Alderman - elect Patrick O'Reilly, elected on the Democratic line, is what the board
of elections calls a «NOP.»
She prescribes compassion as well, and notes her government's «cash back in people's pockets» strategy will help struggling families, most notably the big per - child benefit cheques that arrived on the eve
of the election call.
Not exact matches
Hours later, Spain sacked Puigdemont, dissolved the Catalan parliament, removed the head
of the regional police force, and
called for snap
elections on December 21.
In a congratulatory phone
call the night
of Paul's primary victory, McConnell pledged his support to the newcomer for the general
election campaign.
Long before he strolled to an easy victory in mayoral
elections last month, Don Iveson, Edmonton's telegenic, lanky new mayor, was being
called the Naheed Nenshi
of the North.
«This
election hasn't so much appealed to our better angels as it has groped our better angels, mocked their weight, and
called them «sixes at best,»» Oliver joked, alluding to a handful
of Trump's scandals.
'' (The ongoing standoff between the euro zone and Greece) also increases the chances
of snap
elections in Greece as after overplaying his hand and facing increasing difficulties in concluding the review, Tsipras may be tempted to cut his losses by
calling early
elections before Syriza (the ruling party) loses more support for adopting unpopular measures,» Piccoli said.
In the event
of a hung parliament, the Italian constitution specifies no time limit for parties to reach an agreement or
call a fresh
election.
If the Catalan government ignores the ruling, we expect Madrid to trigger article 155
of the Constitution to strip out Catalonia's autonomy and to
call for regional
elections.
Many independence supporters have
called the
elections illegitimate but a remarkable turnout
of 80 per cent is expected on 21 December.
In an interview with the El Pais newspaper published on Sunday, the Spanish leader suggested he could trigger article 155
of the constitution, which would allow him to dismiss the regional government and
call fresh local
elections.
Wynne, who is struggling in the polls, must
call an
election by June
of next year.
The morning after
Election Day, she
called the offices
of her local congressional representatives, urging them to preserve the protections the ACA offers.
The regional
elections were
called by Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy hours after the Catalan parliament made a unilateral declaration
of independence on 27 October.
Given recent political developments, including the
election of Donald Trump, who has
called climate change a hoax created by the Chinese, Patagonia decided to take their donations to a new level.
Since the
election, groups on the right have
called for boycotts
of Kellogg's (for pulling ads from alt - right site Breitbart News), Starbucks (for vowing to hire refugees rather than jobless Americans), and Nordstrom (for dropping Ivanka Trump's clothing line), among others.
The Republican presidential nominee held a campaign rally in Ryan's home state
of Wisconsin on Monday in which the crowd chanted «Paul Ryan sucks» and Trump railed against what he
called «corrupt» media and a «rigged»
election system — a frequent accusation the Manhattan billionaire has brought up without evidence.
«I think there's just great uncertainty as to what's going to happen in the US, in particular, as a result
of the outcome
of the
election,» Creed said in a
call with analysts.
The Washington Post reported Thursday that PropOrNot and the nonpartisan Foreign Policy Research Institute both attribute the flood
of so -
called fake news, or hoax and misleading headlines, during the 2016
election to an elaborate Russian propaganda campaign aimed at sowing distrust in the American political system and undermining public consensus.
That raises the possibility
of court challenges by First Nations, blockades along the pipeline route between Edmonton and Kitimat, B.C., and rallies in major cities during the run - up to a federal
election that must be
called by October 2015.
Trump also
called for the indictment to mark the end
of «outlandish partisan attacks, wild and false allegations, and far - fetched theories» about the
election, asserting they «only serve to further the agendas
of bad actors, like Russia, and do nothing to protect the principles
of our institutions.»
Trump seized on the indictment to
call for an end to «outlandish partisan attacks, wild and false allegations, and far - fetched theories» about the
election, asserting they «only serve to further the agendas
of bad actors, like Russia, and do nothing to protect the principles
of our institutions.»
The Conservative leader
called the snap
election to strengthen her parliamentary presence ahead
of tough negotiations to take the country out
of the European Union.
Though the Trump White House has acknowledged that Russia meddled — while maintaining that it was not to help Trump and did not have an effect on the
election's outcome — it has so far fallen short
of making a specific statement or
calling out Russia for its aggression.
So it's hard to
call either one
of those industries an indicator
of the
election.
Silver also
called each
of the 50 states correctly, handily turning the entire presidential
election into an ad for his book.
Mark Zuckerberg at first said the percentage
of fake news on the platform was tiny, and
called the idea that it influenced the
election «crazy.»
President Obama and various members
of Congress have
called for an investigation
of Russian hacking and its impact on the 2016 presidential
election.
Mmusi Maimane, the leader
of the South African opposition Democratic Alliance party — and an ally
of the fractious MDC —
called for Mugabe to resign immediately, and for «fresh
elections to be held in Zimbabwe as soon as practically possible.»
By the time the final result
of the by -
election was
called, members
of Goldsmith's family were in tears and the former Conservative MP could only look down at the floor as the end
of his political career was confirmed to the room.
He
calls the delay in identifying 2016
election interference one
of his biggest regrets in running Facebook.
Against that backdrop (the Netherlands also has
elections in March, and Italy may yet
call them later this year), the likeliest course is that the ECB remains «on autopilot» for the rest
of the year, happy just to dodge the flak that will inevitably come its way.
In an article for Bloomberg View published shortly after the
election, Cass Sunstein, administrator
of the White House Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs under President Obama,
called the idea «pretty dumb» and said it would be extremely difficult to implement and require so many exemptions as to leave its scope narrow.
But CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on a conference
call that the company is investing «heavily» on safety and security, including workers with language skills for detecting hate speech, and tools for verifying government IDs ahead
of elections in the U.S. and abroad by the end
of the year.
Political stats guru Nate Silver pointed at the fences and
called his shot this year, and since the
election, his book The Signal and the Noise skyrocketed to the top
of the charts.
The break down
of the talks leaves Germany with two unprecedented options in the post-World War Two era: Merkel forms a minority government, or the president
calls a new
election if no government is formed.
WASHINGTON — A group
of Republicans will take the House floor Tuesday evening to
call for the recusal
of Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016
election.
On Tuesday, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May
called for a general
election on June 8th, with the aim
of shoring up more conservative support in parliament.
This referendum was
called by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron because
of a promise made in his
election campaign to renegotiate terms with the EU and then hold a referendum, designed to win over voters he feared would defect to UKIP.
On Wednesday he filed a complaint in the Circuit Court
of Montgomery, Ala.,
calling for a delay in certifying the results
of the Dec. 12 Senate
election which saw Democrat Doug Jones prevail over Moore by more than 20,000 votes.
Users have
called for Twitter to take action to combat abuse and harassment repeatedly, and the demands for better management
of the platform and the community intensified after the 2016 U.S. presidential
election.
Among those who have criticized Putin in the past is 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, who questioned whether Russia's 2011
elections were «free, fair, transparent» and
called for a «full investigation»
of the
election's irregularities while she was Secretary
of State.
And now that the time for revisionist history has arrived, and strategists no longer have to serve a political agenda and scare investors and traders into voting with their wallets, the research reports
calling for precisely the outcome that we expected are coming in fast and furious, starting with none other than Goldman, whose chief strategist David Kostin issued a note overnight in which he says that «the equity market response to the
election result will be limited» and adds that «our year - end 2016 price target for the S&P 500 remains 2100, roughly 2 % below the current level
of 2140.»
During an August conference
call with
election officials from every state, Johnson reiterated that «we must ensure the security and resilience
of election infrastructure,» and offered his agency's assistance.
The most recent presidential
election in the United States proved that predicting — or as my guest today
calls it, «probability calculation» — is a dangerous way
of reading an audience.
President Trump took to Twitter again Wednesday to
call claims that his campaign colluded with the Russians during the 2016
election a «hoax» and laid out a checklist
of issues his administration is working on.
CalPERS apparently liked the fact that Apple's proposal
called for the majority
election of all directors, in addition to the elimination
of what CalPERS termed the «blank check» preferred stock.
As more details emerge about Cambridge Analytica's use
of Facebook data in the U.S. presidential
election, members
of Parliament in the UK are joining congressional leadership in the U.S. to
call for a deeper investigation and potential regulatory action.
The fact
of Canadian electoral politics is that once the
election is
called, those not directly involved in party electioneering are turned into spectators.
Italian
elections are due to take place during the first half
of 2018, and have the potential to deliver another political upset, although recently there have been signs that populist parties — most notably the Five Star Movement, which according to polls enjoys similar levels
of support among Italian voters as the ruling Democratic Party — are toning down their
calls for a referendum on Italy's membership
of the eurozone.