Sentences with phrase «into local election»

Steinberger says part of the reason animal cruelty has not been taken as seriously as domestic violence, child abuse or drunk driving — all of which were not seen as «real crimes» just a few decades ago — is that the other issues have been made into local election issues.

A lesson I suppose in not reading too much into local election results.

Co-convener Patrick Harvie, when quizzed on why his party was standing just three candidates in Scotland, said: «Our local branches make their own decisions and most of our local branches have decided they've put their energy, time and money into the local election campaigns this year and they're not in a position to run in every constituency.

The two major parties will be heading into the local elections with differing expectations and strategies.

Local elections are harder to recruit willing foot soldiers for and so the question for all parties going into the local elections is: what can your support base deliver?

Not exact matches

The charges were announced less than an hour after The Intercept published a top - secret document from the U.S. National Security Agency that described Russian efforts to launch cyber attacks on at least one U.S. voting software supplier and send «spear - phising» emails, or targeted emails that try to trick a recipient into clicking on a malicious link to steal data, to more than 100 local election officials days before the presidential election last November.

Going into the 2014 civic elections, the last until 2018, how open are local governments around southwestern British Columbia when it comes to the spending and meetings of their mayors?

The voter ID pilot has descended into chaos during the local elections as constituents have been turned away from their polling stations.

'' The government sector has been a drag, there is still one more budget fight coming in the next few weeks and that's going to be a challenge, but if we get through that we are into the part of the election cycle where government drag turns into a small boost, we are already seeing some rehiring at the state and local level and that is significant as well.»

«The PDP holds that the governor and the APC are jittery and unpopular of going into the grass roots elections in the state, thus the decisions to control the councils by nomenclature of executive secretaries and sole administrators, which are alien and offensive to the provisions of our Constitution, which under section 7 guarantees only democratically elected local government council administrations.»

This would have very little effect on national elections, but a huge effect on local ones; there are an awful lot of people who commute into major cities, use many local services, but have no influence over any local policies where they work.

The death of Thatcher will light a fire under the smouldering local elections contest about to burst into flames across the country.

He gave evidence to the Scottish parliament review into the 2012 local government elections and submitted a response to the «Scotland's Electoral Future» consultation.

Labour actually supporting PR (even for local elections), and clamping down on appalling things like David Blunkett using Hitler to scare people into censoring the internet would do a lot for pulling social liberals people back.

Over the following four agonising days, the party watched as first the local and then the European election results brutally revealed the cost of entering into coalition with the Conservatives.

The Liberal Democrat leader was on the brink of an expected disaster in local and European elections the following month — the voters» roar of disapproval at his decision to go into coalition with the Conservatives.

Sturgeon and the SNP went into the Scottish council elections that were held on 4 May 2017, as the largest political party in the 32 local council areas in Scotland, having 424 councillors elected to serve on the councils across Scotland.

The former New York City mayor, who's adamant about his political independence and gives to Republicans and Democrats who align with positions he wants, comes into Election Day having donated more than $ 65 million — overwhelmingly to issue campaigns for local gun control and soda tax measures, but also to 18 individual candidates.

At the time Ms Gillett, in an exclusive interview with Cornish Stuff, hit back at claims by her rival Laura Rogers that Momentum HQ has bullied the local party into selecting Gillett as their preferred candidate for the next general election.

Earlier this month Labour was pushed into third place by the Tories and Liberal Democrats in terms of overall vote share during the local elections in England and Wales.

During most election cycles, Putnam County, N.Y., is a sleepy backwater, with few donations of more than $ 1,000 coming into the local Democratic committee in the decade beginning in 2004.

For the last two years the Refounding Labour funds, established with membership subscriptions, have been channelled into key seats, but after the election constituencies will again be able to bid for support for projects to improve local organisation or enhance democracy and diversity.

As the vanguard city - region underpinning the wider Northern Powerhouse vision of the Cameron governments, the Greater Manchester mayoral elections were a critical litmus test offering insights into the possibility that metro mayors outside London could stimulate local democracy.

Secondly, let me also emphasize that the investigation committee was not established to inquire into the general conduct of the Kano State Local Government election or to inquire into the organization or challenges of KANSIEC.

The Kwara State lndependent Electoral Commission (KWASEIC) has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of Saturday's election into 16 local government Areas in the state.

They then had to add up the tallies for each candidate, manually transcribe them onto various input sheets, and then hand over the sheets to NYPD officers, who transported them to local precincts, where the information was entered manually into precinct computers, and then finally transmitted to the Board of Elections and the press.

Torres was one of several members who won seats without the backing of their local county organization and who were part of the progressive wave that swept into City Hall with the election of Mayor Bill de Blasio.

* All holds and gains are compared to the 2013 local elections and don't take into account any subsequent by - elections

A shambolic campaign in the Scottish parliamentary election of 2011 (which delivered just 0.35 % of the local vote) and his most recent foray into the 2016 London mayoral election (when he won 1.4 % of the vote) showed that without the right issues and electorate to exploit, his rhetoric could only get him so far.

Washington (CNN)- As two of the three candidates in a special election to fill a vacant congressional seat in upstate New York get ready to debate, another major national political organization has jumped into the ad wars, another sign that a once semi-obscure local election is now firmly in the national spotlight.

So how should we read the graph above, compiled by CCHQ after digging into May's local election results?

The idea of the Conservatives being in coalition with anyone seemed not to sit well with the education secretary, who commented: «I don't think the Conservative Party should form coalitions with anyone», and he also warned of the dangers of reading too much into UKIP's ascendancy and the Tory slump at the recent local elections.

In the medium to long term, we must amend the law and constitution to strengthen Parliament's ability to oversight the executive (in order to promote effective checks and balances); inject meritocratic selection and fiduciary accountability into the governance of the state corporate sector; and allow for popular election of district mayors to promote local government decentralization and effectiveness.

Labour lost hundreds of councillors in last week's local elections - but look deep into the voting figures and things look even worse

An Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ustaz Sham - Una Jibril, who is known for his accurate predictions on both local and international issues, has predicted that the Ashanti Region which is known to be the «World Bank» of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will turn into a «Traditional Microfinance» in the 2020 General Elections.

Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg is quietly finishing as one of the biggest spenders of the 2016 cycle, coming into Election Day having donated more than $ 65 million — overwhelmingly to issue campaigns for local gun control and soda tax measures, but also to 18 individual candidates.

If the Tories can help inject momentum into parts of the country that have been struggling, there is every reason to suppose that local people will start to look at them in a new light at election time.

«To avoid this, and in line with our great party's practice of publicizing the conduct of primaries (right from the conduct of primary for presidential election to the primaries for election at the state level — gubernatorial and National assembly), the same tradition must continue with the primaries into local governments.

The Brigades moved into the space above the Beacon Cinema, which served as a joint campaign office and local headquarters in April 2013 during the run - up to June's special election that saw Democrat Ed Markey take the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by fellow Democrat John Kerry.

Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission, SIECOM, has said elections into chairmanship and councillorship position for the 23 local government areas of the state will hold on...

The text of the press conference jointly signed by Sheikh Usman Abubakar Babantine and Imam Musa Tanimu, Chairman and Assistant Secretary respectively said, «The discernible sense of disillusionment of the masses was clearly seen during the just concluded intra party local government primary elections in many states in the country which resulted into rioting, use of weapons, massive killings and vandalism, «This shows that we are still lacking qualitative and responsible political leadership.

Taking into account the cyclical nature of local politics, it's hardly news that seven of the 23 incumbents in the Ulster County Legislature (five Democrats and two Republicans) will go unchallenged in the November elections.

ESSEX COUNTY — The entry of independent candidates into the pool of local races has firmed up the ballot for this year's election cycle.

Jeremy Corbyn has set up an independent inquiry into antisemitism within Labour as he battles to assert control over a party in turmoil on the eve of crucial local elections.

ELIZABETHTOWN — The entry of independent candidates into the pool of local races has firmed up the ballot for this year's election cycle.

Washington Republicans, who are more focused than their local counterparts on how the party is perceived nationally, worry that Donovan's candidacy would create a national spectacle and turn the election into a referendum on his handling of the racially fraught case.

An official internal inquiry into why the Lib Dems did so badly in this year's local elections has pointed the finger at advertising campaigns such as one which portrayed the politician as «Cleggzilla», trampling over public services.

The trajectory the narrative predicts is clear: UKIP does well in May's European and (importantly) local elections, confirming its ability to translate opinion polls into votes and seats.

As we move into the final week of the local and European election campaign, we will continue to work to ensure the strongest possible policy platform to stand Liberal Democrats in the best stead in 2015.

A new report from the Counting Women In campaign has found that representation of women in local government remains stagnant after May elections, that at the current rate of change we face another 150 years before women have an equal say, and that political parties are key to getting more women into town halls.