Sentences with phrase «holds open elections»

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After that, he said, he would be open to holding elections.

Back to 2016, the Tories obviously felt some urgency to appoint a candidate and holding an open nomination process would have demonstrated that the PCs were a vibrant political organization and that they had learned a lesson from the rash of nomination scandals that bruised the party before the 2015 election.

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.

Thus, the position was open and an election had to be held.

DR. LARRY J. SABATO The keynote address will be held on Sunday afternoon, March 1, at the Opening General Session, and will feature commentary from election analyst, Dr. Larry J. Sabato.

Back in 2007, Brown opened himself up to accusations of dithering when he considered holding an early election, refused to dampen down speculation and then finally announced there would not be an early election after all.

Earlier this month, it came to our attention that the New York City Board of Election might have some difficulty holding a special election for the three open Assembly seats in the city on the same day as the Republican and Democratic Presidential primaries, which is AElection might have some difficulty holding a special election for the three open Assembly seats in the city on the same day as the Republican and Democratic Presidential primaries, which is Aelection for the three open Assembly seats in the city on the same day as the Republican and Democratic Presidential primaries, which is April 19.

It's dangerous to extrapolate too much from any single special election, but the trend is clear across nearly all of the special contests over the past year: Democrats are over-performing and Republicans are struggling to hold open seats.

Nominations are now open for the Social Liberal Forum Council Elections, which will be held over the next couple of months.

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I really can not believe how dumb Dean Skelos is to pass such a bill in election year when many senate districts held by Republicans are open or highly competitive and on the brinks of falling.

«But, apart from the open letters, the index to judge a candidate's chances in an election is his track record if he had not held a public office before.

In special elections, parties do not hold open primaries — instead, a panel of party insiders called the county committee selects the candidate.

Three other seats now held by Republicans are open for the general election.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order proclaiming special elections to be held for the 11 open legislative seats on April 24, and many races are already beginning to heat up.

Whether the reunification holds is an open question, as there are a number of potential stumbling blocks — most notably, the need for Democrats to win two special elections for Senate seats that will become vacant in January.

He added that open and transparent primary election would be held in accordance with the rules of the party.

A growing number of MPs, councillors and activists want the party to commit to staying in the single market and customs union at the very least, with some saying he should hold open the option of campaigning at a future election to stay in the EU to safeguard jobs.

That possibility remains for former county Democratic Party chair and incumbent county legislator John Parete of Boiceville, who holds a slim 20 vote lead over Democratic challenger Kathy Nolan in the 22nd district, which includes Shandaken, Olive, Denning and Hardenburgh, with 217 absentee ballots on hand at the county board of elections and a possibility of more arriving before they can be opened beginning Wednesday, November 15.

Of the 11 Republican - held seats up for election this year, seven are in states carried by Barack Obama in 2012: Florida (open), Illinois (Mark Kirk), Iowa (Chuck Grassley), New Hampshire (Kelly Ayotte), Ohio (Rob Portman), Pennsylvania (Pat Toomey) and Wisconsin (Ron Johnson).

Nana Gyan - Appenteng was speaking at the opening of a two - day training for court reporters held on the theme: «Responsible and Objective Court Reporting before, during and after the election: The Media and the Law.»

The ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) has held its second governing board meeting in Abuja presided over by its President Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to agree on the accelerated implementation of the body's activities and action plan, ahead of a three - day International Conference opening on Monday, on the Opportunities and Challenges in the use of Technology in Elections.

Following the 2007 election, with the SNP emerging the largest party by one seat but short of an overall majority, it held discussions with the Scottish Green Party and also intimated that it would be open to discussions with the Liberal Democrats.

Senate Democrats plan to hold a test vote on a bill that would give small businesses tax breaks for boosting payrolls, the opening salvo in a long - anticipated election - season fight over which party's tax cut plan is more likely to help spur job creation.

Open seats account for four of the nine Democratic - held governorships up for election (44 percent) and 12 of the 26 Republican - held governorships (46 percent).

The Coalition for Free & Open Elections (COFOE) held its annual board meeting on July 15 in Baltimore.

The position in Westchester's 37th Senate District has been left open since Jan. 1, and a special election will be held on April 24 after Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, set a date last month.

County GOP Elections Commissioner Tom Dadey is getting signatures to hold the ballot open if a Republican candidate comes forward.

My understanding now is that CCHQ expects Bromsgrove Conservatives to hold an all - postal Open Primary to select their candidate for the general election and that Ms Kirkbride told her Executive that «if cleared by the Legg Inquiry» (whatever that means precisely), she would like to be considered as a candidate in such a process.

State Openings used to be held in November or December, or, in a General Election year, when the new Parliament first assembled.

In the general election, Republicans unseated three Democratic incumbents, won a vacant seat previously held by a Republican and won three open seats after Democratic incumbents announced they were retiring, giving the conference a total of 32 seats.

A open primary election will be held on June 12, 2018.

That matches the percentage of self - identified Republicans who attended the Women's March, held the day after Trump's presidential inauguration in open protest of his election.

Eight of Oregon's 306 school districts held emergency levy elections last week and at the start of this week because they could not afford to stay open until the next regular election in November.

The Advocate: Tarvald Smith's election as Baton Rouge City Court judge to leave an opening on the School Board seat he now holds http://bit.ly/1PRGqka

The elections were held during the annual general meeting at the UWI Open Campus in Belize City.

In response to the 2016 Presidential Election, Socrates held a one - time open call competition for the Broadway Billboard on the topics of democracy and American identity.

This sub-factor incorporates elements of electoral fraud and intimidations (for those countries where elections are held), as well as the prevalence of coup d'etats, and the extent to which transition processes are open to public scrutiny.