Sentences with phrase «of votes for governor»

Lower the threshold for a new political party to maintain ballot status by lowering the number of votes they must get from 2 % of the votes for Governor or President to 0.25 % of the vote for Governor, President, or any council of state office, whichever is less.

Lower the number of signatures an unaffiliated candidate for statewide office must collect from 2 % to 0.25 % of the votes for Governor or President in the most recent election whichever is less.

In last week's general election, the liberal protest vote went to Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins, who won almost 11 percent of the votes for governor in Ulster.

American Third Position Party candidate Harry Bertram, who got 0.35 % of the vote for Governor of West Virginia in the recent special election, ran a controversial ad in the campaign's closing days that proclaimed him to be the «voice for white American issues,» according to WTOV channel 9.

Mr. Levy's best chance could come in the second of two rounds of voting for the governor's race at the state convention this week.

The Constitution Party polled over 10 % of the vote for Governor in 2010, which meant that it was a major party for 2012 and 2014 and Read more»

But in taking about half of New York counties and 34 and 40 percent of the vote for governor and lieutenant governor, respectively, we scored what the New York Times called «an embarrassing rebuke» of the governor.

Lower the threshold for a new political party to qualify for the ballot by reducing the number of signatures they must collect from 2 % of the vote for Governor to 0.25 % of the vote for Governor or President, whichever is less.

«We are the people that register folks to vote, we are the people that turn out people to vote, and most of the vote for governor comes from where?

Not exact matches

«Canadians might not like them as politicians — they may not vote for them because they're too conservative on social issues — but they're not the kind of governors that make trouble for Canada.»

Opponents also could try to force recall elections of Republican lawmakers who voted for the laws, or of Republican Governor Rick Snyder.

«In a campaign cycle that has been nothing but a race to the bottom — at such a critical moment for our nation — and with so many who have tried to be respectful of a record primary vote, the time has come for Governor Pence to lead the ticket,» Huntsman told the Salt Lake Tribune.

Members of the Fed's Board of Governors are permanent voting participants of the Federal Open Markets Committee, which decides monetary policy for the US.

Indeed, the committee has been notorious for voting against the wishes of the current governor, Sir Mervyn King.

In December, the Federal Reserve increased interest rates for the fifth time in this cycle, and with a stable of more hawkish Fed governors rotating into voting positions, another three or even four rate hikes look likely in 2018.

Douthat's point that you don't need a populist that can't get people to vote for him is well taken, but Pawlenty did get people to vote for him for governor in the purple state of Minnesota.

They can be as many of the American smart people who «Showed Obama» by voting for these Republican Governors.

Peter Anyang» Nyong «o, the governor of the third - largest city in the East African nation, also supported postponing the vote for the presidential election re-run and described counter plans as a «joke».

I live in Mass., voted for Romney for governor and I am one of the lease religious people I know.

A new survey from LifeWay Research (full release here) has found that 57 % of Protestant pastors plan to vote for Governor Romney compared with 17 % for President Obama (and it's higher among evangelicals).

But there is even more evidence that Governor Romney's mormonism is not influencing pastors when they vote — 82 % of pastors who are NOT voting for Governor Romney say their decision was not at all related to his Mormon faith.

It's a little too late for praying, it's Mrs.Clinton's call to be @ the helm; now, with her hubby Mr.Clinton as VP; and one of you out of all of you, need to tell Romney he's committed fraud, for leaving the Post of so - called gov.that theirs a 2 yr.interval that must be met; the same fo Obama; whom is worst off then Bush Jr.then for none of you to have no Allegiance to be nothing but commander of thieves, since April 4th, 1968 to presently; in the killing of Dr.King Jr.must still go under Oath to all you perjurers; that mustn't go unpunished to the array of charges I have stored up against each of yo on every job, on every public premise; that Obama didn't praywhen he lied to GOD ALMIGHTY in perjury; to have left the seat of sen.to jump to the office; knowing he hadn't a clue what to do; so he got Joe, which is Cheney all over; whom should of been out of public; and he knows that and all the fugitives, even in the Italian led court in DC; that will have to answer to what is -LCB- H.R. 7152 -RCB-; and why they let Olsen for Bush Jr.waste the American's People's time, not to mention all the lives that's been lost; for the tyrannies since 1968 to presently has cost; Vote I, Edward Baltimore; to confirm I; Governor of DC; as of 2/16/12; cause DC; has been a State, already; and all you slaves from State to State; need to snap out of your peonage which is prohibited by Federal Laws; on anybody!!!!!!!

Thus the Vestries in America soon gained effective control of the spirituals as well as the temporals of the churches, largely through assuming power to hire and set the salary of the clergyman, plus a studied neglect of presenting him to the Governor for permanent induction into the «living» until forced to do so.14 «In 1697 the Arch - bishop of Canterbury expressed surprise that the clergymen might «be removed like domestic servants by a vote of the Vestry,»»15 but obviously neither he nor anyone could do anything about it.

The populace must certainly believe so, for it is no exaggeration to say that many a gubernatorial election in Georgia has been carried by means of votes gained at barbecues, and no campaign for Governor is complete without a series of such popular feasts.

We're nearing the end of election season, a time of year when we get to vote for president of the United States, members of Congress, governors, and, in some states, even dog catchers.

Infact since the billboard did not also include «Vote Ojudu for Governor,» we expect thatWazobiaReporter will write a sequel that ojudu is contesting for State House of Assembly and not Governorship.

Once Barron get his 50,000 plus votes for governor of the Freedom Party Line he will be speaking for a lot of people.

According to them, by nullifying elections in 18 out of 31 local government areas, Section 179 (2)(b) of the Nigerian Constitution, which required that a candidate vying for the office of the Governor would be declared winner if he has not less than one quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two - thirds of the local government areas, has been breached.

In light of today's Cuomo - Paterson summit, which is about to start any minute now, I thought it might be timely to check the archives and determine where we at this time four years ago following the election of then - Governor elect Eliot Spitzer (the last executive New Yorkers actually voted for).

«We know APC government does not obey court orders, they do not care about due process of the law, they are not moved by protest, and therefore, the best option is to use their votes to chase the governor out of seat when he comes out for re-election.»

The Democratic primary for governor may be less than a week old but the battle between Cuomo and Nixon for the African - American vote is already underway, underscoring the importance of a voting bloc where Nixon's own advisers acknowledge she must make inroads to have any chance at victory.

So when Governor Cuomo's appointed members of the commission began openly suggesting in the media this past summer that they are not likely to vote for a pay raise, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan probably didn't take it all that seriously.

The vote was both a milestone in Nixon's nascent campaign to become the Democratic nominee for governor and a confirmation of a deepening philosophical and political fissure in New York's liberal electorate.

Also Dickson community to community meet the people tour may turn out to be the game changer for the ruling party as the tour afforded the governor the opportunity to interface with the communities in all the nooks and crannies of the council to sell his agenda to the locals The APC may have captured power at the federal level but the PDP remains a formidable party in the state where money, to a large extent, plays a major role in swaying the vote.

«Next year, when you are running for your third term as Governor of new York, when you go to the polling place to cast your vote, promise me you will not ride there on horseback,» he said.

The Working Families Party is still scrambling to find a placeholder candidate for governor in advance of its June 5 convention, and is looking for someone who will not only attract 50,000 votes but also might exploit the fact that the statewide Democratic ticket lacks diversity, a source with knowledge of party leaders» thinking said.

A once - quiet effort by governors to block the full repeal of the Affordable Care Act reached its climax in Washington yesterday, as state executives from both parties — who have conspired privately for months — mounted an all - out attack on the Senate's embattled health care legislation hours before Republicans postponed a vote.

As predicted, the Queens GOP has officially voted to rescind its endorsement of Rick Lazio for governor and back his primary challenger, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, instead, Levy's campaign announced this morning.

My source acknowledged the «no confidence» motion is a concern for Cox, but also said there are other motions that could be a problem (changing the order of the governor vote, for example).

Adeyeye condemned Fayose for standing up at a stage during the primary to monitor how delegates voted adding that he complained on the matter to the Chairman of the Electoral Panel, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.

The WFP's executive committee voted unanimously last Friday to endorse Schumer after interviewing him at length during a late afternoon sit - down that followed his appearance in the NY1 newsroom (which was about the same time we learned of the decamping of Schumer spokesman Josh Vlasto to AG Andrew Cuomo's yet - unannounced campaign for governor).

Resentments still linger between the governor and the Senate GOP, with Cuomo's office blaming the Republicans for failing to marshal the needed votes to pass legislation that could have been considered in a special session of the Legislature.

UPDATE: On July 10 VID members gathered to re-consider the original vote of No Endorsement for Governor and voted to endorse Zephyr Teachout.

We applaud Senator Kavanagh for making early voting a priority issue and for urging the Governor to fund this reform in the state budget,» said Jennifer Wilson, Legislative Director for the League of Women Voters of NYS.

Cuomo Ignores Calls for Debates A recent poll conducted by Siena College shows that although a large majority of New York voters believe Governor Andrew Cuomo's handling of the Moreland Commission was inappropriate, they still view him favorably and would vote to re-elect him.

The Assembly Democrats held a joint ballot vote for the next comptroller with the help of the Lieutenant Governor Stanley Lundine, according to Ben Liebman, of Albany Law School's Government Law Center.

Mr. Brindisi, a well - regarded member of a younger, progressive bloc of Democrats in Albany, noted that he had publicly criticized the Cuomo administration's economic development plans, and had voted against the SAFE Act, a 2013 gun control bill that has been a galvanizing issue for the governor's opponents upstate.

The message should be delivered quietly but very clearly to every Democratic Party official at EACH governmental level that if they expect any gay or Lesbian money or votes come November for a mayor, governor, the House or the Senate, DADT had better be in the dust bin of history by that time.

He needs 15 percent of the delegate vote to force an August primary for governor against fellow Democrat Ned Lamont.

In coalition with Let NY Vote, we ask Governor Cuomo to commit to helping ensure constitutional rights across all of our communities by including funding for early voting in the Executive Budget.»