Sentences with phrase «of valid petition»

Sections 69 and 110 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and section 116 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) empowers INEC to conduct Recall proceedings against a member of the National Assembly, State House of Assembly, or the Area Council of the FCT, upon the receipt of a valid petition alleging a loss of confidence in the member, by more than 50 % of voters registered to vote in that member's constituency.

However, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that certain ballot access requirements, such as filing fees and submitting a certain number of valid petition signatures do not constitute additional qualifications and thus few Constitutional restrictions exist as to how harsh ballot access laws can be.

Not exact matches

On June 30, the last day the old provincial sales tax remained in effect, a coalition fronted by former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm presented a petition of 557,383 valid signatures to the province's chief electoral officer, which forces a bill abolishing the HST to be either voted on in the legislature or put to a referendum.

The petitions come with very specific requirements for use, such as the times they can be circulated and the definition of a valid signature (read more).

A State Supreme court has thrown Rep. Nan Hayworth off of the Independence Party line after determining that she didn't submit 770 valid petitions.

Because no one knows if there are enough valid signatures yet, the existence of the petition means that HB 194 can't take effect yet.

The Board of Elections initially kicked Martinez off the ballot, and claimed he didn't have the required 500 valid signatures on his nominating petitions.

To succeed, she will have to gather at least 1,250 valid signatures from registered Democrats before a deadline at 5 p.m. Thursday for petitions to be filed with the state Board of Elections in Albany.

On May 2, the Wyoming Secretary of State announced that the Country Party petition has enough valid signatures.

Congressional contender Jon Kaiman on Monday asked the state Board of Elections to throw opponent Thomas Suozzi off the Democratic primary ballot in the 3rd District, claiming more than half the petition signatures that Suozzi submitted were not valid.

The Board of Election in Albany ruled Tuesday, August 7 that Grant Valentine's petition for the September 13 Democratic primary was disqualified because he did not have enough valid signatures.

On March 12, the Montana Secretary of State determined that the Americans Elect petition has enough valid signatures.

(a) Whenever a Party nomination for a public office to be filled at a general or special election is not made at a primary election or by judicial nominating convention, or when no valid designating petition is filed with the board of elections (1) such nomination shall be made by the Executive Committee if for a public office to be filled by the voters of a political subdivision whose boundaries are coterminous with the County of New York or the Borough of Manhattan, and any vacancy in a nomination so made shall be filled by the Executive Committee or a subcommittee appointed by the Executive Committee for that purpose, and (2) such nomination shall be made by the appropriate District Committee if for a public office to be filled by the voters of a political subdivision wholly or partly contained within, but embracing only a part of, the County of New York or Borough of Manhattan, and any vacancy in a nomination so made shall be filled by a subcommittee appointed by said District Committee for that purpose.

On May 15, the Alabama Secretary of State determined that the Americans Elect petition has enough valid signatures.

On April 20, the North Dakota Secretary of State found that all three petitions for party status had enough valid signatures.

At the end of the hearing, he ruled orally that the petitions are valid.

The two petitions combined, requiring a total of 9,027 signatures, still total fewer signatures than the statewide independent petition, which requires 18,053 valid signatures.

The only independent presidential petition submitted in North Dakota this year is the Jill Stein petition, and the Secretary of State has already determined that it is a valid petition.

Six Republicans had filed for the seat including Martins, but only his petition signatures were declared valid by the Board of Elections.

Another candidate for the Buffalo School Board — Colleen E. Russell, an ally of Carl Paladino — was knocked off the May 3 ballot today when a judge ruled she had only 498 valid signatures on her petitions to run for the seat, two short of the 500 required.

Kicinski, of Earlville, filed petitions with 1,308 signatures, but the state invalidated 200, leaving him with 1,108 valid signatures, said John Conklin, speaking for the state Board of Elections in Albany.

As previously reported, because the Virginia Governor and the Virginia legislature changed the effective date of HB 1151, the Libertarian Party's presidential petition, which had 2,100 signatures, is not valid and the party must start all over.

For initiatives hoping to be granted ballot access, a minimum of 241,153 valid petition signatures are required to qualify an Initiative to the People for the 2012 statewide ballot.

She initially succeeded in having 1,884 of Perez Williams» petition signatures ruled invalid, leaving her with 1,393 valid signatures.

The old law required 40,042 valid signatures by March of an election year, and the wording on the petition implied the signers are party members.

They have upheld rulings of lower state courts that levy fees of over $ 80,000 against candidates who submit petitions that are held not to have enough valid signatures.

Grasso noted Doheny could petition his way into a primary by gathering the valid signatures of 1,250 enrolled Republicans.

Under Cuomo's plan, any member of any party could petition his or her way onto any ballot line, as long as they collect a sufficient number of valid signatures during the petition process.

The preliminary ruling by the state Board of Elections leaves Perez Williams with 1,393 valid signatures on her nominating petitions.

If the state Board of Elections rules the petitions for Balter and Perez Williams are valid, the Democratic congressional primary election would be June 26.

His would - be opponent, John Gangemi, needed to hand in a petition with 2,000 signatures by July 11, but New York Supreme Court Justice David Schmidt ruled only 1,809 of them were valid.

Georgia requires a petition of 50,334 valid signatures and requires each sheet to be notarized.

It is my understanding that out of state canvassers would not be valid witnesses for a petition in NY state.

(Either would require the valid signatures of 15,000 registered voters from around the state, though a primary petition would require signatories to be enrolled Democrats.)

Lawyers representing Perez Williams spent more than five hours at a hearing at the state Board of Elections in Albany, arguing that she had enough valid signatures on nominating petitions to appear on the ballot.

After six weeks of court battles, the appeals court last week ruled that Bush had 347 valid petition signatures, one more than he needed to get on the ballot.

The board ruled Perez Williams had submitted petitions with at least 1,250 valid signatures of registered Democratic voters, the minimum required to gain a spot on the ballot.

A Libertarian candidate in the 24th Congressional District must collect 3,500 valid signatures on a petition this year to get on the ballot, said Helen Kiggins Walsh, one of Onondaga County's election commissioners.

If the challenge is upheld, Perez Williams would be short of the 1,250 valid petition signatures needed to appear on the primary ballot.

«The Spitzer campaign took great care in the petitioning process and filed far more than the number of valid signatures required by law.»

It provided for a petition of 40,042 valid signatures, due in late March.

So after the receipt of objections, then the Board of Elections will review the objections with the petition, to determine if it is valid or not.»

«The Board of Election will review the objections with the petition determine if it is valid or note,» said Ward.

Spitzer appeared on Leno's show in California less than 24 hours after a four - day flurry of canvassing for 3,750 valid petitions to run for city comptroller — submitting more than 27,000 signatures to the city Board of Elections late Thursday night ahead of a midnight deadline.

Despite the objections of Axelrod's representative at the Board of Election Commissioners» review of the petitions, all altered petitions remained valid, with Commissioner Babcock frequently stating that, «they do not rule on forgery, fraud, and points of law».

The Board subsequently removed the names of the two men but allowed the petitions themselves to remain valid with respect to the other individuals named on the petitions despite what appears to be an obvious attempt at deception.

Ed Code requires charter school petitions to contain valid signatures numbering at least one - half of the charter school's projected first year enrollment.

Judge Andrew Banks ruled in favor of the parents, saying that Palm Lane is subject to the law and the petition had more than enough valid signatures to be approved.

(e) If no valid additional nominations by written petition are received by the Secretary at his / her regular address on or before sixty (60) days prior to the date of the next Annual Meeting, the Nominating Committee's slate shall be declared to have been elected, and no balloting will be required.

(d) If no valid nominations by written petition are received by the Secretary on or before September 1, the Nominating Committee's slate shall be declared elected at the time of the Annual Meeting, and no balloting will be required.