Sentences with phrase «new electoral districts»

They were protesting the school board's refusal to hold elections for all seven board members after new electoral districts were redrawn following the 2000 U.S. Census.

You make the point that the Democrats will control the way that new electoral districts will drawn up.

ALBANY — Saying it's too late to replace the legislative task force that's been drawing new electoral districts, a good government group is calling for stricter criteria to guide its process.

This timeline would allow Elections Alberta enough time to prepare the new electoral districts for the 2019 provincial election.

(5) The following rules apply with respect to the term of office of a returning officer who is appointed or reappointed for a new electoral district:

«new electoral district» means an electoral district described in subsection 2 (1) of the Representation Act, 2015; («nouvelle circonscription électorale»)

(10) If an enactment establishes a new electoral district but the enactment does not come into force until a future time, the Chief Electoral Officer may accept nomination papers under this section for the future electoral district.

Not exact matches

The win by Democratic Senate candidate Shelley Mayer in the 37th Senate district showed the power of anti-Trump fervor in the New York City suburbs, the usefulness of a united Democratic state Senate for the party and that the suburbs themselves are highly engaged right now electoral politics.

Mr. Storobin performed strongly in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in last Tuesday's election, and, during the campaign, he touted his roots in Boro Park and Midwood, which will become the core of the new district, so he likely sees his electoral prospects differently than Mr. Brook - Krasny.

A person who is qualified to be registered as an elector of any electoral district and who is in New Zealand must apply to the Electoral Commission for registration as an elector --

the Maori electoral population of New Zealand shall be divided by the quota for General electoral districts in the South Island determined pursuant to section 35 (3)(b), and the quotient so obtained shall be the number of Maori electoral districts:

A person who is qualified to be registered as an elector of any electoral district and who is outside New Zealand may apply at any time to the Electoral Commission for registration as an elector.

It shall be the duty of the Commission to divide New Zealand into General electoral districts from time to time in accordance with this section and section 269.

Top Republicans who drew the new boundaries sought to diminish Democrats» overall electoral chances by shifting the borders of numerous districts.

In incorporating all of Mott Haven and part of the East Bronx up to Highbridge, the CM looks to garner support among her base, but bears the risk of having to appeal to tens of thousands of new district residents who have not yet succumbed to her electoral charms.

Tired of being overlooked, Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Washington, Vermont, and the District of Columbia, all consistently blue, have already pledged their 77 electoral votes to the compact.

[78] In July 2005, a new law for electoral reforms was approved which prevented electoral gerrymandering by cutting the number of electoral districts from 25 to 5.

The officials, Jobey Ambrose and Mumuni Latiffa who work at the EC's Walewale District office allegedly took the sum of GH 10,000 from the Vice Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to breach the electoral laws of the country.

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As New York prepares for the once - a-decade redistricting process based on census data, Gov. Cuomo has proposed that the electoral map be redrawn by an independent commission as opposed to the legislature, which has created some highly - gerrymandered districts in the past.

Meanwhile about One Million New Yorkers are denied the right to vote in the primaries we pay for simply because we won't egister in the party in control of our electoral district and no one gives a dime about that!

The 1993 reform government under Hosokawa Morihiro introduce a new electoral system whereby 200 members (reduced to 180 beginning with the 2000 election) are elected by proportional representation in multi-member districts or «blocs» while 300 are elected from single - candidate districts.

31 (1) If a candidate dies after being nominated and before the close of the poll, the returning officer shall suspend the election and the Chief Electoral Officer shall fix new days for the nomination of candidates and for polling in that electoral district but any certified nominations may, at the option of the candidate nominated, remain valid.