Sentences with phrase «not registered voters»

State election officials had said the Democratic lawmaker had fallen short of requirements to make the ballot because two people collecting signatures for him were not registered voters, as required by state law.

«The typical reasons (signatures are ruled invalid) are that they are not registered voters, they are not registered Republicans, or their addresses are not valid,» Conklin said.

Odelson said he was surprised to learn that about 500 people who signed petitions were not registered voters — «an extraordinary amount.»

The incumbent Member of Parliament for the area Nii Armah Ashitey has sued Dr. Rawlings praying the court to declare her election null and void since she was not a registered voter in the constituency as of the time she contested the primaries of the ruling party.

That development raised issues about her eligibility as a voter, since the party's Greater Accra regional chairman, Ade Coker, said the non-existence of one's name on the register meant that person was not a registered voter since, according to him, the source of the NDC's register of voters was the national register of the Electoral Commission.

He said should the court even go ahead nullifying Zanetor's election because she's not a registered voter, there will still be ample time for the NDC to set a date that may favour Zanetor's inclusion in a re-run.

The Electoral Commission (EC) says Dr. Zanetor Rawlings is not a registered voter per their records.

The contention on Dr. Rawlings» eligibility comes after Nii Armah Ashietey, a failed parliamentary candidate, challenged in court that Zanetor's victory was unlawful since she's is not a registered voter.

«I think it's an incorrect statement for anyone to say she's not a registered voter and that can not vote in the election while there is an upcoming limited registration yet to be held in April,» he told host Fiifi Banson on Anopa Kasapa on Thursday.

The rank and file of the party feels aggrieved to learn that Zanetor could not vote in the very elections she contested because she is not a registered voter on the Electoral Commission's National voters» register — the very register on which compilation of the NDC biometric register was based.»

The plaintiffs, Mr Joseph Botchway and the three others had argued that Dr Rawlings was not a registered voter in the constituency and therefore did not qualify to have been in the contest.

It has been suggested that Dr. Rawlings is not a registered voter in the Klottey Korle Constituency.

The defeated incumbent MP at the party's primary in November 2015, Nii Armah Ashietey, went to court to challenge the eligibility of Dr. Zanetor to contest, arguing that she was not a registered voter at the time.

On September 10 the party was informed that one of its candidates for presidential elector is not a registered voter and is therefore ineligible.

A declaration that by virtue of the Supreme Court decision in the case of Benjamin Eyi Mensah v Electoral Commission and Anor dated 27/02/15 Carlos Ahenkorah was not a registered voter of the Tema West Constituency at the time he contested the NPP's parliamentary primaries in the Tema West Constituency.

Not exact matches

What's more, even if there is a backlash, it might not be that big: a new POLITICO / Morning Consult poll shows support for stricter gun laws among registered voters at 68 %, well above the 25 % who oppose such laws.

States permit poll watchers so long as they are registered, trained, and abide by state rules designed to make sure voters aren't impeded or intimidated while getting to and from the polls.

The U.K.'s 46.5 million registered voters decided whether or not to leave the European Union, 43 years after the country first joined the then - European Economic Community, and the answer was yes.

But 38 percent of Republicans said he should be removed from his position as administrator of the EPA, compared with 21 percent of Republicans who said he shouldn't, while 40 percent of registered GOP voters said they didn't know or had no opinion.

Politico's Toby Eckert: «More than half of registered voters say they haven't noticed an increase in their paychecks as a result of the new tax law, and support for the law overall remains tepid, according to a new POLITICO / Morning Consult poll.

What bothers me is that, assuming the poll was reliable, 30 % of registered voters do not know that Romney is Mormon and think that Mr. Obama is a Muslim.

According to a Pew Research Center survey of 1,655 registered voters released today, more than half of white evangelicals said they weren't satisfied with their ballot options (55 %), reflecting the feeling of Americans at large (58 %).

An August 2010 poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that nearly half of Tea Party supporters (46 %) had not heard of or did not have an opinion about «the conservative Christian movement sometimes known as the religious right»; 42 % said they agree with the conservative Christian movement and roughly one - in - ten (11 %) said they disagree (based on registered voters).

Rodriguez joined assistant editor Morgan Lee and editor - in - chief Mark Galli to discuss why the church should not retreat from culture, what led 60 percent of Latino evangelicals to vote for Trump, and why Christians should register as independent voters.

The Pew survey found that 17 % of registered voters think Obama is a Muslim, while 31 % say they do not know the president's religion.

And as this year's march is focusing on voter registration, if you haven't registered to vote yet, this is the day to do it.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said 12 million Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) had not been collected by registered voters across the coVoters Cards (PVCs) had not been collected by registered voters across the covoters across the country.

According to Koku Anyidoho, he can not see how Bawumia can survive on the political terrain after it has become very apparent that Nana Akuffo - Addo's running mate lied about the voters register being over-bloated with foreigners.

While I don't love the way «registered democrats» sounds, it will be necessary to require participation by name and limit it to registered voters.

And, don't forget, a significant number of younger Britons have also fallen off the electoral register in recent months (hence Nicky Morgan's recent intervention to try and ensure that those young voters who are still on the register turn out.)

The group's protest followed the New Patriotic Party's claim that it had uncovered thousands of ghost names in the voter's register, deeming it not credible.

One subscriber on page 89 of her nomination forms is not a validly registered voter, and illegally registered twice and so is on the Exclusion list of multiple voters.

If those running for any office don't receive a minimum percentage of the available votes, say for example (I'll keep this small scale) 100 voters are registered, and each candidate receives 25 or less votes, the election would be void, and new candidates selected.

Int he US, in the small number of states that use Open primaries, all voters that register to support your party and those that have not registered to support a different party get to vote in the selection.

If a process is meant to improve the integrity of the electoral process, judgments that shoot it down can not advance the cause of our development; it means we have chosen a path of regression to the era where elections are decided by unsavory self - help in bloating the voter register with strange names on the part of politicians.

London and other metropolitan areas have seen a decline in voter registration, and the report suggested 3.5 million eligible voters were not registered at the time of the 2001 Census.

I could not find a lower voter turnover, the closest being Parliamentary elections in Haiti with 17.82 %, Haiti having more than 5M registered voters.

I must say, it is, however, silent on the right of such people to register as voters, but this silence of the constitution can not be interpreted to suit the whims of any group,» he cautioned.

The opposition New Patriotic Party [NPP] which is championing the course for a new register claiming over 76,000 foreign nationals are registered on Ghana's voters register which makes the electoral roll not credible joined other parties at the debate.

Ahead of the Committee beginning its work, the largest opposition party accused the panel of bias insisting that two of the members could not be trusted to give a fair assessment on the NPP's position on the voters register.

Each challenge shall be made separately, in writing, under oath and on forms prescribed by the State Board of Elections, and shall specify the reasons why the challenged voter is not entitled to register, remain registered, or vote.

The figures show there are 2,632,341 registered active Republicans in New York, with 2,387,443 registered independent voters not affiliated with either party — a difference of 244,898 voters.

For instance, when looking at the internet as a persuasive tool, they say that «e-mail is not close to challenging direct mail and phone calls as ways to reach voters: A Pew Research Center survey last month found that 38 percent of registered voters had received phone calls about the midterm campaigns, while only 15 percent had received e-mail.»

This just reminds voters that like O'Mara's second paycheck from a registered lobbying firm, Albany won't fix itself and we need change.»

A couple of states have had higher turnout in the 2012 Republican Primaries than they had in 2008, but most have about the same or even less — not impressive, considering that this race is much more open and closely fought and that the number of registered voters has grown since last time.

Mr Mac Manu said the party will not accept anything other than a fresh voter roll as the five - member panel confirmed, in its report, that the current register was bloated.

Asiedu Nketia called for the arrest of Dr Bawumia, who said the truth about the bloated voters» register, so, why not the President, who on countless occasions has peddled untruth?

If identification was not provided at the time of registering to vote or if the identification information could not be verified, a voter must show identification at the polling place.

23 % Is probably about the percentage of people who voted in the last US presidential election relative to those who were not legally prohibited persons (Less than 60 % of registered voters actually voted and there are a bunch on non-registered persons).

Nearly six in 10 registered voters — 58 percent — say they don't want Spitzer to run for statewide office this year, but that's a big improvement from last September, when the number was 69 percent.