Sentences with phrase «get on the ballot for»

She announced that she has secured the required number of signatures to get on the ballot for the Democratic primary in the race.

For a candidate for the New York City Council — which, you may not know, has 51 members — trying to get on the ballot for a race that most New Yorkers pay little attention to can be burdensome.

(A congressional candidate seeking to also get on the ballot for a legislative election might need to start circulating petitions to get onto the September 11th state ballot while still campaigning for the June 27th congressional primary.)

Stavisky currently has about 6,000 signatures to get on the ballot for the state Senate district based in Flushing.

Rachel Barnhart announced today she has secured the required number of signatures to get on the ballot for the Democratic primary for the 25th Congressional District, as well as a sufficient number of additional signatures to withstand legal scrutiny.

According to this article in The Militant, the Socialist Workers Party newspaper, the SWP is working to get on the ballot for the special U.S. House election in New York's 9th district.

Now candidates seeking to get on the ballot for House seats would need 938 enrolled voters on a petition as opposed to 1,250.

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.

Luthmann tried to get on the ballot for the Democratic borough president spot and cause a primary election between him and Lou Liedy.

In addition, a progressive Democrat and wealthy businessman who's been a harsh critic of Cuomo is threatening to try to get on the ballot for lieutenant governor.

Currently in Pennsylvania, as Philadelphia Weekly has investigated in the past, third - party candidates get the shortest end of the stick when attempting to get on the ballot for statewide elections; they're often required at least 10 times the number of signatures as their mainstream Read more»

The former New York governor claims a group of Democrats is trying to prevent him from getting on the ballot for city comptroller.

Spitzer has until Thursday to get the signatures required to get on the ballot for the Democratic primary in the comptroller's race.

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.

Although he has not officially run for office, he attempted to get on the ballot for the 2005 Democratic primary but could not gather enough signatures.

ESHV's endorsement comes just after the Farias campaign submitted nearly 3,100 petition signatures to get on the ballot for the September 12th Democratic Primary.

In addition, a progressive Democrat and wealthy businessman who's been a harsh critic of Cuomo is threatening to try to get on the ballot for Lieutenant Governor.

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.

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 candidates must submit 1,250 valid signatures on nominating petitions by April 12 to get on the ballot for the June 26 primary.

Conti's must pass 60 days prior to the general election in order to get on the ballot for voter approval.

The case challenges North Carolina's ballot access procedure for independent candidates to get on the ballot for U.S. House.

Spitzer could still face a legal battle over his last - minute attempt to get on the ballot for September's Democratic primary.

A candidate can run and lose the primary for Congress and still have time to get on the ballot for the legislative primary.

and Dan Halloran and state Assembly members Rory Lancman and Grace Meng all snagged major endorsements and filed petitions with the city to get on the ballot for the Queens congressional seat — but they were joined by several others.

The last - minute dash for nominations was similar to scenes before the deadline to get on the ballot for the party's leadership race on Monday.

Currently North Carolina requires more signatures to get on the ballot for President than any other state except California.

Last month, the Green Party and the Constitution Party filed a lawsuit against Georgia's signature requirement to get on the ballot for President.

But Nassau County Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs, whose organization and its Young Democrats affiliate have received more than $ 8,000 from the DA campaign funds since 2015, confirmed that his organization handled petitioning for Rice to get on the ballot for re-election in 2016 and again this year.

Gentile can petition to get on the ballot for both posts this summer but must decide which race he will run for by July 13, when petitions are due at the Board of Elections.

The group needs 64,750 to get on the ballot for next year's general election.

May 4 is the deadline for an opponent to qualify to get on the ballot for the Aug. 28 primary.

Not exact matches

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.

«Airbnb was not on the ballot yesterday, the hosts were on the ballot,» said Chesky, who says he got the idea for the company, now valued at $ 25 billion, when he couldn't afford to pay his own rent.

I don't know what church you've been going to, but my minister goes to great pains before an election to not mention ANY candidate or particular ballot issue, but instead call on the congregation to read their scriptures (suggesting some references) and pray, pray, pray for God's guidance, as they get ready to cast their vote.

If I thought drafting Mitch Daniels would get him to run, and if I thought he could really be nominated given that he has missed a bunch of filing deadlines to appear on ballots (and then there is the reality that all candidates have warts and bad days), then I would be all for drafting him or Bobby Jindal.

They got 5 Players on the All Star Ballot and deservedly so as they sport the best record in the League and have for quite some time..

While I could care less if Jack Morris, Dale Murphy, or Lee Smith eventually gets in, I'm sad Craig Biggio, Tim Raines, Alan Trammell, and especially Kenny Lofton (who fell off the ballot) aren't getting the recognition they deserve for what they did on the field, and royally pissed at how Jeff Bagwell and Mike Piazza's accomplishments are diminished when they're lumped in with PEDs users despite the fact that there's no evidence implicating either of them.

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

Within weeks, supporters collected more than 3,000 signatures to get a referendum proposal on the March 2002 ballot to sell $ 25 million in bonds for the purchase.

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).

All that said, the best way for you to find out exactly what it takes to get on the primary ballot is to: (1) hire a good election law attorney, or (2) contact the Suffolk County Board of Elections and ask them to provide you with the rules for ballot access, candidate qualifications (such as residency requirements in the district), deadline dates, and filing fees.

That leaves three months for candidates to gather signatures, get on the ballot, and actually campaign before the late June congressional primary (which may be separate from the state legislative primary, another travesty).

Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, who has been running for about a year now and has sufficient county support to get onto the ballot on Friday (assuming all the committee pledges he has received hold), did not attend, either.

-- Lynn Krogh, a former Pataki administration aide who worked until the bitter end with Paladino's vanquished GOP primary foe, Rick Lazio, and was widely praised for her vote counting operation that blocked Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy from getting on the ballot at the convention.

He's convinced this plan was, as he put it, «born on the floor of the (GOP) convention to punish or get even with the Conservative Party» for holding its convention first, tapping Rick Lazio as its gubernatorial candidate and helping him to block Cox's preferred candidate, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, from getting on the GOP primary ballot.

Those vying for the NY - 25 seat, which is vacant following the death of Rep. Louise Slaughter, have only a few weeks to get their names on the ballot.

Lazio was the only candidate to get onto the ballot at the convention, but Carl Paladino went on to cream him in the GOP primary and he «ran» for a Bronx judgeship to get off the Conservative line and cede it to the businessman from Buffalo.

The Wilson Pakula threshold for anyone not enrolled in the party who wants to run on the line, as you'll recall, is just over 50 percent of the weighted convention vote — more than twice the 25 percent necessary for party members to get onto the ballot.

The congressman is expected to begin petitioning for signatures to get on the ballot this week.