Sentences with phrase «of city council elections»

For the purposes of City Council elections, Newcastle is divided into 26 electoral wards.

Not exact matches

After serving almost 20 years with the WA Police service, Brad Waghorn is contending for the City of Perth council election «determined to secure our city&raqCity of Perth council election «determined to secure our city&raqcity».

More out - of - town money than previous years is funding Corpus Christi city council elections.

The level of spending by some candidates in the last municipal election was described as «insane» by Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, after some Calgary city council candidates raised more than $ 270,000 largely through corporate donations.

She was elected to City Council less than a year after the Liberal Party's rout in the 2001 provincial election, of which she was a surprising casualty.

Lethbridge By - Election The sudden death of Alderman - elect Bob Babki in October has triggered a by - election for Lethbridge City Council scheduled for February Election The sudden death of Alderman - elect Bob Babki in October has triggered a by - election for Lethbridge City Council scheduled for February election for Lethbridge City Council scheduled for February 1, 2011.

Elections to the city council» the supreme power within the new Genevan republic» increased the presence of councillors sympathetic to Farel and Calvin.

In an Orwellian bit of legal logic, the D.C. Board of Elections ruled that merely allowing an otherwise legally petitioned referendum that would have potentially overturned the city council's action would violate the D.C. Human Rights Act.

That includes the election of powerful parent - majority councils at each of the city «s 599 schools.

Madigan, who had kept the bitter and racially charged Chicago City Council fight out of the capital until last week, suffered a jolt when 14 black Democrats threatened to abandon the party in the November election if the park district bill passed the legislature.

Allies of convicted felon and former state senator Hiram Monserrate, who is now running for the NYC Council, say they will file a lawsuit against NYC Board of Elections for moving polling sites from his stronghold in LeFrak City in Queens.

Residents of LeFrak City in Queens are suing the NYC Board of Elections, saying their right to vote is being denied by the board moving a polling site away from the hotbed of support for convicted felon and NYC Council candidate Hiram Monserrate.

Good - government group Citizens Union released a report this morning that found more competitive elections take place on the New York City council level than at the state level, which they attribute to in part a public - financing of campaigns.

[23][24] Since City of London Council elections in March 2017, the council has been composed of 95 independents and five Labour Party mCouncil elections in March 2017, the council has been composed of 95 independents and five Labour Party mcouncil has been composed of 95 independents and five Labour Party members.

There will also be elections for Bristol City Council, and the Isle of Wight Unitary Council.

Also on the republican list of demands: abolition of the Privy Council; full proportional representation in elections for the House of Commons; decentralisation of power to local and community authorities; a voting age of 16; fixed - term parliaments; state funding of political parties; a ban on outside earnings for MPs; more powerful Commons select committees, with powers to confirm or block ministerial appointments; elected police chiefs and elected mayors in all the major cities.

Here we have again the phenomenon that City Council Watch has long identified as the signal marker of a decayed political culture: the election of Chiefs of Staff to succeed their bosses.

The Manhattan Democratic Party is filing a lawsuit today to block City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito from appointing a pal as Board of Elections commissioner.

Darlene Elias for City Council, Holyoke 2nd / 2 for one seat; 582 votes, 41.39 % http://www.holyoke.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Municipal-Election-Official-Results-11.7.17.pdf Juan Gabriel Sanchez for City Council, Holyoke 2nd / 2 for one seat; 182 votes, 29.59 % http://www.holyoke.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Municipal-Election-Official-Results-11.7.17.pdf Laurance Kimbrough, School Committee, Cambridge Elected to one of six seats; 2835 votes, ranked choice vote election ELECTED

More recently, Bill Perkins» victory in a City Council special election created a vacancy in the State Senate, which was filled by Brian Benjamin, who won the Democratic nomination by virtue of a county committee vote.

The 2017 New York City elections are for the three citywide posts of Mayor, Public Advocate and Comptroller; the five Borough President positions; all 51 City Council seats; the Brooklyn and Manhattan District Attorney posts; and other down ballot offices like some civil court judges and some district leader positions.

The party fielded a candidate in the 3 March 2011 local by - election for the Walkden North ward of Salford City Council.

Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said she expects the seat of former Sen. Bill Perkins, a Harlem Democrat who won a City Council post, to be filled by another mainstream Democrat when a special election is held on May 23.

Below, you'll find all of the 2017 election coverage from Gotham Gazette, along with key additions from coverage by City Limits and WNYC radio, including some crossoever and collaboration among the three outlets, and also videos of debates for Manhattan City Council districts and the Democratic mayoral primary aired by Manhattan Neighborhood Network.

Elections for municipal or other local offices (city councils, governing boards of schools, hospitals, etc) are nonpartisan by law, with the exception that home - rule cities may legislate partisan elections for thElections for municipal or other local offices (city councils, governing boards of schools, hospitals, etc) are nonpartisan by law, with the exception that home - rule cities may legislate partisan elections for thelections for themselves.

«Cynthia Nixon was opposed to having a qualified lesbian become mayor of New York City,» former New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn told The New York Post, a reference to Nixon's endorsement of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio over Quinn in the 2013 mayoral election.

In all, 24 submissions were made to the Constituency Commission in relation to this revision of European Election constituencies — a decidedly lower number than the levels of submissions made in relation to reviews of Dail election constituencies and City / County Council election constituencies but an increase on the number of submissions specifically referring to European Parliament constituency boundaries in the 2007 and 2012 Constituency Commission reviews (eight in both cases) and the thirteen submissions made to the 2003 revision of European Election bouElection constituencies — a decidedly lower number than the levels of submissions made in relation to reviews of Dail election constituencies and City / County Council election constituencies but an increase on the number of submissions specifically referring to European Parliament constituency boundaries in the 2007 and 2012 Constituency Commission reviews (eight in both cases) and the thirteen submissions made to the 2003 revision of European Election bouelection constituencies and City / County Council election constituencies but an increase on the number of submissions specifically referring to European Parliament constituency boundaries in the 2007 and 2012 Constituency Commission reviews (eight in both cases) and the thirteen submissions made to the 2003 revision of European Election bouelection constituencies but an increase on the number of submissions specifically referring to European Parliament constituency boundaries in the 2007 and 2012 Constituency Commission reviews (eight in both cases) and the thirteen submissions made to the 2003 revision of European Election bouElection boundaries.

City Council Member Ben Kallos, who chairs the committee on governmental operations, said in a phone interview that «All of these [reforms] should've happened before Election Day and if there's an Albany special session it should be part of that agenda.

The over-representation of London is partly due to the city having all - out elections while most of the smaller district councils in Leave leaning areas have just one - third of their council seats up for election.

Fortunately for political junkies there are still a few competitive races to watch in the city council election... sort of.

A college intern working for a New York City Council candidate this summer got a lesson in hardball politics and may have run afoul of election law in the process.

Weprin campaigned on his experience both in his two terms on the City Council, where he served as chairman of the Finance Committee, and his short tenure as an assemblyman since he was elected to that office in a special election in February.

Almost immediately after the election, Avella said he has been fielding phone calls from soon - to - be constituents, has decided his office will be at his former City Council site at 38 - 50 Bell Blvd. and has selected a number of his employees, including his chief of staff, Seth Urbinder.

Primary day hosted a series of elections, including the Democratic and Republican mayoral contests, Democratic races for city comptroller and public advocate, and various council races.

But Lhota would face a much tougher fight against a Democrat were the election held today, according to the poll, losing by a margin of at least a 3 - 1 against any of the top three candidates: 62 - 17 to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, 55 — 19 to Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and 57 — 17 to former City Comptroller Bill Thompson.

The NYC Board of Elections is pushing a $ 6.8 million plan to turn old voter machines into voter information kiosks, but the chair of the City Council committee overseeing the agency dismissed the scheme as too costly.

Secondly, municipal elections of Mayor, Common Council, Board of Education and other positions are also held in odd numbered years at thirteen polling places within five voting districts around the city.

As chair of the Manhattan County Democrats, Wright wields significant power and influence, and many observers believe he could easily clear the Democratic field in a special election to replace Dickens in the City Council.

The departures come at the end of a heated election season, during which the firm, which is headed by Scott Levenson, worked for a host of campaigns, including the «Anybody But Quinn» effort on behalf of New Yorkers for Clean Livable And Safe Streets and other donors, which has been credited with helping to bring down former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in the mayor's race.

Also at the City Council on Wednesday: The Committee on Rules, Elections, and Privileges will meet at 10:30 a.m. to receive three nominations from the Mayor for appointments to city agencies: Fernando Bohorquez and Anthony Crowell for the Conflicts of Interest Board, and Salvatore Scibetta for the Board of Standards and AppeCity Council on Wednesday: The Committee on Rules, Elections, and Privileges will meet at 10:30 a.m. to receive three nominations from the Mayor for appointments to city agencies: Fernando Bohorquez and Anthony Crowell for the Conflicts of Interest Board, and Salvatore Scibetta for the Board of Standards and Appecity agencies: Fernando Bohorquez and Anthony Crowell for the Conflicts of Interest Board, and Salvatore Scibetta for the Board of Standards and Appeals.

The New York City Board of Elections» executive director testified to the City Council this morning that there is little evidence to support a Democratic election commisioner's caught - on - camera claims of extensive and systematic voter fraud in minority neighborhoods across the five boroughs.

Avella, a former member of the city Council, has represented north and eastern Queens in the Senate since his election in 2010.

It played a critical role in the election of Bill de Blasio, the public advocate, and John C. Liu, the city comptroller, as well as several members of the City Councity comptroller, as well as several members of the City CounCity Council.

In the 2009 city elections, the mayor, a number of Council members and three of the five borough presidents, including Borough President Helen Marshall,?

Manhattan Democrats on the City Council informally voted to nominate Andy Praschak as the next Manhattan Commissioner on the Board of Elections.

Everett's petitions were challenged unsuccessfully at the Rensselaer County Board of Elections by a voter who supported City Council President Rodney Wiltshire in the primary.

A Democrat who took office in 2014 after a contentious 2013 primary and landslide general election, de Blasio is consolidating organized party support ahead of this September's primary, for which his main opposition is former City Council Member Sal Albanese and police reform leader Robert Gangi.

Also on Local government: The number of candidates for the Police and Crime commissioner elections on November 15th is coming through thick and fast and Birmingham City Council pays # 35 million a year in sick pay

In close races, such as in the 14th City Council district, the official Board of Elections count could possibly result in a different winner than in the original poll count.

In December, Douglas Kellner, the Democratic co-chair of the New York State Board of Elections, testified before the City Council on the 2017 elections and warned them that they had «dodged a bullet» by narrowly avoiding a runoff in the mayoral primary for the Reform PaElections, testified before the City Council on the 2017 elections and warned them that they had «dodged a bullet» by narrowly avoiding a runoff in the mayoral primary for the Reform Paelections and warned them that they had «dodged a bullet» by narrowly avoiding a runoff in the mayoral primary for the Reform Party line.