Sentences with phrase «of public elections»

The Court further ordered that the Commission should in appropriate cases afford the candidates the opportunity to comply with Regulation 9 (2) of the Public Elections Regulations, 2016 (C.I. 94).

His strongly worded statement said: «A casual reading of the reasons provided by the Commissioner in that document leaves an ordinary reasonable person with the conclusion that the decision to disqualify each of the presidential candidates was premised upon an alleged non-compliance with regulation 7 of the Public Elections Regulation, 2016 (C.I. 94).

It rightly quashed the arbitrary and unlawful decision of the Commissioner made on the 10th of October 2016 invalidating the nomination of the applicant as a candidate for the coming Presidential Election for alleged non-compliance with regulations 7 of the Public Elections Regulations, 2016 (CI 94) and ordered the Commissioner to comply with the Regulations.

«A casual reading of the reasons provided by the Commissioner in that document leaves an ordinary reasonable person with the conclusion that the decision to disqualify each of the presidential candidates was premised upon an alleged non-compliance with regulation 7 of the Public Elections Regulation, 2016 (C.I. 94).

A declaration that Regulation 23 (11) of Public Elections Regulations, 2016; CI.94 is inconsistent with Article 49 of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992.

A declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of Article 49 of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992, and Section 13 of the Representation of the People Law, 1992; PNDCL 284; the ballots to be cast pursuant to Regulation 23 (1), (2), (3)-LRB-, (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)(9) and (10) of the Public Elections Regulations, 2016; CI.94 by special voters in the December, 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections ought to be counted and announced there and then on the date (s) of the special voting; by the presiding officers and the results at each poling station; before communicating same to the returning officer.

An order striking down Regulation 23 (11) of Public Elections Regulations, 2016; CI.94 as being inconsistent with Article 49 (2), (3)(a) and (b) of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992 and Section 13 of the Representation of the People Law, 1992; PNDCL 284.

A declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of Article 49 of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992, «special voting» as provided for by Regulation 23 of the Public Elections Regulations, 2016; CI.94 is a part of public elections.

f) A Declaration that each of the Applicant's «right to vote and entitle [ment] to be registered as a voter for the purposes of public elections and referenda» in light of the Act 699 and said various laws and legal instruments is not subject to any condition precedent aside the article 42 age and sanity of mind criteria;

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- The story came to the public in part with the help of the National Enquirer, the same paper that played a prominent role in Hart's downfall in the run - up to the 1988 Presidential election..

President Donald Trump says it's «disgraceful» that a list of questions the special counsel investigating Russian election interference wants to ask him have become public.

But a new focus on Moore's previous public statements on controversial topics also gained traction of late, just days ahead of the Alabama special election set for December 12.

«Twitter is the most direct way to engage with the candidates and issues of this election and to participate in the live, public conversation around its key events,» said Adam Sharp, Twitter's head of news, government, and elections, in a statement.

Both parties are losing, even though Republicans have managed to win a lot of elections this decade despite having lower levels of public support.

The game is the most recent example of how Russians tried to sway public opinion in the US during the 2016 election.

The FBI is investigating whether Donald Trump's associates coordinated with Russian officials in an effort to sway the 2016 presidential election, Director James Comey said Monday in an extraordinary public confirmation of a probe the president has refused to acknowledge, dismissed as fake news and blamed on Democrats.

But as of 2016, Scott, who was a hospital executive before launching a bid for Governor, had a net worth of nearly $ 150 million, according to his public financial disclosure forms, and he used funds from his personal fortune on his gubernatorial elections in 2010 and 2014.

Paragraph 22 outlined how Mercury Public Affairs and The Podesta Group «lobbied multiple members of Congress and their staffs about Ukraine sanctions, the validity of Ukraine elections, and the propriety of Yanukovych's imprisoning his presidential rival, Yulia Tymoshenko.»

Speaking at the first Prime Minister's Questions since the general election earlier this month, Corbyn said years of Conservative government cuts to local authority budgets had put public safety at jeopardy and had played a part in the fire that destroyed a tower block in Kensington, west London earlier this month, killing at least 79 people.

This category covers everyone from the director of Elections Canada to provincial public works directors.

Expanding on its allegations, WSJ said on Tuesday that hundreds of millions worth of unreported political spending flowed from public sources or programs intended for other purposes, including at least $ 140 million that was spent on charity projects to boost the party's election chances.

Only about a third of Republicans said they have a great deal or quite a bit of confidence that votes on Election Day will be counted fairly, according to recent poll from the Associated Press - NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

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.

The 2016 U.S. presidential election heightened public awareness of a concept known as the «filter bubble,» coined by Upworthy co-founder Eli Pariser and explored in his 2011 book The Filter Bubble: How the New Personalized Web Is Changing What We Read and How We Think.

That sort of attitude has been missing in this presidential election, in which a large portion of the American public has been encouraged to blame their financial struggles on free trade agreements like NAFTA.

Thursday's sanctions target Russians indicted last month as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's election meddling on charges of conspiracy to interfere in the election by waging a social - media influence operation to sow discord and sway public opinion in the US in favor of Trump.

Werner, a campaign strategist at Public Citizen, is attending the hearing where Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is testifying to draw attention to the social network's failure to stop the misuse of its site during the 2016 presidential election.

Supporters attend the public meeting of French presidential election candidate for the far - left coalition «La France insoumise» Jean - Luc Melenchon, on February 5, 2017, in Chassieu, near Lyon.

With its ability to influence opinions, social media does remarkable harm by playing a role in the rigging of elections and public debate.

The DNC's recruitment of Lord comes after a disastrous 2016 election cycle for the Democrats in terms of cyber security, in which operatives working on behalf of the Russian government obtained countless emails and information to selectively leak to the public.

The long - suffering public official first drew Democrats» ire when he investigated party nominee Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign, then caused Republicans great irritation after the election by investigating the possibility of Trump campaign collusion with Russia.

He recommended a ««who - gives - what» transparency in real time (not after the damage has been done), shareholder disclosure of all corporate political expenditures and public financing of congressional elections.»

A group of public - television fans plan to storm the Washington Mall three days before the election, as a show of support for the broadcaster, in the form of the Million Puppet March, the name of which is hopefully self - explanatory.

Attempts by Monti's government to cut spending caused widespread public anger, boosting the support of populist parties in the election.

The charges are the first major public developments in Mueller's six - month - long investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Outspoken in the world of conservative politics and public policy, the Koch brothers, who have a combined net worth of $ 95.8 billion, are advocates for smaller government and routinely fund political campaigns, although they took a step back during the 2016 election cycle.

Pompeo has repeatedly downplayed the seriousness of Russian election interference in public appearances as CIA director, contradicting the reported findings of the agency and others in the intelligence community.

The Liberals have introduced changes as they try to fulfil their 2015 election promise to improve Parliament's financial processes by bringing more consistency and clarity when it comes to government accounting of how it spends public money.

A year of hellish relations with aboriginal groups; a possibly fatal public - relations cloud over the Keystone project, based precisely on the Harper government's poor environmental record; serious opposition in Europe to any extension in Canada - EU relations at the very same time we're trying to negotiate a trade deal; and a set of controversies that still motivate NDP supporters and the NDP caucus today, another year closer to a federal election.

According to the last seven polls — spanning from July 2014 to November 2015 — conduced by the French public - opinion institute Ifop, Le Pen has led each time when voters are asked, «If the next presidential election was next week, which candidate would have the best chance of getting your vote?»

Martin Schulz, leader of the Social Democrats (SPD), has doubled down on social reform policies in a last - ditch effort to boost his election polls during a public television town hall - style exchange.

Ahead of July's presidential election, public anger at government is running high thanks to high - profile corruption cases, drug gangs, and sluggish growth.

Since the 2016 election, Facebook has paid unusual attention to the reputations of Mr. Zuckerberg and Ms. Sandberg, conducting polls to track how they are viewed by the public, said Tavis McGinn, who was recruited to the company last April and headed the executive reputation efforts through September 2017.

Elliot Schrage, Facebook's vice president for communications and public policy, and David Ginsberg, its director of research, said in a blog post on Monday that the company had made «real progress» in dealing with hoax stories and sham accounts since the 2016 election and the campaign, known as Brexit, to withdraw Britain from the European Union.

Having tried to dissuade Trump behind the scenes, hoping that he would vacillate on this issue as he had on DACA and guns, the usually supine Republican leaders Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan finally spoke up after five days of public silence, expressing concern on the part of their followers that the tariffs would set off a trade war and wipe out the economic gains on which they were pinning their November election prospects.

J&J spokesman Ernie Knewitz told CNBC, «As we have learned through the 2016 election campaign, personal attacks do not serve the interests of the American public or foster a balanced discussion on the substantive issues facing the nation.»

In the U.S., women are already responding to the 2016 presidential election by pursuing their own runs for office: since November, more than 4,500 of them have signed up for She Should Run, a new organization that trains women for public life.

Their tensions seeped into public view in February, when General McMaster said at a security conference in Munich that the evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was beyond dispute.

The Conservatives have pledged to end public subsidies of political parties if they win this election.

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