Sentences with phrase «onto the ballot in»

In 2014, Malcolm Smith, D - Queens, the former Senate majority leader, was found guilty of scheming to bribe his way onto the ballot in the 2013 New York City mayoral election.

Those and other local concerns should be considered and addressed by East End representatives Al Krupski (D - Cutchogue) and Bridget Fleming (D - Noyac) as the bill makes its way through the Legislature and, hopefully, onto your ballot in November.

Tonight is the deadline for Eliot Spitzer to submit 3,750 valid petition signatures in order to get onto the ballot in the NYC comptroller's race.

Which is why it would be so foolish to allow that candidate onto the ballot in the first place, however tempting it might be to do a deal involving more loaned nominations.

But only having the support of 40 MPs would not be enough to make it onto the ballot in a regular contest.

A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Malcolm Smith to seven years in prison, saying the former state Senate majority leader corrupted the political process by trying to buy his way onto the ballot in a crooked bid to become mayor of New York City.

Several candidates are expected to try to use the petition mechanism to get onto the ballot in the governor's race, including fellow Democrat Guy Smith and GOP businessman Bob Stefanowski.

If nobody tries to petition their way onto the ballot in coming weeks, there will be no primary in June.

State GOP delegates voted to place both David Malpass — former chief economist for Bear Stearns, president of an economic research firm, veteran of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations — and Bruce Blakeman — lawyer, ex-husband of Paul McCartney's current girlfriend, owner of terrifying talking dog — onto the ballot in the race against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, forcing the two into a primary.

Twelve (12) votes will be needed for the over-ride to get the Legislature's version of the Charter onto the ballot in November 2014.

In the name of boosting academic performance and giving struggling kids a better shot at succeeding in first grade, California appears to be headed down the slippery slope to universal preschool, never mind that state voters rejected such a plan when Rob Reiner got it onto the ballot in 2006.

Not exact matches

He's in a primary battle with Bruce Blakeman, the GOP designee, and (it appears) former Rep. Joe DioGuardi, who petitioned his way onto the September ballot and also has the Conservative nod.

The truncated political calendar necessary as a result of the court's decision to move up the federal primaries has reduced the number of signatures necessary to get onto the ballot, but also shortened the amount of time in which candidates have to circulate petitions.

More specifically, there are federal campaign finance forms that have to be filed and you need to get onto the primary ballot in each state.

The comptroller was the first candidate to hit the 25 percent mark to get onto the ballot, but that requires his home county of Nassau and neighboring Suffolk to remain firmly in his camp.

Malcolm Smith, the Democratic former Senate majority leader who was convicted of trying to bribe his way onto the New York City Republican mayoral ballot, was sentenced on Wednesday to seven years in federal prison.

Also, I recall in 2006 that Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Mondello ended up splitting his weighted vote in half to ensure both John Faso and former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld would get onto the primary ballot.

The email bears the subject line «this election can't be bought,» highlighting the fact that Spitzer is independently wealthy and has said he won't participate in the city's public campaignn finance system if he makes it through the petitioning process and onto the ballot.

Maragos, who ran a very short - lived challenge to Sen. Chuck Schumer in 2010 (he failed to get onto the ballot at the last convention), has been traveling the state for months now, but has failed to wow the GOP rank - and - file.

Turner, one of three Republicans who will face off in the June 26 primary for the right to run on Row B against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand this fall, is making his first return upstate since last month's GOP convention in Rochester when he, attorney Wendy Long and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos were all voted onto the ballot.

Sources said Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Mondello likes the idea of an independent line because he thinks it might help his hometown US Senate candidate, Bruce Blakeman, in the general election against the Conservatives» nominee, former Rep. Joe DioGuardi (assuming DioGuardi doesn't succeeed in his petitioning effort to get onto the primary ballot and defeat both Blakeman and David Malpass in September).

Lazio was the only candidate to get onto the ballot at the convention, but Carl Paladino went on to cream him in the GOP primary and he «ran» for a Bronx judgeship to get off the Conservative line and cede it to the businessman from Buffalo.

The Democrat - turned - Republican Levy failed to get onto the ballot at the state convention, and Lazio ended up losing the GOP primary to Carl Paladino, who, in turn, lost to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the general election.

After he eked his way onto the ballot at the GOP convention in Rochester last Friday, I sat down with Turner and asked him for his opinion on Limbaugh's recent «slut» controversy and whether he had agreed with the sentiment behind the comment.

Krogh was credited for whipping votes for former Rep. Rick Lazio during the last state GOP convention in 2010 and succeeded in keeping then - Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy's tally below the 50 percent mark necessary to get onto the ballot.

It's looking increasingly likely that at least two of the three would - be Gillibrand challengers will get onto the ballot as 2012 shapes quickly up into a re-do of 2010 when the GOP finally settled on former Rep. Joe DioGuardi, who lost big in the general election.

Cox insisted he hadn't encouraged Mermel to (the theory goes that he's trying to broaden the field in hopes of siphoning off support from Lazio to help Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, or perhaps make an argument that there are so many candidates everyone should simply be automatically allowed onto the ballot).

It appears she has calculated that was an impossibility, although it's also unclear whether she would have managed to get onto the ballot here at the convention this late in the game — even with state Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs» change of heart about the ballot.

The buzz among delegates at this morning's convention breakfast is decidedly negative in response to state Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs» decision to let all five of the AG contenders onto the ballot.

The Wilson Pakula threshold for anyone not enrolled in the party who wants to run on the line, as you'll recall, is just over 50 percent of the weighted convention vote — more than twice the 25 percent necessary for party members to get onto the ballot.

Would - be AG Sean Coffey has scrapped his original plan to skip the state Democratic convention and head straight to an effort to petition his way onto the ballot, but he is nevertheless already putting the pieces in place for a field campaign.

According to Barron, his supporters collected names in every one of the state's 29 congressional districts and passed the 100 - name limit in 23 of those (the requirement is at least 100 in 15 districts, so candidates can't just stand on a single busy street corner in NYC and get onto the ballot).

DioGuardi subsequently petitioned his way onto the ballot and won the primary, but then went on to lose to Gillibrand in the general election.

April 16th at midnight is the filing deadline for congressional candidates to deliver their signatures to the local Board of Elections to get onto the June 26th primary ballot, but in an interesting wrinkle in election law, candidates can still substitute in someone else after this date.

In 2005, when Freddy Ferrer mounted a long - shot challenge against billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the WFP dithered so long on whether to support Ferrer that when it finally did, it was too late to actually get him onto the ballot.

The petition process, while clearly favoring Democrats in a Democrat - heavy city, was meant to offer a route onto the ballot that didn't require going through one of the city's massive, powerful political machines at the turn of the last century.

Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer arrived late to and left early from a last - minute «petitioning party» thrown to boost confidence in his surprise comeback bid for city comptroller as he races against the clock to collect the nearly 4,000 signatures he needs to make it onto the ballot ahead of tomorrow's deadline.

In Southeast Queens, former City Councilman Leroy Comrie filed petitions with 5,800 signatures to take on Smith, who was accused of trying to bribe his way onto the 2009 mayoral ballot.

But he was defeated in a September primary by Paladino, who petitioned his way onto the ballot and then went on to lose big in the general election to Democrat Andrew Cuomo.

Asked during the lightning round whether they would be willing to vote for Carl Paladino over Rick Lazio in the Sept. 14 GOP gubernatorial primary, Gary Berntsen punted, saying repeatedly that he will be voting for whoever wins and gets onto the November ballot.

During the upheaval of the 2010 GOP gubernatorial primary, in which Cox unsuccessfully pushed for DEmocrat - turned - Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy to get the nod (he was blocked from getting onto the ballot by former Rep. Rick Lazio, who lost in the primary to Carl Paladino), some called for Basile to be fired.

As you'll recall, after failing to get onto the ballot at the GOP convention in early June, Levy insisted (contrary to statements made by his chief champion, state Republican Chairman Ed Cox), that he was still contemplating a run on an independent line.

Recall that former Gov. Eliot Spitzer didn't endorse Cuomo until after he won in September, even though he successfully blocked all his opponents from getting onto the ballot at the party's convention in Buffalo.

Haggerty, who was instrumental in the petition drive that got Paladino onto the GOP primary ballot, is fighting the charge.

Gillibrand won her first statewide election last fall, easily beating former Rep. Joe DioGuardi, who defeated Bruce Blakeman and David Malpass in a GOP primary after he petitioned his way onto the ballot.

There are also Republican and Democratic candidates who plan to, at least in part, self - fund their campaigns, meaning even if they don't qualify for the primary they could use their own money to hire petitioners to force their way onto a primary or general election ballot.

But Democratic Party chief Jay Jacobs yesterday decided that since all announced hopefuls can claim a measure of party support, he will let all five onto the ballot to duke it out in the primary.

The DCCC designation is a coup for Perez Williams, who entered the race only two weeks ago in a last - minute attempt to make it onto the ballot and force a Democratic primary on June 26.

The NY Post reported this morning that Teachout planned to begin circulating petitions today in order to get onto the September primary ballot.

Paladino is now in the process of gathering the signatures needed to petition his way onto the GOP ballot.