Sentences with phrase «of polling places»

He did not think it was a problem that a significant number of polling places in his district are not accessible, citing their location in public schools.

Although the case does not specifically address election law, political signage is prohibited within 600 feet of a polling place, which many schools are.

Make sure you're prepared with the location of your polling place and what will be on your ballot.

It would allow a limited number of polling places to open ahead of elections, freeing up voters from having to cast their ballot on a specific day.

Cliff Day, who rode his bicycle to the door of his polling place in the Lincoln Houses Tuesday morning, said now was the time to rally behind Rangel.

We spoke with him outside of a polling place on Beach 51st Street in Edgemere.

It's a relatively obscure case concerning the power of states (Tennessee, in this case) to prohibit electioneering within a certain number of feet of polling places on election day.

«Not only would we have to hold a primary for 16 voters, we'd have to open the same number of polling places as we would otherwise,» Czarny said.

If you need help finding your voting location, check the directory of polling places or contact your local Board of Elections for details.

A spokeswoman for the Board of Elections said a tally of those polling places that experienced problems Tuesday would come after the election.

Democratic member of the council, Liz Pendleton, said the registrars have not raised any issues about the security of polling places to the town council.

Add in all the voter ID laws GOPers / Teatrolls have enacted, their consistent reduction in registration periods and early voting periods, their reduction of polling places, shenanigans with polling times, taking away Sunday voting, understaffing polling locations, attempting to legislate away the right of college students to vote in the state in which they attend college, etc., and it's not exactly a mystery what they're trying to do.

In 1999, the Attorney General of the State of New York ran a check of polling places around the state to see if they were accessible to voters with disabilities and found many problems.

A study of three upstate counties of New York found fewer than 10 percent of polling places fully compliant with state and federal laws.

A 2017 study found that the opening and closing hours of polling places determines the age demographics of turnout: turnout among younger voters is higher the longer polling places are open and turnout among older voters decreases the later polling places open.

A sculpture of a locked ballot box at West Main and Canal Street, the site of the polling place where Susan B. Anthony and her three sisters illegally voted in the 1872 presidential election.

And Hurricane Sandy left hundreds of polling places flooded or in the dark, so election officials are scrambling to find new locations.

The 13th edition of the poll placed «Community» star Alison Brie, «Blurred Lines» music video model Emily Ratajkowski, Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence (last year's No. 1) and «Harry Potter» alum Emma Watson in the top 5.

A glance at the lengthy list provided by the Federal government of enforcement cases under this provision of the ADA reveals that most of the cases involve physical access to the offices in which government services are rendered, such as wheelchair ramps into government buildings and accessibility of polling places.

Classified number of polling places required and potential locations.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, voting Tuesday with his wife in Brooklyn, took the rear door of his polling place and avoided activists who say he's moving too slowly to shut down the violence - plagued Rikers Island jails.

Within 150 feet of a polling place as defined in 950 CMR 53.03 (18)(c), no person shall solicit votes for or against, or otherwise promote or oppose, any person or political party or position on a ballot question, to be voted on at the current election.

Beyond making calls to remind people to return their ballots or remind them of their polling places, etc., volunteers are needed for other reasons.

For example, there can be no political advertisement within several hundred feet (different states have different regulations) of a polling place to prevent people from being bullied into a particular position.

«A police presence would likely discourage tendencies toward violent action at any and all of our polling places.»