Sentences with phrase «for local elections»

As campaigning for the local elections reaches its climax, one particular poll finding has caught my eye.

The following graph shows results for those local elections, like this year's, that were held just a year after a general election.

You're supposed to work your way up the ladder, working on political campaigns and in legislative offices, running for local elections and then statewide elections, gaining experience along the way.

They hope to capture that enthusiasm for the local elections this fall.

Some ask if some of that late - breaking loot might have stuck to local sticky fingers where it's really needed, for local elections next year?

One of the issues with those, is that military voters were sent two separate ballots this year - one for local elections and one for federal elections.

Mr Corbyn said he was not aware of allegedly anti-Semitic social media posts made by a Labour candidate for local elections in Kent, Roy Smart, but that he was suspended as soon as they came to light.

It's putting up around 2, 000 candidates for the local elections in May.

September 11th, 2001, was also a primary day for local election aces, including the New York City mayoral race.

The Society has campaigned successfully for the introduction of STV for local elections in Scotland, [6] and led the call for a referendum on the voting system in the wake of the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal as part of the Vote for a Change campaign.

PLATTSBURGH — An early look at the field for local elections is coming into focus as candidates have filed designated party petitions with the Clinton County Board of Elections.

Wales has the opportunity to be bold and create an electoral system for local elections that makes local government more accountable, improves political engagement and is fair to everyone in Wales.

@CptEric That type of voting is used in Scotland and in police and crime commissioner elections in England, but not for local elections in England.

Secondly, the electoral system for English local government should be changed to the Single Transferable Vote version of proportional representation used in Scotland for local elections.

The announcement comes as Poland's political parties start preparing for local elections in autumn.

A volunteer who addresses and stuffs envelopes for a local election can make the difference between light and darkness in one community.

It also urges viewers to call Latimer, who once even supported public financing for local elections, to tell him forcing taxpayers to «foot the bill» for politicians» aspirations is a «bad idea.»

Labour actually supporting PR (even for local elections), and clamping down on appalling things like David Blunkett using Hitler to scare people into censoring the internet would do a lot for pulling social liberals people back.

David continued: - «The British Political Establishment parties, had the benefit, not only of their vast resources, but also quite a lot of their supporters turning out for local elections based on the self - interested leafleting and canvassing work of their local election candidates.»

YouGovs Peter Kellner recently offered a Modest Proposal in last months Prospect Magazine: Lets drive the BNP right out of British politics by introducing AV for local elections.

Since in many wards / constituencies one party or another receives a prohibitive percentage of the vote, only a few seats are usually actually in play, and since for local elections the councillors sit on individual councils, this means that there are also relatively few battleground councils.

Momentum have launched an online tool for the local elections called «My Nearest Marginal» where activists can input their postcode and be directed to their nearest canvassing session in one of Labour's target council wards.

It is too late for the local elections but not too late for the June 8 general election, whose deadline is May 22.

20,000 is an order of magnitude too low to win an election in NH, unless they're going for local elections or a couple of individual state senate seats.

Well, having the central government mandate limits for local election seems a bit of a paradox, or at least runs counter to the spirit of decentralization...

Republicans are working under the theory that public sector employees who typically vote Democratic turned out in larger than usual numbers for a local election.

If they did, they might demand a big prize in return, such as PR for local elections, extended free childcare, progress on Lords reform and less brutal welfare cuts.

April saw campaigning for the local elections rumble on, but the main event this month was the furore which erupted over the government's decision to abolish the 10p rate of income tax.

The Green Party Election Broadcast for the Local Elections and London Elections on May 3rd 2012.

The national GOP is funneling cash for local elections directly to county leaders - a step never before taken in New York and a clear snub to embattled state Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox.

Polling stations have closed for local elections across many parts of England, Wales and Scotland.

Voters in the ITV Meridian region headed to the polls on Thursday for local elections.

Vote counting for the local election in Tower Hamlets is due to resume today after being suspended twice over the weekend.

Ready for the local elections with the leader of Labour's councillors sitting in the shadow cabinet and the Leaders of Labour in Wales and Scotland sitting on the NEC.

«Sir Menzies is out campaigning for the local elections at the moment, and anecodotally the message coming back is incredibly positive.

Speaking outside his polling station, Mr Corbyn accused the Conservatives of killing children with «heartless» austerity policies today as he ramped up the rhetoric for the local elections.

Take your kids with you to vote (especially for local elections which hit closer to home) and to town hall meetings.

Fewer than 25 of 180 schools were voting sites on Tuesday for local elections, district spokeswoman Amity Chandler said.

As a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, he relies mostly on vote - by - mail ballots for local elections.

There's no official date set yet for the election, but it's expected to be on this year's day for local elections, Nov. 3.

I urge all parties to seize this opportunity by extending the vote to 16 and 17 year olds and delivering STV for local elections.

And, you know, it's like running for local election, because we can't afford all the broadcast advertising that Cuomo's got.

QUEENSBURY — An early look at the field for local elections is coming into focus with the filing of designated party petitions in Warren County.