Sentences with phrase «getting on the ballot when»

That support could enable her to block at least two of her four primary rivals from getting on the ballot when Democrats hold their convention in Rye on May 25 - 27.

It's possible they will also get on the ballot when the AG vote is held (tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, I'm told).

Not exact matches

«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.

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.

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.

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.

The National Federation of Independent Business» Mike Elmendorf today released a letter to the Working Families Party's Can Cantor, urging an «open dialogue» about how to achieve the reforms the labor - backed party endorsed when it backed Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo's «New New York Agenda» in order to get him to run on its ballot line.

When there is a vacancy at the top, leadership candidates need the support of 15 % of MPs and MEPs in order to get on the ballot of members.

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»

It's not clear when lawmakers will get another shot: A proposed «voter control of gambling» constitutional amendment will be on November's ballot.

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.

When activists in the Working Families Party attempted to run Teachout as their candidate on the WFP ballot line this coming November, Cuomo cut a deal to push the party's agenda and get the line himself.

This is the case that challenges California laws that say petitioners can't work outside their home district, when they are gathering signatures for candidates (for district office) to get on the primary ballot.

While their status and longevity in the political process makes them known quantities — especially to the party players who will help get them on the ballot at the convention — the taint of Albany is going to be hard to shake, particularly at a time when disgust with the Capitol and anti-incumbent sentiment is running so high.

«In the end, when and if I choose to run, there will be people with me,» said Cappelli, who has until July to gather petition signatures to get on the ballot.

-- Not helping Joe Brennan properly file petitions when he tried to challenge Chris St. Lawrence for Ramapo Town Supervisor in 2005, leading to his failure to get on the ballot — Not actively supporting Anthony Mele when he ran against St. Lawrence in 2007, and instead horse - trading for «bloc vote» support in another election — Chairman Dolan supporting Democrat Carl Wright instead of Republican Marino Fontana in 2008 Sloatsburg mayoral election — Dolan and Reda not supporting Republican Bob Romanowski in his 2009 campaign against St. Lawrence — Reda appearing to support Alex Gromack instead of GOP candidate Ralph Sabatini in 2011 Clarkstown Supervisor race — Helping Bronx County Republican Chairman Jay Savino get a «patronage job» in the Town of Clarsktown

As for Samuels, he said during his campaign he'd give it a go in another two years when Town Council seats will be up again, but he'll do a better job getting on the ballot.

This time around, he's running for governor and he made it official last month when he collected nearly double the signatures necessary to get on the ballot.

«When Democratic Election Commissioner Dennis Ward tried to sabotage downsizing last year on a technicality, this Republican Caucus went to court to get this issue on the ballot.

His attempts to get on various state ballots were helped when four one - state parties which were already ballot - qualified nominated him as their presidential candidate.

Any candidate wanting to run on the Republican line for a Mayor or other citywide posts will ultimately need the support of the five chairmen, whose organizations will be critical when it comes to getting on the ballot and other grassroots functions of the campaign.

At the start of his campaign — at a time when he was collecting signatures to get himself on the ballot — he repeatedly promised that his wife would join him on the campaign trail.

When 3,500 citizens of Clarkstown signed a petition asking for a Term Limits referendum to be placed on the 2011 ballot he insulted their intelligence by saying that anyone coming out of a supermarket «just wants to sign a piece of paper so they can get on with their lives».

When the presidential candidate who places third consistently can't get on the ballot, something is wrong.

The left will have confirmation this week that any successor to Corbyn will be of their ilk, when a motion is passed to reduce the threshold from 15 % to 10 % for the number of MPs» votes needed to get on the leadership ballot paper (the difficulty for the left is getting backing from MPs, not from the members who ultimately chose the leader).

We still have issues such as holding our party primaries in August when many people are on vacation, systemic barriers like where and how to get to the polls and a confusing system for casting absentee ballots.

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.

If fewer than 50,000 people had voted on the Working Families line for governor that year, it would have lost its ballot line until at least the next gubernatorial election, when it would have had to file petitions to get back on the ticket.

Peter LaVenia, secretary to the Upper Hudson Green Party, said the organization drafted Peltz when it got wind of a bid by another candidate to submit opportunity to ballot petitions that could allow a non-Green Party member to co-opt the ballot line through a write - in campaign — a tactic which party leaders don't look kindly on.

Oswego attorney Kevin Caraccioli, who got the tax measure put on the ballot earlier this summer, says voters should have some input when it comes to how their money is spent.

When a book is on the ballot and wins the award what type of traction does it get?

I wouldn't think we would get any info on the ballot when it ends.

CarbonWA was being asked to trust not just that the polling on the alliance measure was good but that it would get better when ballot language was nailed down; not just that the policy had moved its way but that it would continue to do so after January 1, when CarbonWA's 350,000 signatures became worthless.

A latest car insurance proposal will be found on the Nov ballot in California, which allows chauffeurs to get a break on constant coverage also when they decide to go to some other company.