Sentences with phrase «moving election day»

By moving Election Day from a single day in the middle of the work week to a full weekend, we are encouraging more working Americans to participate.

Rep. Louise Slaughter, a Rochester Democrat, is dusting off legislation she first introduced back in 2013 that would move election day from its traditional Tuesday to the weekend.

The Fairport Democrat says the «Weekend Voting Act» would move Election Day from the first Tuesday in November to the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November.

What: Rep. Israel, New York State Senator Tony Avella and New York State Assemblyman Ed Braunstein to call for passage of legislation to move Election Day to the weekend.

And then, after all of this, we should move election day to April 15th.

Not exact matches

Two weeks ago, on Election Day, ETP said it was moving equipment to the edge of the Missouri River, and would «commence drilling activities» within two weeks of the move's completion.

There is no way that the velocity of these moves, both up and down, can last beyond a few days past the election,» Cramer said.

These are the stocks posting the largest moves after the bell on Election Day, including Hertz, Wynn, Mylan and more.

While other provinces, most recently Ontario, and the federal government have moved to take big money out of politics, the Christy Clark government has not only said no to banning union and corporate donations, and no to municipal election spending limits — it has moved to eliminate pre-election spending limits in the 60 days prior to an election.

Negotiators have been working for days - and nights - on details of the bill, which is widely viewed as the last major piece of legislation likely to move through Congress in this election year.

The move came as Franklin and Billy Graham met with Mitt Romney, who was campaigning to be the first Mormon president, shortly before Election Day.

She was so moved by Barak Obama's speech days before the election, that when a local TV station interviewed her on the spot,...

Political campaigns operate on this system as well, and as politician or candidate, your job is to move people from knowing who you are (stage 1) to following you on Twitter (stage 2) to posting a yard sign (stage 3) to donating money (stage 4) to submitting an entry to your Facebook photo contest (stage 5) to organizing the masses on Election Day (stage 6).

The federal MOVE Act requires states hold primaries no later than 44 days prior to the general election.

Another alternative solution proposed would be to move the current election day to always land on November 11th, which happens to be Veterans Day and is already a federal holiday that is widely observday to always land on November 11th, which happens to be Veterans Day and is already a federal holiday that is widely observDay and is already a federal holiday that is widely observed.

Her comments, made at a news conference in which mainline Democrats unveiled a «resistance» agenda to bolster liberal gains made before the election of Donald Trump as president, come days after yet another lawmaker moved to the IDC: Queens Sen. Jose Peralta.

New York State has moved its fall 2018 primary election date back two days so it does not interfere with the anniversary of 9/11 or the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah.

He currently lives in a different Council district and will need to move into the district by election day.

When Gordon Brown, guided by Ed Balls, announced just four days after the 1997 election that the Bank of England would become independent, the move appeared to be a masterstroke for New Labour.

The measures, which would allow same - day voter registration and early voting, were approved in the Senate Elections Committee and moved to a second committee.

The day after the referendum, Cameron raised the issue of «English votes for English laws», with Miliband criticising the move as a simplistic solution to a complex problem, eventually coming out in favour for a constitutional convention to be held after the general election.

One bill would move that date up to 25 days before an election.

The measures, which would allow same day voter registration and early voting, were approved in the Senate Elections Committee, and moved to a second committee.

Martins now argues that the general election should also be moved to allow adequate time for the winner to campaign against Democratic candidate Thomas Suozzi and to comply with a federal law that requires 45 days for ballots to be able to reach military and overseas voters.

«It remains to be seen what Adriano's operation is going to look like on Election Day,» Smikle said, noting that endorsements only really move the needle in an election like this if they come with a ground organElection Day,» Smikle said, noting that endorsements only really move the needle in an election like this if they come with a ground organelection like this if they come with a ground organization.

Life in prison is to become slightly more uncomfortable for male inmates, in a move dismissed by reformers but welcomed on the doorstep two days away from this year's local elections.

Labor endorsements are more impactful than usual this election cycle as the federal courts have placed the primary date for congressional elections on a different day than the rest of the state's elections and Albany refused to move the other date to match the federal one.

Let's see who's making a move to upset the apple cart after Election Day.»

The Republican Party has recruited fake Democrats to run in all six recall elections, a move party officials said is designed to ensure each one has a primary and the general election for all six is held on the same day, June 5.

But just one day before elections, Cuomo seemed to be once again moving away from that date.

The resolution is in response to the U.S. Department of Justice's request to a federal judge to order the state to move its congressional primary to no later than Aug. 18, in order to comply with a federal law requiring absentee ballots be sent to members of the military no less than 45 days prior to the Nov. 6, 2012 general election.

Dustin Czarny, one of Onondaga County's Board of Elections commissioners, said that because Election Day usually takes place at the beginning of a month where people tend to move, that currently affects people's ability to register to vote.

Hoon insisted the move, timed on the day that the prime minister faced his first question time of general election year, was designed to «clear the air» and to end divisions within the party ahead of the general election.

The move, she believes, would ease pressure on verification and vote counting machines on the Election Day.

It sounds like a stupid move to me, where is the state saving money there??? I know where to cast my governor vote next election day that is for sure

It took only two days for Labour to move the writ for the by - election in Lewisham East.

Activity is the order of the day in Number 10 as the prime minister looks to move on from the general election.

The two women, one of them was an EC official on Election Day, moved away from her post at the polling station near the Asafo Palace to a drinking spot and handed over her EC jacket to the other woman.

The party is moving a writ tomorrow morning - meaning the by - election must take place within 15 to 19 working days as determined by Commons authorities.

The federal government wants New York to hold its primary no later than Aug. 18 in order to comply with the MOVE Act, which requires the vote is held at least 45 days before the election.

The issue started with the U.S. Department of Justice's request to a federal judge to order the state to move its congressional primary to no later than Aug. 18, in order to comply with a federal law requiring absentee ballots be sent to members of the military no less than 45 days prior to the Nov. 6, 2012 general election.

ALBANY - With three weeks to go before Election Day, Republicans are moving to make Mayor de Blasio and the liberal City Council a centerpiece of their campaign to maintain control of the state Senate.

Specifically, the MOVE Act requires ballots to be sent out 45 days before a Federal election (primary or general).

The letter comes as the Department of Justice is attempting to force New York to hold a primary date 44 days before the general election in order to comply with the federal MOVE Act.

Elections are usually held on Tuesdays, but due to Tuesday falling on September 11 this year, the date was moved back two days.

Republican State Sen. Tom O'Mara, who sponsored the bill, said the later date will also give New York more time to comply with the MOVE Act, a federal law that requires states to send absentee ballots to military voters overseas no less than 45 days before an election.

So now Cuomo, just days from the election, is moving in for the kill.

That came after the state received a waiver in 2010 that allowed it to keep the federal primary in September despite the 2009 passage of the federal MOVE Act requiring states to provide absentee ballots to military and overseas voters no later than 45 days before a federal general election.

The Court is scheduled to rule after December 1st on the US Department of Justice's motion to compel New York State to comply with the MOVE Act requirement to transmit ballots to military and overseas voters not later than 45 days before election day for federal office rather than the 32 day deadline currently provided for in state statute.

The two leading candidates to succeed Rep. Charles Rangel tread carefully, moving to calm tensions one day after preliminary election results showed state Sen. Adriano Espaillat ahead of Assemblyman Keith Wright in the Democratic primary.