Sentences with phrase «for early voters»

I'm enthusiastic at the prospect of seeing New York join the 37 states that already provide access for early voters, especially now that the proposed legislation offers a minimal cost adaptation for low population counties like ours.

Not exact matches

At a private event in New York earlier this year, Jess McIntosh, former vice president of communications for Emily's List, discussed the group's desire to reach new millennial voters and members who consume news and form their political views outside of traditional media.

The vote will come early because the state constitution says that if legislators want to override a veto, they have to do it immediately after they return to session, but it will also mark a quick opportunity for Democrats to highlight the Republican governor's opposition to a policy they're betting voters will favor.

The Strategic Counsel poll referenced earlier, for example, found that 15 percent of voters ranked the environment as the most important issue, up from three percent in the last election.

In early 2017, global investors were rightly concerned about the potential for a populist backlash by voters in France and how it might affect Europe and the rest of the international economy.

The federal budget on May 8 will no doubt have further goodies for voters in the run - up to the net election, which will be either this year or relatively early next year.

In an earlier post I wrote that establishment Republicans need to avoid showing contempt for the Republican primary voters whose support they need.

The first is Bill Freehan, an eleven - time All - Star catcher for the Detroit Tigers who deserves a good look by the committee responsible for correcting the mistakes made by earlier Hall of Fame voters.

According to a Pew Research Study from earlier this month, only 16 percent of evangelical voters said they would vote for her.

Newsome had been arrested two years earlier for protesting North Carolina's voter ID law.

Voters for the USA Today Top 25 simply can't watch every game and they tend to be far less accurate in assessing talent than oddsmakers, which can create excellent early - season fade opportunities.

The Glencoe Park District Board asked voters Tuesday to give it authority to borrow up to $ 14 million to renovate the village's Community Center, which would include constructing a 14,000 - square - foot gymnasium and space for early - childhood programs.

Marist decided to play it safe by also polling registered voters (that's how Siena went, saying it's too early for the «likely» route), and those numbers are: 55-29-10, 6.

Fight Back PAC, the political action committee formed with the sole purpose of ousting senators who voted «no» on gay marriage last December and replacing them with «yes» voters, sent out an early - morning e-mail with the subject line: «8 Months + $ 800,000 = 3 New Votes for Marriage Equality!»

Condi was supported by others earlier as being a shock and awe VP choice.It won't happen.She has expressed no interest in being a public candidate, and likely would be very bad at it.In many ways, she is a delicate flower; and would not easily survive in the political garden of vipers.And what would she add to the GOP ticket?A slight tick up for black voters?

A longtime push for early voting in New York took a step forward this month, with Republican Sen. Betty Little backing a bill that would allow voters to cast ballots up to two weeks before Election Day.

@user4012 about 2), the final election day is just the end of a lengthy electoral process; if voters are better educated and use that education all through the process a demagogue should be stopped earlier in the process (so, for a party supporter it would not be end as [My demagogue] vs [candidate from other party], because [My demagogue] would have been voted out in the primaries; in these primaries such a voter would have the option to vote for other candidates more ideologically acceptable).

«The League of Women Voters, Common Cause, NYPIRG and a host of other concerned organizations have repeatedly called upon the Senate Republicans to join us in our call for a unified, early primary election date.

In earlier generations voters were spoiled for choice.

The bills include measures aimed at early voting in New York, making it easier to vote through an absentee ballot with «no excuse» voting, pre-registration for 16 - and 17 - year - old future voters, and making it easier to change a party ahead of a primary.

The party raised concerns over the inclusion of Dr Nii Narku Quaynor, a renowned computer scientist, Chairman of the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) Board of Directors, who's a known member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and His Lordship Justice VCRAC Crabbe, a former Justice of the Supreme Court who had earlier publicly stated that there was no need for a new voters register to be compiled.

For all of those voters who already cast ballots through absentee or early voting, the new candidate will get all their votes.

When BritainThinks asked swing voters in Watford their expectations for 2018 in focus groups earlier this year, they painted an almost universally gloomy picture of uncertainty, anxiety and division — in fact, it feels like the only thing we have to be proud of as a nation is the Royal Family.

This isn't the first time Turner has suggested he's more electable than his challengers — attorney Wendy Long, who has never before held elected office; and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, who has been stumping around the state for almost a year, but has failed to generate much excitement, either among the GOP rank - and - file (although they did put him on the ballot at the convention in Rochester earlier this month) or voters.

Democratic lawmakers, along with the League of Women Voters, rallied outside the Senate chambers Tuesday for bills that would allow same - day voting and early voting by mail in New York state.

We applaud Senator Kavanagh for making early voting a priority issue and for urging the Governor to fund this reform in the state budget,» said Jennifer Wilson, Legislative Director for the League of Women Voters of NYS.

The members of Brooklyn Voters Alliance urge Governor Cuomo and the legislature to allocate adequate funding for Early Voting as well as for Automatic Voter Registration,» said Jacques David of the Brooklyn Voters Alliance.

One morning early in July, after it became clear that Owen Smith hoped to challenge Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership but before most Labour voters had any real idea who he was, Smith set out his position in a brief series of tweets.

That doesn't bode well for the crowded field of candidates who have been attempting to woo voters in the country's two earliest voting states for months now.

(Albany, NY)-- One day after being appointed Ranking Democratic Member of the New York State Senate Elections Committee, Senator Brian Kavanagh today joined with fellow legislators and advocates — including the Brennan Center for Justice, Citizen Action of New York, Citizens Union, Common Cause / NY, the League of Women Voters of New York State, the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), Planned Parenthood, and Transportation Workers United Local 100 and colleagues in the Senate to urge Governor Andrew Cuomo to fully fund early voting in the Fiscal 2018 - 2019 Executive Budget.

The Times called for the Senate to return to Albany and pass Kavanagh's early voting and voter - friendly ballot design bills, as well as bills allowing for «no - excuse» absentee voting and online voter registration, sponsored respectively by Assemblymembers Jim Brennan and Michael Cusick.

Christmas came early for Suffolk County voters in the form of a New York State Supreme Court decision on preserving farmland.

David Cameron again found himself in the crosshairs for undermining voter confidence in official data by using misleading NHS spending figures and appearing to abuse his privileged early access to GDP data.

During an wide - ranging interview with NY1's Michael Scotto earlier today, Rep. Charlie Rangel admitted the fact that AG Andrew Cuomo appears poised to sail into the governor's office with minimal opposition is probably bad for the voters... but, as a self - professed «staunch partisan Democrat,» it makes him awfully happy.

While voters may punish Mrs May for calling an early election for partisan interest, that punishment is unlikely to overwhelm their underlying approval of her leadership and of her government's performance.

The 2010 coalition agreement promised to: «Bring forward early legislation to introduce a power of recall, allowing voters to force a by - election where an MP is found to have engaged in serious wrongdoing and having had a petition calling for a by - election signed by 10 % of his or her constituents.»

Thinking out loud... maybe they purchased the American Solutions email list, or build a custom voter CRM for the early states.

Her early endorsers for her 2018 reelection include the Hawaii State AFL - CIO, EMILY's List, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Americans for Democratic Action, the League of Conservation Voters, Natural Resources Defense Council, and End Citizens United.

The Let NY Vote Coalition, which has advocated for early voting and other voter reforms, praised the governor for funding early voting in his spending plan.

Democrats have been casting a wide net looking for early votes, from party activists to college students to voters who usually favor the party but do not always turn out.

While DeFrancisco and Seward are opposed to early voting, they did propose opening up absentee voting for more voters who would like to cast their votes before Election Day.

I applaud the Vote Better NY coalition's efforts to modernize the system and its support for early voting, expanded voter registration and calls for a clear and concise ballot design.»

Keeping with the Labor Day messaging, Mr. Bermudez passed along a SEIU 1199 mailer supporting Ms. Rivera earlier today with an attached statement declaring, «The clear violation of trust in misappropriating our tax dollars that has lead to FBI and Attorney General investigations should give 1199 the message that a pro-labor voting record should not be the only consideration for Democratic voters.»

Cuomo's proposal will allocate $ 7 million to the Fiscal Year 2019 Executive Budget, an incentive for counties in New York to offer early voting 12 days before Election Day, giving voters eight hours on weekdays and five hours on weekends to cast their ballots.

West Long Branch, NJ — Democrat Bob Menendez holds a sizable advantage over Republican Bob Hugin in the 2018 race for U.S. Senate according to an early Monmouth University Poll of all New Jersey registered voters.

There is strong support for early voting among voters, according to a new Siena College poll.

My bill would allow same day registration; allow early voting, allow voter registration via the internet; allow 16 - year olds to register and vote in certain elections; and codify Section 5 Pre-Clearance procedures for New York State.»

Our state's lack of early voting, makes it challenging for voters like me, juggling college and work schedules, to cast a ballot.

The early focus on strong Latino hiring and outreach operations has been repeatedly called for by Democrats who note that Clinton was popular among Latino voters in the 2008 primary against Obama, but must show she is serious about addressing their concerns during this campaign.

Kavanagh is hopeful that with the renewed focus on New York City's dysfunctional Board of Elections and Governor Andrew Cuomo's inclusion of proposals for early voting and automatic voter registration in his State of the State address, progress on the long list of voting reform bills in Albany may happen this year.