Sentences with phrase «included open elections»

These changes included open elections for the membership, and crucially chairs, of committees, where these positions had previously been in the gift of party whips.

Not exact matches

Clapper, the former Director of National Intelligence, described in his opening remarks the process by which the intelligence community concluded in January that «the Russian government pursued a multi-faceted influence campaign in the run - up to the election, including aggressive use of cyber capabilities.»

Here's an excerpt from an open letter signed by 250 or so economics professors — myself included — during the 2008 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.

The three newcomers and one incumbent running for the two open seats on the Palatine Park District board talk about issues including a district - owned stable and the future of a municipal golf course as being key in the April 9 election.

Five candidates, including a challenger and four incumbents, are running for the four open Arlington Heights village board trustee seats that will be filled in next month's election.

At the same time, Cuomo is being pushed to call elections for Senate seats that could potentially open, including one expected to be vacated in the Bronx next month by Ruben Diaz, Sr., in order to keep the party's numbers in the chamber.

Seb Dance MEP This was sent in response to the following email sent to MEPs, including Seb, on 14 November Dear Colleague I am concerned about the wealth and influence of George Soros's Open Society and whether this organisation is subverting national elections and referendums.

A growing number of House Republicans — including New York Reps. Claudia Tenney and John Faso — said in carefully couched terms that they are open to an independent investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election after Trump's surprise dismissal of Comey.

Overall turnover, including defeated incumbents and retirements, and the total number of open seats heading into the general election.

State Sen. Daniel Squadron also said «fundamental reform of the system» is needed «including laws to create a better campaign finance system and more open and competitive elections, and to disentangle public service from for - profit business.»

In last year's town board elections, which featured three open seats including that of the mayor, the Republican candidates swept the Democrats, each gaining at least 65 percent of the vote.

A special election Tuesday in New York decided the fates of 11 open seats in the state legislature — including two key Democratic victories in the state Senate.

The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. for special elections in the 107th Assembly District, which is made up of Washington, Rensselaer and Columbia counties, and the 102nd Assembly District, a sprawling seven - county area that includes Schoharie and Greene counties and parts of Albany and Columbia counties.

Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day during the early voting period, including Saturdays and Sundays, and ballots cast during the early voting period would be counted at the close of the polls on Election Day and included in the election nighElection Day and included in the election nighelection night tally.

Open Senate was developed as part of an overall Information Technology modernization project in the Senate, initiated with the election of a new Senate Majority in January 2009, which has yielded in excess of $ 500,000 in annual net savings to date; savings have derived primarily from increasing the Senate's ability to create and maintain technology in - house, including using a combination of free open - source software and low - cost Software - As - A Service (SaaS) solutions whenever possible, thus enabling the Senate to cancel unnecessary maintenance and service contracts, and decommission expensive obsolete computer systOpen Senate was developed as part of an overall Information Technology modernization project in the Senate, initiated with the election of a new Senate Majority in January 2009, which has yielded in excess of $ 500,000 in annual net savings to date; savings have derived primarily from increasing the Senate's ability to create and maintain technology in - house, including using a combination of free open - source software and low - cost Software - As - A Service (SaaS) solutions whenever possible, thus enabling the Senate to cancel unnecessary maintenance and service contracts, and decommission expensive obsolete computer systopen - source software and low - cost Software - As - A Service (SaaS) solutions whenever possible, thus enabling the Senate to cancel unnecessary maintenance and service contracts, and decommission expensive obsolete computer systems.

This includes allowing registration up to 10 days before Election Day, rather than the current 25; linking existing state and local Boards of Elections databases; allowing open primaries regardless of party affiliation.

Republicans note that they made gains in Burlington County in last week's state elections including winning an open state Senate seat.

That decision opened the floodgates to unlimited amounts of money in elections, including through outside groups supportive of candidates that must not coordinate with official campaigns but can raise and spend unlimited sums.

The mailers were covered with pictures of Malloy and praise for him, but they also included some relatively small print saying what time polls would be open on Election Day and how voters could get a ride to the polls.

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.

(REM) list for the 2019 European elections has been subject to significant speculation, with Alain Juppé himself evoking the possibility of leading a «grand central movement», [2] apparently in part to express his irritation with the probable victory of Laurent Wauquiez — who he accused of being open to the ideas of the National Front (FN) and the extreme right — in the leadership election of The Republicans (LR), [24] with other speculated list leaders including Édouard Philippe, François Bayrou, Nicolas Hulot, Nathalie Kosciusko - Morizet, [1] Sylvie Goulard, Daniel Cohn - Bendit, [25] and Michel Barnier also mentioned.

One concession Sanders supporters want in New York is more open elections, including ending the practice of so - called closed primaries in which only party members can vote in that party's primary.

There were also representatives of other International Observer Groups, including the European Union (EU), Carter Center, Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), U.S. National Democratic Institute (NDI), International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA), West Africa Network for Peace building (WANEP), Mano River Union (MRU), and the Women's Situation Room, working for peace and non-violent elections in Africa.

Of the 99 ballots that were ordered opened in Kingston, of those ballots 90 were from Ulster County (including 53 from poll workers who had submitted them prior to the two - week window before the general election.)

They've frequently been criticized for stepping into grey areas — for example, statewide parties have used these funds to open up new offices in small villages for the first time in the run - up to competitive elections for districts that include those villages.

Our electoral targets include the open governor's seat, and the state House and the state Senate special elections.

2015: A Great Year For Children In Mississippi December 21, 2015 by Brett Kittredge As we prepare to close the book on 2015, we can look back on a great year for children in Mississippi that included passage of the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act, the opening of the first two charter schools in the state, and the election of stronger education reform majorities in the state legislature.

The outcome of the election changed a lot of people's plans, including some of Nari Ward's for his solo exhibition «G.O.A.T., again,» opening April 29 at Socrates Sculpture Park on the waterfront in Long Island City, Queens.

Two of the three seats, including Zita's, were open to voters in the November election.

Topics include board structures and procedures; community and economic development; elections; emergency management; ethics and conflicts; finance and tax law; general local government; land use and code enforcement; legislative updates; open government; public health; and property transactions.

Ms. Hewitt provides detailed, practical suggestions on many aspects of a criminal defence file including: analysis of the Crown's case; reviewing the information / indictment; considering legal elements; dealing with co-accuseds; disclosure and production; elections; challenging the case to be made by the Crown; pre-trial preparations, including procedural considerations; jury versus non-jury trials; admissions; scheduling; preparing an opening address or summary; pretrial hearings; and running the trial itself, including details relating to issues of evidence.

88 Despite the provisions of this or any other Act, all documents, including used and unused ballots, relating to an election in the custody of the Chief Electoral Officer or of any other person may be opened, inspected and examined under such conditions and rules as are made by a committee of the Assembly for the purpose of inquiring into any matter referred to the committee by order of the Assembly, and, upon any such proceeding before the committee, any such document may be filed as an exhibit, and any person summoned to attend and give evidence before the committee upon such inquiry may be examined or cross-examined in relation thereto.

Had the new referendum passed, it would have installed a number of new (often odious) provisions, including rules that opened elections to dual citizens and that legal marriage could only exist between a man and a woman.

«Trump's comments about technology during the election campaign demonstrated a notable lack of understanding or open hostility about key industry issues and concerns,» he told the E-Commerce Times, «including Net neutrality, H - 1B visas, relations with China — where many vendors have manufacturing...

Backed by ConsenSys, it aims to provide an open platform where users can predict the outcome of any event, including everything from elections and insurance to climate change.

Last week more than twenty - five health and community leaders, including Ita Buttrose AO OBE, Dr Rosemary Stanton OAM, Professor Ian Webster AO, and June Oscar AO, signed an open letter urging all political leaders and parties to put preventive health policy first this election.