Sentences with phrase «gotten on the ballot with»

Still, Long said Conservative Party members were «hurt» that they spent time helping Astorino gain the needed signatures to get on the ballot with the idea that the party would be focused on opposing Common Core.

Spitzer explains why he wants to be the next comptroller, and how he plans to get on the ballot with just a few days left before petitions are due.

Some candidates have gotten on the ballot with barely more signatures than required, while others have been removed with more than 3 times.

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.

But if neither one can garner a majority on the first few ballots, Ryan could easily get drafted as a consensus alternative with national campaign experience and a deep well of respect within the party.

Put your cross on the ballot paper... or make John Buckeridge cross It was politics that triggered the only time I got mad with my good friend Phil.

With Hoffman and Guerrero getting in after previous attempts and Jones and Thome going in on the first ballot, there are fewer deserving players left out.

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.

With 25,000 voters in the park district, 2,500 signatures were needed to get the question placed on the March ballot.

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.

He also promised «an awful lot of people are going to get hurt in the process» if legislative leaders go along with the governor's idea of scrapping third party officials» power to hand - pick who runs on their ballot lines — a pledge that no doubt sent shivers up the spines of not a few Senate Republicans.

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.

Gail Goode, who showed up at the convention yesterday with a bus full of backers, is fighting to get on the ballot.

-- 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.

If a candidate drops out this late, wouldn't there be deadline issues with getting a new name on the ballot in most states at all?

According to Caputo, Primary Challenge is just one of «dozens» of organizations with which Paladino's campaign is working to gather the signatures necessary to get him on the September ballot.

DioGuardi wasn't believed to have enough support to get on the GOP ballot, although he may have the inside track with the Independence Party.

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.

Dell Smitherman, a former Local 1199SEIU political director, filed petitions with 4,000 signatures — four times the number required to get on the ballot — to take on Sampson, who was indicted for allegedly stealing from housing escrow accounts and making false statements.

A federal indictment accused Halloran of helping negotiate bribes with Republican Party leaders to get state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D - Hollis) a spot on the mayoral ballot as a Republican.

The Bridgeport mayor has been collecting thousands of signatures to get on the primary ballot, and some delegates surmised that Ganim might not go forward with his convention effort if he believes that a poor showing would make him look like a weak candidate.

Also of the many people on the ballot paper how many of them get elected and does my choice get spread or just land with one?

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan will likely be unanimously nominated for attorney general at the GOP convention later this afternoon (assuming the governor vote finishes at some point), as Onondaga County Comptroller Bob Antonacci will end his long - shot bid to get on the ballot, according to a source familiar with the upstate lawmaker's thinking.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy is engaging in some last - minute delegate - wrangling prior to the vote for governor this morning, and insisted in an impromptu mini-gaggle with reporters he's «confident» about getting on the ballot.

The five states in which it operates (New York, Connecticut, South Carolina, Vermont, and Oregon) all have enacted «fusion voting» — a system in which each party that qualifies gets a spot on the ballot — in some states its own line with a check box — where it can list the candidate it favors, regardless of party.

ALBANY Several Democratic candidates running for New York's 21st Congressional District have padded their operations with paid signature - gatherers in order to get on the ballot.

It remains to be seen how much Ms. Crowley's union backing helps her, since groups like the firefighters and the building trades are less experienced with carrying petitions in order to get on the ballot.

On a 90 - degree day in New York City, with sweat dripping down his face and neck, Eliot Spitzer launched his comeback campaign for city comptroller at his first public appearance in Manhattan's Union Square, where he began to collect the nearly 4,000 signatures needed before Thursday to get his name on the ballot this falOn a 90 - degree day in New York City, with sweat dripping down his face and neck, Eliot Spitzer launched his comeback campaign for city comptroller at his first public appearance in Manhattan's Union Square, where he began to collect the nearly 4,000 signatures needed before Thursday to get his name on the ballot this falon the ballot this fall.

Cox, disappointed with the prospect of former Congressman Rick Lazio of Long Island as the challenger to Democrat Andrew Cuomo, recruited Levy to run - effectively staking his chairmanship on whether the Suffolk County Executive gets on the ballot.

Six candidates set up campaign committees to run for the seat and five filed petitions with the state Board of Elections to get on the ballot.

But with Cuomo's focus on getting 50,000 votes for the new ballot line — thus giving the party automatic ballot status for the next election cycle through 2016 — concerns are being stoked the WFP could lose influence and its own ballot position, currently Row D.

«As I've petitioned with my volunteers to get on the ballot, I've heard from voters about their priorities and concerns.

«New York Democrats were eager to roll up their sleeves and work closely with the Obama campaign to get the President on the ballot in New York,» said New York State Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs.

«New York Democrats were eager to roll up their sleeves and work closely with the Obama campaign to get the President on the ballot in New York,» said New York State Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs in a statement.

«If Paladino gets on the ballot, which I believe he will, then Lazio will spend the next two months squandering what little money he has on a primary, with Cuomo just sitting back and enjoying the summer,» said one of the state's best - known Republican activists.

The vice chair for the Queens party, Vincent Tabone, was arrested Tuesday along with Smith for allegedly participating in a scheme to get on the GOP ballot for mayor.

Smith and Halloran are charged with scheming to bribe Tabone and other GOP county leaders in New York City to win permission for Smith to get his name on the 2013 Republican mayoral ballot.

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.

Perhaps the most value the WFP offers is an actual line on the ballot come election time: In New York and seven other states, candidates can run with the endorsement of multiple parties, and Democrats who also run on the WFP line get the help of the party's ground troops and the coveted imprimatur of being a progressive candidate.

With relatively little work (approx 1 day) to get on the ballot, you can become an elected official and directly influence the democratic party and begin to effect change from the bottom up.

That being said, Rangel's campaign just filed 20,066 petition signatures with the Board of Elections, while the required minimum to get on the ballot is 1,250 signatures.

Anthony Weiner asked the Board of Elections to intervene today — so he could ensure the press got a good photo of him casting his ballot with his son on Election Day.

Weiner asked the NYC Board of Elections to intervene so he could ensure the press got a good photo of him casting his ballot — in the voting booth, and not on paper — with his son, Jordan.

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.

With these requirements, getting a recall on the ballot will not be a simple task.

With much interest from possible Republican candidates, a September primary is also likely, pitting multiple candidates against one another to get on the general election ballot in November.

Keith Wright has been working on getting new and accessible voting machines as Chair of the Assembly's Election Law Committee, but we disagree with his support for the «full face» ballot.

Unsatisfied with the power he's amassed in Albany, Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith last year tried pulling off a $ 200,000 bribery scheme to get on the Republican ballot for New...

Arroyo was reelected to the City Council in 2013 despite three of her campaign workers getting charged with forging almost 100 signatures on her primary ballot petitions, including Derek Jeter's and Kate Moss's.