Sentences with phrase «nonpartisan candidates»

Deadline for nonpartisan candidates seeking federal or statewide office to file with Registrar of Voters

Filing deadline for candidates seeking Appeals Court, Circuit Court, District Court or Probate Court and partisan and nonpartisan candidates other than judicial candidates

Deadline for partisan and nonpartisan candidates (other than incumbent judges) to file for the state primary

* Although Jay Mathis won election to the Mississippi House of Representatives as a Nonpartisan candidate, after swearing in he was listed as a Republican representative.

Tatum was a 2016 nonpartisan candidate for mayor of Bakersfield, California.

Announcing New York City Council District 18 Nonpartisan Candidate Forum New York August 7, 2017 — The Garifuna Coalition USA, Inc. and the NAACP Parkchester Branch are pleased to announce the New York City Council District 18 nonpartisan Candidate Forum.

The purpose of the Nonpartisan Candidate Forum is to give City Council District 18 voters an opportunity to hear candidates discuss the issues of importance to them in this election.

Not exact matches

Barack Obama had more than double the number of candidates submitted for Senate approval by now, 252, according to the nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service.

The NYC Campaign Finance Board just released a list of 10 candidates who have filed certification forms to join the public financing program for the upcoming Nov. 2 nonpartisan special election to fill the Queens seat left vacant by the death of the late NYC Councilman Tom White.

State and local candidates already have access to CRMs like Salsa (on the Left) and NationBuilder (nonpartisan), and now we have this new development.

Instead, she laid the blame at the feet of the Democratic Party — speficially the Rev. Al Sharpton, who publicly declared his support for keeping the partisan primary system in place last weekend, saying nonpartisan elections would enable self - financed candidates like the billionaire mayor to take over the political system and disenfranchise minority voters.

«When the limits for contributions to the parties are much higher than for candidates, contributions to the parties in effect become a pass - through to the candidates,» said Michael Malbin, a University at Albany political science professor and director of the Campaign Finance Institute, a nonpartisan Washington, D.C., think tank.

Two hopefuls top the list of House candidates who have gotten their biggest contributions this cycle from the securities and investment industries, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics reports.

A clear majority of voters (59 - 21) say all candidates for state office should sign a pledge in support of a nonpartisan independent redistricting commission — a victory for both former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, whose PAC, New York Uprising, is pushing candidates to do just that; and also for AG Andrew Cuomo, who is calling for citizens and candidates alike to sign his reform pledge.

The Green Party in the United States has won elected office mostly at the local level; most winners of public office in the United States who are considered Greens have won nonpartisan - ballot elections (that is, elections in which the candidates» party affiliations were not printed on the ballot).

Koch, through his good - government group New York Uprising, released lists Thursday of how candidates responded to his call for legislative district boundaries to be drawn by a nonpartisan commission, tougher governmental ethics rules and a better budget process.

Of those 72, 49 were Nebraska State Senators, where all candidates must run as a nonpartisan.

ALBANY — Last year, Edward I. Koch placed automated telephone calls to voters on behalf of scores of candidates who signed his pledge to support redrawing Congressional and legislative districts in an independent, nonpartisan manner.

At 8:30 p.m., NYC mayoral candidates Massey, Sal Albanese, Robert Gangi, Michael Tolkin and Nicole Malliotakis participate in a «faith over fear» nonpartisan mayoral forum, First Corinthian Baptist Church, 1912 Adam Clayton Powell Jr..

A civic coalition seeking to improve how Albany governs is asking incumbents and candidates for state office this year to pledge publicly to back strict fiscal controls on state spending, stronger ethics and financial disclosure regulations, and a nonpartisan system for drawing legislative and Congressional districts.

Michael Cathey was a 2017 nonpartisan special election candidate for District 10 of the Mississippi State Senate.

All four major - party candidates running for governor have already pledged to support nonpartisan, independent redistricting — a fundamental change that state lawmakers, intent on self - preservation, have resisted for decades.

Green Party candidates in the United States have primarily won elected offices at the local level; most Green officeholders have won nonpartisan - ballot elections (races in which candidates were not identified on the ballot as affiliated with any political party).

In a tweet, our managing editor, observed that it seems an odd thing for Reverend Diaz to do just days before his favored City Council candidate, Rafael Salamanca, Jr. faces voters in a nonpartisan special election to fill the vacancy caused by former Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo's sudden resignation last December.

Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch was in a very good mood this morning following the release of a Q poll that found 59 percent of New Yorkers want candidates for state office to sign a pledge to support a nonpartisan independent redistricting entity.

Faith leaders who organized a large nonpartisan forum for the city's mayoral candidates were left fuming Thursday night when the biggest names pulled out at eleventh - hour — including Mayor de Blasio who cited a scheduling conflict and Republican real estate mogul Paul Massey who complained the questions were too tough.

Americans Elect is a «nonpartisan presidential draft» organization that has obtained ballot lines and created a way for ANY VOTER to vote for their desired candidate.

Nonpartisan elections, also known as «top - two» elections, would let all candidates run in a September primary open to all voters.

In his first campaign speech Monday, Republican gubernatorial candidate Marcus Molinaro sought to position himself as a nonpartisan problem - solver who would bring civility to Albany after years of rough - and - tumble politics.

And they say he will present himself as a «nonpartisan» candidate in the same manner that resulted in the victory of independent candidate Ben Walsh last month for mayor of Syracuse.

We have included the sample ballot, the names of the candidates, their nonpartisan party name and campaign websites for your information.

(Bronx, N.Y. — October 27, 2015) Tonight, candidates for Bronx District Attorney, Republican Robert Siano and Democrat Judge Darcel D. Clark (invited, not confirmed) will participate in a Candidates» Forum, hosted by Discovery for Justice, a nonprofit organization that focuses on nonpartisancandidates for Bronx District Attorney, Republican Robert Siano and Democrat Judge Darcel D. Clark (invited, not confirmed) will participate in a Candidates» Forum, hosted by Discovery for Justice, a nonprofit organization that focuses on nonpartisanCandidates» Forum, hosted by Discovery for Justice, a nonprofit organization that focuses on nonpartisan -LSB-...]

The Commission on Presidential Debates rebutted Trump's assertion that Democrats are trying to «rig» the presidential debates by putting them up against nationally televised football games, reiterating that they are a nonpartisan organization that does not make decisions based on the desires of candidates.

I can't imagine that agreeing to a nonpartisan redistricting commission is going to be something that endears any of these candidates to either side of the aisle in the state Senate and House delegation.

Special elections for Council seats on nonpartisan elections — instead of running on a major party's ballot row, candidates must create and run on their own, unique lines.

He will endorse the candidate that «takes an independent, nonpartisan approach — and embraces practical solutions that challenge party orthodoxy.»

Going into the elections, the organization NY Uprising asked all candidates to sign a pledge to support nonpartisan redistricting during the following legislative session.

Ron Meyers was a 2017 nonpartisan special election candidate for District 49 of the Mississippi State Senate.

Led by Joseph Concannon, a retired NYPD detective and former City Council candidate, the rally was billed as a nonpartisan affair but attracted a variety of Republican organizations and officials to decry Mr. de Blasio, a progressive Democrat.

Last day to qualify for Primary / Nonpartisan and Independent / Political Body Candidates for November General Election

In most states the Reform Party runs its own candidates, and endorses candidates for nonpartisan offices.

Unlike a nonpartisan system, the proposed Top - Two election system would allow candidates to self - identify with their political parties, providing valuable information to voters.

All candidates, regardless of party affiliation, run in a nonpartisan blanket primary (or «jungle primary») on Election Day.

And it appears at least two candidates — Larry Scott Blackmon and Mamadou Drame — may be ruled off the ballot because staff at the city's Board of Elections found that their independent party names (in the City Charter - mandated nonpartisan election) were too similar to major party names.

And that special election must be nonpartisan, ie, candidates may not run under the banner of a major political party such as the Democratic or Republican parties.

NYC Votes Candidate Forums follow the nonpartisan, unbiased and impartial format.

The research team, consisting of faculty and students from the departments of Communication and of Political Science and International Relations, created a Facebook page for a fictitious candidate using general and nonpartisan «information» about him.

Three out of four major candidates for United States president have responded to 20 key science, engineering, technology, health and environmental questions set forth by a coalition of fifty - six leading U.S. nonpartisan organizations, including AAAS.

One candidate even called for restoring the Office of Technology Assessment, a nonpartisan arm of Congress created in 1972 to analyze scientific developments that was eliminated in 1995 after Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives.

If an endorsement by Ted Kennedy, Dick Cheney's daughter, The New York Times or even Chuck Norris isn't enough to thrust you onto a particular presidential candidate's bandwagon, the Scientists & Engineers for America, a nonpartisan organization that advocates evidence - based debate and decision - making in Washington, offers another metric: their science platforms.Examining subjects like energy policy, healthcare, views on evolution, stem cells and the like, the Science, Health and Related Policies (SHARP) Network unfurls each candidate's positions (and past) in a wiki format.