Sentences with phrase «minor parties»

It takes three conditions for minor party candidates to have a chance at winning a local election on their line.

Elsewhere on the ballot are more than a dozen opportunity to ballot — or write - in — primaries for minor party lines.

So why should they care about the influence of minor party lines?

The success of minor parties in the 2006 elections was not repeated, and the smaller parties were almost wiped out.

Six other council races where individuals lost in the Democratic primary will again be on the ballot on minor party lines.

Then again, it doesn't include any of the other minor party contenders, either.

Four minor party nominees in 2012 partisan statewide races carried counties.

That in turn fosters greater accountability for major parties, as minor parties offer voters other viable choices.

In total, 23 candidates from minor parties were elected, 52 fewer than in 2006.

The names of candidates for major and qualified minor parties can be placed on the general ballot.

Also there are nine states in which minor party presidential candidates appeared first on the ballot in some parts of the state.

But because of the way the cross endorsements by minor parties worked out this year, placement of names on the ballot of the four candidates will appear in three columns, not two.

The bill is apparently an attempt to repair the old law for minor party ballot access, because the old law was held unconstitutional in 2006.

The mayor had no Republican opposition in this year's general election, when he faced only minor party candidates.

The first two columns represent straight party votes while numbers in the third and fourth columns are total votes for each candidate including minor party votes.

However, mainstream parties would have to try harder to pick up lower preference votes from minor party supporters.

It removes the drafting error in the law on how minor parties get on the ballot.

Most minor party candidates can not afford a full ballot statement, especially with the new, more expensive filing fee.

It is a tradition for the opposing party to give an official response to the governor's State of the State, and officials from minor parties also weigh in through interviews and statements.

Most of the nation's nationally - organized minor parties, as well as certain other organizations, are members.

In addition, independent candidates and minor parties usually do well in Irish elections.

But cross endorsements are also how minor parties maintain their ballot status, since their ability to maintain their lines is contingent on their gubernatorial candidate receiving at least 50,000 votes every four years.

The parties already represented in the Swedish parliament, along with the Swedish television networks, excluded minor parties from the televised political debates.

These bills, assuming they are signed into law, will indirectly help minor parties to get on the ballot.

You need to worry about people who may vote Lib / Dem not those who may vote for either of these two very minor parties.

So, the law would be tweaked to include independent and minor party incumbents who first got elected in a special election.

It would have made it realistically possible to elect minor parties to power, which should deal with both of those problems to an extent.

Force minor parties to run an independent slate of candidates and see how quickly those factions disappear.

The big question was how well would some of the state's minor parties fare?

This would make our assumption that 30 seats will be won by minor parties unrealistic.

They may not even be able to form a working coalition with any single minor party.

However, both candidates will still be listed on the ballot on their respective minor party lines.

Prior to implementing the top - two system, the number of signatures required to waive that fee was 150, so most minor parties opted to file petitions.

This had the effect of limiting the government's ability to control the chamber, and has helped the rise of Australian minor parties.

Having looked in more detail, it probably boils down to an issue I've mentioned several times when talking about European polls — whether minor parties are included in the prompt.

The shift of voter support away from the major parties has been variable and spread over a large number of alternative minor parties.

The issue is the new ballot access law for minor parties passed by the 2011 session of the legislature.

The remaining No votes were made up of SNP and other minor parties.

A qualified minor party may nominate candidates for the general election just as a major party does.

The bill reduces the number of signatures for minor party and independent candidates.

It is a resolution to create a committee to study the issue of minor party ballot access.

There are minor parties in the race representing ideas.

The measure has had the opposite effect, making it harder and more expensive for minor party candidates to qualify for the primary election ballot.

While they tend to be actively engaged in politics, voters registered with minor parties don't make up a large portion of the electorate in New York.

There has been some concern about reaching that all - important 50,000 - vote mark among minor party leaders this fall, particularly since a judge declined to give the WFP and Conservatives the injunction they sought on the double - vote question.

In New York, are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum.

The only other minor party member who ever submitted enough signatures to run for U.S. House in Georgia was Libertarian Wayne Parker, who also submitted approximately 50 % more signatures than were required.