Sentences with phrase «local election expenses»

Two years ago, Cahill demanded the county take over ever - increasing Safety Net (welfare) charges to the towns and the city and the cost of administering local election expenses in exchange for his allowing the bill authorizing the 1 percent add - on to reach the Assembly floor for a vote.

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In states that have caucus systems, passing the hat at election year caucuses to attendees is often the primary source of revenue (as well as one of the biggest expenses in the local party budget).

My analysis of the 2013 and 2014 local elections argued that the rise of the UKIP vote came almost equally at the expense of both main parties.

Labour is facing a wipe - out during this week's European and local elections, with polls indicating it is being disproportionately affected by the expenses scandal.

Kevin Cahill, in demanding Safety Net relief for Kingston and the towns, also sought to have the county pick up an estimated $ 600,000 local share of what he termed «rapidly expanding» election expenses.

As the MPs» expenses row threatens to overshadow the forthcoming elections it is local councillors» claims which are now being placed under the microscope as voters across the country want to know what their local representatives are spending.

The furore over expenses, which comes during the middle of the country's worst post-war recession, is expected to see voter anger reflected in upcoming European parliamentary and local elections.

This is partly due to the general disillusionment with the main three parties following the expenses revelations and partly because voters often use local elections to protest against the main parties.

Mr. Cuomo, however, has balked at calling the elections both because of their cost and because they empower local party organizations at the expense of open, multi-candidate primaries.

[1] The threat of a leadership contest receded due to his perceived strong handling of the global financial crisis in October, but his popularity hit an all - time low and his position became increasingly untenable after the May 2009 expenses scandal and Labour's poor results in the 2009 Local and European elections.

The idea that party supporters should be somehow included in the leadership election (originally proposed by David Lammy) should therefore be rejected for the same reason as primaries at a local level — non-membership should not be rewarded at the expense of members: instead, supporters should be encouraged to join with lower membership fees and the opportunity to participate in a leadership election as they were in 2010.

But if he was replaced after next month's expected drubbing in local and European elections then the path would be cleared for an early election, drawing a line under the expenses scandal.

Farage, who is fielding a record 2,000 candidates in May's local elections, told the Observer that his party, traditionally strongest in the south, was building support in the north by the week — at the expense of the Conservatives.