Sentences with phrase «other elections like»

The plaintiffs, which claimed that they belong to a body known as Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC), want the court to determine «whether INEC can deregister a party which has fulfilled and satisfied all requirements of registration simply because it fails to win a seat in the Presidential, Governorship, National or State Assembly without considering other elections like the Local Government Chairmanship and Councillors Elections.

Not exact matches

The data sets aren't huge — 232 participants in October before the election and 152 after, with a total of 772 negotiations recorded — and there may be some other difference that explains the later group's more aggressive behavior, though Low tried to control for factors, like party affiliation, that might offer alternate explanations for the shift.

It's hard to tell how many do this — I know of a few politically engaged Liberals who periodically hold Tory membership cards too — but it's a fact of life for those of other political stripes in a one - party province like Alberta: the political direction of the province is decided at the PC leadership conventions, not in general elections.

In some markets, like bonds, the increase was the largest since the 2016 U.S. election, and in others, like stocks, volatility leapt by the most in 2-1/2 years.

The Chamber, like other groups organized under section 501 (c) of the tax code, is not legally required to disclose the sources of the money it independently spends on elections.

Like the Wildrose Party, who lost leader Danielle Smith and 10 other MLAs when they crossed the floor to the Progressive Conservatives in the final months of 2014, the Liberals will now need to find someone to lead them into the next election.

Patrick Ruffini, a co-founder Echelon Insights, a Republican - leaning digital analytics and research firm, said the public outrage this week over the disclosures about Cambridge Analytica «feels like a double standard» against the backdrop of how the Obama campaign and other Democratic and Republican political operatives sought to use Facebook data during the 2012 and 2014 election cycles.

It's funny, I was chatting with god the other night, you know about girls and money and basically life in general, and then from out of no where god was like, «Yo, Chuckles, I have a job for you, it's very important that you do it, I need you to go and vote this upcoming election and I need you to vote for Rick Perry, he seems a little crazy, but don't worry, he's all good in my book».

I agree with Joe in the thread and others that this election is shaping up to be a lot like 2004, which means the election will be close and decided in Ohio and Florida.

His last prayer is that Ron Paul stays in and gets the whack - a-doodle religious vote so that Paul becomes like Nader and Perot, giving the election away to the other side.

During the 2016 election cycle, fake news sites spread like wildfire on Facebook and other social media platforms.

The piece notes the possibility of a leadership election, but what other things could I do in practice and within the law, were I able to find enough like - minded people to join me in that effort?

There are of course lots of other voting systems than first - past - the - post which promise more democratic election results, like approval voting, alternative vote and their many variants.

Doug Forrester, an American conservative who blogs at race42008.com, summarised the views of Brooks and others like this: «The argument over the size of government is no longer deciding elections.

There were other, lesser reforms (the constitutional status of which might be disputed), like the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, which regulated political donations and the conduct of referendums.

The Kaminsky victory in the 9th Senate district also narrows the November battleground map heading into the fall elections, making other suburban seats, like the one held by Latimer, potential targets.

Anyway, it looks like both sides are calling in the big guns in advance of tonight's Wednesday's dueling chairmanship votes — one that will see Ragusa re-elected to another two - year term, the other resulting in the election of former NYC Council Minority Leader / 2005 NYC mayoral contender and 2010 LG candidate Tom Ognibene.

Like so many others, he is waiting to see the outcome of the April 19 special election for former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» Long Island seat, which could indicate which way the wind is blowing in terms of the GOP's effort to retain the majority.

Other strategies, like exiting leases, negotiating out of contracts and selling properties and land in Central London has saved # 1 billion since the 2010 general election, according to the minister.

So in addition to consulting, I'll be editing the site and continuing to contribute to other publications like the column for Campaigns & Elections magazine.

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.

Irked by these worrying realities, Nigerian youths as observed, like their counterparts in the other parts of the world resolved to democratically redress the situation come 2019 general election by actively participating in the electoral process; a move that has prompted many to angle for different political positions including that of the presidency.

That'll have to wait for some later election, however, as I'm bound in Europe working on other stuff... Till then, I'll stalk the campaigns via coverage from the usual sources, I've grown particularly fond of the Financial Times «Richard McGregor, who reports a lot from the ground and pays attention to campaign mechanics like few other journalists, and of course continue to follow Sasha Issenberg's great work at Slate.com and various stuff from TechPresident to keep up on the technology side of things.

I think americans are finally waking up, this won't be like the other elections, which is why I think he can win.

I mean, the elections could definitely be contested by other people... Also certain regimes, like China, tolerate dissent to a certain extent but do not listen to them at all, thus are still authoritarian.

Were the 2010 general election to yield a hung parliament, Gordon Brown, like Heath, would be constitutionally entitled to seek coalition; or he could meet parliament as the head of a minority government and challenge the other parties to vote him down.

Kelly's son and some others said they did not like that Stavisky would hold both the position of Democratic chair and elections commissioner.

«For politicians, this is the first election where they are really having a go and some, like John Prescott, have been authentic and posted regularly while others have been in broadcast mode, still finding their feet.»

This meant he served as a Member of both the Scottish and Westminster Parliaments for a time with a dual mandate, although like other MPs elected to Holyrood (such as John Swinney, John Home Robertson and Donald Gorrie) he stood down from Westminster at the 2001 General Election.

From now on, the electronic memory sticks from inside of voting machines will be used to calculate preliminary, election - night totals, just like every other county in the state.

I rather like that response — I hate it when politicians resort to the cliches of «I never pay attention to polls» (course you don't, just like all the other politicians don't) or worse «the only poll that counts is election day».

Clearly the John Mahama faction, their surrogates like Valerie Sawyerr and the petitioners who admit to being failed parliamentary candidates at the last elections and others mentors within the NDC think they can frighten core NDC members like myself with threats of disciplinary action.

Previewing his campaign before an election night audience Tuesday, Suozzi said, «People have been screaming at each other for 30 years on issues like gun control, immigration, and climate change.

There are numerous messages in which Mr. Howe and Mr. Percoco call each other «Herb,» a nickname that began circulating in the first Cuomo administration after the elder Mr. Cuomo, New York's governor from 1983 to 1994, teased Mr. Howe that his hair looked like that of Herbert London, the Conservative Party candidate against Mr. Cuomo in the 1990 election for governor.

CODEO and other like - minded civil society organizations after the 2016 general elections, advocated the need for total disbandment of identified political vigilante groups.

It seems anodyne to point out that by - elections are not like other votes - but it's especially pertinent when the Lib Dems are in town.

So let's say the Democrats pick up a couple of states in the election, while Utah and Nevada go for McMullin and persuade a few other Republican states to join them right away, such that the breakdowns goes something like — with 26 needed to win — 19 delegations for Clinton, 23 for Trump and eight for McMullin.

But in many other cases, Paladino gave to Democrats, like Poloncarz and Dyster, who are major party figures and compete in elections against candidates backed by the Republican and Conservative parties.

If the other parties think that UKIP will simply fade away, however, like a by - election victor at the subsequent general election, they are likely to be in for a surprise.

«If it turns out when Nick Clegg hangs up his clogs as leader... whether that's directly after the next election — I doubt it — or in a few years» time — more likely — when he does that, of course there will be colleagues like myself and others, who will think about whether they want to stand for leader,» Davey speculated on LBC.

Perhaps other ideas on limiting the ability for demagoguery through increased small «r» republicanism, like rejecting Wilsonian era progressive programs, e.g. direct election of Senators?

Indeed, what characterises this election's polling, compared to most of the others old lags like me can remember, is this: the numbers aren't moving (or at least not in any statistically sound or significant manner).

Like any other public institution in Ghana, the Electoral commission has always executed its duties professionally and efficiently having supervised six good elections for the past 24 years.

I am sure Donald «EGO MANIC» Trump voting record is like many others who skip primaries and miss a General election or two.

However, even before today's NEC meeting, some groups like the Ashanti Youth Association, Young Executives Forum of NPP, Ashanti Market Women Association and other pro-NPP groups warned the party to back off the decision to suspend Kwabena Agyapong or risk disintegrating the party ahead of the 2016 elections.

We reached out to the remaining members of The Mount Vernon City Council, Council President Roberta Apuzzo (D), Acting President Pro Tem, Marcus A. Griffith (D), and Deborah Reynolds (D) as well as The Commissioner of the Westchester Board of Election and Westchester Democratic Chairman, Reggie Lafayette (who I believe is also Mt. Vernon Democratic Chairman as well - sound like a conflict of interest to me, but I digress) and other local elected officials who have yet to respond to our request for a comment.

Jenyo, who was flanked by the state Chairman of the party, Sikirulai Ogundele, and other officials, further alleged that election materials were not supplied to some local governments like Ijebu Waterside.

He says the New York State Board of Elections alone has registered more than 500 high school students across the county, and there are also other organizations like the League of Women Voters, as well as candidate groups, that are working to get first time voters registered.

Like several other anonymous givers in recent elections, the limited liability company was not principally housed in New York, but in Delaware, a state where the laws provide such anonymity to businesses» corporate founders that some tax experts compare it favorably to the Cayman Islands.

Other candidates under consideration include Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, a well - liked lawmaker from an important general election battleground state; and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro of Texas, a rising star in the Democratic Party.