Sentences with phrase «for election fraud»

Glossy two - sided campaign mailers hitting the mailboxes of Democratic primary voters in the 86th Assembly District reminding them that Mr. Ramirez is presently under indictment for election fraud.

Assemblyman Pichardo hailed the actions of D.A. Johnson and called the indictments of Hector Ramirez and his campaign manager for election fraud another shameful chapter in Bronx politics.

ALBANY — Pointing to a pair of old convictions for election fraud, State Senate Republicans are opening a new line of attack on Democrats as they attempt to regain the chamber majority in November: They're fraudsters.

Thanet District Council is not under investigation for election fraud.

It seems that Nigeria uses an open ballot system in order to minimize potential for election fraud.

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With President Trump's claim of voter fraud on a massive scale in the 2016 presidential election, it may be time for the country to...

KUALA LUMPUR - Electoral watchdog groups in Malaysia said on Thursday the voter list for next week's general election had major flaws, including the existence of a 121 - year - old voter, raising the spectre of possible fraud.

For Panepinto, the ill will is connected to a negative ad highlighting his misdemeanor election fraud conviction 13 years ago.

While calling for the Senator to «come clean,» Erie County Republican Committee Chairman Nick Langworthy reminded the public of Panepinto's 2001 misdemeanor election fraud conviction for collecting false signatures on nominating petitions.

The former Staten Island district attorney replaced fellow GOP Congressman Michael Grimm, who went to prison for tax fraud, in a special election in 2015.

Yesterday, a grand jury indicted State Senator Robert Ortt (R - Niagara) along with his predecessor, George Maziarz, for election law fraud.

Yesterday, we wrote about Shafran's role in excuse - making for the corrupt and dysfunctional legislature up in Albany, but what wasn't discussed is that Shafran also worked as the goto political spinmaster for Senator Malcolm Smith — the same Senator that was arrested in a statewide FBI corruption probe that alleges he attempted to rig the Mayoral election through fraud and bribes early this morning.

As for regulating the «manner» of elections, the Supreme Court has interpreted this to mean «matters like notices, registration, supervision of voting, protection of voters, prevention of fraud and corrupt practices, counting of votes, duties of inspectors and canvassers, and making and publication of election returns.»

In response to the alliance, reported by the Hebrew media Sunday, a senior Likud source involved in the coalition negotiations accused the national - religious Jewish Home party of «voter fraud,» for forming an agreement with Yesh Atid instead of allying with Likud - Beytenu, as it had promised it would in its elections campaign.

The signs for these elections are dooming with political violence, corruption and fraud visible in several instances.

«Astorino is being sued for federal racketeering for conspiring with a family and accomplices to rig his election through election fraud.»

In my state asking for absentee ballots when you don't meet the requirements to submit an absentee ballot is election fraud.

No 57300 DSP Mohammed Isa Hamman absconded from duty and deserted the Force on the 24th September, 2010 but contested the Bauchi central senatorial election in 2011 general elections under Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), and got suspected forged retirement letter dated 5th March, 2014, this means that for four years, he is still a Police Officer which made it a criminal act for him to contest election as a Police Officer in service and this is another fraud the Police is investigating against him.

«Ultimately, their smear campaign allowed them to defeat the last Republican who voted for marriage equality and gun safety, replacing him with Senator - elect Panepinto, who was convicted of election fraud a few years ago,» the memo says, referring to a 13 - year - old case.

This is a clear element and criminal liability of fraud and impersonation because under the law, you can not be a Police Officer and still stand for election.

«This practice of «declining» the ballot line and hand picking your replacement after it is already too late for anyone else to enter the race is nothing short of election fraud,» Avella said.

We all know that every year the European Court of Auditors fails to sign off (or as they say «give a positive statement of assurance on») the accounts of the European Commission and one question every candidate for the European elections next year will be asked is «what are you going to do to stop all the fraud, waste and maladministration, so that the accounts get signed off?»

The Governor drew the attention of the course participants to the indictment of ACP Fakorede as contained on page 66 of INEC Report into Rivers Rerun Elections, wherein he was indicted for electoral fraud, violence and ballot box snatching and abduction of INEC officials.

The force said the restriction was in furtherance of strategies designed to prevent electoral fraud and violence and ensure a hitch - free governorship election in Bayelsa State, and supplementary election in Kogi State scheduled for Saturday, December 5, 2015.

Grimm, who was hit with a 20 - count federal indictment on fraud and other charges in April stemming from alleged wrongdoing in his ownership of a Manhattan health restaurant prior to his election to congress, told the audience that it was fair for voters to look at that indictment when deciding whether or not to vote for him.

Stockman is accused of using charitable donations for personal and campaign expenses and is charged with wire fraud, violating election law and filing a false tax return.

CM Chin along with her Chief of Staff, Yume Kitasei would have been implicated in election fraud had Li pursued her bid for District Leader.

STATEN ISLAND — Despite facing a 20 - count federal indictment for fraud, Congressman Michael Grimm went into election day with a hefty lead.

The extraordinary comments came in an interview for with the New Statesman, in which the Conservative chairman, the first Muslim woman to sit in Cabinet, also claimed the Tories had lost several seats at the election due to fraud.

«We are appealing to the National Executive Committee of our great Party to have the elections held at Ningo Prampram Constituency investigated thoroughly, and if the allegations against Samuel Nartey George are proven, annul the results of the elections and punish him severely for perpetuating such electoral fraud in his bid to short change the will of the people of Ningo Prampram Constituency and bring the NDC Party into disrepute.»

His research interests include cross-national participation; developing tools for working with big data in social science; internet activism and participation; social network analysis; and election fraud.

The US election system doesn't account for a change in power because election fraud was discovered.

Now that the primary is officialy in the books, general election contests are heating up all over the state — including on Long Island, where Republican Michael Venditto is poised to release a hard - hitting ad that slams his Democratic opponent and fellow Nassau County legislator, Dave Denenberg, for his 2005 conviction on petition fraud charges and says he'll «fit right in» with the string of Albany lawmakers busted on corruption charges.

That this House notes the improved security of ballots in Northern Ireland following implementation of the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 which has also resulted in increased levels of voter registration; further notes the successful prosecutions for electoral fraud in Slough, Peterborough and Birmingham; further notes the 2007 Council of Europe investigation into electoral fraud in the UK and the recent report entitled Purity of Elections in the UK: Causes for Concern, published by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd which highlights how vulnerable the electoral system is to electoral fraud; and calls on the Government to improve electoral security across the rest of the UK.

Orji stressed that the commission had made all arrangements for the smooth conduct of the election and urged the electorate to shun violence or any form of fraud during and after the exercise.

This observation and assertion is grounded on the clear understanding and full knowledge of the Traditional NDC Members and even the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NDC, that the Parliamentary Primaries which was held on the 22nd November, 2015 to elect a candidate was fraught and marred with violence, intimidations, fraud and false accusations spearheaded by Sam George, one of the candidates, for which reason the result of that elections could not be said or taken to represent the Will and aspirations of the majority of the NDC membership in the constituency and the country at large.

Local entrepreneur and community activist, Julio Pabón, who lost to Arroyo in the 2016 Democratic primary after nearly having the incumbent Councilwoman bounced from the ballot for petition fraud, says he is gearing up for the early election.

Ms. Cancel's ties to the vanquished Assembly head — who will be sentenced for fraud, extortion and soliciting bribes just six days before the election — are indisputable.

Calls for protest have been mounting since the parliamentary elections last Sunday, which domestic and international observers said were tainted by ballot - stuffing and fraud on behalf of Mr. Putin's party, United Russia.

The trustees also authorized the district's lawyers to take legal action against any parties involved in any election fraud and agreed to ask the education commissioner to order a new vote for the two board seats.

Mr Fani - Kayode, who was also the Director of Media and Publicity of the campaign team for former President Goodluck Jonathan during the 2015 election, is being prosecuted by the Federal Government over allegation of 26 million Naira fraud allegedly perpetuated during the campaign.

However, the timing of the summit may be complicated by the fact that the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission declared yesterday that it had «convincing evidence of fraud» in Afghanistan's elections and called for a recount in many areas.

Produced and promoted by a strange collection of right - wing Christian evangelicals, counter-jihadists and (apparently) an Egyptian Copt with convictions for fraud, the film seemed to be created with the intention of both destabilising post-Mubarak Egypt and roiling the US presidential election.

-LSB-...] Current and former Republican State Senators indicted for election law fraud.

A Manhattan judge today threw out a fraud case brought against Harlem State Senator Bill Perkins, allowing him to remain on the ballot for in the February 14 special election for the vacant City Council seat that formerly belonged to Assemblywoman Inez Dickens.

Accused of voting in the wrong district in three elections in the last two years, Thompson is facing five felony charges for voter fraud.

Mr. Addison and Nii Adjei Tawiah however called for a re-run of the elections, citing several instances of fraud in the process.

A Bronx lawmaker demanded the resignation of a city Board of Elections official for linking minorities to voter fraud.

In a statement, Republican conference leader Dean Skelos blasted the Democrats for backing a candidate who had been previously convited of election fraud.

Omisore had over the weekend accused Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of electoral fraud, claiming that he won the 2014 gubernatorial election, but for manipulation of the process in favour of the incumbent governor.