Sentences with phrase «get on the ballot by»

Those not chosen by the borough's party organizations can still get on the ballot by filing new petitions within 12 days of Paterson's announcement, which gives them an Aug. 18 deadline.

Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney could get it on the ballot by proposing it to the county legislature.

Hoeppner got on the ballot by petition, and no one challenged that petition.

Assuming the court adopts the proposed order, for the first time since 1984, every state will have some procedure for a non-Democratic, non-Republican presidential candidate to get on the ballot by a date later than June 3.

In Georgia special elections, anyone can get on the ballot by paying a filing fee; no petition is needed.

While his record in Albany will surely be the subject of debate should he get enough signatures to get on the ballot by next Thursday, Spitzer does bring some significant name recognition to the race, not to mention a personal wealth that he'll be spending on the race.

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Google partnered with law firm Perkins Coie to get the information for the new in - depth search tool, which lets users sort by state for info on ID requirements, deadlines, mail - in ballots, and early voting.

The group, headed by Du Page County Board member Michael Formento, is trying to collect 2,100 signatures in an effort to get three advisory referendum questions on the ballot.

Legislation to make it easier for voters to get a bond referendum placed on the ballot was signed into law by Gov. James Thompson.

Through personal involvement in many NY political campaigns over the past 25 years, I can tell you that getting on the ballot in NY is no easy task for outsiders (i.e., candidates not backed by a party).

At this point, only Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice is certain to have sufficient support (25 percent) to get on the ballot, and, at the rate things have been going, it was possible that by the time the vote rolled around on Wednesday, she would be the only one to make the convention cut.

Not surprisingly, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot line.

In the wake of an appellate court decision, Spa City's charter change advocates are once again trying to get their hands on electronic images of ballots cast in November's charter referendum that was defeated by a narrow 10 - vote margin.

The Democratic convention officially gets underway in Rye this morning with a breakfast hosted by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer, who are expected to easily placed on the ballot by the party faithful.

But if you've been confronted recently by clipboard - carriers asking you to sign a petition to get someone on the ballot, that's because it's petition time, the semi-official beginning of campaign season in New York.

Rachel Barnhart, one of the people seeking the Democratic nomination for the congressional seat previously held by Louise Slaughter, says she has secured the required number of signatures to get on the primary ballot.

But if you've been confronted recently by clipboard - carriers asking you to sign a petition to get someone on the ballot, that's because it's petition time, the semi-official beginning of...

The political machines of the 19th century are dead and buried, but the mechanisms by which people got on the ballot — cash and cachet — remain quite vibrant.

In theory anyone could attempt to run by collecting enough signatures to get on the primary ballot but the reality of election politics today is that only those people who are connected to the party already and have the ability to raise money for themselves and the party have a real chance of success of being nominated to a high profile position.

As you'll recall, after failing to get onto the ballot at the GOP convention in early June, Levy insisted (contrary to statements made by his chief champion, state Republican Chairman Ed Cox), that he was still contemplating a run on an independent line.

But political hopeful Philip Pidot is pressing for a new primary in federal court after a state court judge ruled he was eligible to run as a Republican ballot but there was not enough time to get Pidot's name on the primary ballot by last Tuesday.

He was met by a throng of reporters and onlookers in Union Square as he began the process of getting the nearly 4,000 signatures he needs before Thursday night to earn a spot on the ballot.

Any candidate would need to submit 1,250 signatures from registered Democrats by April 12 to get on the primary ballot.

Few could have anticipated the surge in support for Jeremy Corbyn, who after getting on to the Labour leadership ballot by the skin of his teeth has become remarkably popular among his party's grassroots.

She would need 15,000 signatures on nominating petitions by July 9th to get onto the ballot.

Given the difficulty of getting a statewide petition on the ballot in New York, the law is unlikely to be overturned by a referendum, as was the case in California.

The commission proposed cutting the number of petition signatures needed to get on the ballot for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, borough president and Council by half.

To get on the ballot paper, a candidate needs to be nominated by at least 12.5 % of Labour MPs.

Perez Williams said her decision — less than two weeks before the deadline to file petitions to get on the June 26 ballot — was influenced by a political mentor she would not identify and a belief that Balter failed to raise enough money and attention to compete against Katko.

Collier, after declaring officially only on Monday, said she has been «overwhelmed by the positive response» and believes a growing pool of volunteers will be sufficient to collect the minimum 1,250 valid signatures needed to get on the primary ballot.

There is a concerted effort by a wide range of interests to get New York voters to approve Proposition Three on the November ballot two weeks from now.

Any of the Committee - endorsed candidates could be challenged at the caucus by other Gardiner candidates wishing to get on the ballot.

But state Board of Elections spokesman John Conklin on Friday said that 1,448 of the 4,132 signatures Russo submitted were found to be invalid by a bipartisan team at the board responsible for reviewing petitions, putting Russo below the 3,000 signatures he needed to get on the independent ballot line.

Halloran, Smith and former Queens Republican Party Vice Chairman Vincent Tabone are accused of trying to get Smith, a Democrat, on the ballot as a Republican for last year's mayoral election by bribing GOP bosses.

He also ran into more controversy recently when the State Elections Enforcement Commission opened an investigation into a complaint by a Bridgeport resident who said he never signed a petition that allowed Ganim to get on the primary ballot.

Asked why the Brown did not accept the need for a secret ballot to take on his critics once and for all, Balls said the prime minister has «got more important things to do than be diverted by a very small minority of people who have been making difficulty time and time again over the last few days».

The claim lodged with the Board of Elections today alleges that Mr. Cabrera's nominating petitions to get on the ballot for the Democratic primary were signed and even carried by members of the GOP — which is not permitted under New York's partisan election law.

Two gun safety groups in Maine are getting more than $ 3 million from a nonprofit backed by former New York City Mayor Bloomberg in preparation for a big gun control measure on the November ballot.

You can prove the system wrong by getting me on the ballot starting July 10th for signatures.

An independent gets on ballots in individual states by collecting signatures.

In order for that to get on the ballot this November, Ononcaga County Legislators would have to approve the proposal by September.

The first, held by the leader's office, is that he won't have to get nominations from MPs to stand again and will be on the ballot paper automatically.

He lost a vote of no confidence by 172 MPs to just 40 - which would not be enough to get on the ballot if he were not incumbent leader

He got his start in campaigns by gathering signatures to get the 1980 Libertarian presidential ticket on state ballots across the country.

Endorsed by Sustainable Otsego, in 2017 Chad was the first Democrat to get on the ballot for Otsego County Representative in District 6 since 1999.

All six declared candidates secured more than the 45 nominations from MPs that was the minimum requirement for them to get onto the ballot paper by close of nominations at 12:30 UTC +1 on 17 May 2007.

Halloran has been charged by the U.S. Attorney with taking a bribe from a Queens Democratic State Senator in exchange for helping that Democrat get on the Republican mayoral primary ballot.

Mr. Rangel famously embarrassed Mr. Espaillat in a televised debate in 2012 by presenting a electoral petition to get on the ballot for State Senate with his name on it.

The bomb - throwing Buffalo builder got enough votes on the Conservative line in his disastrous gubernatorial campaign against Democrat Andrew Cuomo to secure the No. 3 spot on the ballot for the right - leaning political party, which had once been written off by political observers.

Mayoral candidate Bo Dietl says that his most recent effort at getting on the Republican primary ballot was squashed by New York State Republican Chairman Ed Cox and Manhattan Republican Chairwoman Adele Malpass.