Sentences with phrase «of election duty»

The INEC boss said that the violent incidence included harassment, abduction and physical assaults of election duty personnel during the election.

He urged the public to report any personnel of the corps who exhibited act of misconduct in the course of election duty, adding that disciplinary action would be adequately taken against such erring officer.

Not exact matches

The election histrionics only grew in intensity following the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention, with Republican nominee Trump in particular generating countless headlines as he clashed with the parents of a Muslim U.S. Army captain killed in the line of duty after they criticized him during a speech on the night the party nominated Hillary Clinton.

EDMONTON — NDP Leader Rachel Notley released the following statement today in response to comments made by Jim Prentice, Wednesday where he suggested it would be a failure of the duty of opposition parties were they not ready for a snap election.

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«In an election year, there is a lot of anxiety,» the President said, and expressed the hope that based on the track record of the police and other security services, they would discharge their duties professionally so that Ghana would once again have a successful election.

@Stuart White: The Cabinet Office rule - book (draft of chapter 6, approved by the House of Commons Select Committee on Justice and drawn up in consultation, I understand, with the party leaders and with constitutional experts) lays it down that after an election the incumbent prime minister has a duty, as well as a right, to remain in office until there's clear and incontrovertible evidence that someone else is definitely in a position to command majority support in the house of commons.

A survey conducted by the Center for Democratic Development (CDD) Ghana, revealed that though 63 % of Ghanaians believe the EC will perform its duties neutrally, guided by law, almost half of the voter population believes that the commission will likely announce wrong vote tallies or switch election results.

A bill sponsored by state Sen. Terry Gipson would only allow expenditures «promoting the nomination or election of a candidate» or for carrying the duties of public office, and would more clearly define the «personal use» ban to cover a range of specific non-campaign-related expenses, including mortgage and rental payments, clothing, cars and sporting events and concerts.

The report cited a 2013 legislative proposal by Cuomo that campaign contributions should be used only for a purpose «directly related to promoting the nomination or election of a candidate or the execution of duties associated with the holding of a public office or party position.»

As for regulating the «manner» of elections, the Supreme Court has interpreted this to mean «matters like notices, registration, supervision of voting, protection of voters, prevention of fraud and corrupt practices, counting of votes, duties of inspectors and canvassers, and making and publication of election returns.»

«That is government's duty, the rest is the duty of the Electoral Commission and I pledge that government will play its part to make sure that we have a peaceful and successful elections,» he added.

Under the Representation of the People Act 1983, an election court petitioned to investigate an election has certain duties, including producing a report of the investigation.

Olusegun Obasanjo worked more for setting up the Interim National Government (ING) Trojan horse, than revalidating the election; and Ernest Shonekan, another Egba son, assumed subversive duty as «Interim Head of State», on account of that contraption, that a court later declared illegal.

Both former officials, who were ousted in a contentious 2015 election, were found guilty of internal charges of dereliction of duty and violating the union's ethics rules when they allegedly stymied efforts to uncover thousands of dollars of improper purchases by Deborah J. Lee, who had been the leader of a PEF council in Rockland County.

Vulnerable to the charge of having previously shown no interest in Holyrood, he told STV's Scotland Tonight that he will be a candidate for the Scottish Parliament elections in 2016 and added «if I can get into the Scottish parliament earlier than that that would be better» as he would be duty - bound to do under present party rules if elected as leader.

• The NPP will engage the services of NPP activists who will pose as NDC supporters and supply food to Electoral Officers on duty and they (NPP) will turn round to accuse the Electoral Commission (EC) of working together with the NDC to rig the elections.

No 57300 DSP Mohammed Isa Hamman absconded from duty and deserted the Force on the 24th September, 2010 but contested the Bauchi central senatorial election in 2011 general elections under Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), and got suspected forged retirement letter dated 5th March, 2014, this means that for four years, he is still a Police Officer which made it a criminal act for him to contest election as a Police Officer in service and this is another fraud the Police is investigating against him.

«Our main duty is to see that the citizens of Anambra participate in this Nov. 18 election without fear and molestation.

On the day of election, people trooped out in legions to exercise their civic duty, and they became unstoppable, upon the intimidation of all sorts.

He said, «All election duty personnel have sworn to an oath of neutrality and fairness to the process, and any infraction will attract severe sanctions from the commission».

Five months away from the next election, the Chancellor has delivered his Autumn Statement which included unexpected reform of stamp duty for home buyers.

He therefore recommended strongly that «erring officials and security operatives found wanting on election duties should be severely punished according to the dictates of the law while other civil society groups in Ekiti State should tow the path of Democracy Vanguard in sensitizing the electorates».

«While assuring all law - abiding electorates of a secure and enabling environment to exercise their franchise, the IGP warns all security details to refrain from accompanying their principals and politicians to polling booths and collation centres during the election, as only security personnel specially assigned for election duties must be seen within and around the election designated places» the statement said.

The same concern about Returning Officers wanting to delay the counting of votes has now arisen with regard to the Scottish Parliament elections taking place in May, and Labour tabled an amendment to the Scotland Bill in the Commons on Monday seeking to give Returning Officers the same duty with respect to Holyrood elections as for Westminster elections.

The Law Committee shall advise the County Committee and the Executive Committee, or any committee or officer thereof, on any question of law relating to the discharge of any duty, shall consider and report on any matters of a legal nature that may be referred to it by the County Committee or the Executive Committee, and shall investigate all reports of violation of duty by election or other officers.

For each, the presiding officer of the lower house performs his or her duties impartially, but they remain a party member and are opposed by the other parties at general elections.

«The EC, in the discharge of its constitutional mandate to run free, fair and credible elections, assures the people of Ghana of its commitment to undertake its solemn duty dispassionately.»

John Cahill, former secretary to ex-GOP Gov. George Pataki; AFL - CIO President Denis Hughes (also serving on Cuomo's transition team this year); George Bundy Smith, former Court of Appeals judge (a Mario Cuomo appointee); ESPA Executive Director Ross Levi (also doing double - duty on the Schneiderman and Cuomo transitions); Sean Patrick Maloney (2006 AG contender, aide to Govs. Spitzer and Paterson); Marty Mack (former Spitzer / Paterson aide); Jerry Goldfeder (election attorney and former Cuomo aide); Richard Aborn (’09 Manhattan DA contender).

«You need the cooperation of the EC to conduct the election in a free and fair manner, and so it's not only the personal responsibility of the president, it's also the duty of all these agencies and the duty of every single Ghanaian who is a stakeholder in the elections.

«Thus far, the Judiciary can be said, generally, to have discharged, in the Fourth Republic, its duties creditably and responsibly, even though I was on the wrong end of the decision in the famous election petition of 2013.»

After its election the Government put this requirement on a statutory footing: Clause 1 of the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998 placed a duty on Local Education Authorities (LEAs) and schools to restrict class sizes to 30 in Key Stage One classes from September 2002.

Another theory is that people do it not merely because of the chance of changing the outcome of an election, but because it's an act of civic duty, although economist Steve Landsburg, in his popular book «The Armchair Economist», counters «But that ignores the fact that voting takes time away from other more productive acts of civic duty.

In the end, Moreland panel Co-Chair William Fitzpatrick, the Onondaga County district attorney, asked the board's representatives if he was correct in thinking that its enforcement wing was «completely and woefully inadequate to enforce its statutory duties to investigate violations of the election law — do you agree with that, yes or no?»

Smyth's summons for jury duty occurs at the start of the final week of campaigning before the Nov. 7 election.

Oguntoyinbo, however, pointed out that it was the duty of everyone to ensure peaceful conduct of the general elections.

«As a victim of the reckless deployment of soldiers in those elections, I will say it was an avoidable deployment of soldiers for a civilian duty and for which there was no threat beyond the capability of the police and other security agencies».

Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared that he will never yield to pressure in discharging his duties ahead of the 2019 general elections.

Vanguard however gathered that the attitude of many of the officers and soldiers being referred to, particularly those serving in the Southern part of the country, is not unconnected with recent investigations into the conduct of security personnel during the last general elections in the country whereby personnel who were performing their duties in accordance with the «laws of the land» are the victims of petitions and investigation, after allegedly «taking sides».

«The governor has failed to perform his duty under the Constitution of calling for this election and I intend to convince the court to compel him as soon as possible, so that the people of Staten Island and Brooklyn won't be disenfranchised.»

It will provide you with an understanding of key security procedures required to ensure safety of election officials on election duties and equip you with skill sets that would enable you balance the imperative of securing the electoral process with the need to allow voters unfettered opportunity to come out and cast their votes without fear or intimidation as a result of the presence of security personnel.»

She just finished up a 12 - year tour of duty in District 2 (Mendez faced term limits this past election cycle).

The training of the ad hoc personnel who will participate in the elections has already been concluded and they have been mandated to be civil and courteous to voters, election observers and party agents in the course of performing their duties as election officials.»

«Although my current state of health will prevent me from playing an energetic part in the election campaign, I am confident that if I am re-elected I will be able to resume my duties as member of parliament with renewed vigour within a very few months,» he wrote.

An election commissioner's first duty is to protect the interests of his or her own party.

He recently explained the difference by saying that it was incumbent upon him, as the secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration, to vigorously support the election of then - vice president Al Gore, in contrast to his duties now.

With Tuesday's primary and special elections in the books, it's now the duty of every political pundit to create an overarching narrative to tie everything together; a lesson of the day, if you will.

The intellectual arm of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Electoral Institute, which has the mandate to, among other things, train the Commission's staff for core electoral duties, organized a series of capacity development programmes in March as part of preparations for the Ekiti and Osun governorship as well as the 2019 General Elections.

Some of the duties of Committee members include raising funds and assisting Democratic candidates, nominating candidates for special elections to fill vacancies, recommending candidates for state and local appointive positions, and providing assistance to Democratic officeholders, clubs and voters in Ulster County.

If Weiner does resign, the duty of calling a special election to replace him would fall to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).