Sentences with phrase «on public elections»

The commissioner responsible for the Upper West Region, Hajia Sa - Adatu Maida revealed this at a stakeholders consultative forum on public elections (C.I. 75) held...

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The U.S. intelligence community's previous assertions that Russia interfered in the election, based on classified evidence never revealed to the public, were easily dismissed by Trump and his allies.

But a new focus on Moore's previous public statements on controversial topics also gained traction of late, just days ahead of the Alabama special election set for December 12.

The FBI is investigating whether Donald Trump's associates coordinated with Russian officials in an effort to sway the 2016 presidential election, Director James Comey said Monday in an extraordinary public confirmation of a probe the president has refused to acknowledge, dismissed as fake news and blamed on Democrats.

But as of 2016, Scott, who was a hospital executive before launching a bid for Governor, had a net worth of nearly $ 150 million, according to his public financial disclosure forms, and he used funds from his personal fortune on his gubernatorial elections in 2010 and 2014.

Luckey had not posted on social media or made any public statements since September, when it was revealed that he had anonymously funded a group, Nimble America, aimed at supporting then - candidate Trump's election efforts.

Expanding on its allegations, WSJ said on Tuesday that hundreds of millions worth of unreported political spending flowed from public sources or programs intended for other purposes, including at least $ 140 million that was spent on charity projects to boost the party's election chances.

Only about a third of Republicans said they have a great deal or quite a bit of confidence that votes on Election Day will be counted fairly, according to recent poll from the Associated Press - NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

That sort of attitude has been missing in this presidential election, in which a large portion of the American public has been encouraged to blame their financial struggles on free trade agreements like NAFTA.

Thursday's sanctions target Russians indicted last month as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's election meddling on charges of conspiracy to interfere in the election by waging a social - media influence operation to sow discord and sway public opinion in the US in favor of Trump.

Supporters attend the public meeting of French presidential election candidate for the far - left coalition «La France insoumise» Jean - Luc Melenchon, on February 5, 2017, in Chassieu, near Lyon.

The DNC's recruitment of Lord comes after a disastrous 2016 election cycle for the Democrats in terms of cyber security, in which operatives working on behalf of the Russian government obtained countless emails and information to selectively leak to the public.

A year of hellish relations with aboriginal groups; a possibly fatal public - relations cloud over the Keystone project, based precisely on the Harper government's poor environmental record; serious opposition in Europe to any extension in Canada - EU relations at the very same time we're trying to negotiate a trade deal; and a set of controversies that still motivate NDP supporters and the NDP caucus today, another year closer to a federal election.

Martin Schulz, leader of the Social Democrats (SPD), has doubled down on social reform policies in a last - ditch effort to boost his election polls during a public television town hall - style exchange.

Elliot Schrage, Facebook's vice president for communications and public policy, and David Ginsberg, its director of research, said in a blog post on Monday that the company had made «real progress» in dealing with hoax stories and sham accounts since the 2016 election and the campaign, known as Brexit, to withdraw Britain from the European Union.

Having tried to dissuade Trump behind the scenes, hoping that he would vacillate on this issue as he had on DACA and guns, the usually supine Republican leaders Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan finally spoke up after five days of public silence, expressing concern on the part of their followers that the tariffs would set off a trade war and wipe out the economic gains on which they were pinning their November election prospects.

Zuckerberg visited with senators in closed - door meetings Monday, previewing the public apology he plans to give Congress on Tuesday after revelations that the data - mining firm Cambridge Analytica gathered personal information from 87 million users to try to influence elections.

J&J spokesman Ernie Knewitz told CNBC, «As we have learned through the 2016 election campaign, personal attacks do not serve the interests of the American public or foster a balanced discussion on the substantive issues facing the nation.»

All parties receive substantial public funding intended to support democracy, but it also means they are in varying degrees highly dependent on money that will disappear with a Conservative majority, making the Tories even more motivated to win and gain an advantage in the election after this one.

Giuliani said on Fox News's «Fox and Friends» Thursday morning that Cohen's payment to Daniels was intended to prevent her allegation of an affair becoming public before the election.

Perkins's remarks reflect a wider trend among white evangelicals (81 percent of whom voted for Trump in the 2016 election): Many choose to disregard Trump's decidedly debauched, decades - old public persona to focus on his anti-LBGTQ and anti-abortion stances.

With Facebook facing a wave of public backlash over how it has handled user data over the years — a backlash that was kicked off two weeks ago with the revelation that data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica had worked on targeted election campaigns using personal and private Facebook data — the company today announced a new set of changes to help users find and change their privacy settings, as well as download and delete whatever data has been collected through Facebook's network of social media services.

Playing on the general publics» naivety, the libtards propped up Jughead Trudope and ran with «legalize marijuana» at the forefront of their election platform.Hook, line and sinker the electorate fell for this nonsense.Jughead Trudope doesn't know what «legalize» means.How quickly the fed libtards put that front and centre election platform on the backburner.

Two and a half years into the mandate and no real result on the election promise.This sort of thing is par for the course, though.A tactic played over and over which the general public doesn't seem to be able to grasp.

At the same time, in an update on parallel measures it's taking to fight election interference, Facebook says it will launch a public archive in the summer showing «all ads that ran with a political label».

Hopefully the time is coming where the ride will be over for this group - there is a huge space for public broadcasting and presentation of centered debates and discussions in this country - and it can only be through a public space lens - the next election will hopefully bring people such as yourself back into such space so that we can get on with having some notion of civilization.

While we do not all necessarily agree with the manner in which he dealt with the conclusion of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, we sincerely believe that his abrupt and belated termination for this conduct, occurring months later and on the heels of his public testimony about his oversight of the investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election, has the appearance — if not the reality — of interfering with that investigation.

It has been previously reported that a Russian troll farm spent $ 100,000 on Facebook advertisements to sway the mindset of the public during the 2016 presidential elections.

In the 2008 federal election, Opposition Leader Stéphane Dion also tried but failed to convince the public of the need for a carbon tax, despite Canadians» support for action on climate change.

Perhaps most importantly, Congress and the public need to be fully informed about the steps the companies are taking to eliminate election interference on their platforms, including, but not limited to, interference by trolls and bots — and why they expect these steps to work.

For, as the Public Citizen project US Chamber Watch reminds us, the Chamber, as a 501 (c) nonprofit, «is not legally required to disclose the sources of the money it independently spends on elections.»

An election campaign should be open to the voting public, not just to select groups of well - scrubbed partisans applauding on cue.

She currently serves as a member on several of the Legislature's committees, including the Standing Committee on Families and Communities, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, and the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing.

Now your suggestion of `... is to point out as loudly and publicly as possible the many untruths and contradictions he is trying to pull over on the Alberta public» is what we need to do before next election — In a website it would be preferable and in the newspapers.

Stamos is the most high - profile Facebook executive to leave since the 2016 election, and really the first public indication that Facebook's leadership team might not be on the same page about how to deal with the company's fake news problem.

The November election outcome also demonstrated considerable public uncertainty amongst working class households as a result of on - going job polarization.

The House panel released a sampling of the ads purchased by the Russians on the day of the hearing, and promised to release all 3,000 soon afterwardto give the public a more complete picture of the election interference.

That claim got turned into a banner wrap on Premier Clark's election tour bus for a «debt - free BC» and also hints at tax cuts and increase public services to boot.

Based entirely on anecdotal evidence, however, I believe the press» credibility with senior citizens has taken a hit from which it is unlikely to recover, and it may be entirely due to the election of 2008, when the mainstream media utterly abandoned whatever responsibilities to the public trust to which it still felt obliged, tossed presumptive - nominee Hillary Clinton aside and» rejecting any - and - all discomfiting questions about his experience, background, past - operations, education, friendships or capabilities» hoisted candidate Barack Obama upon their shoulders and carried him into the White House in triumph.

I thank Archbishop Chaput for his incisive analysis in his essay on «St. Paul in the Public Square,» regarding the Church's role in the American public square given the election of a stridently pro-abortion administrPublic Square,» regarding the Church's role in the American public square given the election of a stridently pro-abortion administrpublic square given the election of a stridently pro-abortion administration.

It is against this background of public moral struggle that the people of Israel prepare to vote on July 23 for their next government, in an election that pits the conservative Likud Party of Menachem Begin and current Prime Minister Yitzak Shamir against the Labor Party headed by two - time loser Shimon Peres.

A survey last month by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found «little evidence to suggest that concerns about the candidates» respective faiths will have a meaningful impact in the fall elections.»

We see clearly in the result of the 2016 presidential election that political outcomes can act as a brake on runaway cultural agendas promoted by activists and elites at the extremes of public opinion.

Ramesh Ponnuru pointed out that, on many key issues, the public is not that much farther to the left than it was when Republicans were routinely winning presidential elections.

The myths of Genesis tell us, as no objective history of public events could, what the community of Israel essentially believed about God's relationship to the world and to man; and the legends of the Fathers record Israel's understanding of herself, her own relationship to God and the world, her own sense of sin and inadequacy in tension with her conviction of special divine Election, her fears on the one hand and her highest hopes on the other.

During elections we sponsor forums for candidates, try to put before them issues of interest to our membership, and gather public information and post it on the Web.

It is meant to assemble a political program that can inspire some large number of people and attract a plurality of the voting public on Election Day.

Each election cycle, the media and general public take voyeuristic pleasure in examining how candidates made money and the charities they supported before knowing that the national microscope would be on them.

Elections in America serve two functions — a «formal» function of filling the personnel for the constitutional offices, which takes place in every election, and an «informal» function of signaling what the people want, which takes place in a meaningful way only in certain elections, where national public sentiment has congealed on a common message Elections in America serve two functions — a «formal» function of filling the personnel for the constitutional offices, which takes place in every election, and an «informal» function of signaling what the people want, which takes place in a meaningful way only in certain elections, where national public sentiment has congealed on a common message elections, where national public sentiment has congealed on a common message or theme.

Under federal tax law, section 501 (c)(3) organizations may take positions on public policy issues, including issues that divide candidates in an election for public office.