Sentences with phrase «of opening primary elections»

While less strict partisanship might be one potential benefit of opening primary elections, Skurnik also points out that there is a question of fairness that should be considered when discussing open primaries.

Not exact matches

After the primary, but before candidacy for the actual election opens, the winner of the primary experiences a marked loss of popularity.

Earlier this month, it came to our attention that the New York City Board of Election might have some difficulty holding a special election for the three open Assembly seats in the city on the same day as the Republican and Democratic Presidential primaries, which is AElection might have some difficulty holding a special election for the three open Assembly seats in the city on the same day as the Republican and Democratic Presidential primaries, which is Aelection for the three open Assembly seats in the city on the same day as the Republican and Democratic Presidential primaries, which is April 19.

taking forward innovation with the use of deliberative democracy to select the PASOK candidate for an Athens municipality, and open primaries to select party candidates for local elections

Candidates of all parties compete in an open primary, and the top two vote - getters advance to the general election.

In Minnesota, primary elections are open, meaning that a voter can participate in the party primary of his or her choice.

Sen. Ruben Diaz, a conservative Bronx Democrat, faces a primary in his quest to return to the NYC Council, leaving open the possibility of a resignation by Sept. 20 so the seat gets filled without a special election.

The Rachel Barnhart for Congress campaign released the findings of an internal poll today showing the Democratic Primary for the NY 25th special election to be wide open.

All three aspects of Ballotpedia's Competitiveness Index — the number of open seats, incumbents facing primary opposition and general elections between partisan candidates — showed poor results compared to the prior election cycle.

Today's Q poll is a mixed bag for GOP / Conservative gubernatorial designee Rick Lazio, showing him with a double - digit lead over his primary opponent, Carl Paladino, but with 49 percent of Republicans who have a favorite in the race saying they're open to changing their minds before the Sept. 14 election.

I have just heard that Charlotte Vere has been selected from the field of six at tonight's Open Primary meeting to fight Brighton Pavilion at the general election.

Of all the 62 Election Districts on the 66th, Part A (our turf), only six will be open for voting on Primary day, Sept. 13.

Primary Election Day — Tuesday June 26th US House of Representatives & Senate Polls are open from 6:00 a to 9:00 p in NYC and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam and Erie.

Full disclosure: Among the people backing Fordham law professor and former Howard Dean internet director Zephyr Teachout's effort to challenge sitting NY Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, according to the filings by her and her running mate Tim Wu with the state board of elections: Union Square Ventures» Brad Burnham ($ 20,000), Tumblr founder David Karp ($ 20,000) WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg ($ 5,000), Netflix VP Chris Libertelli ($ 5,000), Kickstarter's Fred Benenson ($ 5,000), campaign finance reform activist Arnold Hiatt ($ 2,500), Lawrence Lessig ($ 2,500), Reddit's Alexis Ohanian ($ 2,500), our own Andrew Rasiej ($ 1,500), Digg's Andrew McLaughlin ($ 1,000), Open Technology Institute's Sascha Meinrath ($ 1,000), Harvard Law School's Jonathan Zittrain ($ 1,000), Duke law prof Jedediah Purdy ($ 1,000), Ben & Jerry's Ben Cohen ($ 1,000), EchoDitto founder and former Dean webmaster Nicco Mele ($ 600), net neutrality campaigner Marvin Ammori ($ 500), Blue State Digital's Joe Rospars ($ 500), Progressive Strategies» Mike Lux ($ 450), former Dean data - wiz Kenn Herman ($ 300), former Dean developer Josh Koenig ($ 250), Fight for the Future's Tiffiniy Cheng ($ 250), MIT's Ethan Zuckerman ($ 250), Brooklyn law prof Jonathan asking ($ 250), Public Campaign's David Donnelly $ 250), former Dean developer Zack Rosen ($ 250), the ACLU «s Christopher Soghoian ($ 100), Sunlight Foundation's Ellen Miller ($ 100), former Dean blogger Mathew Gross ($ 100), and yours truly ($ 100).

In special elections, parties do not hold open primaries — instead, a panel of party insiders called the county committee selects the candidate.

That strange, and temporary, support of Sanders and Trump results from Gov. Cuomo's decision Saturday to call a special election on April 19 — presidential primary day in the state — for the Nassau County state Senate seat left open by the corruption conviction in December of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Of course, as an independent, Bloomberg won't be able to vote in the city's September primary, which is only open to party members — meaning he assumes that his chosen candidate will make it to the general election.

(b) Each Democratic organization shall have a written constitution which provides among other things (i) that the annual election of officers be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization; (ii) that membership in the organization be open to all enrolled Democrats residing in the political subdivision for which the organization is to function; (iii) that there be periodic financial reports to the membership, with at least one report each year and that the receipts and expenditures of the organization may be reviewed upon the written request of any member of the organization at a reasonable time and place fixed by an officer of the organization designated for that purpose; (iv) that endorsement of all candidates for party position or public office in the party primary be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization.

As a moderate independent the GOP could grab my attention by making the neutralizing of special interests a top priority with publicly financed elections, non-partisan redistricting, universal voter registration, open primaries, etc..

«Throughout the history of the presidential public finance system, the program has operated admirably to the point of fairly equalizing campaign expenditures between the major party candidates, and providing primary candidates with the resources to be able to run campaigns,» said Holman «It made elections very competitive, quite open and fairly scandal - free.»

The Governor's message was astutely deferential to Upstate's need for economic growth, meanwhile Cuomo also avoided triggering the tripwires of controversy on education and the environment (which provided Zephyr Teachout with opening to garner a third of the 2014 Democratic primary vote); Cuomo advanced strong measures around election law reform and on the criminal justice front vis a vis Bail reform, as well as the Dream Act and MWBE all of which registered positively with minority voters.

Imagine the boost to our campaigns, for elections soon after, if our candidates were selected in open primaries that require engagement with tens of thousands of Labour voters around the city even before the mayoral election gets under way.

This includes allowing registration up to 10 days before Election Day, rather than the current 25; linking existing state and local Boards of Elections databases; allowing open primaries regardless of party affiliation.

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

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The two candidates for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 19th Congressional District in the Tuesday, June 26 (all general election polling stations are open noon - 9 p.m.) primary drew a standing - room - only crowd of over 125 attendees for the rare direct faceoff between them.

He added that open and transparent primary election would be held in accordance with the rules of the party.

Special elections for state seats — like the one Gov. Andrew Cuomo scheduled in Harlem for May 23 — do not have an open primary: instead, the county committee, a panel of party insiders, selects who gets to run on the ballot line at a formal nominating convention.

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With the results still uncertain in Rep. Charlie Rangel's most difficult primary battle so far, attention has turned to the opening of absentee and affidavit ballots by the city Board of Election.

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Special elections, like the one scheduled to replace the convicted lawmaker on April 19, do not have open primaries: instead, the county committee, consisting of operatives elected within the party, chooses who gets the ballot line.

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At an open primary meeting today, Nick Hillman was selected from a field of six to stand as Conservative candidate for Cambridge at the general election.

One concession Sanders supporters want in New York is more open elections, including ending the practice of so - called closed primaries in which only party members can vote in that party's primary.

Candidates who would have been stymied because they are out of favor with the local political establishment now find themselves free to run in open primaries, which typically determine city elections.

But the state's moment in the political spotlight was marred by a sometimes chaotic primary day full of reports across the city of voters missing from the registration rolls and polls opening late, prompting both the mayor and the city comptroller to call for an investigation of the Board of Elections.

Mr. Cuomo, however, has balked at calling the elections both because of their cost and because they empower local party organizations at the expense of open, multi-candidate primaries.

One of his former aides, Jamaal T. Bailey, easily won a five - way Democratic primary in the election for a Westchester County and Bronx Senate seat left open by Ruth Hassell - Thompson, who stepped down this year to join the administration of a fellow Democrat, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

Chief on their list is reforming ethics laws, fighting corruption, opening the state's closed primary elections, enacting term limits for state legislators, streamlining the court system and codifying the rights of women.

If no candidate secures 50 percent of the vote in the open primary, the top vote - getter from each major party advances to the general election.

While either consolidation of the congressional and state / local primaries would save taxpayers money, without opening up the primaries voters registered as unaffiliated would remain unable to vote until the November general elections.

In the state of New York, for primary elections, polling places will open at 6:00 AM and close at 9:00 PM Eastern Time in New York City.

In addition, because preselection of candidates for office is generally done through a primary election open to a wide number of voters, a candidate who obeys their constituents» rejection of the party line can not easily be deselected by his party.

The ability of an independent candidate to get on the November ballot as late as July 31, or even later, is one of the advantages of an election system that does not use «top - two open primary» rules.

Barrett led by a single vote following the primary election on Sept. 10, while the opening of six absentee ballots a week later reversed the status and put Meyer ahead by one.

GLA member and local councillor Bob Blackman has emerged from what appears to have been quite an acromonious selection process as the victor at an open primary election yesterday evening for the seat of Harrow East.

For primary elections, polls open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 9:00 p.m. in New York City and the counties of Dutchess, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, and Erie.

Along with colleague John Polga - Hecimovich, the Dartmouth College political scientist studied about 90 elections and 900 candidates in Latin America, where a growing number of political parties have started to elect leaders through open primaries.