Sentences with phrase «from voter confusion»

City Councilman Jumaane Williams and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio said they were distressed by a flurry of complaints from voters during Thursday's state legislative primaries, stemming mainly from voter confusion over poll site changes after district lines were redrawn earlier this year.

The fastest growing political party in California, many political experts say that the American Independent Party's growth comes from voter confusion.

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As we've seen in Scotland, when you separate assembly seats from parliamentary seats, it creates a great deal of confusion for voters, for parties and for the wider public.

In that situation these plans would add layers of process and confusion to legislating and lead to back room deals being made far away from the voters eyes.

Last week's presidential primary election was marked by confusion and contention as hundreds of independent voters barred from casting ballots

The problem stems from parents» concern that their own children might be denied promotion or graduation based on a test score; from voters» confusion when their own upscale suburban schools are deemed to be failing by state or federal accountability systems even though most of the graduates do just fine; and from frustration when parents — often prompted by teachers — conclude that the basic - skills testing regime yields too much «drill and kill,» too little flexibility, and insufficient attention to art, music, and other creative disciplines.

Represented a prominent, politically active 501 (c)(4) organization in protecting its trademark from misuse by a competing political organization and successfully obtained injunctive relief to prevent voter confusion shortly before the 2012 primary elections in Texas