Sentences with phrase «in federal elections»

This case concerns the right of Canadian citizens to vote in federal elections while residing outside the country.

Information on campaign contributions in federal elections is publicly available.

Currently single candidate districts are mandated in federal election law.

I've seen complaints suggesting emails from those running in the federal election are spam.

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.

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.

When the Harper government first introduced Bill C - 51, very few would have foreseen that it would become one of the most controversial issues in the federal election campaign 10 months later, or that it would have spurred a movement of dozens of organizations and over 300,000 people, in what rapidly became one of the largest engagement campaigns in Canadian history.

We also published commentary relevant to some of the most contentious issues in the federal election campaign:

State Democrats allege in their Federal Election Commission complaint that Tillis» campaign and the state Republican Party violated the law because Cambridge Analytica employees were foreign nationals who helped make key campaign decisions.

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

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.

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

The Department of Justice found that 40 people had been indicted for voter fraud in federal elections between 2002 and 2005.

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

«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.

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

According to Terry Moe, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) gave 95 percent of contributions to Democrats in federal elections between 1989 and 2010.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Failed Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell reached out to supporters on Saturday with an impassioned plea as she decides whether to accept a settlement in a Federal Election Commission investigation into her use of campaign funds.

Taken together, over the last two decades, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association have been by far the nation's leading political donors in federal elections, contributing about 30 percent more money than the second highest contributor, AT&T.

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.

Yet in a strange twist revealed in Federal Election filings, Julian Robertson as the largest individual donor to Mitt Romney's super PAC Restore Our Future ($ 1.3 million) is also notable for being the biggest mega-donor behind the environmental movement's efforts to pass cap and trade legislation.

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.

They will not be voting for Mr. Trudeau in the next election,» said Weaver, who mainly voted Liberal in federal elections until he joined the Greens in 2013.

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

Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, a Washington, D.C. - based interest group dedicated to campaign finance reform, said in a press release that the court is threatening to «take a radical step» that would undermine a century of law limiting corporate involvement in federal elections.

Elections Canada is responsible for access at polling stations in Federal elections.

The right of long - term expats to vote in federal elections goes before Ontario's top court Tuesday, as Ottawa fights a ruling that struck down part of Canadian voting laws.