Sentences with phrase «of voter enrollment»

DeFrancisco isn't fazed by the governor's campaign cash, the poll numbers of the voter enrollment edge.

Nearly 40 percent of the voter enrollment — almost 60,000 people — is Republican.

Not exact matches

Also on the NYC Indy Party reform to - do list: Initiative and referendum, term limits for legislators, letting voters change their enrollment after a one - month waiting period, nonpartisan administration of the Board of Elections, nonpartisan redistricting and campaign finance reform.

As Long pointed out, that's sort of a dangerous game, because the GOP and Conservatives could end up spreading themselves very thin indeed, with three candidates who were supposed to be on the same team all competing against one another for the same pool of voters against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who already has the Democratic enrollment edge working for her.

A majority of voters continue to say they'd like to see the state Senate back in Democratic hands, but Greenberg chalks that up largely to the considerable enrollment edge enjoyed by the party across the state.

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.

Even further back to the start of the decade in April, Republicans had an enrollment of 2.7 million, with unaffiliated voters cresting at just over 2 million registrations.

The Binghamton - area Senate seat, which has a GOP voter enrollment edge, was represented by GOP lawmaker Tom Libous until his conviction on a charge of lying to the FBI in July.

The Chautauqua County Board of Elections released its official 2018 voter registration enrollment totals on Friday, revealing that, for the first time since 2008, there are more registered Republicans in the county than Democrats.

Kinderhook, N.Y. November 1, 2016... With open enrollment for Obamacare beginning today, voters should know that its rates are skyrocketing for New York's struggling middle class: They'll go up another 16.6 percent on average in New York and upwards of 25 percent elsewhere, yet liberal New York City professor and NY - 19 congressional candidate Zephyr Teachout wants to expand the failing program even more, the campaign of fiscally responsible congressional candidate John Faso today noted.

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.

He also wants to change voter registration rules to allow for same - day registration and the automatic enrollment of new voters when they visit a motor vehicles office or other state agency.

Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, a Manhattan Democrat, and State Senator Michael Gianaris, a Queens Democrat, have sponsored the Voter Empowerment Act, which provides for automatic registration of eligible voters and online registration, and changes the deadlines for registration and party enrollment.

In a press statement, NYPIRG called on Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature to establish automatic voter registration and updating of enrollment data and same - day registration (as in, on election day), and echoed calls for eliminating patronage in selection of BOE employees.

Because of the district's overwhelming Democratic voter enrollment, the winner of Tuesday's race is all but certain to be elected to the seat in November.

Based on past election results, enrollment figures, and fundraising totals, it's safe to assume that, barring any unexpected retirements, arrests or other major surprises, 23 seats currently controlled by Democrats, 21 seats controlled by Republicans and each of the five districts held by the IDC will return members of the same party that voters selected in 2014:

Denerstein said the initiative would boost New York's sagging voter enrollment numbers and also save taxpayers money by streamlining the DMV's handling of voter registrations.

The rankings were determined by the strength of the candidates, the amount of money they have in their campaign kitties, and voter enrollment.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2015 State of the State address floated the idea of changing the law to make the voter's party enrollment change take effect three months after the application is received by the local board of elections.

The real aim, he said, should be to establish automatic voter enrollment for all residents of a state.

Senate Democrats believe an independent redistricting process gives them a major advantage in reclaiming control of the upper chamber, given their large voter enrollment in the state.

But after a GOP - led redistricting process last year, Republicans have an enrollment advantage of 5,658 voters over Democrats, according to Nassau Board of Elections records.

Wilson was willing to spend $ 10 million of his own money on the race and could have been a formidable opponent for Cuomo despite the Democrats» voter enrollment advantage in the state.

The district stretches from Freeport to Seaford, and for much of Denenberg's tenure, voter enrollment was closely split between major parties.

And the incumbent's party has a significant edge in enrollment: 38.5 percent of the town's 218,040 voters are registered Republicans while 31.4 percent are registered Democrats.

Senate Republicans vow to win the majority outright, noting they have made a habit of beating the odds even as New York voter enrollment increased to its current 2:1 advantage for Democrats.

Levy noted that while Nassau Democrats have an enrollment edge of some 47,000 voters, Nassau Republicans have historically voted in larger numbers.

If the boundaries of such Election District have been created or changed since the last preceding General Election at which members of Assembly were elected then the above formula shall apply based on that percentage of the number of persons enrolled in the Party in such Election District on the list of enrolled voters last published by the Board of Elections which the total vote cast in the County for governor under the Party emblem at the last preceding gubernatorial election bore to the total Party enrollment in the County on the list of enrolled voters last published by the Board of Elections.

Registered Democrats outnumbered Republicans by about 9,000 voters in Orange County at the end of March, a tiny increase in the enrollment edge held by a party that used to be so deep in the minority that Republicans commanded a 17,000 - voter advantage as recently as 20 years ago.

Republicans still maintain an enrollment advantage in the district: Enrolled GOP voters outnumber Democrats 69,801 to 61,006, according to the most recent Board of Elections data.

The New York Public Interest Research Group and the New York League of Women Voters issued a joint report today in Albany that shows current district lines are uneven based on population and voter enrollment, with one party being favored over the other.

Democrats have an enrollment edge in the 8th SD — 81,923 active voters to 74,551 with 48,693 «blanks» or small - i independents, according to the state Board of Elections.

Rather, DeFrancisco and other Republicans say the mix of Valesky's political moves, the district's voter enrollment and past campaign wins have made the party look elsewhere to keep its narrow majority in the Senate in this fall's elections.

He attributed the loss to voter anger at incumbents and Democrats and to a Republican party enrollment advantage in the district, which consists of the Syracuse suburbs of Clay, Cicero, Manlius, Pompey and LaFayette.

But the state's voter enrollment and history are on the side of Democrats.

This information is based on voter enrollment data released by New York State in November of 2017 https://www.elections.ny.gov/EnrollmentSD.html

According to the county Board of Elections, 37th Senate District's enrollment numbers in 2017 favor Democrats by 28,000 registered voters — a figure the mirrors the nearly 2 - 1 advantage Democrats enjoy countywide.

Despite New York's Democratic voter enrollment edge, there were a number of contested congressional contests both this year and in 2012 — thanks to the slightly less gerrymandered redistricting map created by a court and not state lawmakers.

New York Public Interest Research Group Legislative Director Blair Horner in a statement also reiterated the call for easier voter registration, including same - day enrollment as well as an end to patronage posts at boards of elections around the state.

At the same time, there does not appear to be much appetite to allow voters to switch enrollment from a blank to membership in order to participate in primary, nor has there been much of an effort in previous years to open the state's primaries to those voters not enrolled as Democrats or Republicans.

Critics of the state's election system point to restrictions on party enrollment and the lack of early voting as some causes of New York's chronically low voter turnout.

«We can not have a Florida type of situation in New York State,» Mr. Espaillat said in a news conference outside a senior center in Washington Heights, a neighborhood where, Mr. Espaillat said, many voters turned out to the polls last Tuesday only to be told the city had no record of their enrollment.

The resulting lawsuit made it to the Court of Appeals, where the final decision determined that while Espada's enrollment could not be challenged based on his legislative record, the party's county chair did indeed have the power, as described in state election law, to «determine that the voter is not in sympathy with the principles of such party.»

Democrats hold an enrollment advantage of more than 9000 in the county over Republicans, but small parties and voters not enrolled in any party are likely to hold the keys to the race.

The Common Cause proposal would directly task LATFOR with drawing districts for the Senate, Assembly and Congress that consider «communities of interest,» such as ethnic neighborhoods of similar towns, and forbid it from considering addresses of incumbents or the partisan enrollment of voters in a given area.

As part of the process, Scollin confirms the voter enrollment status of individuals involved in a petition process — including the candidates themselves.

Although the state does have a heavy Democratic voter enrollment advantage, the GOP has held the state Senate nearly nonstop for decades, partly due to the drawing of Senate districts to maximize Republican voters.

Party enrollment, while increasing, is still less than 5,200, about five percent of registered county voters.

She also cited a number of other technical objections, including incomplete and incorrect addresses and questions regarding voter enrollment of signatories.

The three counties account for nearly 28 percent of the active Democratic voters living in the 24th District, according to the most recent enrollment statistics available on the state Board of Elections website.