Sentences with phrase «of election law»

Others contained missing dates and addresses, another violation of election law.

By doing so, he runs the risk of making himself a poster child for tougher enforcement of election laws.

There are questions concerning the efficiency and even relevance of election law in the internet age.

Even if he does proceed, it's far from guaranteed the courts would be open to a novel interpretation of election law that seems to have surprised most election lawyers.

Should counties be put in a situation where they need to be the decision making body in matters of election law?

Now we'll see how well our patchwork of election laws handles this particular case.

And this year, the agency, which oversees voting and enforcement of election laws, is poised to get exactly the same appropriation as last year, $ 8.1 million.

About Blog Updates about ongoing redistricting litigation in the Lone Star State and coverage of election law more generally.

About Blog Updates about ongoing redistricting litigation in the Lone Star State and coverage of election law more generally.

The aforementioned suit over a candidate's use of LLC money was settled out of court, so there hasn't yet been a clear test of what might be called the Sugarman Doctrine, which assumes underutilized power in the sections of election law prohibiting attempts to circumvent contribution limits and obfuscate the true source of campaign money.

The law would also create an Independent Division of Election Law Enforcement in the State Board of Elections, with a budget of $ 5.3 million and additional staff to support enforcement of campaign and election rules.

The Senate Republicans have never let a little thing like the gray areas of election law stop them from dumping hundreds of thousands of dollars into races when they thought it might help them either win back or hold the majority (depending on the year).

In a timely post published on April 1st, Rick Hasen of the Election Law Blog offered a tongue - in - cheek solution in the form of a faux U.S. Supreme Court press release announcing two new policies for high - profile cases at the high court.

As a result of the leak, the organisation was investigated by the Electoral Commission for a potential breach of election law — though it claimed the money wasn't included in the # 100,000 they have spent on Scottish elections in recent years.

A VOTE IS CAST BY A TENANT DURING THEIR TENANCY IN ANY ELECTION HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW CONDUCTED IN ANY ELECTION DISTRICT OTHER THAN THE ONE DESIGNATED FOR THE HOUSING ACCOMMODATION LOCATED IN THE CITY SHALL RESULT IN A DETERMINATION THAT THE TENANT DOES NOT OCCUPY THE HOUSING ACCOMMODATION AS HIS OR HER PRIMARY RESIDENCE.

«We applaud Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the members of the Election Law Committee for jumpstarting this session's discussion of how to repair our broken system of campaign finance.»

He serves on the editorial board of the Election Law Journal.

A college intern working for a NYC Council candidate this summer got a lesson in hardball politics and may have run afoul of election law by registering to vote in two different states.

A report by Sugarman in 2016 found «willful and flagrant» violations of election law by a group of political operatives known as Team de Blasio in channeling cash through county and state party committees to three ultimately unsuccessful Democratic Senate candidates» campaigns.

«I am also very troubled by a clear fallacy of the Election Law which enabled Mr. Storobin's campaign to violate the law without repercussion,» Fidler said.

Three sources familiar with the situation say Pigeon and two long - time associates Kristy L. Mazurek and David B. Pfaff will face felony complaints of election law violations.

An attorney, Kavanagh has been active in the Assembly as chair of the Election Day Operations and Voter Disenfranchisement Subcommittee and a member of the Election Law Committee and as an advocate for improving the voting process.

Laufer also accused Sugarman of having a «profound misunderstanding of election law» for «treating a coordinated political party effort to elect a majority to the State Senate as some kind of criminal conspiracy.»

Syracuse, NY — Any semblance of peace between Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney and the leadership of her own political party has vaporized amid battles over political patronage and a grand jury investigation into allegations of election law violations.

Dunn has won praise for his tenacity and quick grasp of the arcana of the election law.

Winger has testified on behalf of these issues in court cases across the country and has been published in journals ranging from the Journal of Election Law to the Fordham Urban Law Review.

According to Richard Hasen, a professor at Loyola Law School and author of the Election Law Blog, prior to 2000, only 96 election lawsuits were filed annually.

In addition, Underwood said her office will continue prosecuting high - profile cases of election law violations such as those Schneiderman brought against former Erie County Democratic Chairman G. Steven Pigeon, former Niagara County Republican Chairman Henry F. Wojtaszek, and former State Sen. George D. Maziarz, R - Newfane.

The equal application of election law?

«Given that she states her goal is accuracy and verification, that sounds like the language for an audit,» Ned Foley, the director of Election Law at Moritz at Ohio State's law school tells Business Insider.

Democratic lawmakers in the state Senate on Tuesday called for a suite of election law changes that are designed to make it easier to vote, strengthen disclosure for campaign finance laws and close loopholes in the law.

Miccio said he and Bernardino and Myles conceded after seeing a number of signatures they had collected thrown out for not meeting the strict guidelines of election law, such as writing a full name in a signature.

«A critical component of these Election Law reforms is the long overdue closure of the LLC loophole,» said Speaker Heastie.

«It's kind of like going through a maze,» Daniels said of election law.

A reader brought to my attention a rather weird passage in ace Buffalo News political reporter Bob McCarthy's story yesterday about the Paterson administation's referral of an election law violation case regarding Steve Pigeon to the US attorney's office in Manhattan.

Indeed, any sort of election law or ethics overhaul legislation is yet to be agreed to as the legislatives session enters its final 48 to 72 hours in Albany.

An Albany County grand jury indicted two Republican state senators — one sitting (Rob Ortt) and one retired (George Maziarz)-- on felony election law violations, as part of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's probe of election law fraud in Niagara County.

Assembly 70th District: Assemblyman Keith L. Wright is Chair of the Election Law Committee.

Schoenberger and Ed Day both said they believed Ryan Karben broke the spirit of election law when he boasted of giving LaCorte $ 25,000 on Day's Facebook page.

In a press release accompanying his letter to Sugarman, Broge said that Larkin «is obligated to provide the public an explanation as to why he has not complied with the mandates of the election law.»

He estimates $ 1 million was spent on an army of attorneys for both sides — all ending in the most minor of election law transgressions.

As a legislator, I used to write a lot of election law, and I know that Albany calls the shots.

Fernando Mateo, founder of the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers, came clean about the blatant violation of election law after The Post learned he had personally solicited a donation for Hizzoner and then had Ahlam Jaoui take credit for it.

Mr. de Blasio told reporters last month that he had been questioned in connection with the state inquiry, which is focused on possible violations of election law during the mayor's unsuccessful effort to help Democrats retake control of the State Senate in 2014.

Arizona, Maine and Connecticut each have enacted public financing of elections laws that have worked.

Halloran, wearing dark suits, bright ties and a staple American flag pin, often turned toward jurors and spoke rapidly while rhapsodizing about everything from his lifelong relationship with the Boy Scouts to the intricacies of election law.