Sentences with phrase «n't get on the ballot»

It's hard not to in the current climate; many candidates wouldn't get on the ballot if they didn't claim adherence to the superstition.

«[Paladino] didn't get on the ballot during the convention, but he went and clawed his way back on through the petitioning process,» Cox told NY1's Erin Billups.

Yeah, the rich and the poor alike can run for office, except that the poor can't get on the ballot!

«I know Katko will definitely be trying to scrub those petitions hard to make sure she doesn't get on the ballot.»

When the presidential candidate who places third consistently can't get on the ballot, something is wrong.

Dixon did not get on the ballot, however.

The 5,000 signature requirement is not terribly difficult but Kentucky is a state in which the minor parties traditionally don't get on the ballot in the odd - year gubernatorial election years.

«I would be exceedingly surprised if she did not get on the ballot at the state convention,» said Jacobs, who expects to endorse Rice in his capacity as Nassau party chairman either Monday or Tuesday.

Not exact matches

«Airbnb was not on the ballot yesterday, the hosts were on the ballot,» said Chesky, who says he got the idea for the company, now valued at $ 25 billion, when he couldn't afford to pay his own rent.

Our city council put that on the ballot last election but we couldn't get the levy passed.

I don't know what church you've been going to, but my minister goes to great pains before an election to not mention ANY candidate or particular ballot issue, but instead call on the congregation to read their scriptures (suggesting some references) and pray, pray, pray for God's guidance, as they get ready to cast their vote.

While I could care less if Jack Morris, Dale Murphy, or Lee Smith eventually gets in, I'm sad Craig Biggio, Tim Raines, Alan Trammell, and especially Kenny Lofton (who fell off the ballot) aren't getting the recognition they deserve for what they did on the field, and royally pissed at how Jeff Bagwell and Mike Piazza's accomplishments are diminished when they're lumped in with PEDs users despite the fact that there's no evidence implicating either of them.

I don't want to get too irate about a ballot that has Raines and Trammell on it, mind you, but it's the first name that gets me.

Still, Facebook apps have yet to revolutionize online political advocacy, though Facebook groups certainly have their political uses (alas, not enough oomph to get Stephen Colbert on the ballot).

Through personal involvement in many NY political campaigns over the past 25 years, I can tell you that getting on the ballot in NY is no easy task for outsiders (i.e., candidates not backed by a party).

But they didn't love the idea of losing control over who gets to run on their ballot line, which they — through gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins — worked so hard to secure in the 2010 campaign.

Everyone on that list is also a registered Republican, which means they would have an easier time of getting onto the ballot than Levy himself, since they won't need Wilson Pakulas.

Not surprisingly, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot liNot surprisingly, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot linot at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot line.

He also promised «an awful lot of people are going to get hurt in the process» if legislative leaders go along with the governor's idea of scrapping third party officials» power to hand - pick who runs on their ballot lines — a pledge that no doubt sent shivers up the spines of not a few Senate Republicans.

The main goal of the Democratic party's field organizing is to get their supporters off their butts and to the polls, either on Election Day or (even better) beforehand — absentee ballots are field - organizing gold, since every early ballot in the bank represents a voter who WO N'T need to be hassled in person or over the phone before November 4th.

Paladino also did not receive sufficient support at the convention to get onto the ballot, but petitioned his way on instead.

The issue of potential rules changes to help Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy get on the ballot at the state GOP convention next month reportedly did not come up at last week's Ft. Orange Club meeting, but the topic of the order in which candidates will be nominated was broached.

Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, who has been running for about a year now and has sufficient county support to get onto the ballot on Friday (assuming all the committee pledges he has received hold), did not attend, either.

If a candidate drops out this late, wouldn't there be deadline issues with getting a new name on the ballot in most states at all?

DioGuardi wasn't believed to have enough support to get on the GOP ballot, although he may have the inside track with the Independence Party.

The Wilson Pakula threshold for anyone not enrolled in the party who wants to run on the line, as you'll recall, is just over 50 percent of the weighted convention vote — more than twice the 25 percent necessary for party members to get onto the ballot.

According to Barron, his supporters collected names in every one of the state's 29 congressional districts and passed the 100 - name limit in 23 of those (the requirement is at least 100 in 15 districts, so candidates can't just stand on a single busy street corner in NYC and get onto the ballot).

This is one of the many quaint parts of the New York democratic tradition, which are intended to make it difficult for people who are not incumbent officeholders to get on the ballot.

But most places don't require signatures for the mundane process of filing to run for any office the way New York does — or, rather, they offer the choice between paying a filing fee and collecting signatures to get on the ballot.

At least 10 and perhaps as many as 18 hopefuls are currently petitioning to get on the ballot, and a number of prominent District 7 candidates have found themselves living not just in adjoining districts, but two districts away from the people they plan to represent.

For a candidate for the New York City Council — which, you may not know, has 51 members — trying to get on the ballot for a race that most New Yorkers pay little attention to can be burdensome.

In other words, if Candidate X gets on the ballot, but gets sick or says I don't want this to happen, their committee will pick someone to replace Candidate X and they won't have to recollect the signatures.

Martins will not have a primary opponent, after Edward Mangano, the GOP incumbent county executive, failed to file petitions to get on the ballot.

In the past 48 hours, Eliot Spitzer has appeared on just about every local television and radio show to promote his eleventh - hour bid for New York City comptroller, but the comeback candidate may have a problem that publicity alone can't fix: getting on the ballot.

The Bridgeport mayor has been collecting thousands of signatures to get on the primary ballot, and some delegates surmised that Ganim might not go forward with his convention effort if he believes that a poor showing would make him look like a weak candidate.

Former Rep. Joe DioGuardi did not hit the 25 percent ballot threshold, getting just 17.82 percent, and so it appears — for the moment — he will have to petition his way on if he chooses to continue his quest to compete in the GOP contest to take on Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in November.

McGuire said the NYCF PAC did not get involved in the Grisanti race during the primary, but will now engage on behalf of «pro-family candidate» Chuck Swanick, the former Erie County legislator who lost his primary bid for the Democratic line to attorney Mike Amodeo, but remains on the November ballot on the Conservative Party line.

Although the Working Families Party has endorsed acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, the paperwork was not filled out to get his name listed on their ballot, and Gonzalez's campaign team failed to appeal after missing the deadline to do so.

Also, recall that the RNC isn't going to be giving federal Victory funds for the statewide GOTV effort to the state party due to a lack of confidence in Cox, stemming in part from his failed effort to woo party - switching Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy into the governor's race and get him on the ballot.

The opportunity to ballot petition usually is a tactic to get on the ballot against the party's wishes, but Seeber said that was not the case, in this instance.

The state's Supreme Court hadn't resolved a partisan scuffle over who gets to be listed first on the ballot this year before overseas absentee ballots were dropped in the mail, so those voters will have to write in all the candidates» names themselves, according to Deputy Secretary of State James Spallone.

Those not chosen by the borough's party organizations can still get on the ballot by filing new petitions within 12 days of Paterson's announcement, which gives them an Aug. 18 deadline.

But political hopeful Philip Pidot is pressing for a new primary in federal court after a state court judge ruled he was eligible to run as a Republican ballot but there was not enough time to get Pidot's name on the primary ballot by last Tuesday.

The decision not to endorse means the club will not petition to get any Democratic mayoral hopeful on the ballot.

If the MPs had taken their gate - keeping duties seriously, Corbyn would not have got his name on the ballot.

This whole Spitzermania thing might be short lived, since the former governor might not even get on the ballot.

I believe each state party gets to decide who or who can not be on the ballot under their party affiliation.

Sen. Carl Kruger's would - be primary challenger didn't collect enough signatures to get on the ballot, but says he'll be back.

I just need you to sign the petition to get me on the ballot,» said Weiner, who then noticed the incredulous reaction of a reporter and added, «and you really shouldn't talk that way about people.»

Perez Williams said her decision — less than two weeks before the deadline to file petitions to get on the June 26 ballot — was influenced by a political mentor she would not identify and a belief that Balter failed to raise enough money and attention to compete against Katko.