Sentences with phrase «on voters education»

Ahead of the July 14, 2018 governorship election in Ekiti State and the 2019 elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday resuscitated the State Implementation Committee on Voters Education and Publicity (SICVEP).

Additionally, Eric helped develop ILRC's community model for effectively processing naturalization applications in groups and trained both legal workers and lay advocates in the Bay Area and Los Angeles, and works with community organizers and others on voter education for naturalized citizens.

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Top priority of the campaign is to call on elected officials to create legislation that supports economic justice, anti-racism and anti-white supremacy policies, women's rights, the ending of voter suppression, immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights, as well as affordable quality housing, healthcare and education.

In September the USCC put out «voter education» material listing the responses of Clinton and Dole to a wide range of questions on subjects as various as abortion, environment, land mines, foreign aid, and labor relations.

«It's clearly an example of when you talk to voters about issues they care about, you cross party lines on issues like education and funding,» Pellegrino said.

Voters being screened at Aguleri, during the Governorship Election on Saturday INEC Director of Publicity and Voter Education, Mr Oluwole Osaze - Uzzi disclosed this in a telephone interview on Saturday in Abuja.

On key issues — fighting corruption, combating heroin abuse, controlling taxes, health care, education and job creation — voters in majority or plurality margins believe Akshar would better deal with them than Fiala.

The 2004 election cycle saw a dramatic rise in the number and size of nonprofit organizations that bought TV ads, organized voter turnout drives and conducted political «education» campaigns that were effectively working on behalf of (or against) one candidate or party, and because they used «soft money» in the process, their donors weren't limited in how much they could give and didn't fall under the strict disclosure rules required when trying to influence an election.

Liberal activists who have been critical of Cuomo on education and other issues think an insurgent with greater name recognition could provide a stronger challenge, even though polls say Cuomo is still popular among Democratic voters statewide.

The Greens are currently claiming on ITV that the collapse in Lib Dem support and switch to them reflects the toxicity of their association with the Conservative Party: #BESFactCheck suggests that it is more likely reflect the fact that voters do not credit the Liberal Democrats with any of the major successes or the failures of the coalition government: fewer than one in five voters believe that the Lib Dems in government have been responsible for the upturn in the economy, changes in the NHS, changes in levels of crime, changes in levels of immigration and changes in the standards of education.

At 8:30 a.m., the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund hosts the third installment of their Getting New York City to 80 × 50 Policy Forum Series, with panels focusing on the waste sector, New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, 295 Lafayette St., second floor, Manhattan.

Although DeFrancisco is hurt by widespread GOP support of Marc Malorino — his chief rival in the May nominating convention — voters should consider DeFrancisco's vow to cut taxes, his previous positions on the Syracuse City School District Board of Education and city council and his 40 - year undefeated record in political races.

«Voters of this presumably left - leaning district should be comfortable with Saujani's positions while appreciating that she outdoes Maloney on cutting - edge topics like education reform.»

UKIP chairman Paul Oakden said he expected many voters to desert Labour in Stoke - on - Trent's upcoming by - election - triggered by the former shadow education secretary's departure.

On six — reducing corruption, improving public education, balancing upstate and downstate needs, improving infrastructure, improving the economy and planning for New York's future — only between 23 and 35 percent of voters say Cuomo has done an excellent or good job.

Teachout believes that several of her positions — including on the topics of affordable housing, Long Island College Hospital (LICH) and public education — should especially resonate with Brooklyn voters.

And as he prepares for the first big policy speech of his second term, voters want to see him focus on education and jobs.

Speaking directly to potential voters, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, the Republican NYC mayoral candidate, sat down with the Staten Island Advance for a 30 - minute Facebook Live interview last night, answering questions from viewers on transportation, housing, drug addiction, education and more.

Voters say Slaughter will do a better job in Washington representing them on health care, education and the war in Afghanistan, and they are more closely divided on whether she or Brooks would serve them better when it comes to jobs, taxes and the federal budget deficit.

Voters give Hochul a 10 - point edge on education and a five - point edge on Afghanastan.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Speaking directly to potential voters, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis sat down with the Advance for a 30 - minute Facebook Live interview Monday evening, answering questions from viewers on transportation, housing, drug addiction, education and more.

A Quinnipiac University poll yesterday showed little enthusiasm from voters, who said they trusted the unions more than the governor and gave Mr. Cuomo such bad marks on education that it dragged down his approval rating to 50 percent.

«It makes it a tough issue for him to gain traction on,» says Greenberg, who says voters are more geared up about topics like education, taxes and the economy.

We must redesign and develop more effective voter education strategies and platforms while we continue to work with other stakeholders to galvanize voters to come out and vote for candidates of their choice on Election Day.

In a new poll released Monday, voters give Governor Andrew Cuomo mixed reviews on his education policies.

Larry Levy, who leads the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, said Long Island voters typically focus on issues of education and taxes.

The report noted that to make the election possible, voter education is imperative on the part of the political parties and INEC in order to avoid voter apathy and total boycott in the forthcoming governorship election in the state.

A statewide initiative on the ballot asks voters to make an exception, and instead direct the tax revenue from marijuana sales toward public education and drug - prevention programs.

In many states where the following positions are elected offices, voters elected state executive branch offices (including Lieutenant Governors (though some will be voted for on the same ticket as the gubernatorial nominee), Secretary of state, state Treasurer, state Auditor, state Attorney General, state Superintendent of Education, Commissioners of Insurance, Agriculture or, Labor, etc.) and state judicial branch offices (seats on state Supreme Courts and, in some states, state appellate courts).

«While Bob Cohen has run a campaign on the issues Westchester residents care most about — property taxes, education, and jobs — Senator Oppenheimer has been running from them, trying to distract voters with a pack of lies.»

Speaking during the inaugural meeting of the committee in Ado - Ekiti, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the State, Prof. Abdul - Ganiyu Olayinka Raji, stressed the importance of passing accurate information on guidelines for the on - going voters» registration and other relevant voter education.

He's chairman of the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund and is on the board of directors of Noble Energy, an independent gas - and oil - exploration company with more than $ 17 billion in assets.

The Governor's message was astutely deferential to Upstate's need for economic growth, meanwhile Cuomo also avoided triggering the tripwires of controversy on education and the environment (which provided Zephyr Teachout with opening to garner a third of the 2014 Democratic primary vote); Cuomo advanced strong measures around election law reform and on the criminal justice front vis a vis Bail reform, as well as the Dream Act and MWBE all of which registered positively with minority voters.

On key issues facing the state — reducing corruption, improving public education, balancing upstate and upstate concerns, improving infrastructure, growing the economy and planning for the state's future — only between 23 percent and 35 percent of voters believe the governor has done a good or excellent job.

Pictures of the branded Mahindra trucks went viral on social and mainstream electronic media, Thursday, March 31, 2016, with the architects of the act alleging that the 50 vehicles were imported into the country to be distributed across the offices of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) for voter eEducation (NCCE) for voter educationeducation.

On key policy issues — tax, the economy, infrastructure, mass transit and education — voters hold a negative view of the governor.

In a wide - ranging speech on «ending systemic racism,» Hillary Clinton presented a $ 125 billion plan to assist poor and minority communities with job training, education and re-entering society after incarceration, part of an effort to speak directly to African - American voters as the Democratic primary contest heads to South Carolina.

On the issues, voters divided almost evenly on Mr. de Blasio's handling of education and the budgeOn the issues, voters divided almost evenly on Mr. de Blasio's handling of education and the budgeon Mr. de Blasio's handling of education and the budget.

Gov. Cuomo's job - approval rating for his handling of education had fallen to 28 percent, with nearly two - thirds of state voters disapproving of his performance on education, the Quinnipiac University poll showed.

Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt has told ITV that voters simply «didn't trust Labour» to deliver on social justice values when it came to election day.

The release also informs us that this advertising launch is the Chamber's third campaign in the 2012 cycle and is part of the organization's largest voter education and grassroots mobilization effort in its 100 year history, aimed at highlighting candidates» positions on issues critical to the American recovery.

Hawkins and Jones say they're not worried about voters who share their position on education being distracted by the Stop Common Core ballot line Republicans have introduced this year.

On Friday, Teachout, her voice still hoarse from Tuesday's election, urged voters to now focus on helping Democrats take control of the state Senate, calling it an «essential» step toward addressing income inequality and boosting funding for education and local communitieOn Friday, Teachout, her voice still hoarse from Tuesday's election, urged voters to now focus on helping Democrats take control of the state Senate, calling it an «essential» step toward addressing income inequality and boosting funding for education and local communitieon helping Democrats take control of the state Senate, calling it an «essential» step toward addressing income inequality and boosting funding for education and local communities.

Greenberg says since Cuomo has brought up the issue of the quality of education, voters are judging him on that.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chandra M. Hayslett, Communications Director [email protected] 212-257-4350 New Yorkers Overwhelmingly Want Deal on New Teacher Evaluation System New Poll Shows Robust and Resilient Support; No Excuse Seen for Losing $ 300 million New York (Nov. 29, 2012)-- A new teacher evaluation system that would ensure that New York City received $ 300 million in additional State education funding enjoys overwhelming support among City voters in general and parents in particular, according to a new poll released today by StudentsFirstNY, the education reform advocacy group, and conducted by Anzalone Liszt Research.

The governor says he hasn't given up on the matter, and believes that with more explaining and education, more conservative upstate voters and their representatives might be more open to the idea.

Bus purchase approved, Jaquith and Zhao elected to the Board of Education Niskayuna Central School District voters on Tuesday, May 16, approved the 2017 - 18 school budget, with 1,713 casting votes in favor of the $ 81.4 million spending plan and 475 opposed.

In Siena's poll, voters said Cuomo would do a better job on an array of issues from taxes to education.

The New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund and WAMC Northeast Public Radio held the 2013 Albany Mayoral Forum on Sustainability this morning at the Linda Norris Auditorium on Central Avenue, one of the only times the candidates to replace Mayor Jerry Jennings will gather during the campaign.

Concerned Citizens of Montauk and the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund will co-host a candidates forum focusing on the environment today at Scoville Hall in Amagansett from 5 to 7 p.m..