Sentences with phrase «federal election date»

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The payment to Futerfas, dated June 27, was disclosed in a filing with the Federal Election Commission on Saturday.

«It's part of the change that's been brought by the fixed - date election,» he said, in reference to the federal vote scheduled for Oct. 19, 2015.

But 2019 is the next federal election year, so we'll be watching to see whether funding agreements are signed well ahead of that date, locking in agreements that should be hard for any future government to undo.

As the federal Conservative Party led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper taught Canadians earlier this year, fixed election date laws are merely a suggestion.

It could mean that state elections happen on the required date, but federal elections happen on a new day.

For example, Kansas has KSA 25 - 101 (a), which requires an election every - other year on the same date as the federal election.

Election Dates for 2018: Federal Primary - June 26, 2018 (TBD) STATE AND LOCAL PRIMARY - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 (TBD) General Election - November 6, 2018 (Polls Open 6 am to 9 pm)

A federal judge ruled last year that New York's traditional date for the primary, the second Tuesday of September, occurs too late for military absentee ballots to be processed before the general election.

Lawmakers remain at odds over unifying the state's primary dates for federal elections — held in June by court order — and state and local party primaries, held in September.

Labor endorsements are more impactful than usual this election cycle as the federal courts have placed the primary date for congressional elections on a different day than the rest of the state's elections and Albany refused to move the other date to match the federal one.

Lawmakers in the Senate and Assembly could not agree on a unified primary date for state and federal elections — a costly consequence for local governments.

Farrell wrote in the letter to the FEC, dated Wednesday, that it «appears that the following potential violations of federal election laws may have occurred: Mr. Greenberg is not paying fair market value for his campaign office's rent and has failed to report this as an in - kind contribution, nor has he reported payment for his office rent as an obligation of the [campaign] committee.»

Steiner said Cuomo was obliged to set a special election date for a congressional seat under federal law, but state law allows the governor to set one for a state legislative vacancy at his discretion, so a court challenge might not be successful.

In 2015, a federal judge ruled that the governor had to set a special election date after Rep. Michael Grimm resigned.

«The NYS Election Commissioner's Association continues to impress the importance of moving the Federal primary date far enough in advance of the November General Election to ensure that no challenges and court actions threaten the timely mailing of overseas ballots,» the commisioners write in the letter dated Monday.

The State further agrees that it needs to act expeditiously to change its September primary date for federal elections to insure compliance with UOCAVA in 2012.»

«We realize that the State Primary date may not accompany this change and our encouraging our legislative leaders to alter the Election Calendar to include both the Federal and State Primaries.

The leaders of the bipartisan Election Commissioners» Association sent a letter this week to Judge Gary Sharpe that urges legislative leaders to take action on setting state and federal primary dates in order to comply with the federal MOVE Act.

U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe has set June 26 to become the new primary date for federal elections in New York in a long - awaited ruling handed down this afternoon.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today that he will announce a date for a special election to fill the vacant seat of former Congressman Michael Grimm «shortly» — hours after a federal judge ordered him to do so by February 20, or expect to explain himself in court.

STATEN ISLAND — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has four days to set a date for a special election to fill the seat vacated by former Rep. Michael Grimm.

The letter comes as the Department of Justice is attempting to force New York to hold a primary date 44 days before the general election in order to comply with the federal MOVE Act.

Since the State Primary, Sept 13, is not 45 days before Federal General Election a new date was required.

In the letter dated Dec. 6, Sampson writes that a June date is the best one possible in order to ensure compliance with federal law and the certification of elections on the state and local level.

Stung by the ruling, Martins — in a rare maneuver that stunned many election lawyers — sought unsuccessfully to have a federal judge reschedule the congressional balloting from Nov. 8, the date of the general elections, to Dec. 6.

The state was forced to change the date from September to be in compliance with a federal rule that requires adequate time between primary day and election day to distribute election ballots to service men and women overseas.

Republican State Sen. Tom O'Mara, who sponsored the bill, said the later date will also give New York more time to comply with the MOVE Act, a federal law that requires states to send absentee ballots to military voters overseas no less than 45 days before an election.

In a memorandum sent to the state Board of Elections today, federal officials write that the state has failed to prove that moving the primary date to as late as August does not present «an undue hardship» in light of next year's round of redistricting.

In a break with their colleagues at the bipartisan Election Commissioners Association, three Republican boards of elections chiefs are calling for a federal judge to set an August primary date.

Judge Gary Sharpe indicated yesterday that he would consider setting August as the state's federal primary date for House and Senate elections in order for New York to comply with the federal MOVE Act.

Mr. Larimer permitted Mr. Paterson to postpone the special election until the date of the next November general election because the governor argued the state needed time to bring voting machines in the area up to federal standards.

«Notwithstanding any current state law or administrative procedure to the contrary, New York shall conduct its 2012 non-presidential federal primary election on a date no later than 35 days prior to the 45 - day advance deadline set by the MOVE Act for transmitting ballots to the State's military and overseas voters, i.e., at least 80 days before the November 6, 2012 federal general election.

In subsequent even - numbered years, New York's non-presidential federal primary date shall be the fourth Tuesday of June, unless and until New York enacts legislation resetting the non-presidential federal primary election for a date that complies fully with all UOCAVA requirements, and is approved by this court.»

In federal territories, where there is no state assembly, and states whose state election is held on a different date, each voter receives only one ballot for the parliamentary seat.

In the Originating Summons marked FHC / ABJ / CS / 232/2018, the plaintiff 8 issues for determination by the court, including: Having regards to the combined provisions of sections 79,116,118,132,153,160 (1) and 178 of the 1999 constitution as amended, the constitution read together with paragraph 15 (a) of the third schedule to the same constitution, whether the 3rd defendant (Independent National Electoral Commission) is not the only institution or body constitutionally vested with the powers and vires to organized, undertake and supervised elections to the offices of the president, the vice president of the federal republic of Nigeria, the Governor and deputy governor of a state, the membership of the Senate, the House of Representatives and the House of Assembly of each state of the federation, including fixing the sequence and dates of the elections to the said offices?

«For all these reasons, and to prevent future prime ministers from call unfair snap elections, Democracy Watch has applied to the Federal Court for a ruling that Prime Minister Harper's calling of the federal election in September 2008 was a violation of the fixed election date law and Canadians» rights under the Charter,» said CoFederal Court for a ruling that Prime Minister Harper's calling of the federal election in September 2008 was a violation of the fixed election date law and Canadians» rights under the Charter,» said Cofederal election in September 2008 was a violation of the fixed election date law and Canadians» rights under the Charter,» said Conacher.

We expect that the July 1st date for federal recreational legalization will impact the parties» platforms in their campaigns for that election.

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