Sentences with phrase «of nonpartisan elections»

Quinn also said she disagrees with Bloomberg's argument that the allegations against Halloran and Smith present a strong argument in favor of nonpartisan elections, though she didn't explain why.

The mayor has been a long - time proponent of nonpartisan elections and in 2003 spent $ 7.5 million trying to get the measure passed, the Daily News reported.

An establishment of nonpartisan elections (open primaries) would be better for all of New York.

Not exact matches

«The electoral advantages of anti-immigrant politics will only shrink over time, suggesting that Republicans should at some point — perhaps before the next presidential election — begin to embrace comprehensive immigration reform,» says Mark Price, a labor economist at the Keystone Research Center, a nonpartisan economic policy think tank in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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.

Perillo beat incumbent Gerald Turning in the nonpartisan election with 53 % of the vote.

The NYC Campaign Finance Board just released a list of 10 candidates who have filed certification forms to join the public financing program for the upcoming Nov. 2 nonpartisan special election to fill the Queens seat left vacant by the death of the late NYC Councilman Tom White.

The NYC Indys renewed their long - time proposal for nonpartisan elections — an idea Mayor Bloomberg has tried unsuccessfully to push in the Big Apple, spending $ 7 million of his own money in the process.

Also on the NYC Indy Party reform to - do list: Initiative and referendum, term limits for legislators, letting voters change their enrollment after a one - month waiting period, nonpartisan administration of the Board of Elections, nonpartisan redistricting and campaign finance reform.

Instead, she laid the blame at the feet of the Democratic Party — speficially the Rev. Al Sharpton, who publicly declared his support for keeping the partisan primary system in place last weekend, saying nonpartisan elections would enable self - financed candidates like the billionaire mayor to take over the political system and disenfranchise minority voters.

This is an interesting data point, particularly since the mayor just decided to drop his latest push for nonpartisan elections — a major pet issue of his and a priority for the large - i Independence Party, which gave Bloomberg its line for the third straight time last year.

The preliminary report of the Charter Revision Commission has been released, and while it addresses the issue of term limits — ostensibly the main reason it was convened in the first place — it does not touch some of the more controversial topics, like nonpartisan elections (a past pet issue for Mayor Bloomberg).

Even as generic congressional ballot polling has indicated that Republicans are making up some ground ahead of 2018 midterm election, Democrats are widening their targets and a nonpartisan analysis shows that more GOP incumbents might be at risk.

And, yes, the governor must resume the fight on the remaining critical issues in the battle to reform Albany — overhaul of New York's campaign - finance laws and nonpartisan redistricting for the 2012 elections.

He also worked as an attorney and advocate at Demos, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, on a nationwide effort to secure the voting rights of low - income citizens, and was a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York's Election Law Committee.

At 10 a.m., CUNY students and NYPIRG organizers coordinate a large - scale nonpartisan voter registration ahead of the 2016 elections, E. 4th Avenue entrance / Union Square, Manhattan.

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.

The Green Party in the United States has won elected office mostly at the local level; most winners of public office in the United States who are considered Greens have won nonpartisan - ballot elections (that is, elections in which the candidates» party affiliations were not printed on the ballot).

One of them was disqualified because the party name she chose for herself, Democratic Values, could be too easily confused with the Democratic Party, a no - no under Board of Elections rules in what is a nonpartisan special election.

A nonpartisan redistricting commission's remap of district lines mixed with an aging delegation and a rush of ambition is resulting in an unusually competitive election cycle in a state largely uncontested at the presidential or Senate levels.

* Although Jay Mathis won election to the Mississippi House of Representatives as a Nonpartisan candidate, after swearing in he was listed as a Republican representative.

Deadline for county clerk to receive in - person applications for absentee ballots for the Preferential Primary Election and Nonpartisan Election from the voter, designated bearer, or administrator is no later than the close of regular business hours on the day before the eElection and Nonpartisan Election from the voter, designated bearer, or administrator is no later than the close of regular business hours on the day before the eElection from the voter, designated bearer, or administrator is no later than the close of regular business hours on the day before the electionelection.

Michael Cathey was a 2017 nonpartisan special election candidate for District 10 of the Mississippi State Senate.

«Cities that have adopted instant runoff voting to eliminate runoffs have not only saved millions of dollars but have also improved their democracies by making sure that we are electing our leaders in an election where the most voters, the most diverse voters, are at the polls at one time,» said Grace Ramsey, deputy outreach director for FairVote, a nonpartisan advocacy group, at the news conference.

Ten of New York's Democratic - held House seats were ranked as competitive by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report prior to the election; the 4th District was ranked likely Democratic; the 13th, 22nd and 25th Districts were ranked as lean Democratic; the 1st, 19th, 20th, 23rd and 24th were ranked as toss - ups; and the 29th District was ranked as likely Republican.

If nonpartisan elections were in effect then, New York may well have had Mayor Ferrer instead of Mayor Bloomberg.»

Of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives, none have flipped back and forth between parties as often as the 24th District since 2008, according to David Wasserman, House editor of the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan political newsletter that tracks electionOf the 435 seats in the House of Representatives, none have flipped back and forth between parties as often as the 24th District since 2008, according to David Wasserman, House editor of the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan political newsletter that tracks electionof Representatives, none have flipped back and forth between parties as often as the 24th District since 2008, according to David Wasserman, House editor of the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan political newsletter that tracks electionof the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan political newsletter that tracks elections.

Nebraska uses a Top Two system but without party labels on the ballot at all for the election of its nonpartisan state legislature.

Rose Gill Hearn, chairwoman of the New York City Campaign Finance Board and a former federal prosecutor, plans to step down in December, leaving an opening at the helm of the nonpartisan agency ahead of next year's city elections.

Mayor Bloomberg has given up hope of asking New York voters in the fall to approve nonpartisan elections, after the idea failed to win support from key decision - makers in town, sources said Monday night.

According to the City Charter, Mayor de Blasio has to call a nonpartisan, special election within 45 days of a vacancy in the City Council.

Bloomberg spent $ 7 million of his own money pushing nonpartisan elections in a 2003 referendum that failed 70 % to 30 %, but never wavered in his belief that removing party labels in local elections would lead to better competition and decrease the power of political bosses.

Rose Gill Hearn, chairwoman of the New York City Campaign Finance Board, plans to step down in December, leaving an opening at the helm of the nonpartisan agency ahead of next year's city elections.

Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat spoke passionately about how nonpartisan elections remind him of the one - party system he grew up with in the Dominican Republic, where no opposition was allowed.

CITY HALL — More than a dozen of the city's most prominent politicians joined local activists on the steps of City Hall Thursday to protest a pending referendum to authorize nonpartisan elections this fall, saying the change would disenfranchise minority voters.

The city of Glendale, Arizona, held nonpartisan elections for city council on November 4, 2014.

With the election of Ben Walsh, Syracuse has truly entered a time of what the independent called «a grand experiment» in nonpartisan politics.

Special elections for Council seats on nonpartisan elections — instead of running on a major party's ballot row, candidates must create and run on their own, unique lines.

The Queens Democratic Party's endorsement is likely to sway the outcome of the race, even though City Council special elections are technically nonpartisan.

«If you go back to 2005, I think it was, I think I spent $ 7 million of my own money trying to convince everybody that we should have nonpartisan elections,» said Bloomberg (who has very much played the partisan game when he's needed to, and contributed millions of dollars to the controversial Independence Party, which provided him a crucial non-major-party line to run on).

The Manhattan Democrat and Long Island Republican exchanged heated letters yesterday over what Koch views as the Senate Republicans» renegging on their collective promise to support creation of an independent and nonpartisan commission to draw legislative and congressional lines in time for the 2012 elections.

Because of California's new nonpartisan blanket primary, which allows the general election to be contested by the two highest vote - getters in the primary, regardless of party affiliation, [9] his opponent in the general election was Dublin city councilman Eric Swalwell, a fellow Democrat almost 50 years his junior.

Bloomberg, who has worked with the Independence Party in an unsuccessful push for nonpartisan elections in New York, did not attend, but made a brief cameo by video to congratulate the group and one of their leaders, Jackie Salit, for her years of work.

Mr. Borelli would be an instant front - runner if he entered the open race and a favorite to win the endorsement of the Staten Island Republican Party, though Council special elections are nonpartisan.

A couple of soon - to - be-vacant districts in Staten Island and Queens will not host nonpartisan special elections as many expected because the two councilman don't plan to resign by June 11.

Ron Meyers was a 2017 nonpartisan special election candidate for District 49 of the Mississippi State Senate.

We also have seen more people of color elected to office - including a Latino mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, in Los Angeles, who was opposed by the Democratic Party establishment but elected in a nonpartisan primary election system.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has spent millions winning the support of New York City political parties, thinks the solution is nonpartisan elections.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver gave his vital support to Cuomo's effort to cut spending, establish a 2 percent cap on the growth of property taxes, enact nonpartisan redistricting of election districts for the next 10 years so majority parties don't protect their power, and other key proposals.

All candidates, regardless of party affiliation, run in a nonpartisan blanket primary (or «jungle primary») on Election Day.