Sentences with phrase «level election laws»

It's voting at the local level, determined by state and local level election laws and practices, that make the difference in our perennial exercise of democracy.

It's voting at the local level, determined by state and local level election laws and practices, that make the difference in our perennial exercise of democracy.

It's voting at the local level, determined by state and local level election laws and practices, that make the difference in our perennial exercise of democracy.

It's voting at the local level, determined by state and local level election laws and practices, that make the difference in our perennial exercise of democracy.

It's voting at the local level, determined by state and local level election laws and practices, that make the difference in our perennial exercise of democracy.

Not exact matches

Providing clear definitions and imposing penalties for breaking the law will help level the playing field and allow for more honest elections.»

• 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.

«The legislation would prevent campaign contributors from evading the legal contribution limits by setting up shell corporations and instead establish a more level playing field to promote greater fairness and consistency in the Election Law.»

ALBANY — What began as a quasi-quixotic election law complaint led to the indictment Thursday of Steve Pigeon, a political operative tied to Democrats at the highest level of the state government, as part of a «years - long, mutually beneficial bribery scheme» involving a sitting state judge, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said.

Assembly Approves Bill to Close LLC Loophole in State Law to Help Establish a Level Playing Field in Elections Legislation to Hold Limited Liability Corporations to Same Accountability Provisions and Campaign Contribution Limits as Corporations

A law that would force disclosure of who is behind and who is paying for political ads would be important for elections here in NY, but even more important on the Federal level.

«The law gave the mandate to the Electoral Commission to fix the nomination fee for both presidential and parliamentary election and this is the decision taken at the management level of the commission in compliance with the law.

«Voter turnout at elections for at all levels of government is unacceptably low, and the State's antiquated election laws are part of the problem,» Bloomberg said in a press release.

The Law on Elections of the President of Ukraine was adopted on 25 March 1999... [But] selective interpretation and enforcement of legal provisions at various levels of the State structure prevented the uniform application of the lLaw on Elections of the President of Ukraine was adopted on 25 March 1999... [But] selective interpretation and enforcement of legal provisions at various levels of the State structure prevented the uniform application of the lawlaw.

In the letter dated Dec. 6, Sampson writes that a June date is the best one possible in order to ensure compliance with federal law and the certification of elections on the state and local level.

By closing loopholes that allow deep - pocketed special interests to skirt campaign finance laws and influence campaigns, we can level the playing field and ensure fairer elections.

In every election since 1999, contribution and spending limits have been exceeded and the relevant laws have been observed in the breach by political parties and politicians at all levels.

He therefore told his people to remain law abiding and show good conduct pre-election, during and after the election no matter the level of provocation.

Funiciello has called for full public financing of elections at all levels of government, and for enacting strict transparency laws that force campaign committees and PACs to disclose all of their donors.

Following the high court's decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the General Assembly passed a law in June 2010 that removed those restrictions at the state level.

Although the exercise for the creation of the special voters list ended on October 28; 42 clear days ahead of the December election as stipulated by law, the latest directive by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) allows the various levels of Commands in the Service to liaise with EC officials to add more names to the list.

These proposals include tough new anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, a test of public financing of elections at the state level using the 2014 Comptroller's race, the establishment of an independent enforcement counsel at the Board of Elections, increased transparency of political contributors to independent expenditure committees and disclosure of the outside clients or customers of State Legislators who had been referred by registered lelections at the state level using the 2014 Comptroller's race, the establishment of an independent enforcement counsel at the Board of Elections, increased transparency of political contributors to independent expenditure committees and disclosure of the outside clients or customers of State Legislators who had been referred by registered lElections, increased transparency of political contributors to independent expenditure committees and disclosure of the outside clients or customers of State Legislators who had been referred by registered lobbyists.

Perhaps the higher levels of support we observed in 2014 reflected temporary shocks to public opinion stemming from events such as Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's recall election and the landmark Vergara v. California decision that struck down California's teacher evaluation and tenure laws, both of which took place while our survey was in the field.

Sadly, what is truly needed is aggressive financial reform at the federal level, which is impossible as long as The Legislative and Executive branches of government are allowed to profit in any way, i.e., contributions to political parties & candidates in elections, personal investments, and the insider trading laws that they are exempt from.

Virginia has off - year elections at the state level, so Trump's election has no immediate effect on state law or policy.

As seen through the lens of a law firm's marketing strategist, what is the risk / reward ratio of a firm making a financial contribution to a political party or an election campaign at any level of government?

Stein has a bachelor's with honors in economics from Columbia, studied econ at the graduate level at Yale, and is a graduate of Yale Law School (valedictorian of his class by election of his classmates in 1970).