Sentences with phrase «electoral integrity in»

Stuart Wilks - Heeg receives funding from The Electoral Commission for research on electoral integrity in the UK.

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The September 2012 Deepening Democracy report emphasizes the crucial role that electoral integrity plays in strengthening democracy.

If a process is meant to improve the integrity of the electoral process, judgments that shoot it down can not advance the cause of our development; it means we have chosen a path of regression to the era where elections are decided by unsavory self - help in bloating the voter register with strange names on the part of politicians.

A democratic process in which political positions are seen purely as a matter of public service with a responsibility to try and meet the aspirations of the ordinary citizens is likely to engender electoral integrity and healthy participatory government.

While the Global Commission report on Deepening Democracy provides insightful recommendations on strategies for improving electoral integrity, we must remember that elections are just one step in the democratic process.

Consequently, for the first time in our electoral history, political party representatives could monitor the process of printing of carbonized forms that led to higher levels of transparency and the integrity of our electoral process.

Mission Statement: The mission statement for the Oneida County Board of Election's office is to establish and increase public confidence in the electoral process by conducting voter registration and elections with the highest level of professional election standards, integrity, security, accuracy, and fairness.

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.

«To expand accountability and disclosure in campaign fund raising, the Assembly has passed this legislation to close the LLC loophole for several years because we believe it's critical to ensuring the integrity of our electoral and political process.»

This by extension and in the opinion of CADA means that no private or state institution can directly or indirectly get involved in matters of elections without the express permission of EC and once the permission is given, EC must have oversight responsibility to ensure that activities, actions and inactions of any private, public institution or individual involved in elections do not impinge on the integrity of the electoral process.

The Committee also wants the party to take steps to restore the integrity of the biometric register of the party and the expanded electoral college» which currently gives the ordinary members of the party to vote in the party's primaries.

According to him, the largest share of responsibility for nurturing, sustaining and continuously deepening Nigeria's electoral process rests on the Commission, as a result of which it must take the lead in demonstrating to the general public and all staff, that the integrity of the electoral processes is the defining moment for credible electoral outcomes.

He said: «In the two years since our inauguration on 9th November 2015, the Commission has made tremendous progress in deepening, sustaining, and defending the integrity of the electoral procesIn the two years since our inauguration on 9th November 2015, the Commission has made tremendous progress in deepening, sustaining, and defending the integrity of the electoral procesin deepening, sustaining, and defending the integrity of the electoral process.

With over 3.63 million new voters registered since 27th April this year and over 175 elections conducted since November 2015, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has made tremendous progress in deepening, sustaining and defending the integrity of the electoral process, the Commission's Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has said.

Beginning from the Kogi governorship election of 21st November 2015, through to the latest Anambra governorship election held on 18th November 2017, the Commission has demonstrated the capacity to fine - tune its operations, sustain stakeholder engagements and rapidly respond to field challenges in our continuing effort to maintain the integrity of the electoral process.»

La Follette, 450 U. S. 107, 124 (1981)(«A political party's choice among the various ways of determining the makeup of a State's delegation to the party's national convention is protected by the Constitution»); Cousins v. Wigoda, 419 U. S. 477, 491 (1975)(«Illinois» interest in protecting the integrity of its electoral process can not be deemed compelling in the context of the selection of delegates to the National Party Convention» (emphasis added)-RRB-.3 A political

Meanwhile, Governor Al - makura has promised to put new and extra measures in place to ensure a restoration of the integrity of the electoral process aimed at producing a credible Candidate with the highest number of votes.

In his announcement, the governor called the decision of the Supreme Court's worst and said, «This decision ignited the equivalent of a campaign nuclear arms race and created a shadow industry in New York — maligning the integrity of the electoral process and drowning out the voice of the peoplIn his announcement, the governor called the decision of the Supreme Court's worst and said, «This decision ignited the equivalent of a campaign nuclear arms race and created a shadow industry in New York — maligning the integrity of the electoral process and drowning out the voice of the peoplin New York — maligning the integrity of the electoral process and drowning out the voice of the people.

In that regard we stand prepared to contribute our quota towards ensuring greater integrity in our electoral processeIn that regard we stand prepared to contribute our quota towards ensuring greater integrity in our electoral processein our electoral processes.

The ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) is taking steps to encourage reduction of the cost of elections, and professional reporting of electoral processes through regional media training to improve the coverage of elections with integrity in the region.

Besides, it seeks to, among others, promote the concept of independent and impartial election organizations and administrators, strengthen public confidence in the electoral process through free, credible electoral procedures and develop professional election officials with integrity, a strong sense of public service and commitment to democracy.

The overall objective of the conference is to build and enhance the capacity of participants in the choice and usage of ICT in elections for strengthening the credibility, integrity and transparency of electoral processes in ECOWAS and SADC countries.

«Politically, Nigeria can not be said to be where it was in 2004 as the Jonathan Administration has embarked on extensive electoral reforms to institute a regime of electoral integrity that all Nigerians can be proud of, believing that governance will be greatly enhanced in the country if the will of the people prevails at elections.

What any Government should be doing is to reinstate the integrity of the existing electoral process, starting with eliminating ghost entries on the electoral register and working through to the security of any postal voting regime that is in place.

Nor is there any exploration of the nature of this ban; is it punitive as it would appear the French believe it to be or is it in a slightly different vein, a means to protect the integrity of the electoral process by excluding certain inappropriate and untrustworthy individuals as suggested by the German submissions?

It is not through the invocation of a substantive electoral right contained in the Treaties that Member States are restricting that the issue falls within Union law — rather it is an implicit obligation contained in Article 14 (3) TEU as reflected in the 1976 Act that elections be universal and direct; it is a general obligation placed on Member States to ensure the democratic integrity of EP elections that catches electoral law and subjects it to review under the Charter.

I am deeply disturbed that a breach of this extent, the largest in Ontario history, involving millions of individuals, could happen at Elections Ontario — the agency charged with protecting the integrity of our electoral process...

The government's stated concern was the potential for fraud or error that could result in voting by individuals not entitled to do so; the general purpose was to improve the integrity of the electoral process.

The company also plans to expand its team working on election integrity and build better connections with electoral officials in many nations.

Based on our collection of resume samples for City Clerk, the most sought - after skills in the field are administrative skills, knowledge of electoral aspects, recordkeeping, integrity, and effective communication.