Sentences with phrase «electoral officer ezra»

Bumper stickers, sandwich boards, pamphlets and handmade window signs expressing views on potential political issues in British Columbia do not require their creators or holders to register with British Columbia's chief electoral officer under that province's Election Act, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled today; however, «sponsors» of election advertising are required to register, no matter how little they may have spent on the advertising.

As «sponsors,» these individuals might wish to remain anonymous, but would still be required to disclose their name and contact information to the chief electoral officer.

The voter can then send the ballot and the certificate to the Chief electoral Officer by any means before the close of the polls.

Chief electoral officer Ezra Chiloba told reporters the systems were not compromised at any point.

According to him, any electoral officer extorting money from people in the name of registration will be made to face the wrath of law because they are acting outside the law.

Another Assembly member, John Kubi, told Valentina Ofori - Afriyie on Class FM's 505 programme that: «They (thugs) entered just after the last person voted and the electoral officer was about to open the ballot box.

«While the governor of Kogi State currently enjoys immunity from prosecution, the commission approved the summary dismissal of two employees for acts of misconduct and the immediate and compulsory retirement of an electoral officer for acts of gross misconduct.»

At Adanyi and Bur polling units, there was neither a voter not an electoral officer, as at 1.40 pm when NAN visited.

Security agents immediately gave protection to the electoral officer as he compiled the overall result.

«After the voting, both candidates had 19 votes, making it a split, so the electoral officer decided that the house should take a breather for an hour and return to vote for the second time, but this declaration of the votes by the electoral officer did not go down well with the youth who had gathered at the back of the church building.»

The AEC needs to supply enough people at small booths to conduct a booth including toilet, meals, supervision, chief electoral officer in booth.

June 22th was fixed as last day for publication of forms CF001 and nominated candidates while June 30th has been fixed as day for submission of names and addresses of party agents to electoral officer.

INEC also released the guidelines for the conduct of primaries by political parties, submission of names and addresses of party agents to electoral officer, last day for submission of forms CF001, CF002 and nomination forms at INEC Headquarters; last day for publication of forms CF001 and nominated candidates.

Alberta's chief electoral officer is currently investigating.

On June 30, the last day the old provincial sales tax remained in effect, a coalition fronted by former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm presented a petition of 557,383 valid signatures to the province's chief electoral officer, which forces a bill abolishing the HST to be either voted on in the legislature or put to a referendum.

It would be helpful for the petitioners, if they exist, to show what action was taken and should have been taken against district electoral officers performing key functions and showing party biases as they allege.

Response 11: The petitioners would have to show the basis for the perception that the district electoral officers transferred were pro-NPP.

In 2015, attempts by the Chairperson to stop district electoral officers from inserting ghost names on the list of officials recruited for the 2015 district level elections, to enable them appropriate the allowances for the officials resulted in the Chairperson being reported to the BNI for investigation.

She said electoral officers would distribute the materials to the Presiding Officers in the various councils who would deploy them to the various polling units.

She added that the commission had started distribution of non-sensitive electoral materials to electoral officers across the 20 local governments and 37 development areas.

• Some members of the NPP will again disguise themselves to attack and beat NPP polling agents with the connivance of some electoral officers.

«In the same vein, Ms. Mary Tunkuyo, Mr Agona Isaac, Mr Ademola Toba, NYSC members that served as electoral officers were physically assaulted and sustained serious injuries, yet they stood their grounds and discharged their responsibilities.

Polling agents as well as electoral officers, she added, will be made to swear an oath before a magistrate prior to the elections.

«Yes, I have been getting calls all along on this rumour but I am not bothered because anyone should know that the security of the electoral officers was my responsibility.

Adding that irregularities were also witnessed in Northern Taraba, particularly in Lau and Yoro, where Manzo comes from, Abubakar insisted that thousands of troops deployed to some areas as well as electoral officers were heavily compromised.

Our correspondents who went round some polling units in Adikpo, Kwande and other local governments, found voters loitering around the polling units while waiting for electoral officers and materials as at 1.50 pm.

In some stations, you find that the electoral officers are very confident and they know what they are doing, but in other stations, they were a bit on unsure what to do.

The Rivers state government has described as false, the claims by the Police that it has recovered the sum of 111 million Naira from electoral officers allegedly bribed by the government to manipulate the Rivers rerun election.

According to Okoro, there are some cases of misconduct on the part of some electoral officers, who were compromised in the line of duty

You man polling booths with police, thugs and you pay electoral officers.

She said the reorganisation affected the administrative secretary, all heads of department, deputy directors, and assistant directors as well as all the 23 electoral officers in charge of the commission's local government offices.

But we must be sincere; the e-voting is an improvement but the conduct of the electoral officers and SIECOM as an organisation is the main problem.

55.0.1 Before the first advance poll in every election, every returning officer shall ensure that all electoral officers in the electoral district receive training in understanding the needs of electors with disabilities.

Not exact matches

This temporary staff provides support for returning officers, electoral logistics, communication with electors, and studies relating to the operation of an electoral event.

Alberta's Chief Electoral Officer Glen Resler spoke to the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices on September 24, 2015 about legislated timelines that require an Electoral Boundaries Commission be appointed to redraw the provincial electoral districts.

Ayorinde explained that as the election that would bring on board a new set of public officers for the next four years at the local government level, the restriction of movement will allow the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) and the security agencies to distribute electoral materials in good time and ensure a seamless electoral process.

Over 200 local authorities, each with their own electoral registration officer, were required to publish their updated register on December 1st.

Any kind of by - election - be that a parliamentary one, a police and crime commissioner by - election or a local government by - election - means the electoral returning officers don't have to bother publishing any statistics at all until February 1st.

The Cabinet Office gave no details of whether electoral registration officers would still be able to impose fines on individuals who refuse to co-operate.

Naturally, we will ensure that robust arrangements are put in place to ensure that personal data are securely held and processed by electoral registration officers.

According to the Collation Officer, Mr. Perekeme Bertola, a lecturer at the Niger Delta University, NDU, results from six polling units at Asamabiri were cancelled due to alleged malfunctioning card reader and electoral violence.

He said the programme had come to stay and urged the Assembly members to inform farmers in their various electoral areas about the ongoing registration exercise by extension officers of the Department.

So if you live in any of those constituencies, please make your feelings known to your returning officer, electoral services department and councillors.

Police in Kenya have arrested a 17 - year - old girl in connection with the death of electoral commission officer Chris Msando, local media report.

The two, Kwame Adom Boakye and George Appiah Kubi, the Research and Elections Officer and Deputy Constituency Organizer of the NPP, are said to have been behind the disappearance in the Kokobra electoral area, where the party's polling station registration exercise was on - going on Tuesday.

In particular, we welcome proposals to strengthen the role of individual Returning Officers and to address the present shortfall in funding electoral administration, to simplify law and to establish a principle that all changes in electoral law must be finalised at least six months before any election.

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.

Jeremy Corbyn will pledge «to tackle crime for the many not the few» on a visit to Southampton, by promising at least the equivalent of one more officer per electoral ward in England and Wales.

The Acting General Secretary announced that the Party had trained more than 3000 polling station officers on the electoral processes, adding that by the end of January 2016, similar training would be organised for electoral area coordinators.

Though there had been insinuations since Monday of his plan to visit Osun to seek the help of Governor Aregbesola to plead with Buhari to stave off possible backlash of the Ekiti electoral fraud for which some army officers have been indicted.