Sentences with phrase «of the weighted vote»

His endorsements represent more than 82 percent of the weighted vote at the convention.

A candidate needs to win 50 percent plus one for a majority of the weighted vote.

The county had over 11 percent of the weighted vote statewide.

Decisions might take the form of weighted voting, but they would clearly be a major and contentious set of international negotiations.

He hasn't managed to lock down much in the way of the weighted vote here at the convention.

Any candidate with more than 50 percent of the weighted vote automatically receives the Republican nomination.

They need just 25 percent of the weighted vote to get onto the ballot.

LaValle's Suffolk County has a large share of the weighted vote in deciding who is the party's designated nominee.

Hoping to avoid a repeat of the NY - 23 nightmare (at least it was from a GOP perspective), Erie County Conservative Chairman Ralph Lorigo, who controls the largest share of the weighted vote in the district, told me that he's inclined to support Corwin, too, but needs to wait and see what his committee members say when they meet tonight.

Republican state comptroller hopeful Harry Wilson has picked up the endorsement of Suffolk County GOP Chairman John Jay LaValle, whose committee accounts for the second - highest percentage of the weighted vote at the party's convention.

But Molinaro, who re-entered the nomination fight after initially bowing out earlier in the race, has been endorsed by chairmen from large counties that have a large percentage of the weighted vote ahead of the May state convention, including Erie and Suffolk counties.

Molinaro's campaign says it has already racked up more than 50 percent of the weighted vote ahead of the state GOP convention in May.

Langworthy, along with Suffolk County's John LaValle, control large portions of the weighted vote for the preferred party candidate at the state convention to be held in May.

The new endorsements give Molinaro nearly 75 percent of the weighted vote from Republican State Committee members who will nominate a candidate for governor at the end of May, according to his campaign.

In recent weeks, Molinaro has racked up a series of endorsements, counting more than 40 percent of the weighted vote needed for the party's designation status.

Though his campaign is not completely official, Molinaro appears to have the backing of major county chairs, including Suffolk County's John LaValle — who controls a large portion of the weighted vote.

Just a short time of unsuccessfully getting enough of the weighted vote to get on the ballot, Steve Levy told Liz Benjamin at the GOP convention he hasn't ruled out petitioning.

That leaves a fairly sizable chunk of the weighted vote unaccounted for, but there's plenty of time for jockeying yet.

Manhattan is the big prize of the weighted vote contest, as it accounts for the largest share — 10.03 percent.

Lazio, a former Congressman, leads the pack with just over 50 % of the weighted vote among GOP county chairs.

However, Auerbach said the roll call vote was on a procedural issue, not the leadership, and no one calculated the impact of the weighted vote of the 118 disputed committee members.

«I'm not aware of (Wilson) having enough support of the weighted votes.

Under that system, the two biggest prizes in the race for committee votes are the Long Island counties of Suffolk (9.9 percent) and Nassau (9.6 percent), representing nearly 20 percent of the weighted vote combined.

Spitzer declined, even after Cuomo successfully blocked all his primary opponents form getting onto the ballot at the convention (recall that this year, all five AG candidates were allowed on the ballot after much mathematical manipulation of the weighted vote).

Nixon, an actress and advocate for public education, received more than 90 percent of the weighted vote alongside New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams, who is running for lieutenant governor.

Eaton previously said informally that the Brooklyn party supported Ms. Malliotakis, but given the Staten Island party has more of the weighted vote, the nomination was all but secured for Donovan.

But at least 50 percent of the weighted vote remains uncommitted, with several chairmen holding out for the possibility of a Trump candidacy.

The awards are based on a number of factors, including the feedback received in the ongoing research process, past performance in the research and the overall aggregate number of weighted votes cast in their favour.

Since February, Molinaro has racked up a majority of the weighted vote of Republican county chairs ahead of the May state convention.

Now that all the would - be candidates from the Senate majority have decided to take a pass on the race, it appears support is coalescing behind Assemblywoman Jane Corwin, who has the support of Langworthy, (who I believe controls the lion's share of the weighted vote in the district) former Rep. Tom Reynolds, who held the seat before Lee, and others.

More important, Langworthy said, is that those chairs represent about 75 percent of the weighted vote statewide because they are from the largest counties with the highest Republican voter turnout.

Molinaro's campaign said the changes mean the Dutchess County executive has locked up 74.25 percent of the weighted vote from Republican State Committee members who will nominate a candidate for governor at the end of May.

I don't think plural voting would be considered a less democratic system, if we were able to come up with a balanced (or at least apparently balanced) and (mostly) frictionless way of determining who gets the extra votes, similarly to how forms of weighted voting are not generally considered undemocratic and are practised and widely accepted in several democratic countries and institutions.

Meanwhile, Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor, said Thursday he has garnered enough endorsements from Republican county chairs to give him 50 % of the weighted votes needed to make him the party designee at the state convention in late May.

Corwin was unanimously endorsed last night by the Monroe County Conservative Party, which controls the second - highest percentage of the weighted vote in the district.

The endorsement gives Molinaro the backing of virtually all of the chairmen from the counties with the largest share of the weighted vote ahead of the Republican state convention in May.

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro is inching toward what appears to be a large share of the weighted vote for the Republican nomination for governor, with Erie County Chairman Nick Langworthy formally endorsing his campaign.

Molinaro since February has racked up a majority of the weighted vote of Republican county chairs ahead of the May state convention.

There are two months to go until the state Republican convention, but Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro already has enough support to secure the GOP gubernatorial nomination, thanks to the Manhattan Republican Party's endorsement which gave him 50.3 percent of the weighted vote at the convention.

Today, they picked up Sullivan County and their.47 % of the weighted vote.

Maragos has already lined up more than 25 % of the weighted vote in endorsements from GOP county chairs.

Molinaro's campaign says he now has nearly 75 percent of the weighted vote to become the preferred candidate of the state GOP committee.

In the email, the campaign takes note of the major Republican county chairs who have endorsed Molinaro, tallying it up to more than 41 percent of the weighted vote.

The Erie County GOP's executive committee has officially endorsed its hometown gubernatorial hopeful, Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino, all - but ensuring the controversial candidate will have at least 6.93 percent of the weighted vote at the party's upcoming state convention.