Sentences with phrase «independent election commission»

Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu (3rd right), Director of Elections, Independent Election Commission (IEC) of the Kingdom of Lesotho, Dr. Letholetseny Austeria Ntsike (2nd right) with members of the IEC delegation and the Commission after a formal ceremony to welcome the visitors on 23rd April in Abuja.

A Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice John Tsoho, had in January 2017 ordered the Oyo State Independent Election Commission (OYSIEC) not to proceed with its plan to conduct the election earlier slated for February 11.

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Asked about the discrepancy, the chairwoman of the polling station's election commission, Oksana Mediyeva, said independent monitors had watched the vote and had raised no issues.

He also posted testimony apologizing for Facebook's role in false news, data privacy leaks and foreign interference in elections, as his company announced that it would form an independent commission of academic researchers to study social media's impact on elections.

Zuckerberg claims the election research commission will be «independent» of Facebook and will define the research agenda, soliciting research on the effects of social media on elections and democracy

RiceBran Technologies will file final voting results with the Securities & Exchange Commission on a Form 8 - K once they are certified by the independent inspector of elections.

Justice Sadiq Umar led tribunal in its judgment delivered on October 21, nullified elections in 18 out of the 31 local government areas of the state and ordered a re-run to be conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Ayorinde explained that as the election that would bring on board a new set of public officers for the next four years at the local government level, the restriction of movement will allow the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) and the security agencies to distribute electoral materials in good time and ensure a seamless electoral process.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has announced that 30 political parties have already submitted the names of their candidates for the November 26th, 2016 governorship election in the state.

An Ekiti - based socio - political group, the Ekiti Rebirth Organisation (ERO), has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the recently released schedule for governorship election in the state.

As the consultations among the police, state security services and the Independent National Electoral Commission continues over whether to postpone the Saturday election, the INEC has said that its independence can not be compromised.

Cuomo's subpoena - empowered commission was close down following an agreement on ethics legislation last year that included new anti-corruption laws and independent enforcement at the state Board of Elections.

Dates for the election have shifted back amidst political disagreements between President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga but the March 2013 date is likely to hold fast, announced as it was by the country's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.

The issue first came to light in a leaked memorandum from the independent enforcement counsel at the state Board of Elections, Risa Sugarman, a position formed in 2014 following an ethics agreement in the budget and the shuttering of the Moreland Commission, a panel formed to investigate corruption in the Legislature.

«Take notice that by the directives of the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, bye - election for Osun West Senatorial seat will hold on Saturday 8th July, 2017».

20.07: The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that the results of Kogi State governorship election being posted on social media are inaccurate and should be disregarded

However, only 71 out of the 319 wards of the state are where elections will take place as the State Independent Electoral Commission has declared that candidates in all other wards have withdrawn from the exercise leaving the fields for the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Let's not forget that at least 28 people including a baby and a nine - year - old girl were killed following the declaration of last month's election by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will remain vigilant in collation of results until the announcement of the final result and winner of the Anambra governorship election.

Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has released timetable for Osun West senatorial bye - election.

People in hi - vis jackets shuffle paper Facebook Twitter Pinterest Election officials from the EU and African Union gather to follow counting by members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission in Nairobi.

• Transforming the ethical environment in Government: Governor Cuomo's «Clean Up Albany» agenda would institute campaign finance reforms including a system of public financing for elections, limits on contribution levels, creating an independent redistricting commission, creating independent monitoring and enforcement of ethics laws, and requiring full disclosure of outside income and clients.

Of the $ 6.4 in independent expenditures reported to the Federal Election Commission, almost 90 % ($ 5.7 million) has been spent against the candidates.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied alleged plans to re-introduce 30,000 new polling units so as to compromise the 2019 General Elections.

Parties and groups have made nearly $ 8.7 million in independent expenditures for the race, according to online reports from the Federal Election Commission.

«But it is Mr. Espaillat, a 14 - year Albany veteran, who has been an outspoken voice for the most crucial reform of all — an independent redistricting commission to create fairer elections in the state.

In addition, although the investigation of independent expenditure groups was part of the commission's mandate, the governor's staff allegedly told commissioners not to mention a pro-Cuomo organization, the Committee to Save New York — which spent more than $ 16 million on lobbying and elections without fully disclosing the source of its contributions — in their final report.

Recall that Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission ignored an interim order by the Federal High Court in Ibadan on Thursday, by proceeding with the election.

This comes on the heels of the majority leader's waffling on his election - year promise to former NYC Mayor Ed Koch that he (not to mention every member of his 32 - person GOP conference) would co-sponsor a bill to form an independent redistricting commission by March 1, Sampson noted.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission said Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta maintained his strong lead in the presidential election count with 85 per cent of polling stations reporting.

«The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission is a statutory body with the responsibility of conducting local government elections in the State.

In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President commended the people of Anambra State, the governorship candidates, the Independent National Electoral Commission, election observers as well as security agencies and other stakeholders, on the peaceful conduct of the November 18 election in the state.

In less than 48 hours to the supplementary poll scheduled to hold in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa state, The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelsa on Thursday said it had commenced distribution of sensitive election materials in the state.

Voters like the idea (69 - 20) of an independent redistricting commission of the sort being pushed by former NYC Mayor Ed Koch and his NY Uprising PAC and believe (71 - 14) taking the power of drawing legislative and congressional district lines would make for more competitive elections in the future.

Tewolde Gebremeskel, Director of Peace and Security Division - IGAD NDI Election Observation Mission — Dr. Aisha Abdullahi, former AU Commissioner for Political Affairs; Hon. Karen Bass, US Congresswoman; Professor Attahiru Jega, former Chair of Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission; Justice Yvonne Mokgoro, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa; and Hon. Christie Todd Whitman, former Governor of New Jersey.

Last year, lawmakers agreed to new anti-corruption laws and an independent enforcement counsel at the state Board of Elections that came as the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption was closed.

The Osun Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) as announced all the 389 candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winners of the contested, Saturday Osun councillorship elections.

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that elections have become a product of deliberate plan and strategy, stressing that...

Ahead of today's governorship election in Anambra State, the police also said that contrary to speculations in some quarters, they had no intention to dictate to the Independent National Electoral Commission on the conduct of the poll.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has denied the speculation that some of its personnel have been compromised by politicians to interfere with the credibility of the governorship election in Anambra State.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Governor Willie Obiano of the All Progressives Grand Alliance the winner of the November 18, 2017 governorship election in Anambra State.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is currently announcing the official results of Bayelsa governorship election in the state capital, Yenagoa by 10 am today.

There is an ongoing protest at the Independent National Electoral Commission's Office in Benin, venue of the collation of results for Wednesday's governorship election in the state.

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said that the commission recorded at least, 70 incidences of obstruction of election electoral processes in December 10, re-run legislative elections Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said that the commission recorded at least, 70 incidences of obstruction of election electoral processes in December 10, re-run legislative elections commission recorded at least, 70 incidences of obstruction of election electoral processes in December 10, re-run legislative elections in Rivers.

National Publicity Secretary of the party, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said, «The PDP is prepared and ready for the Saturday's governorship election in Anambra State, and we are charging the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies deployed in the election to be neutral in the conduct of the election.

Mahmood Yakubu, National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission said 18,511 electoral officials had been deployed to Edo ahead of the Saturday's governorship election in the state.

The governor described as shameful the two elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) under Buhari's kinsman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu to have been declared inconclusive, thereby calling on all well - meaning Nigerians and the international community to rise up in condemnation of the APC government's plot to destroy democracy in the country.

The Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission has said Anambra Governorship election will hold as scheduled on November 18.

Since then, Tenney has lost ground as independent groups spent about $ 900,000 on advertising against her campaign, Federal Election Commission records show.

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has congratulated the Bayelsa State Governor who also doubles as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the state gubernatorial election, Seriake Dickson for been able won the the support of the people of Bayelsa who stood behind him during the exercise, which was on Monday, declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.