Sentences with phrase «only city election»

And the race for comptroller isn't the only city election where we'll see the effects of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.

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Despite electing 15 MLAs in Calgary, the NDP only earned 35 percent of the city - wide vote in the May 2015 election.

It assumes that our elections, legislative battles, and legal wrangling concern only the city of man, and that Christians, insofar as they are loyal to the city of God, must distance themselves from politics.

However, there are occasionally small elections (for instance, someone on a city council resigns and they have to have an election just for that office) where they don't want to spend the money for a full - fledged election, so VBM is the only option.

In elections to the City of London Corporation, the governing body of the City of London1, not only are companies and other organisations represented, but the number of voters they receive is dependent on the size of the organisation.

The rest is general election money that Saujani can only spend if she's successful at defeating Maloney, which would more or less guarantee her a victory in this Democrat - dominated city.

The mayor kicked off his «City Hall in Your Borough» week on Staten Island in an effort to «better» serve constituents in the GOP - leaning borough — the only one he lost in the 2013 election.

Only 7 percent of the contributions to New York City candidates for the 2013 election came from special interests compared to 69 percent of contributions to New York State Legislative candidates in the 2012 election.

In 2012 - 2013, individuals were responsible for 93 percent of all contributions in city elections, compared to only 31 percent of all contributions in state legislative elections — the remainder of the contributions were made by special interest groups.

He's taking advantage of the fact that while city law mandates donations for primary and general elections can only be used for lawyers handling non-criminal matters related to a campaign, funds raised for run - off elections face no such restriction.

Between 2001 and 2009, only 51 percent of candidates running in New York City elections received the maximum amount of public matching funds.

With that said, and although the decision was made, one which must have been difficult for the Board of Elections; I must state that the negative influences internally and externally within the Republican party of those such as John Haggerty and Bart Haggerty (employees, supporters, friends, and colleagues of New York City Councilman Eric Ulrich); and the ever so trivial personal and territorial egos of Myrna Littlewort and Gigi Salvador has caused the results of the disqualifying the nomination and designation of the only candidate seeking ballot, a Hispanic Republican in the 35th Assembly District, Eric M. Mingott.

NEW YORK, NY — New York City voters can only make one choice at a time in local elections.

«The staff people who lack the competence to fix these problems need to be replaced with staff that can do the job,» he said, discussing the issue of the full - time BOE staff, which only begins to touch on the issue of the election day provisional staff who administer voting throughout the city and often commit mistakes.

The New York City Board of Elections has a pretty miserable reputation, which only grew worse after significant problems roiled last November's presidential election, forcing many voters to wait in line for hours.

Both sides will benefit, Democrats would get Downstate (which in my humble opinion should be called the Commonwealth of New Amsterdam after the most progressive city in Europe and in reference to the city's history), a guaranteed two seats in the US Senate (+1 because Gillibrand did well Upstate in the last election, so 3 seats for the Democrats), guaranteed control of the Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branches, and the once in a lifetime opportunity to write a state constitution to their own liking (firearms rights applies only to military and police, right to choose for women, protections for LGBT New Yorkers, etc)

«Cities that have adopted instant runoff voting to eliminate runoffs have not only saved millions of dollars but have also improved their democracies by making sure that we are electing our leaders in an election where the most voters, the most diverse voters, are at the polls at one time,» said Grace Ramsey, deputy outreach director for FairVote, a nonpartisan advocacy group, at the news conference.

Masterpole is the only other contender who has won an election, having served as city councilor, county legislator and city auditor.

He has won elections to the City Council and then to the State Assembly, but he last ran in a primary in 2009, when he bid for city comptroller and mustered only 10 percent of the vCity Council and then to the State Assembly, but he last ran in a primary in 2009, when he bid for city comptroller and mustered only 10 percent of the vcity comptroller and mustered only 10 percent of the vote.

The three candidates vying for the Democratic Party line in the upcoming City of Syracuse mayoral election could only agree to two public forums.

Assuming he wins a special election for Congress on May 5, the district attorney will become the city's only Republican member of Congress — and therefore its only member of the majority.

Another consequence of being the only significant city race is that endorsers / elected officials will be able to devote any and all resources, such as phone banks and volunteers for election day get - out - the - vote efforts, to this race.

Of course, as an independent, Bloomberg won't be able to vote in the city's September primary, which is only open to party members — meaning he assumes that his chosen candidate will make it to the general election.

«The electorate is clearly disenchanted with our antiquated system of elections administration, with only 11 % of eligible voters turning out to vote in New York City.

When Former Ambassador Phil Murphy — the only declared Democratic candidate thus far in New Jersey's 2017 gubernatorial election — filed a complaint with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) claiming that as - yet undeclared candidate Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop was using his mayoral account for a thinly veiled run for governor, many were left scratching their heads about why Murphy would publicly thrash Fulop with such alleelection — filed a complaint with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) claiming that as - yet undeclared candidate Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop was using his mayoral account for a thinly veiled run for governor, many were left scratching their heads about why Murphy would publicly thrash Fulop with such alleElection Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) claiming that as - yet undeclared candidate Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop was using his mayoral account for a thinly veiled run for governor, many were left scratching their heads about why Murphy would publicly thrash Fulop with such allegations.

It's a lot more complicated than that — let's face it, turnout has been lousy in city elections for decades — but you can't say Democrats are wild about Brown when only one in eight can be bothered traipsing to the polls to vote for him.

Councilmember Mark - Viverito's election made her the first Puerto Rican and first Hispanic to hold city - wide office, and made her, arguably, the second most powerful elected official in the city, behind only Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Grimm, who had represented New York's 11th congressional district — the only New York City borough that Donald Trump won in the 2016 president election — before he was convicted, gave a sprawling speech at the rally, slamming Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's policies and records, and calling on Staten Islanders to stand up against them.

The first results have come in from the local elections, with the Lib Dems taking Bristol - the only major city which voted.

Not only will the 2013 New York City election bring a new mayor to work in City Hall, it will also likely bring a new mayor to turn the Gracie Mansion property into a home again, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Not only will the 2013 New York City election bring a new mayor to work in City Hall, it will also likely bring a...

We are the only big city in the country that has partisan elections — the only one,» said Bloomberg.

For example, Kallos would like to see the city's text message alert system not only send missing person notices, but also issue reminders for Election Day.

The goal of SVRD is not just to getting more young voters registered, but to actually get them to the voting booth — according to the city's Board of Elections, only 11 percent of registered voters 18 to 29 years old went to the polls in the 2013 mayoral election.

«The only special election that's not rigged is the City Council, where you actually have a non-partisan special election, where anyone can file petitions regardless of party or stature,» she said.

Tucson is the only city in Arizona with partisan city elections.

Yet in December, the House decided only to indemnify the city for $ 7 million of the $ 35 million it had requested for its protective efforts at the building between Election Day and the inauguration.

Tucson, Arizona, has partisan city elections, and this article explains that in the upcoming primary, the Green Party is the only party with more than one choice on its primary ballot for Mayor.

The letter recalls that the city sent a $ 35 million bill to Washington last December for the costs of protecting the then - president - elect and his loved ones for the two months - plus between the election and the inauguration — but Congress approved only a $ 7 million reimbursement.

The Clintons live in the Westchester County hamlet of Chappaqua, but state law requires only that a candidate for mayor be a New York City resident by Election Day, a spokesman for the State Board of Elections said.

If you want to escape the insidious spread of UKIP thinking, go to London and the metropolitan cities where immigration has not only enriched out lives, but also brought fresh layers into the Labour Party, fighting on class politics and winning seats galore in last May's local elections.

Police and Crime Commissioner elections were for 41 of the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales; [6] only the City of London Police and Metropolitan Police were not involved (the elected Mayor of London is classed as the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police Area, while the Court of Common Council fulfils the role for the City Police [7]-RRB-.

The speaker's race is the most inside - baseball election in the city — because it's open only to elected Council members, and even then heavily influenced by forces like county Democratic bosses and labor unions.

Only 25 percent of registered voters in New York City participated in the November 2014 elections, according to the New York City Campaign Finance Board, and a recent special election in The Bronx for a vacant City Council seat saw roughly 3,300 out of 85,000 registered voters cast ballots.

We are the only big city in the country that has partisan elections.

But the HTC has beefed up its political operation since then and is now one of only a handful of city labor unions with get - out - the - vote and field operations big enough and organized enough to swing elections.

In 2014, in the primaries of the «United Russia» before the elections to the Moscow City Duma, any Muscovite could vote, and not only registered electors.

The New York City Campaign Finance Board is offering a C - SMART only training session for the 2017 election cycle at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Former City Councilman Sal Albanese, the only candidate de Blasio publicly debated before the election, received more than 65,400 votes, or 15 percent — more than ten times as many votes as he received when he ran in 2013.