Sentences with phrase «on election process»

Responded to complaints on election process.

If the necessary numbers vote in favour of an 8 June election on Wednesday it would formally fire the starting gun on the election process — the Fixed - term Parliaments Act does not need the input of the Lords.

Washington (CNN)- Senate Democrats announced Tuesday they will hold hearings beginning later this month examining what they see as the negative impact of super PACs on the election process.

«Our country has to rely on an election process and an election system that is verifiable, that is transparent and brings about confidence to everybody,» he continued.

Germany imposed a 5 % threshold on its election process primarily to put a barrier in the way of efforts for small minority neo-Nazi parties to elect legislators.

Not exact matches

As I describe in Survival +, there is a positive feedback in the process of concentrating wealth and thus political power: the more wealth one acquires, the more political influence one can purchase, which then enables the accumulation of even more wealth as the State / Elite partnership showers benefits and monopolies on those who fund elections, i.e. the wealthy.

On October 7, 2016, the US intelligence community released a statement publicly accusing Russia, for the first time, of hacking into the Democratic National Committee's email servers and for interfering with the US election process.

However, he said, more clarity was needed on how Washington will force the implementation of the political process and how it «will force the Assad regime into accepting a political settlement that leads to establishing a safe and neutral environment that leads to a transition through free and fair elections.»

«While I am not aware of evidence that the 2016 voting process itself was subjected to manipulation, and have no reason to doubt the validity of the election results, we know that the DHS and FBI have confirmed two intrusions into voter registration databases in Arizona and Illinois by foreign - based hackers,» Sen. Mark Warner, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote in a letter on Tuesday to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly.

The possibility of failed elections introduces unnecessary legal uncertainty and risk to our director election process as vacancies on our board of directors could result in our inability to comply with certain NASDAQ listing requirements or other securities regulations.

His stock response to the committee's concerns about divisive political ads was that Facebook believes «radical transparency» is the fix — also dropping one tidbit of extra news on that front in his written testimony by saying Facebook will roll out an authentication process for political advertisers in the UK in time for the local elections in May 2019.

The Justice Department on Friday handed down indictments to 13 Russian people and three Russian companies for meddling in United States political and election processes, the latest item in a litany of evidence that Russia, well, did it.

New Social Data Initiative to equip scholars and researchers with processes, data, and information necessary to examine the impact of social media on society, beginning with elections and democracy.

The Globe and Mail editorial endorses CCGG's positions on the need for majority voting in uncontested director elections and for shareholder involvement in the director nomination process

The United States has imposed sanctions against Russian entities for the NotPetya ransomware outbreak, cyber-attacks on the US power grid, and their attempts to influence the 2016 US presidential election process.

Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly has said she is looking for ways to foster cultural diversity, while protecting the political process from the type of fake news that had a large impact on the recent U.S. election.

James Clapper, and the head of the Department of Homeland Security, made a statement saying that the hacks «are intended to interfere with the U.S. election process» and that «based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities.»

On Friday, special counsel Robert Mueller's team indicted 13 Russian individuals and three Russian companies, accusing them of conspiring to interfere with «US political and electoral processes, including the presidential election of 2016.»

«Coles is extremely disappointed the NFF has decided to play politics in an election year rather than continue a co-operative process,» a spokesman for the retailer said on Wednesday.

The first step in the process is gathering residents» signatures on petitions asking the Cook County Board of Elections to add the question to the November ballot, according to Ron Castrogiovanni, a spokesman for a group of residents.

These political challenges were not countered within the political process (ie, by defeating the challengers in elections, and so on) but by circumventing the rule of law to prosecute the oligarchs for fabricated crimes.

Just as in 2008, Obama will be able to go back to his small donors again and again throughout the primary and general election process, while his chief opponents (in this case, Romney and Perry) are relying (overwhelmingly so far) on a relatively small group of geographically or professionally restricted donors who'll hit their legal maximum on campaign giving quickly.

Ayorinde explained that as the election that would bring on board a new set of public officers for the next four years at the local government level, the restriction of movement will allow the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) and the security agencies to distribute electoral materials in good time and ensure a seamless electoral process.

The speaker said negotiations with the governor on a potential constitutional amendment that would overhaul the redistricting process in time for the 2022 elections are «not actually taking place» at the moment, adding: «They're in spurts; they start, they stop.

Gentlemen of the press, since election is a process, this media chat is to, once again, bring into the public domain the grim dirtiness that characterised the process which was not captured and shown to the people of Ondo State in the cinema beamed live on 3rd September, 2016.

According to a statement signed by the General Secretary of the PNC, Bernard Mornah, it is the expectation of NEC that all stakeholders in the process will take keen interest in these decisions and work assiduously to put the party on a sound footing going into Election 2016.

But the most important lesson for those of us on the trailis that the primaries process itself has been hugely energising for Americans, a country with even worse turnout than Britain in recent elections.

(Note this isn't about qualifications for eligibility to be on the ballot or about the election process, this is for someone already elected or appointed via succession.)

The security agencies in Osun state on Wednesday vowed to deploy the full arsenal of the law to ensure peaceful processes of the forthcoming bye - election in the Osun West Senatorial District.

Under Labour rules Corbyn would automatically go on the ballot and the election would then be rerun on the same process that has just handed him a landslide.

If a process is meant to improve the integrity of the electoral process, judgments that shoot it down can not advance the cause of our development; it means we have chosen a path of regression to the era where elections are decided by unsavory self - help in bloating the voter register with strange names on the part of politicians.

It is now incumbent on the African Union and the international community to persuade or put pressure on Nkurunziza not to take revenge against the demonstrators or coup plotters (both are from different constituencies), and to respect the Arusha agreement by stepping down, postponing the elections, and allowing democratic process to function.

On giving diaspora Nigerians a chance to participate in elections, president Buhari said his government was studying the scenario, stressing that what was utmost was to make the process more credible.

And the lawmakers want Cuomo to put some spending commitments on the table as well, especially for election reform, seeking $ 3.1 million for aiding local governments to adopt early voting and ease the transition process.

Incumbent Sen. Michael Venditto regained a narrow advantage in the 8th district ballot counting process on Tuesday as Democrats accused Republicans of «walking away» from counting the final 300 or so ballots in Democratic friendly election districts.

While the Global Commission report on Deepening Democracy provides insightful recommendations on strategies for improving electoral integrity, we must remember that elections are just one step in the democratic process.

com editor Colin Delany and including recent lessons learned from the 2010 elections and the 2012 presidential primary process, the guide details how campaigns can use various digital tools in effective ways, including extensive tips on integrating technologies to get the most from each.

I am linking a resource that shows what election precinct officials and poll watchers, which can be anyone, are allowed to do, on what grounds, and the evidentiary and process standards for so doing.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in an interview on NY1 Friday questioned the «iffy process» of appointing an attorney general through the Legislature, virtually endorsing Barbara Underwood to remain in the post through the November general election.

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.

On the same day Gov. Cuomo declared May 24 the date for the special election to fill the vacant seat in the 26th Congressional District, the seven Democratic county chairs in the district announced they are beginning the process of interviewing prospective candidates.

Recall that some agents disrupted the primary election held on May 5 when they noticed that the process has been manipulated to favor a particular aspirant.

Mr. Boateng who was speaking at a focus group discussion on the «Post 2015 District Level Elections», organized by the NCCE with support from the European Union, to refresh the minds of participants on the country's decentralization concept, stressed that the issue was detrimental to the decentralization process of the country.

She said that the Democratic Party is in the process of developing its comeback strategy after the decimation it suffered on Election Day and in cycles prior, but argued that the party has to focus on winning back statehouses and start with grassroots organizing.

At the beginning of her town hall on Trump's first 30 days at the Union Temple of Brooklyn in Prospect Heights, Clarke bluntly described Trump's presidency as the product of an «illegally hacked, illegitimate election» — a reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin's campaign of cyber interference in the election process confirmed by the intelligence community and former President Barack Obama.

Sunder Katwala, general secretary of the Fabian Society Labour lost the election — so has spent a week on a rollercoaster ride through the classic stages of the grieving process.

That means the process for selecting Democratic nominees for vacated congressional seats depends on the timing around the June 26 primary, according to a spokesman for the state board of elections.

Formerly a member of the State Assembly representing Manhattan's East side, Brian chaired the Assembly Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection, the Commission on Government Administration, and the Subcommittee on Election Operations and Voter Disenfranchisement, and co-chaired the Assembly Workgroup on Legislative Process, Operations, and Public Participation.

Sen. Mike Gianaris decried the potential constitutional amendment that would overhaul the state's redistricting process as «an epic fail» that would have long - lasting impacts on fair elections in New York.

Formerly a member of the State Assembly representing Manhattan's East side, Brian previously chaired the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection., He has also chaired the Commission on Government Administration, and the Assembly Subcommittee on Election Operations and Voter Disenfranchisement, and co-chaired the Assembly Workgroup on Legislative Process, Operations, and Public Participation.