He said: «Let me, for the sake of transparency and openness, tell you that the entire number
of registered voters by distribution will be uploaded on our website before the end of this week.
Renacci's campaign spokesman cited an online poll
of registered voters by Axios / SurveyMonkey done in February and March.
Not exact matches
Last October, Catalonia's leaders defied the Spanish government
by holding an independence referendum; 90 %
of Catalans voted sí (although only 42 %
of registered voters went to the polls).
A Monmouth University survey released on Wednesday — conducted
by telephone, and with a plus - or - minus 3.5 % margin
of error — found that 51 %
of registered voters said they would vote for or lean toward a Democratic candidate if the 2018 elections were held today, compared to just 36 % who said they would vote or lean Republican.
The nonprofit group Fight For The Future launched HelloVote on Thursday morning with the goal
of boosting
voter registration in several key battleground states
by allowing
voters to
register directly via text message or Facebook Messenger.
The increasing role played
by non-elected technocrats, increased
voter abstention and curbs on civil liberties are among the main symptoms
of this global malaise, the EIU said, noting that almost half
of the 167 countries covered
by its index
registered a decline in overall scores between 2006 and 2016.
The survey
of 1,077
registered voters was conducted online
by the Program for Public Consultation at the University
of Maryland from Dec. 6 - 8.
An August 2010 poll
by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that nearly half
of Tea Party supporters (46 %) had not heard
of or did not have an opinion about «the conservative Christian movement sometimes known as the religious right»; 42 % said they agree with the conservative Christian movement and roughly one - in - ten (11 %) said they disagree (based on
registered voters).
Miller would reform campaign finance
by giving each
registered voter a supply
of federally financed «patriot dollars.»
Pollster and Managing Editor
of the Daily Dispatch Newspaper, Ben Ephson has said, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ascended to the height
of double standards, when it questioned the credibility
of the five - member team that was empanelled
by the Electoral Commission (EC) to assess calls for a new
voters register.
Given the potentials the card reader has for disinfecting the process with the scrutiny
of authentication
of the
voter register, all those who stand for genuine electoral reform have no choice but to improve the enabling policy ambiance for supporting the card reader
by ensuring judicial clarity which supports its use.
The Supreme Court demanded the list following a return to court
by plaintiffs Abu Ramadan and Evans Nimako, to seek clarity on the same court's May 5 ruling, in which it ordered the EC to delete from the
register of voters, names
of the dead, minors and those, who were
registered onto the poll roll through their NHIS cards.
If a process is meant to improve the integrity
of the electoral process, judgments that shoot it down can not advance the cause
of our development; it means we have chosen a path
of regression to the era where elections are decided
by unsavory self - help in bloating the
voter register with strange names on the part
of politicians.
The opposition NPP and pressure group «Let My Vote Count Alliance» have accused the EC boss
of bias after several calls for a new
voters»
register were rejected
by the EC.
The Ashanti Regional Chairman
of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. Antwi Boasiako has switched over to the defensive mode following threats
by Koku Anyidoho to sue the New Patriotic Party's Vice Presidential nominee for failing to provide evidence for his bloated
voter register claims.
By urging tribunals to strike down the use
of the card reader, the implication is a return to our prior election system, going back to the 2003 and 2007 era where Mike Tyson, dead people and ghost names on the
voter register produced huge votes recorded on election day to declare people winners
of election.
Ghana currently has no electoral laws to handle the situation, and the government communique addressing the
voter register admits that «Ghana should emulate the example
of Kenya
by codifying a set
of electoral laws which adequately deter electoral fraud.»
Each challenge shall be made separately, in writing, under oath and on forms prescribed
by the State Board
of Elections, and shall specify the reasons why the challenged
voter is not entitled to
register, remain
registered, or vote.
Blank or unaffiliated
voters in New York continue to gain ground in enrollment with
registered Republicans, statistic released Monday
by the state Board
of Elections show.
According to organizers
of the debate, the IEA, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) wrote two weeks ago that it was bringing a team led
by the party's General Secretary to debate the NPP on its unrelenting call for a new
voters»
register.
But the NDC in a statement signed
by its General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, said the issue
of the
voters»
register is being handled
by the Electoral Commission (EC) hence the new decision to stay out
of the debate.
While there is likely a lot
of truth to that, there is also a local backstory than enabled a serious Democratic candidate to emerge in a district where Republicans outnumber
registered Democrats
by more than 10,000
voters.
Cuomo leads Nixon
of New York City
by 68 to 21 percent among
registered voters, according to the poll released on Thursday, April 12.
New Yorkers looking to
register to vote, or to change their enrollment information, can do so easily
by using the state's online
voter registration service on the New York State Department
of Motor Vehicles» website.
The new Siena poll, which surveyed 805
registered voters by telephone from Jan. 8 to 12, has a margin
of sampling error
of plus or minus four percentage points.
The survey
of 1,000
Registered New York
Voters was conducted on May 21 - 22, 2013
by Rasmussen Reports.
Ahead
of the 2016 polls, the
voter distribution shows that the Greater Accra Region leads with the highest concentration
of registered voters, followed
by the Ashanti and Eastern Regions.
«The NPP unreservedly condemns all acts
of excessive force
by the Ghana Police Service as witnessed during the peaceful march organized
by the LMVC, AFAG and MFC to advocate for the compilation
of a new
voters register as the integrity
of the old one has been called to question,» the statement said.
However, you seem to imply that just
by announcing the proposed cut (sometime last year I think) it would somehow go directly into the consciousness
of voters who aren't political obsessives and so make a difference to the LD ratings The truth is that for the LD's it will take a general election campaign and Clegg / Cable / Hune hammering the issue home in debate after debate after debate for it to
register with people who don't pay much attention to the ups and downs
of everyday politics, let alone the tax proposals
of the 3rd party.
Whilst this might constitute a relatively high level
of participation
by recent standards, it does still mean that 28 %
of registered voters did not bother to have their say in what, we were frequently told, was the most important national decision in our lifetimes.
It follows a petition submitted to the Electoral Commission (EC)
by the NPP in which it claimed the current and existing
voters register was not only bloated but filled with the names
of foreign nationals.
According to the NDP, «we are keeping a
voters register fraught with many controversies and susceptible to all forms
of human ruse and sleight
of hand» insisting that «an insertion
of scanned staple pin - marked still pictures into the
register is irregular, illegal and unconscionable
by the EC's own regulation (
voter registration) CI 72.»
The demonstration christened «Baamu Yadda», loosely translated, «we will not budge,» attracted thousands
of Ghanaians who believe the EC must validate the
voters»
register for the November polls as proposed
by the Justice VCRAC Crabbe panel.
It ordered that «(a) The Electoral Commission takes steps immediately to delete or as is popularly known «clean» the current
register of voters to comply with the provisions
of the 1992 Constitution, and applicable laws
of Ghana; [and] That any person whose name is deleted from the
register of voters by the Electoral Commission pursuant to order (a) above be given the opportunity to
register under the law.»
Former head
of the Political Science Department
of the Kwame Nkrumah University
of Science and Technology (KNUST) has described as «irresponsible» the stance taking
by the Electoral Commission on the call for new
voters register.
The method in which their new Chief Executive has been appointed is a poignant example
of this problem and a source
of a great deal
of the ire
of the protestors: elected
by 689 votes from a 1,200 - seat committee
of business elites, the three and a half million
registered voters of Hong Kong had no say over who should lead them for the next five years.
The impression a dispassionate observer would have from the failure
of security and law enforcement during the Bayelsa election (which was conducted in Nigeria's smallest state with the lowest number
of registered voters) would be that the federal government permitted or condoned the strong - arm tactics
of the ruling party's candidate in his ultimately vain effort to secure that state's rulership
by force.
Nana Akufo - Addo, though being
of the firm belief that the arguments made
by the NPP on the need for a new
voters register have proved to be superior and have, indeed, won the day, he stressed that the «reason we are asking for a new
register is not because the NPP will gain any advantage.»
The de Blasio Administration is fighting to ensure every vote counts this Election Day
by streamlining the process, engaging
voters and making it simpler for
voters of all languages to
register.
This, they said was because «we have examined the petition
of the NPP over the compromise
of the
voters register» and «the National Democratic Party (NDP) is overwhelmingly struck
by the evidence provided and in the party's opinion places an indelible mark
of failed responsibility
by the EC.»
Belanger said some
of the signatures should clearly be thrown out because they were signed
by unregistered
voters, or those
registered to other parties.
In terms
of registration, Nassau Democrats only slightly outnumber Republicans (
by just over 61,000: 397,859 Democrats to 336,289 Republicans) while unaffiliated independents number 239,242
voters, almost a full quarter
of Nassau's 1,025,598
registered voters.
Asiedu Nketia was addressing a press conference in reaction to a statement
by the Electoral Commission rejecting the NPP's calls for the compilation
of a new
voters»
register.
According to him, the position
of the Electoral Commission on the preparation
of a credible
voters register for the elections, which is just six months away, appears unsatisfactory in view
of what it calls the lackadaisical posture
by the Commission towards the electoral process.
Calls for the EC to abandon the current
voters»
register and compile a new one has intensified in recent days, led
by the Let My Vote Count Alliance, which, two weeks ago, embarked on a demonstration which led to bloody clashes with police after some
of the demonstrators veered off the approved route in apparent attempt to head to the office
of the EC.
He was elected as the Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Penrith and the Border
by an open - primary meeting (open to all
registered voters, regardless
of party) in October 2009.
In the opinion
of CADA, election threats come in different forms and may include intimidation,
registering minors and foreigners, multiple registration, etc. during
voter registration exercise or targeting
of election officials, intimidation or harassment
of journalists, incitement to violence in the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas», attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation
of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction
of ballot boxes, armed clashes among political parties, violent clashes among groups
of rival supporters, vandalism and physical attacks on property
of opponents, targeted attacks against specific candidates or political parties, attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts
by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks
by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation
of ethnic or sectarian violence.
[83][84] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 2,037 votes (51.7 % vs. 45.8 % countywide), ahead
of Democrat Jon Corzine with 1,663 votes (42.2 % vs. 48.0 %), Independent Chris Daggett with 181 votes (4.6 % vs. 4.7 %) and other candidates with 24 votes (0.6 % vs. 0.5 %), among the 3,937 ballots cast
by the borough's 7,449
registered voters, yielding a 52.9 % turnout (vs. 50.0 % in the county).
The petition had to be signed
by only 5 percent
of the party's
registered members, which amounts to about 10 signatures in the case
of the Reform Party which has a total
of 187
registered voters.
Finally, the Electoral Commission needs to recognize that its integrity and reputation have been seriously called into question
by the Abu Ramadan & Evans Animako trilogy, especially with respect to the list it produced claiming only 56,772 NHIS registrants on the
register of voters, as against the total 14,031,000
voters on the
register.