Sentences with phrase «holding election officials»

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Not so democratic, at least if your notion of democracy includes being able to hold elected officials accountable between elections.

Varadkar has insisted that if the motion is not withdrawn, he will be forced to hold an election before Christmas, a prospect EU officials say would complicate the EU Brexit summit on Dec. 14 - 15.

Spokesman James Davis said the network would spend between $ 300 million and $ 400 million ahead of the 2018 elections, much of it devoted to the organization's nationwide grassroots organization to help educate voters and hold elected officials accountable.

As the chart above illustrates, there is an interesting correlation between the seat - advantage a minority government holds over the official Opposition, and the length of time between general elections when the minority is in power.

(Merely as a point of interest, consider that the average seat - advantage these six minorities held over their official Opposition was roughly 14, while the average number of months from their initial election victory to the next tilt was about 15.)

These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

Election officials contend that local governmental bodies, such as school districts, townships, park districts and municipalities, can only hold binding referendums.

Among places where primaries are held, what are typical rules to select a new candidate after a primary has been held but before the official election process starts?

Then there's the idea of holding Election Day on a weekend, something government officials determined is a costly alternative, according to a study from the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) assessing the cost of a two - day voting weekend.

Rep. Devin Nunes and GOP members of House Intelligence Committee are frustrated the Department of Justice hasn't turned over documents related to the conduct of Justice Department and FBI officials in their handling of an investigation during the 2016 presidential election, and threatening to hold AG Jeff Sessions in contempt.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to call for special elections to be held April 24 to fill two empty Senate seats, according to a state official who confirmed the date.

Russian officials have also insisted that the Ukrainian government's refusal to hold free elections in Donbas is a violation of the Minsk Accords.

State courts said prolonged legal proceedings had left too little time for elections officials to hold the primary on June 28, with other congressional primaries.

He remains a powerful representative of Wall Street — which is something of an industry non grata in this election cycle but has long held sway over New York's elected officials, especially Mr. Schumer, to whom Mr. Dimon has donated plenty.

Queens GOP spokesman Robert Hornak said the Haggerty faction violated a court order that prevented them from holding an official Queens GOP meeting and filed an emergency action to prevent the Haggerty faction from filing certification with the state Board of Elections.

The Republican Party has recruited fake Democrats to run in all six recall elections, a move party officials said is designed to ensure each one has a primary and the general election for all six is held on the same day, June 5.

Losquadro, who held a 40 - vote lead after unofficial election night returns, saw his advantage jump to 890 votes after Board of Elections officials double - checked tallies from the electronic voting machines.

Erie County in New York held a general election for county officials on November 7, 2017.

Fresh from observing Liberia's general elections held on 10th October, Head of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) and Chair, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, in company with INEC and ECONEC officials earlier today met with the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Coordinator and Resident Representative in Cote d'Ivoire, Mr Babacar Cisse to advocate for support for the Commission Electorale Independante of Cote'd» Ivoire (CEI).

A cache of residents and local officials from the Town of Chazy called on the legislature to hold a special election in late - December, citing the need for public input.

The Moreland Commission held several hearings, including an intense grilling of state Board of Elections officials for failure to enforce the state's already weak campaign finance rules.

Gov. Cuomo has not yet called an election but Democratic Party officials are preparing for it to be held on April 19, coinciding with the state's presidential primary.

Officials said: «We estimate that not holding European Parliamentary elections will save British taxpayers at least # 109 million next year.

And no one really knows how those numbers will change after the November elections, which is why this deal won't official go through until then — assuming it holds.

By working with a strong, independent Enforcement Counsel at the Board of Elections, we've held public officials accountable time and again for breaking the law and cheating New Yorkers,» Schneiderman said.

The National Chairman made the disclosure at a three - day elections stakeholder's workshop for NDC officials held at the Koforidua Capital View Hotel.

Twenty - two states held state executive official elections in 2012.

Mortgage deals with Eisner are a common thread among several Cuomo insiders who worked for the future governor in the 1990s when he was the country's top housing official, and who later held prominent positions in Albany after Cuomo's election as governor in 2010.

Councilmember Mark - Viverito's election made her the first Puerto Rican and first Hispanic to hold city - wide office, and made her, arguably, the second most powerful elected official in the city, behind only Mayor Bill de Blasio.

But in the final month leading up to Election Day this Tuesday, Mr. Recchia has been all but invisible to reporters on the campaign trail, rarely sending out official campaign releases or holding press events.

The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) announces the release of the official NYC Votes Voter Guide for the special election in Bronx Council District 17 that will be held on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.

Eventually, it will become an independent committee that could potentially hold its own elections to choose officials, he said.

Ms. Neville, a Republican, became the subject of an unexpected primary election being held today after county Conservative officials accidentally left her name off the nominating petitions submitted to the Board of Elections, Conservative and Republican officials said.

However, the Conservative election pledge to hold a free vote on repeal «early» after polling day has been abandoned, senior officials at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs admitted on Friday.

Residents and officials from the towns of Beekmantown and Chazy again called on the legislature last week to hold a special election rather than appointing someone to represent Area 3.

If November's elections were held today, voters divide about whether they would support their current elected official or if they would vote for someone else.

He said all the 24 state governors on APC platform agreed that elections of party officials should hold at all levels.

Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter will face Southold Councilman Al Krupski for the 1st District seat in the Suffolk County Legislature in a special election that will likely be held Jan. 15, officials said Tuesday.

RIRA developed a list of recommended appointees through independently held elections in 2006 and 2008, but it has no official involvement in the governing of the island.

Nassau County elections officials on Friday are to begin counting absentee and affidavit ballots for the Glen Cove mayoral race, in which incumbent Independence Party candidate Reginald Spinello holds a 21 - vote lead over Democratic challenger Timothy Tenke.

Two days after county Democratic officials held a nearly six - hour - long convention on Wednesday, May 10, to nominate its slate of candidates for the November election, party leaders reconvened on Friday, May 12 at county Board of Elections headquarters in White Plains to count the votes between Latimer and county Legislator Ken Jenkins, of Yonkers.

The move is the first official acknowledgement of President Moi's impending departure after elections which are due be held in December.

In the hope of preventing attackers from exploiting the vulnerability, Sweeney, Yoo and Zang notified election officials from the vulnerable states of their findings prior to publication, attended a national convention of such officials to discuss the findings, and will hold a workshop, to which election officials have been invited.

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The Club's official year shall begin immediately at the conclusion of the election at the annual meeting, held in the month of January, and shall continue through the election at the next annual meeting.

There was no consent to doing the transaction in electronic form: the court held that the relevant consent was between the nominator and the candidate, not between the candidate and the state election official.

(b) is ineligible to stand as a candidate at any election or to hold any office at the nomination of the Crown or the Lieutenant Governor in Council until the eighth anniversary of the date of the official return.

Amid uproar over data breach at Facebook, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad held discussions with senior ministry officials to explore steps to ensure that consumers data on social media is not misused to influence elections.