Sentences with phrase «number of registered voters in»

Esimone, who is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, said the total number of registered voters in the seven local government areas was 745, 828 out of which only 67, 872 (9.1 per cent) were accredited.

The total number of seats will be reduced from 650 to 600 and the new boundaries will be drawn so as to equalise the number of registered voters in each constituency within narrow margins.

The Legon electoral area holds the highest number of registered voters in the constituency and has been tipped by many pollsters as an important area in determining the ultimate winner of the seat.

The Vice Chancellor of University of Calabar, Prof Epoke had while justifying the declaration of the election as inconclusive, stated that the number of registered voters in the areas where elections did not hold was bigger than the gap between the leading candidate and the runner - up.

The party petition needs signatures equal to 1 % of the number of registered voters in October 2010.

But an independent presidential candidate petition would need 1 % of the number of registered voters in October 2008, because that is the last election at which president was elected.

«I, Professor Ukertor Gabriel Moti hereby affirm that the verification of signatures to the petition for the recall of Senator Dino David Melaye of Kogi West Senatorial District has taken place on this day, 28th April, 2018 and that the verified signatures is 5.34 percent of the total number of registered voters in the Constituency and has therefore not satisfied the requirements of the law for referendum.»

According to Moti, the total number of registered voters in the Senatorial District, comprising seven local government areas covered by the recall exercise stood at 351, 146.

Out of this figure, 18, 742 petitioners were eventually verified, which represents only 5.34 percent of the total number of registered voters in the constituency.

That election was so badly rigged for «Andy» Uba, that he got more votes than the number of registered voters in Anambra state!

However, it isn't the number of registered voters in the party now that counts, but the number as of August 21, 2012.

The applicants, who frowned at the 188,000 signatures which were submitted to INEC, noted that while 111,534 voted in the general election in Kogi West, the total number of registered voters in Kogi West was 360,098.

According to the result read and released by the Resident Electoral Commissioner from Benue State, Professor Ukertor Gabriel, the total number of registered voters in Kogi West was 351, 140.

If the number of registered voters in the district in which the candidate seeks nomination is less than 2,000, a candidate may submit a petition containing four signatures for each dollar of the filing fee, or 20 percent of the total number of registered voters in the district in which he or she seeks nomination, whichever is less.

New York State caps individual donations to candidates running for local office using a formula based on the number of registered voters in a given district, which varies slightly from year to year — but leaves the single donor ceiling around $ 16,000 in a Republican primary for Nassau County executive, and $ 48,000 for the general election.

At a time when the urban population is growing quickly, the number of registered voters in these areas is not keeping pace.

The Independence Party, which is the third largest political party in the county, makes up about 4 percent of the total number of registered voters in Westchester with 21,555.

Because the state purged inactive voters, the total number of registered voters in the state declined.

Cuomo said New York «refuses to perpetuate the myth voter fraud played a role in our election» and is turning down a request to give the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity the names, addresses, birth dates, voting history and last four digits of the Social Security numbers of every registered voter in the state.

Not exact matches

In a 2016 national survey of registered voters, health care ranked number four on the list of importance behind the economy, terrorism, and foreign policy.

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.)

Despite introducing a more flexible electoral registration system, Labour failed to stem the collapse in the numbers of voters who are missing from registers.

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.

(The news coverage suggests Barrett with his labor allies had an edge on the ground, but Walker certainly also had his own field operation running and some numbers suggest they've contacted more than 60 % of all registered voters in the state at least once in person.)

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.

Strach said North Carolina's check found 765 registered North Carolina voters who appear to match registered voters in other states on their first names, last names, dates of birth and the final four digits of their Social Security numbers.

Additionally, the analysis found 155,692 registered North Carolina voters whose first and last names, dates of birth and final four Social Security number digits match voters registered in other states but who most recently registered or voted elsewhere.

Signature requirement is number equal to 15 % of registered voters in the municipality, based on the total number of registered voters at the time of the last general election

Although the number of registered Democratic voters in NY State is more than double the number of Republicans registered, the state legislature, through gerrymandering, «fake Democrats» and backroom politics has remained under Republican control.

Democrats had a 5:3 advantage in the number of voters registering with their party, a ratio that was likely to increase as more immigrants and minorities came of voting age in the state.

The impression a dispassionate observer would have from the failure of security and law enforcement during the Bayelsa election (which was conducted in Nigeria's smallest state with the lowest number of registered voters) would be that the federal government permitted or condoned the strong - arm tactics of the ruling party's candidate in his ultimately vain effort to secure that state's rulership by force.

In terms of registration, Nassau Democrats only slightly outnumber Republicans (by just over 61,000: 397,859 Democrats to 336,289 Republicans) while unaffiliated independents number 239,242 voters, almost a full quarter of Nassau's 1,025,598 registered voters.

The constitution minister was under pressure over voter registration, with fears that there could be a 20 % decrease in the number of registered voters as a result of the transition from the current system.

Also a number of security personnel including the District Police Commander for Nanumba North could not find their names in the special voters register.

Of 79,409 registered voters in the town, 41 percent are Democrats and 33 percent are Republicans, according to the latest numbers from the Board of ElectionOf 79,409 registered voters in the town, 41 percent are Democrats and 33 percent are Republicans, according to the latest numbers from the Board of Electionof Elections.

First of all, with the roll out of the CVR, we must anticipate an expansion in the total number of registered voters.

The impact of missing voters will carry forward to future boundary changes, which depend on the numbers registered, not the numbers living in the area.

A requirement that many individuals sign up anew to the electoral register is widely expected to lead to a drop in the number of lower - income voters in multiple - occupancy and rented accommodation — especially students and immigrants — on the rolls.

In fact, a new survey released just this past Fri., Sept. 27th by the non-profit research group Public Religion Research Institute, found that nationally, 56 percent of registered Hispanic voters identified with the Democrats, and only 19 percent identified with Republicans — the same number identified themselves as independents.

Pollster Larry Harris says that disparity is not unusual, because it generally reflects where the most number of registered voters live in the area that was surveyed.

The most recent Board of Elections statistics show that registered Democratic voters in Harrison have grown by 494 voters, or 9.3 percent, while Republican registration numbers have grown by 206 voters, or 3.7 percent.

The official noted that the number of the newly registered voters had exceeded the number recorded in the previous exercise by over 20 per cent.

This totals to 225,280, which is the number of voters registered in that district.

For example, an absolute threshold in the number of votes (e.g. requiring a certain proportion of the whole population or of registered voters to be elected rather than a plurality of the vote) can seem intuitively appealing but has never, to my knowledge, been implemented for a national election, precisely because leaving an important office unfilled is a problem (unless, of course, you subscribe to radical small - government ideas, in which case the question seems moot and you might just as well do away with elections or democracy itself).

Marginals without a large student population have seen only modest rises in registered voters, although these numbers could have an impact in tight races in what has become one of the most unpredictable elections in history.

Labour's drive to register new voters ahead of the election has not had an impact in other targets - the number of voters registered in Newcastle - under - Lyme, a key Tory target, has actually fallen by more than 2,000 since 2015.

Of the 100 seats for which final voter registration numbers have been collated, 82 have seen a rise in registered voters since the 2015 election - but more than half the increase is in just 20 seats where numbers have risen by at least three per cent.

Justice Abba Aji in his judgment said, since, evidences and exhibits presented before the court have shown that the elections in the said polling were marred with irregularities and the number of registered voters from the affected polling units if they were not disenfranchised can change the outcome of the election, the right thing to do is to have a fresh election in the polling units.

Counties used this time to count any absentee ballots or provisional ballots not yet counted, to reconcile the number of signatures on the roster of registered voters with the number of ballots recorded on the ballot statement, to count any valid write - in votes, to reproduce any damaged ballots, if necessary, and to conduct a hand count of the ballots cast in 1 % of the precincts, chosen at random by the elections official.

A source told one of our correspondents that although there was no crisis within the APC in Sokoto State, Tinubu came to consult with the stalwarts on how to solve the crisis in the North - West, a zone with the highest number of registered voters.