Sentences with phrase «issue judicial election»

Not exact matches

Judicial action and appointments can, and sometimes do, become major issues in national elections.

In May 2017, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued an advisory opinion finding that the law's provisions applying to general elections for state legislators and the governor violated the state constitution.

Recall that Wike barely two weeks ago publicly denounced the statement issued by the adviser which described the Supreme Court dismissal of his appeal on relocation of election tribunal to Abuja and the nullification of his election as» judicial gang up» and «Judicial terrorismjudicial gang up» and «Judicial terrorismJudicial terrorism».

The new coalition points to a number of potential changes to the constitution that they would like to see, including the creation of a public financing system for campaigns, election reforms like same - day registration, court reforms to make it easier to navigate the judicial system and the ability for local municipalities to exercise greater control over issues they traditionally need state authority to manage.

«We want it to become an election issue and because there is a surplus [in the budget],» says CBABC president Michael Welsh, adding that now that the provincial government has extra funds, some of it should be directed toward improving the B.C. judicial system.

Key chapters and sections cover: • Decision - making, including personal interests, bias and determination, equality and discrimination and elections • The process for making and handling complaints on conduct issues • The challenging of authorities on conduct issues including through judicial review, the Ombudsman and by using Freedom of Information • Offences • The law in Wales

In some respects, the issues regarding public financing of judicial elections mirror those in public financing of non-judicial elections.

On that day West Virginia's governor formally signed HB 2010 ending partisan judicial races starting with the 2016 elections; the governor had issued a veto on HB 2010 previously not on the merits but due to typographical and reference errors in the bill.

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Justice, a nonpartisan law and policy institute, has monitored judicial elections and other state court issues for almost two decades and published an extensive report last year about merit selection.

Thus, public financing does not cap spending nor guarantee a level playing field in judicial elections and is not a solution to issue - oriented campaigns.