Sentences with phrase «get onto the ballot in»

Tonight is the deadline for Eliot Spitzer to submit 3,750 valid petition signatures in order to get onto the ballot in the NYC comptroller's race.

Several candidates are expected to try to use the petition mechanism to get onto the ballot in the governor's race, including fellow Democrat Guy Smith and GOP businessman Bob Stefanowski.

In the name of boosting academic performance and giving struggling kids a better shot at succeeding in first grade, California appears to be headed down the slippery slope to universal preschool, never mind that state voters rejected such a plan when Rob Reiner got it onto the ballot in 2006.

Not exact matches

The truncated political calendar necessary as a result of the court's decision to move up the federal primaries has reduced the number of signatures necessary to get onto the ballot, but also shortened the amount of time in which candidates have to circulate petitions.

More specifically, there are federal campaign finance forms that have to be filed and you need to get onto the primary ballot in each state.

The comptroller was the first candidate to hit the 25 percent mark to get onto the ballot, but that requires his home county of Nassau and neighboring Suffolk to remain firmly in his camp.

Also, I recall in 2006 that Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Mondello ended up splitting his weighted vote in half to ensure both John Faso and former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld would get onto the primary ballot.

Maragos, who ran a very short - lived challenge to Sen. Chuck Schumer in 2010 (he failed to get onto the ballot at the last convention), has been traveling the state for months now, but has failed to wow the GOP rank - and - file.

Sources said Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Mondello likes the idea of an independent line because he thinks it might help his hometown US Senate candidate, Bruce Blakeman, in the general election against the Conservatives» nominee, former Rep. Joe DioGuardi (assuming DioGuardi doesn't succeeed in his petitioning effort to get onto the primary ballot and defeat both Blakeman and David Malpass in September).

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 Democrat - turned - Republican Levy failed to get onto the ballot at the state convention, and Lazio ended up losing the GOP primary to Carl Paladino, who, in turn, lost to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the general election.

Krogh was credited for whipping votes for former Rep. Rick Lazio during the last state GOP convention in 2010 and succeeded in keeping then - Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy's tally below the 50 percent mark necessary to get onto the ballot.

It's looking increasingly likely that at least two of the three would - be Gillibrand challengers will get onto the ballot as 2012 shapes quickly up into a re-do of 2010 when the GOP finally settled on former Rep. Joe DioGuardi, who lost big in the general election.

It appears she has calculated that was an impossibility, although it's also unclear whether she would have managed to get onto the ballot here at the convention this late in the game — even with state Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs» change of heart about the ballot.

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.

According to Barron, his supporters collected names in every one of the state's 29 congressional districts and passed the 100 - name limit in 23 of those (the requirement is at least 100 in 15 districts, so candidates can't just stand on a single busy street corner in NYC and get onto the ballot).

April 16th at midnight is the filing deadline for congressional candidates to deliver their signatures to the local Board of Elections to get onto the June 26th primary ballot, but in an interesting wrinkle in election law, candidates can still substitute in someone else after this date.

In 2005, when Freddy Ferrer mounted a long - shot challenge against billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the WFP dithered so long on whether to support Ferrer that when it finally did, it was too late to actually get him onto the ballot.

Asked during the lightning round whether they would be willing to vote for Carl Paladino over Rick Lazio in the Sept. 14 GOP gubernatorial primary, Gary Berntsen punted, saying repeatedly that he will be voting for whoever wins and gets onto the November ballot.

During the upheaval of the 2010 GOP gubernatorial primary, in which Cox unsuccessfully pushed for DEmocrat - turned - Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy to get the nod (he was blocked from getting onto the ballot by former Rep. Rick Lazio, who lost in the primary to Carl Paladino), some called for Basile to be fired.

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.

Recall that former Gov. Eliot Spitzer didn't endorse Cuomo until after he won in September, even though he successfully blocked all his opponents from getting onto the ballot at the party's convention in Buffalo.

Haggerty, who was instrumental in the petition drive that got Paladino onto the GOP primary ballot, is fighting the charge.

The NY Post reported this morning that Teachout planned to begin circulating petitions today in order to get onto the September primary ballot.

Levy failed to get onto the ballot at the convention, and Lazio was subsequently defeated in a primary by Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino.

An independent candidate would have to collect 3,500 valid signatures in order to get onto the ballot.

The Green Party candidate in NY - 21, Matt Funiciello, says he has gathered enough signatures to get onto the June 24 primary ballot.

DuHaime, who also worked on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's successfull campaign last fall and is now with Mercury Public Affairs, joined the Malpass campaign back in March as the would - be candidate was gearing up to make a push to get onto the ballot at the state convention.

He failed to get onto the ballot, and threw his support behind former GOP nominee Rick Lazio, despite the fact that he had voted in favor of a primary between the ex-congressman and Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy.

Cox is now trying to force a write - in effort to get onto the Conservative ballot, to challenge Randy Altschuler, the businessman who has the minor party's backing.

Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos» name was also floated after it became clear that he would not be the only Republican to get onto the US Senate primary ballot at Friday's convention in Rochester.

At the state convention in 1994, Murray was on the stage, helping the Pataki forces shut down any would - be challengers from attain the 25 percent of delegate votes needed to get onto the ballot automatically.

Florida's Water and Land Legacy Campaign announced Thursday that it has collected enough signatures of Florida voters to qualify for Supreme Court review in the hopes of getting its proposed constitutional amendment onto the 2014 ballot.

Things have since gone a bit sour for Levy, who failed to get onto the Republican primary ballot, then got embroiled in a $ 4 million campaign scandal.

During the GOP convention, DioGuardi was the only candidate that didn't make it onto the ballot for US Senate, after he failed to get 25 percent in a three - way battle with David Malpass and Bruce Blakeman.

While insisting that he won't be a spoiler in the general election, Paladino said he will spent $ 500,000 to collect some 30,000 signatures to get onto the ballot.

«The defendant tried to bribe his way onto the ballot for New York City mayor,» said Douglas B. Bloom, an assistant United States attorney, as the bribery and wire fraud trial of Mr. Smith and two other defendants got underway before a 12 - person jury in a federal courthouse in White Plains.

Twelve (12) votes will be needed for the over-ride to get the Legislature's version of the Charter onto the ballot in November 2014.

In particular, like Dara, I weep for how Avatar: The Legend of Korra came so close to getting onto the ballot.