Sentences with phrase «fraud over their election»

Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister and SNP leader, has claimed that May called the snap election in part because she feared that numerous MPs would be prosecuted for fraud over their election expenses and implied the Conservatives may have «bought» the last election.

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even though votes were misdirected all over the map with EVS non-paper trail machines, the numbers were so overwhelming Obama was able to overcome the routine election fraud.

Despite being nominally given the opportunity to choose, the way the Maduro government has set up the electoral process, committed fraud, repressed the opposition and systematically undermined the process of free and fair elections over the past years, all but guarantees authoritarian durability.

«Today, the State Board of Elections turned over voter information to President Trump's Election Commission, validating the false claims that voter fraud is a pervasive problem in the United States.

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.

Illinois» attempt to institute automatic voter registration failed after Rauner vetoed Senate Bill 250 over concerns it could violate federal election law and open the door to voter fraud.

The Oct. 31 poll showed that Grimm, who is scheduled to stand trial in February on fraud, tax evasion, perjury and other charges, had a 19 - point lead over Recchia as the grueling campaign entered its final weekend before Election Day.

The allegations of fraud on Wednesday followed the release of election results showing President Uhuru Kenyatta with a wide lead over Mr Odinga after votes from the vast majority of polling stations had been counted.

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.

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.

The state Board of Elections quietly voted this week to turn over some data on New York's voters to a Trump administration panel looking at whether there was mass voter fraud in the 2016 presidential election.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo says he will will not turn over information about New York state voters to a federal election panel that President Trump created to study possible voter fraud in last year's elections.

She started writing letters, embarking on a journey that brought her into a series of brutal confrontations with police and assorted thugs and finally to a leading role in the protest movement that erupted in December over election fraud.

For all the intense debate over the number of police officers, virtually no mention of fraud was made by any politician during the election campaign and its aftermath — despite ONS figures showing that 4.5 % of all adults were a victim of bank or credit card fraud, by far the most common crime affecting adults in Britain.

It seems that Harper and his team see the hue and cry over fraud in 2011 not as a call to tighten the rules and make elections truly fairer.