Sentences with phrase «in federal election»

The list of VIREB's political activity also included Stewart running as a candidate in the federal election, a No Vote, No Voice sign being placed on the highway in front of the board office, and VIREB partnering with several local Chambers of Commerce in hosting nine all - candidates meetings across the region.

October finds us in a federal election.

[15] Bipartisan support was reaffirmed by both major parties as election commitments in the federal election held in August 2010.

The state of West Virginia will become the first in the US to offer blockchain - based mobile voting in a federal election, when deployed military personnel from two counties vote in the upcoming Senate primary election.

West Virginia is trialling the US» first - ever use of Blockchain in federal election voting.

With the implementation of this pilot, West Virginia has become the first state in the US to utilize blockchain technology in a federal election.

Well, now that we're in a federal election, I've decided to throw my hat into the ring and run for elected office.

-LSB-...] that we could ask politicians questions and have at least some informed debate about this issue (Getting A2J Onto the Political Agenda in the Federal Election)... but oh -LSB-...]

Women voted for the first time in a federal election in 1918.

What we do about pricing and dealing with climate risk — and how politicians argue about it in federal election cycles — may be very much in play.

«There has been a dire lack of commitment in this federal election campaign to address the substantial hurdles aspiring home owners face,» said HIA chief economist Harley Dale.

Given the real estate sector's importance to the economy — it amounts to $ 4 trillion of Canadians» wealth, is equal to roughly seven per cent of GDP and dominates 99 per cent of dinner - party conversations — you might have thought the housing market would be a significant point of debate in the federal election campaign.

(B) deny the right of any individual to vote in any Federal election because of an error or omission on any record or paper relating to any application, registration, or other act requisite to voting, if such error or omission is not material in determining whether such individual is qualified under State law to vote in such election; or

(a) Insert «1» after (a)» in subsection (a) and add at the end of subsection (a) the following new paragraphs: (2) No person acting under color of law shall --(A) in determining whether any individual is qualified under State law or laws to vote in any Federal election, apply any standard, practice, or procedure different from the standards, practices, or procedures applied under such law or laws to other individuals within the same county, parish, or similar political subdivision who have been found by State officials to be qualified to vote;

(b) Insert immediately following the period at the end of the first sentence of subsection (c) the following new sentence: «If in any such proceeding literacy is a relevant fact there shall be a rebuttable presumption that any person who has not been adjudged an incompetent and who has completed the sixth grade in a public school in, or a private school accredited by, any State or territory, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico where instruction is carried on predominantly in the English language, possesses sufficient literacy, comprehension, and intelligence to vote in any Federal election.»

Since he became governor in 2011, only one Cuomo contribution shows up in Federal Election Commission records: a $ 1,000 donation to now - former Harlem Rep. Charlie Rangel.

Carr also concedes that her win was the culmination of seven previous election campaigns at various political levels, including her latest bid in the federal election in March.

7.30 pm Update German Elections: Andrew Marshall's Live Blog: MERKEL MAY WIN OUTRIGHT: «In federal election, CDU / CSU is a seat or so in range of an absolute majority - but its spokespeople being very careful what they say.»

It was the Golden State's first regularly scheduled «jungle» primaries in a federal election cycle, and there was no lack of interesting finishes.

A former college president and conservative filmmaker has pleaded guilty to one count of making illegal campaign contributions in a federal election.

In its federal election, Germany uses mixed - member proportional representation, where a voter makes two votes: one picks a particular candidate in local constituency, second for a party.

Currently single candidate districts are mandated in federal election law.

Richard Mulcahy is concerned that by announcing their agricultural policies late in the the Federal election campaign, both Liberal and Labor might be putting primary industries second.

Twenty - one years ago, in a federal election that reshaped the Canadian political landscape, the Liberals swept Edmonton, electing Members of Parliament in four of the city's six federal ridings.

If any riding in Alberta changes hands in this federal election, it will be Edmonton - Strathcona.

Canadians across the country are voting in a federal election on May 2, 2011.

Not only are they almost twice as likely to vote in federal elections as younger people, it is also bad for your image to be viewed as beating up on the Golden Girls.

This decision probably shouldn't have been a surprise, because it basically said that the court's 2010 decision in the Citizens United case, upholding the right of corporations to spend money in federal elections, applies to the states as well.

Mr. Ford's candidacy in the federal elections were in response to Mr. Uppal's nomination win over Strathcona County Councillor Jacquie Fenske, which many in the local Conservative establishment believed to be unfair.

The poll tax in federal elections had been banned by the Twenty - Fourth Amendment, Americans of African descent had been rapidly enfranchised, and, as the 1964 Democratic National Convention demonstrated, black America had begun to play a significant role in national politics.

The DKP - a maxist / leninist party - did not seriously take part in federal elections since 1983.

«I don't think the Russians said we're only going to interfere in federal elections,» Cuomo told reporters.

Two, the reason why it's one - on - one in federal elections is because there have only been two candidates that had a realistic chance of winning.

«I don't think the Russians say, «we're only going to interfere in federal elections»,» he said.

The Tenants PAC does not endorse candidates in federal elections, but it did honor one of Wright's opponents in September — Sen. Adriano Espaillat — for participating in a sit - in in support of rent control that was held at the Capitol in June.

Even though much of the borough votes Republican in federal elections, there are approximately 48,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans.

«The Commission is charged with studying the integrity of the registration and voting processes used in federal elections,» Heastie wrote to the board in July.

Government unions account for about 6 percent of the money spent on Democratic candidates in federal elections — and that doesn't include significant in - kind contributions like phone banks and canvassing.

In June 2017, Rep. Robert Brady introduced a bill to automatically register eligible citizens to vote in federal elections when they interact with numerous state and federal government agencies; Sens. Patrick Leahy, Amy Klobuchar, and Dick Durbin cosponsored identical legislation in the Senate.

A source familiar with the remarks said Cuomo will likely discuss measures designed to curtail donations to independent expenditure committees, which have taken an increasingly prominent role not just in federal elections, but state - level contests, especially in the New York Senate.

All 50 states use Help America Vote Act 2002 as a minimum for voter identification in Federal elections (president, senators, house of representatives, etc.).

Hawkins has voluntarily placed a cap of $ 2,600 on individual donations, the maximum allowed in federal elections.

The results were the fourth electoral success in a row for the AfD since it narrowly failed to enter Germany's national parliament in Berlin in federal elections last year.

«The Election Act's spending limits are in place to limit financial influence in federal elections and to ensure transparency as to the identity of donors,» said US Attorney Loretta Lynch after the plea.

The percentage of physicians making campaign contributions in federal elections increased to 9.4 percent in 2012 from 2.6 percent in 1991, and during that time physician contributors shifted away from Republicans toward Democrats, especially in specialties dominated by women or those that are traditionally lower paying such as pediatrics, according to a new study by Adam Bonica, Ph.D., of Stanford University, California, and colleagues.

Information on campaign contributions in federal elections is publicly available.

These rebate schemes are now not only a fundamental benefit for families and parents but are also regularly featured, and hotly debated, in federal elections.

Politically active nonprofits — principally 501 (c)(4) s and 501 (c)(6) s — have become a major force in federal elections over the last three cycles.

Our review of filings with the Missouri Ethics Commission shows that Sinquefield and his wife spent more than $ 28 million in disclosed donations in state elections since 2007, plus nearly $ 2 million more in disclosed donations in federal elections since 2006, for a total of at least $ 30 million.

Tom Flanagan was campaign manager to Prime Minister Stephen Harper when he headed Canada's newly formed Conservative Party in federal elections in 2004, and then again in 2005, when the Conservatives won a minority in government.