Sentences with phrase «other ballots for»

Harris - Tigg won with 846 votes, while there were only 288 other ballots for write - in candidates.

Not exact matches

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Similarly, Facebook and Google had donated $ 200,000 each to a group opposing a California ballot initiative that proposes enabling Californians to sue companies for data breaches, among other things.

Unlike other parts of the province where the new government's policies may be met with varying levels of hostility or cynicism (and where NDP MLAs were elected with thin margins), support for Ms. Notley's party is deep in Edmonton where 64 percent of voters cast ballots for NDP candidates.

Washington (CNN)- The most famous and revered pastor in America, Billy Graham, is calling on voters to cast a ballot for their faith in full - page ads in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and other newspapers.

Here are some details about that November 2004 ballot proposal: 1) there was already in place a Utah law strictly banning same - sex marriage, which I fully supported; 2) all three candidates for the office of attorney general of Utah (the chief law - enforcement officer in the state) opposed the amendment, including the LDS (Mormon) Republican incumbent, Mark Shurtleff, mostly because they considered it a poorly drafted amendment; 3) I refused to endorse the amendment, but I did not urge people to vote «no»; 4) the leadership of the LDS Church, which has a record for being as strongly opposed to same - sex marriage as the Catholic Church, did not issue a statement urging its members to vote one way or the other; 5) inasmuch as two thirds of Utahans belong to the LDS Church, this means that the leadership of at least 80 percent of Utah churchgoers did not urge a «yes» vote on the amendment.

While Jesus» name won't appear on the ballot this fall, I imagine that every time I care for the poor, attempt to live more simply, turn the other cheek, and love my enemies, I'm casting a vote for Jesus, who will one day return to rule His Kingdom in person.

While some were still itching for a ballot box fight, others seemed resigned to absorbing unjust blows in the short term and girding for the difficult long - term task of rebuilding a societal structure that has at least partially collapsed.

And while Day claimed that, as of Sunday, he would still vote for Spieth for PoY, the 27 - year - old Aussie hoped to give voters some pause before they cast their ballots for the kid with two majors and two other tour victories in 2015.

Other players on the ballot for the player of the year trophy were Van Persie, Suarez, Michael Carrick of Manchester United, and Juan Mata and Eden Hazard, both of Chelsea.

The White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives are up for grabs, along with thousands of other offices in state and local governments across the country, even as voters weigh in on scores of ballot initiatives and other measures.

In some precincts there will be 0 ballots cast for the other party, so you can report that, essentially immediately.

If you do not have your ballot, or you are at polling place other than the one you are registered for, you can vote provisionally: your vote is put aside, they check whether they have received any other votes from you, and if that's your only vote, then it's counted.

«We know that New York state, along with other states, could make it a whole lot easier for people to cast their ballots,» said Assemblyman Charles Lavine, a Long Island Democrat, «and in the Assembly, we work to intend to work to accomplish that goal.»

Forty - three percent said they would support someone other than their current representative, while 42 perecent think they would cast their ballot for the incumbent; 15 percent are unsure.

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.

You wouldn't claim people get more votes under other forms of runoff voting (two round system or exhaustive ballot for example).

In the wake of the latest bombshell corruption scandal, which netted two New York City GOP officials from Queens and the Bronx, other party leaders were quick to volunteer that knew absolutely nothing about the scheme to essentially buy a GOP ballot line in the NYC mayor's race for Democratic Sen. Malcolm Smith.

It's unusual for lawmakers to release statements on the record to say they are indeed running for re-election, but then again this is something of an unusual year: Republican Sens. John DeFrancisco, John Bonacic, Kathy Marchione, Bill Larkin and Tom Croci within the several days of each other announced they would not seek re-election ahead of what's expected to be a challenging year for the GOP candidates running up and down the ballot.

Most down - ballot candidates struggle for notice at the best of times, and in 2016, it's amazing that anyone's heard a political name other than Clinton or Trump (or Weiner) that they can remember.

Separate ballots of both the townspeople and the workforce were conducted in March this year; both resulted in backing for The Peoples Port above all other options.

Those who steal ballot boxes, those found with ballot papers and who commit other electoral offences should be jailed for 5 years.

The statement of candidacy is the only federally mandated ballot access requirement for presidential candidates; all other ballot access procedures are mandated at the state level.

Instead of simply dividing ballots into Conservative, Labour and «other», the biggest pile at the count is now frequently for split tickets.

Malcolm Smith, a Democrat who was convicted in a scheme to rig the Republican ballot for New York mayor in his favor, among others.

[129] Through Keeping America's Promise in 2005, Kerry raised over $ 5.5 million for other Democrats up and down the ballot.

The 2017 New York City elections are for the three citywide posts of Mayor, Public Advocate and Comptroller; the five Borough President positions; all 51 City Council seats; the Brooklyn and Manhattan District Attorney posts; and other down ballot offices like some civil court judges and some district leader positions.

Other possible strong candidates for attorney general include former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (who reportedly may run as an independent), Queens state Sen. Mike Gianaris, and Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who reportedly believes he could run in the Democratic primary, despite legal questions about whether he could also be on the ballot for Congress.

Astorino joined with three other Republican candidates for statewide office to create a Stop Common Core ballot line for the general election.

No 10 said the Tories would consider other ways to make it harder for trade unions to secure agreement for strike action, including «timings of ballots».

In other words: The fact that Long's chances at unseating Gillibrand are so slim (she's vastly underfunded and trailing badly in the polls among the few voters who even know who she is), that it makes things harder for her fellow Republicans running in competitive down - ballot congressional races.

«It means some voters waited for hours and other voters may not have a chance to cast their ballots at all.»

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

NEW YORK CITY — New Yorkers headed to the polls for a chance to select Mayor Michael Bloomberg's successor and cast ballots in a host of other elections — even as broken voting machines across the city stalled their efforts.

So on one hand we have an incredibly detailed litany of rehashed innuendo regarding the minutiae of canvassing operations and supposed irregularities at the level of timesheets, with the implication that someone is cheating; while on the other hand we have a blithely cynical sketch of how two billionaires own a political party, with one of them forthrightly buying its ballot line for himself.

In the November 2012 election, the Colorado Libertarian Party was the only party, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, to place its own member - nominees for the legislature on the ballot in a majority of contests.

There were other individuals besides Stephen Durham who weren't on the ballot in any state but who filed for write - in status in some states, but their vote has not been tabulated here.

It's a great tool for down - ballot campaigns, since targeted search ads can catch voters, journalists, bloggers and other influentials when they're actively looking for information about the race.

But other lines seem to be preparing for a loss such as «We gave them a real run for their money» while others imply the race will be «too close to call» and asking about how many absentee ballots there are.

Union leaders have relied on mandates for action that lack authority — the National Union of Teachers ballot was run nearly two years ago, while other ballots had extremely low turnouts.»

That's because, he said, he «refused» to fundraise other than his own put - ins until after he'd qualified for the ballot - despite two fundraising emails he put out a month ago.

There has been a lot of criticism recently of Governor Cuomo's calls for the elimination of the Wilson Pakula Act — the law that gives party bosses the power to let candidates from other parties run on their ballot lines.

Because we hold that the failure to provide ballots to forty percent of the voters by itself requires that the election be set aside, we need not consider whether the several other defects involved mandatory provisions that would provide additional bases for setting aside the election.

The long wait for the result at Ryedale civic centre in Malton, where the last ballot boxes did not arrive until after midnight, was enlivened by one other election count.

But his appearance on the ballot this cycle could have electoral consequences for other minor parties, and influence the tenor of any gubernatorial debates.

He noted, for example, that the other four constitutional questions to be put to voters on the November ballot don't read as advocacy to persuade voters.

On Wednesday, Rushanara Ali, the MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, dropped out of the deputy leadership race at the eleventh hour, allowing her supporters to give their nominations to other candidates who were struggling to get the 35 required to get on the ballot.

The petition to put a new party on the ballot only requires 1,000 signatures, for groups that only want to run a presidential nominee, but no nominees for other office.

See this story, which says that Montana hasn't printed up primary ballots for any qualified party, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, since 1996, when the Reform Party had a contested primary.

HARLEM — For the first time in decades, uptown voters went to the ballots Tuesday to select somebody other than Rep. Charles Rangel for CongreFor the first time in decades, uptown voters went to the ballots Tuesday to select somebody other than Rep. Charles Rangel for Congrefor Congress.