Sentences with phrase «open ballots for»

We also want to ending the practice of gerrymandering, and open ballots for third parties and independents.

Not exact matches

A sixth calendar - year victory for Day, who also won the Farmers Insurance Open back in February, would surely give his tour peers — who will determine the PoY winner — reason to check his name on the ballot.

Registrations for the Athletics World Cup are now open at athleticsworldcup.org, with the closure in the days prior to April 4 to be followed by a ticketing ballot.

The open house will be informational and informal, said Brenda Gramann, co-chairwoman of Citizens for Better Parks, a 12 - member committee that is working to see the ballot question approved.

With 650 ballots cast, the top vote - getters for three open village trustee seats were Bonnie Cathleen Blackledge, chairwoman of the Village Cable Commission and a local merchant; Patrick O'Brien, a member of the Glen Ellyn Elementary District 41 Facilities Planning Committee and a Santa Fe Railway Co. retiree; and James Perlstein, chairman of the Capital Improvements Commission and a financial adviser.

The Cook County Electoral Board tossed 18 - year - old Jona Augustyn from the Arlington Heights Park District ballot, making it an uncontested race for the three open seats on the district's board of commissioners.

Her supporters just distributed this letter to members of the press, calling for the nominating committee to open up the ballot for US Senate, like they did for the Attorney General's office.

Also at 11 a.m., Monroe County Democratic Chairwoman Jamie Romeo, other Democratic Leaders and members of the community will gather at MCDC's headquarters to announce Democratic candidates for the 2 open seats on Monroe County Family Court that will appear on the ballot in November, 1150 Univeristy Ave., Bldg 5.

Republican Bob Antonacci became the first candidate to secure a third - party ballot line in the race for the 50th Senate District seat left open by the retirement of Sen. John DeFrancisco.

«I have been on benders for longer than the opening of the nominations and the start of the postal ballots,» he said.

Republican Bob Antonacci, the Onondaga County comptroller, moved a step closer to locking up the Conservative Party ballot line in the race for the New York State Senate seat left open by the retirement of John DeFrancisco.

The Working Families Party on Saturday backed a placeholder for attorney general, while also insisting its ballot line this fall would be open to either Tish James or Zephyr Teachout to run for the post.

It seems that Nigeria uses an open ballot system in order to minimize potential for election fraud.

There is one other duty the Vice President has, he opens / presents the ballots from the states for presidential elections.

With ballots in the mail - only «jungle» primary set to go out this week and five Democrats battling for a spot in the top two, the pace and intrigue of the open - seat 1st district race have picked up considerably.

The new primary rules create an open congressional primary (voters can cross party lines and vote for whomever they choose) however, only the top two vote getters advance to the November ballot.

According to Valerie Vasquez - Rivera, a spokesperson for the Board of Elections, the Board of Elections will follow normal recanvasing procedures where a bipartisan team opens up polling machines to get an official ballot count and then counts and validates all paper ballots (such as absentee ballots).

Vermont state law provides for open primary elections, meaning that a voter does not have to be registered with a ballot - qualified party in advance in order to participate in its primary.

Republican Bob Antonacci moved a step closer Thursday to locking up the Conservative Party ballot line in the race for the New York State Senate seat left open by the retirement of John DeFrancisco.

Norman Tebbit claimed that he and John Nott persuaded him to vote for Thatcher so as to open up the way for his preferred candidate Willie Whitelaw to stand on the second ballot.

The Voting Information Project has released an open source mobile app for iOS that enables voters to find their polling place as well as ballot and candidate details.

Mr. Bruer's open seat is the only justice position on the ballot this year, but there are two trustee seats being decided, with Mr. Bergen seeking re-election for his seat.

While it's unlikely Nixon would continue to campaign against Cuomo if he defeats her in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in September, there's a chance she'd continue to use her WFP ballot line to go after the incumbent and provide an opening for some yet - to - be-identified strong GOP candidate.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — There will be three new faces on the board of Buffalo Public Schools following school board elections on Tuesday, when 10 candidates went to the ballot box to compete for six open seats.

There is also a wide - open write - in primary for the Women's Equality ballot line.

Hartford, CT 05/01/18 Joe Ganim opened up a Hartford campaign office as part of his statewide petition drive to get onto the August primary ballot for governor.

(b) Each Democratic organization shall have a written constitution which provides among other things (i) that the annual election of officers be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization; (ii) that membership in the organization be open to all enrolled Democrats residing in the political subdivision for which the organization is to function; (iii) that there be periodic financial reports to the membership, with at least one report each year and that the receipts and expenditures of the organization may be reviewed upon the written request of any member of the organization at a reasonable time and place fixed by an officer of the organization designated for that purpose; (iv) that endorsement of all candidates for party position or public office in the party primary be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization.

And with Astorino and Cuomo having so many ballot lines, guaranteeing them a spot in the general election, the reality is that any debate involving either one of them should be open to any candidate that will also be on the ballot for the general election.

Mr. Massey's decision to drop out also opened up the ballot line for the Independence Party, which had endorsed Mr. Massey.

Oklahoma Rep. Sally «gays are worse than terrorists» Kern's husband wants to join her in the legislature, the AP reports: A familiar name is on the ballot in a Republican primary for the open Senate District 40 seat in northwest Oklahom... Read

A familiar name is on the ballot in a Republican primary for the open Senate District 40 seat in northwest Oklahoma City that includes portions of Nichols Hills, Bethany, The Village and Warr Acres.

Also running, with some slim hopes for the opening of absentee ballots next week, was Democrat Drew Boggess — just eleven behind, with 604 votes.

While most of the political world was still focused on Hillary's e-mails and the FBI last Friday night, an extraordinary story was unfolding in Las Vegas, where the polling place at Cardenas Market had to stay open for three extra hours to allow everyone in line during the last night of early voting to cast ballots.

The Coalition for Free & Open Elections (COFOE) has just made a donation to help fund the lawsuit Stein v Chapman, the ballot access lawsuit pending in Alabama.

Special elections for state seats — like the one Gov. Andrew Cuomo scheduled in Harlem for May 23 — do not have an open primary: instead, the county committee, a panel of party insiders, selects who gets to run on the ballot line at a formal nominating convention.

The scene was set for Wednesday morning's dramatic recanvassing and opening of absentee ballots by too - close - to - call unofficial results in last Tuesday's primaries.

That possibility remains for former county Democratic Party chair and incumbent county legislator John Parete of Boiceville, who holds a slim 20 vote lead over Democratic challenger Kathy Nolan in the 22nd district, which includes Shandaken, Olive, Denning and Hardenburgh, with 217 absentee ballots on hand at the county board of elections and a possibility of more arriving before they can be opened beginning Wednesday, November 15.

Polls will be open for voters to cast their ballots from 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM.

The incorrect ballots were given to voters when polls opened at 6 a.m. until Deputy Clerk Lynn Sehwerert noticed the error when casting her votes at around 7:30 a.m. Board of Elections commissioners Vic Work and Tom Turco raced to Woodstock to instruct poll workers to explain the error to voters and the commissioners posted signs informing voters they could cast two ballots for town board.

Joe Ganim opened a Hartford campaign office as part of his statewide petition drive to get onto the August primary ballot for governor.

Thankfully, Charlotte Osei [EC Chairperson] said their system had been compromised; and I think she actually agreed with us so we are going to court, we open the ballot boxes and go for manual count,» he added.

«What I can confirm for you is that there were no poll workers opening absentee ballots — that is an unsubstantiated rumor,» he said.

«What I can confirm for you is that there were no poll workers opening absentee ballots — that is an unsubstantiated rumor.»

(Syracuse, NY) While Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins said the he is glad that Republican Rob Astorino has picked up on Hawkins» prior calls for a series of gubernatorial debates, Hawkins wants the debates opened to at least all ballot qualified parties.

I have been on a ballot, or have campaigned for measures on the ballot, like the Open Primary and No Budget No Pay, for virtually every election cycle we have had over the last 20 years.

Early voters lined up before polling places opened at 6 a.m. to cast their ballots for Democrat Hillary Clinton, Republican Donald Trump, Libertarian Gary Johnson or Green Party nominee Jill Stein.

Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. for a very local year, with no federal or statewide offices on the ballot.

Blake, a 34 - year - old a veteran of former President Barack Obama's presidential campaign and White House, received the most votes — 171 — for the remaining position, open to a male or female out of 411.5 ballots received, but a second round was held because all contenders fell short of the 206 - vote threshold.

Last night, Ballot Access News appealed for donations and / or pledges to COFOE (the Coalition for Free & Open Elections) for the purpose of making it possible for the Vermont ballot access lawsuit to go foBallot Access News appealed for donations and / or pledges to COFOE (the Coalition for Free & Open Elections) for the purpose of making it possible for the Vermont ballot access lawsuit to go foballot access lawsuit to go forward.

The Coalition for Free & Open Elections is attempting to raise funds so that the Vermont ballot access appeal Trudell v Markowitz can go forward.