Sentences with phrase «making election information»

While the reality is not so straightforward, by making election information easily available in a one - stop - shop location, rather than hidden away in spreadsheets, pdfs and other documents spread across dozens of official websites, this has the potential to bring local democracy closer to people.

Not exact matches

The former New York mayor said in an interview that a payment made on the president's behalf to Stormy Daniels prevented damaging information from emerging during the 2016 election.

FBI agents on Monday seized documents and devices in raids on Cohen's office and hotel room, seeking information about payments made to porn actress Stephanie Clifford, who performs under the name Stormy Daniels, shortly before the 2016 election.

They were seeking information about a $ 130,000 payment Cohen says he personally made to adult film star Stormy Daniels days before the 2016 election, sources told NBC News.

FBI agents seized documents and devices in raids last week on Cohen's office and hotel room, seeking information about payments made to Daniels shortly before the 2016 election.

In order to understand the context in which the FBI sought a FISA warrant for Carter Page, it is necessary to understand how the investigation began, what other information the FBI had about Russia's efforts to interfere with our election, and what the FBI knew about Carter Page prior to making application to the court — including Carter Page's previous interactions with Russian intelligence operatives.

Additionally, research shows that employees appreciate company efforts to make voting easier for them and consider their employer a credible source for election information.

* Arming you with the information you and your employees need to make an informed decision at the polls on Election Day through Get Out The Vote efforts.

New Media & Society has published the article where I make the argument, based on ethnographic research I did during the 2008 U.S. elections, but based on intuitions and interests aroused by previous research in the 2007 U.S. presidential primaries (published by the Journal of Information Technology & Politics here).

The Labour Party first pledged itself to a Freedom of Information Act in its 1974 election manifesto, but the precarious positions of the Wilson and Callaghan governments made progress impossible.

Where any officer of a body designated by notice in writing pursuant to subsection (9D) wishes to obtain, for the purpose of compiling a roll of electors for an election and for no other purpose, any specified information, the Electoral Commission may, in accordance with regulations made under this Act, give that officer, on payment of the prescribed fee, a computer - compiled list or electronic storage medium containing that information.

Any electoral official of a local authority (as defined in section 5 of the Local Electoral Act 2001) may, on payment of the prescribed fee, and in accordance with regulations made under this Act, obtain from the Electoral Commission a computer - compiled list or electronic storage medium containing specified information, for the purpose of conducting an election for any body, where the Electoral Commission is satisfied that --

Trump's election integrity commission will make public records requests to obtain voter data from the states that have refused to turn over that information, the commission's vice chair said.

The Voter Empowerment Act would expand online registration and require the state Board of Elections to make certain registration information available to voters online so they may update their information over the internet, which could improve the accuracy of New York voter rolls by reducing the number of outdated or duplicate registration records.

To keep a close liaison and coordination with state security elements for the activities — the use of armed escort as much as possible and maintaining strong security training and awareness for the personnel; careful selection of all election related sites and the maintenance of security for polling staff, electoral materials and equipment and situational awareness through a well - developed public information strategy to support election operation and ensure timely distribution of security information / advisories; identify hotspots (fragile security locations) in coordination with the Security Agencies and the most likely threats in each constituency and provide a clear order of priority for concerted efforts to be made to mitigate and manage these concerns and to allow resources to be targeted for maximum effect.

«We are now working with the Home Office to make sure voters have the information they need to take part in the November elections.»

Individual voters choose what they want to choose — whether or not the information and perspectives they hear were all actually correct information and fair perspectives (their job at the time to decide if they accept any information, whatever its nature, or whether they check it)... whether or not they later change their mind or wish they'd known other information (as happens to many people after most elections anyway)... and the democratic process respects their freely made choice as the result.

However despite the fact that this election occurred nearly three years ago, this information has not been made available.

Following the election, The Daily Telegraph detailed changes to Wikipedia pages made from computers with IP addresses inside Parliament raising suspicion that «MPs or their political parties deliberately hid information from the public online to make candidates appear more electable to voters» and a deliberate attempt to hide embarrassing information from the electorate.

As the Board of Elections makes the state's voter rolls available to the President Trump's election integrity commission, Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a statement on Wednesday said New York won't be turning over personal information on voters.

This is much more efficient since campaigns know that they are asking people who are eligible to vote and since the canvasser has a list, they can cross-reference the signature to Board of Elections records to make sure that apartment numbers and other information are correct.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's election integrity commission will make public records requests to obtain voter data from the states that have refused to turn over that information, the commission's vice chair said Wednesday.

In cases where an electoral division fell within two different local election constituencies and in the absence of further information, a rough estimate / judgement call had to be made as to which proportion of that electoral division's territory / area was located within these different constituencies.

Just over a quarter of people reported that they had enough information to make an informed decision about how to vote, while around three quarters reported knowing little or nothing at all about the elections.

In an effort to assist the scientific and engineering community digest developments since Election Day, AAAS has made information available about its actions in response to administration policy shifts that impact scientific integrity and tracked Cabinet nominations as well as other relevant policy issues at www.ForceForScience.org.

The purpose of this lesson is twofold: 1) to help students understand how Hitler was able to use the Nazis» victory in these elections to suppress opposition, control the spread of information, use fear to establish authority, and, ultimately, to make himself Führer, the supreme leader of Germany, and 2) to help students recognize how the choices made by German citizens, members of parliament, and other leaders contributed to Hitler's rise to power.

While American politics has degenerated into campaigns of limited value, based on little more than meanness, hate and hyperbole, elections should be about meaningful discussion and debate between candidates who recognize the importance of providing voters with the information they need to make informed decisions.

Although beyond the scope of this article, the tax complexities can be mitigated by making a qualified electing fund election under Sec. 1295 on Form 8621, Information Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company or Qualified Electing Fund.

As a starting point to address gaps in both access to justice and access to legal services, for example, lawyers might look to the information provided and questions posed in the excellent Canadian Bar Association Election Engagement Kit recently made available through Envisioning Equal Justice.

He continued:»... voters were told that the locations of polling stations in their districts had been moved... The information was false and Elections Canada neither made nor authorized those calls.»

Ms. Hewitt provides detailed, practical suggestions on many aspects of a criminal defence file including: analysis of the Crown's case; reviewing the information / indictment; considering legal elements; dealing with co-accuseds; disclosure and production; elections; challenging the case to be made by the Crown; pre-trial preparations, including procedural considerations; jury versus non-jury trials; admissions; scheduling; preparing an opening address or summary; pretrial hearings; and running the trial itself, including details relating to issues of evidence.

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

The Crown may not hold back disclosure on the basis that the defence has been given sufficient information to allow it to make an informed decision about election and plea.

The New York Times and The Observer of London made big waves Saturday with a front - page story adding more details to what is known about data - firm Cambridge Analytica's role in the 2016 election, revealing with the help of whistleblower and former CA employee Christopher Wylie that the company «harvested private information from the Facebook profiles of more than 50 million users without their permission, making it one of the largest data leaks in the social network's history.»

The magnitude of the public outcry and the amount of media attention given to the ordeal has been significant even in the context of the scope of the incident which is said to have seen Cambridge Analytica harvest data of some 50 million Facebook users while informing less than one - percent of them of that activity several years back, then leveraging that information to fight an information war during the 2016 presidential election in the United States, an accusation made by a whistleblower that the firm repeatedly denied.

If indeed, Mueller is using warrants, then it's likely that Facebook won't be the only tech company that may be forced to reveal information about potential clandestine advertising buys, which Russian agents are alleged to have made in order to influence the U.S. election.

What you do need is substantive information that can help you make informed decisions on Election Day, Nov. 2.

«State election officials have a duty to make sure voters have the information they need to cast a ballot and have it counted.