Sentences with phrase «for eligible voters»

«As far as I'm concerned, any law or regulation or rule that makes it easier for eligible voters to register and vote is a good law or regulation or rule,» said Schneiderman, who called laws that hinder that «un-American.»

We were also not given any contact information, including phone numbers and email addresses for eligible voters, even though you maintain this contact information.

Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said, «The easier we make it for eligible voters to participate the better it is for our democracy.

For, the thought of preventing eligible voters from exercising their democratic rights is criminal, and ought to be condemned with no uncertain terms, for every eligible voter must feel free to exercise his / her democratic right without any interference from any quarters.

Not exact matches

The Quinnipiac voters» poll finds that the majority of eligible voters are pro pot for medical purposes and in general.

The public seems to sense that, because in the 1974 elections only 38 per cent of eligible voters bothered to go to the polls and only 14 per cent were able to name the two candidates running for Congress in their district.

Too bad for those neanderthals, since only two - thirds of eligible voters were needed to allow women more than guest or visitor status.

Also, the ballot you are eligible for is determined by your voter registration and is not up to you or the polling station volunteers.

In 2014, 300 million eligible voters across the European Union (EU) will have the opportunity to cast their vote in the elections for the second - largest legislative body in the world: the European Parliament.

But instead the 5,716,026 eligible voters rejected the most talented and qualified candidate John Dramani Mahama, for the sweet talking Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, because he promised them heaven on earth.

The voter register is the most important tool for making election outcomes credible, it is like a credible and reliable scientific research which relies on the «sample frame»; it is the touchstone that gives assurance to the fact that the ballot, as expressed in an election, arose from the physical presence of eligible voters at the polling unit who delegated part of their sovereignty temporarily to elected officials.

Surely there must be some kind of formal definition of where the boundary lies, so that voters know who they are eligible to vote for and where to find their polling place.

If you pass a law restricting the ability of otherwise eligible voters to vote for no demonstrable benefit, that's a bad law.

I'm looking for a full sortable list of the results, for every constituency, ideally with as much information as possible: Turnout, # eligible voters, votes for each candidate (both # and %), winning majority (both # and %), etc..

In March 2017, the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte declared that the Turkish minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu was not welcome to campaign among eligible Turkish voters in The Netherlands for a yes vote in the Turkish constitutional referendum, 2017.

For the sake of our democracy, we have an obligation to ensure that all eligible voters can freely and fairly participate in elections.

The parties also have a long - term interest in engaging the voters who are entering the electorate: we may live in an ageing society, but many of the voters who are eligible for the first time in 2015 will be around to vote in the next twelve or fifteen general elections.

VAN's core tools for amassing voter data and facilitating better communication will be modified to confuse voters about where they vote and whether they are eligible.

Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, a Manhattan Democrat, and State Senator Michael Gianaris, a Queens Democrat, have sponsored the Voter Empowerment Act, which provides for automatic registration of eligible voters and online registration, and changes the deadlines for registration and party enrollment.

Only nine percent of eligible voters participated in the high - profile 2013 Democratic primary for Nassau County executive, when former County Executive Thomas Suozzi was seeking to reclaim his old job.

Zoe Davidson, Co-founder of Coalition Z, said, «As the basis for a functioning democracy, we must ensure that every eligible voter can cast a ballot with ease and efficiency.

The 2013 Democratic primary runoff for public advocate, for instance, cost the city $ 13 million and only drew 6.9 percent of eligible voters, according to FairVote.

Still, voters do approve of at least one of Cuomo's proposals: 62 percent support Cuomo's proposal to make teachers eligible for tenure in five years, rather than three years as it is now.

School budgets matter and it's not right for a tenth of eligible voters to decide their fate.

Section 7 of Article 2 of the Washington State Constitution states, «No person shall be eligible to the legislature who shall not be a citizen of the United States and a qualified voter in the district for which he is chosen.»

Other Westchester Municipalities having School Board And 2018 - 2019 Votes include The Peekskill City School District (2 seats up), Greenburgh Central School District, New Rochelle Public Schools (One (1) full Five - year term and one (1) Two - year term [unexpired portion of a vacant term]-RRB-, Scarsdale Public School District, the Mamaroneck Union Free School District (which includes public school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons Street.)

The plaintiffs, Sue Evenwel and Edward Pfenninger, argued that district populations ought to take into account only the number of registered or eligible voters residing within those districts as opposed to total population counts, which are generally used for redistricting purposes.

More voters — Deadlines for registering and for switching parties must be closer to election dates, eligible voters should be automatically registered when they conduct business with various state agencies, and early voting is a must, perhaps starting the weekend before Election Day.

Prior to an election, a notification is sent to every eligible voter by the ministry for the interior.

That means that voters could wind up voting in the special election for someone who lives outside the newly created district and would not be eligible to seek the same seat in November 2012.

A little more than 28,000 people, less than 5 % of eligible Bronx voters, voted for Diaz in the April 21 special election.

The Board of Elections will provide two separate ballots for voters who are eligible to vote in both the presidential primary and the Assembly special election.

According to the National Institute for Latino Policy, 46 percent of eligible voters in the 13th Congressional District are Latino, 34 percent are black, 17 percent are white and 3 percent are Asian.

So many eligible voters could not vote during the 2015 polls just for the fact that the card reader failed.

First contention, the Polls got it wrong: This is utter poppycock to say the least, the only thing the Poll got wrong was the wrong Government given only 24 % of all eligible voters actually voted for the Tories, that's right, 76 % hate the fuckers and still we have a Tory government — time to abandon support for First Past The Post me thinks.

In these elections, all those running for office are on the primary ballot, and every registered voter is eligible to vote.

However, if voters cast both preferences for eliminated candidates, these are not «eligible» and do not influence the result.

Sixty - six percent (66 %) of voters agree with the legal challenge and say states should only count eligible voters when setting the size of legislative districts for voting purposes.

Friday is the last day for a new voters to postmark a registration form to be eligible to vote in the

With just under 205,000 eligible voters in the district, turnout was a respectable — for an off - year — at just over 61 percent.

People gathered in Foley Square on Sunday to push for early voting, which would allow eligible voters to cast ballots in person days or even weeks before an election.

-- A solid majority of voters surveyed — 62 percent — said they agreed with Cuomo's proposal to make public school teachers eligible for tenure after five years, instead of the current three - year requirement.

The governor's allies questioned her residency after combing through her voter history, suggesting she might not be eligible to be a candidate for governor, and darkly hinting there was more dirt where that came from.

Mr. Sawicki, a Southold resident, would head the new department starting in January 2014 if voters approve the merger and would be eligible to run again for the position in the fall.

This probably doesn't surprise many people, but only about 43 percent of eligible voters turned out for legislative races in Ulster County's 23 county legislative districts in 2013.

In 2010, New York ranked last in the nation for voter turnout, with only 32 percent of the 13.4 million eligible voters actually exercising their constitutional right.

The requirement is no more than 5 % of the number of registered voters eligible to vote for that office in the party primary.

An independent candidate's nomination petition must be signed by registered voters eligible to vote for the office the candidate is seeking.

Eligible Buffalo voters will head to the polls Tuesday for the school board elections.

Automatically registering eligible voters encourages civic participation, and provides a vehicle for state agencies to efficiently transfer voter registration information to the Board of Elections.