once the balloting has commenced, the APC crashed out of the race, leaving the PDP candidate, Governor Idris Wada as the clear winner, having garnered 204,877 votes to top all other contestants since, Prince Ababakar, the hitherto leading contestant died with his votes.

From the primaries under section 87 of the electoral Act up to contesting the election and up to being declared winner.

«From all available records, none of the grounds required to postpone an election is existing in the state of Osun for now and so one wonders why this chairman, if he truly believes in the fact of his allegations, can not report it to the police for investigation because this allegation if really they are true, is a violation of the electoral act and the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria.

The relevant provisions of the electoral Act and the PDP constitution should be followed strictly and arbitrary and illegal use of state apparatus like radio and television stations to subvert the truth must stop.»

Consequently, the PDP rejects in its entirety, this brazen move by the APC and INEC to circumvent the laws and ambush the yet - to - be concluded election by introducing a practice that is completely alien to the constitution and the electoral act.»

«INEC can not effectively prosecute electoral offenders and at the same time focus on the extensive responsibilities under the constitution and the electoral act,» Mahmood said.

If the PDP is not capable of providing a candidate, INEC should disqualify it; the electoral act is clear».

This action is not known to our constitution, it is alien to our electoral act.

He described vote buying as a violation of the electoral act and malpractice that the police must stop.

«His party, PDP, is the only organization that may canvass for votes on his behalf - so long as it falls within the 90 days prior to election stipulated by the electoral Act.

In the first judgment read by Justice Ishaq Bello led tribunal on the matter between Obidigbo and Obiano, he stated that that Obiano was validly nominated as the candidate of APGA, and that the election that brought him to office was conducted in compliance with the electoral act as amended.

• A declaration that Section 78 (7)(ii) of the electoral Act 2011 as amended is unconstitutional and in effect null and void.

• A declaration that the said Section 78 (7)(ii) of the electoral Act 2011 as amended be expunged as same offends Section 40 of the 2011 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended which is a light to other laws, Acts, Rules and Regulations.

• Whether a party that wins Local Government elections can still be deregistered having not satisfied Section 78 (7)(ii) of the electoral Act 2011 as amended».

«They are also to desist from moving about from one place to another on Election Day as provided by the electoral Act.

Not exact matches

When the Congressional Budget Office reported that the AHCA stood to strip 24 million people of their health insurance, Congressional Republicans divided into two camps — those who disliked the bill for fear that it would harm their constituents (not to mention their own electoral prospects) and those who did not feel that the bill went far enough in rolling back the «socialism» of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Bill 7: Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act introduced by Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley pushed forward the timelines to redraw the electoral boundaries before the provincial election in 2019, which could have an impact on the results of that election.

This Act also allows the commission to recommend up to 4 large electoral divisions with a population that is as much as 50 percent below the average population of all the proposed electoral divisions.

If and when Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley introduces amendments to the timeline, the government should also change other sections in the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act that would create a more fair process of drawing electoral districts.

The new government should not just amend the timelines for the next commission, it should amend the Act to empower the commission to draw fair electoral boundaries that will ensure more effective representation and equality of the voting power in Alberta.

Section 15 of the Act allows for the population of a proposed electoral division to be 25 percent above or 25 percent below the average population of all the proposed electoral divisions.

The government should also amend the section of the Act that lays out guidelines for the commission to redraw Alberta's electoral districts.

This year, the red purse contains a # 5 coin, commemorating four generations of royalty, and a 50p coin commemorating the Representation of the People Act 1918, which reformed the electoral system in Great Britain and Ireland, giving some women the right to vote for the first time.

He presents himself as a minister of the gospel while acting as a major player in the arena of electoral politics.

I simply think it might provide a moment's healthy respite from the tumultuous urgency and banality of this or any electoral cycle because, in its general and fabulous way, it encourages perseverance in hope and political virtue simply by reminding one that there are eternal harmonies that can not be silenced by the din of contending interests, and that one is best able to act «politically» in good conscience when one preserves a proper sense of proportion.

Section 123 (3) of the Representation of the People Act, defines a corrupt electoral practice as follows:

By the time he goes to the country again he needs House of Lords reform set in stone and civil liberties reinstalled, with AV acting as the electoral system used to judge his achievements.

The health secretary's plans for NHS reform, which will return to the Commons in September, were «the ideas of one man acting without an electoral mandate», he added.

This act should awaken all Ghanaians to the reality that electoral violence is possible in our country.

Though one stated aim of the Fixed - term Parliaments Act was to reduce instability and short - termism, unpredictability does have some benefits, preventing both incumbents and opposition parties from attempting to «game» the electoral cycle.

Putin's decision to return to the Kremlin acted as the trigger for underlying discontent, which focused on the 2011 - 12 electoral cycle.

Under the terms of the Act the Commons must hold a vote choosing to either reject or accept the redrawn electoral map proposed by boundary commissioners.

My own panel, «How to Act Like Obama Online When You DO N'T Have a Billion in the Bank» (which will talk about applying Obama 2012 lessons to this year's advocacy and electoral campaigns), is coming together nicely — we just signed up Ethan Roeder, Obama's chief data manager for the presidential race and who's now gone back over to the New Organizing Institute, as a speaker.

Whilst the Acting General - Secretary of NPP, Mr. John Boadu, assured the Police of the full co-operation of his party in the atmosphere of fairness and impartiality, Nii Allotey Brew Hammond, the Chairman of the PPP, called on the agencies involved in the electoral process to commit to their responsibilities, as the process is an integrated affair.

Their agenda includes electoral reforms like early voting, a strengthening of the state abortion laws, creation of a single - payer health care system, criminal justice changes like an end to cash bail, passage of the Child Victims Act, enactment of pro-immigration measures like creation of a state DREAM Act and the issuance of drivers» licenses to undocumented immigrants.

Any electoral official of a local authority (as defined in section 5 of the Local Electoral Act 2001) may, on payment of the prescribed fee, and in accordance with regulations made under this Act, obtain from the Electoral Commission a computer - compiled list or electronic storage medium containing specified information, for the purpose of conducting an election for any body, where the Electoral Commission is satisfied that --

Copies of each index compiled under subsection (1)(b) in respect of an electoral district shall be sold at every office of the department within the meaning of section 2 of the Survey Act 1986 and at such other convenient places as the Electoral Commission from time to time directs.

If an electoral official of a local authority (as defined in section 5 of the Local Electoral Act 2001) wishes to obtain, for the purposes of compiling a roll of electors for the local authority and for no other purpose, any specified information, the Electoral Commission may, in accordance with regulations made under this Act, give that electoral official, on payment of the prescribed fee, a computer - compiled list or electronic storage medium containing that information.

«The Legislature should appoint a placeholder to serve as the acting Attorney General — someone who will not stand for election — allowing the voters to select from a competitive field of candidates as part of the normal electoral process in the Fall.

Following the report of the Electoral Commission under section 77 (6), the Government Statistician shall prepare a report on the General electoral population and the Maori electoral population in accordance with the provisions of this Act, based on the results of the periodical census conducted in the year 1991, and the report of the Electoral Commission made pursuant to section 77 (6), and shall report the results of the census and his or her calculation of the electoral populations to the Surveyor - General and to the other members of the Commission.

As more Latinos move to Texas, Arizona, Florida, Nevada and similar states, the entire electoral math may shift, particularly if Republicans keep doing things like killing the DREAM Act — seats that are comfortably Republican after this year's round of redistricting may be much more competitive a few years down the road.

Geography will have a very significant impact here, while first past the post electoral systems, such as the one used in the United Kingdom, will always act to the advantage of the largest parties and will significantly disadvantage the smaller parties, unless their votes are strongly clustered in a specific geographical region — e.g. Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

However, the tacit co-operation between Tony Blair and Paddy Ashdown's Liberal Democrats in 1997 was the basis of great electoral success and forged a parliamentary combination supporting major constitutional changes including devolution and the introduction of the Human Rights Act.

«The amendment to Section 138 of the Principal Act to delete two crucial grounds upon which an election may be challenged by candidates, unduly limits rights of candidates in elections to a free and fair electoral review process.

In October 2007, Issa announced that he was supporting the Presidential Electoral Reform Act, a ballot measure that would have changed how California selects its representatives to the presidential electoral college.

Our FPTP electoral system acts as a barrier to such a break out on the left but it hasn't prevented one on the right as we see with UKIP.