Sentences with phrase «parties get on the ballot»

Mississippi's law on how parties get on the ballot was passed in 1890 and has never been amended.

It removes the drafting error in the law on how minor parties get on the ballot.

It has now been three days since a U.S. District Court in Los Angeles invalidated California's law on how a party gets on the ballot, and the only news sources that have reported the decision are Rick Hasen's ElectionLawBlog, and Ballot Access News, and the web page of the ACLU of Southern California.

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But if neither one can garner a majority on the first few ballots, Ryan could easily get drafted as a consensus alternative with national campaign experience and a deep well of respect within the party.

Through personal involvement in many NY political campaigns over the past 25 years, I can tell you that getting on the ballot in NY is no easy task for outsiders (i.e., candidates not backed by a party).

Not surprisingly, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot party's leaders to run on their ballot line.

He also promised «an awful lot of people are going to get hurt in the process» if legislative leaders go along with the governor's idea of scrapping third party officials» power to hand - pick who runs on their ballot lines — a pledge that no doubt sent shivers up the spines of not a few Senate Republicans.

GOP gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino is trying to embarrass his Democratic opponent, Andrew Cuomo, into a freewheeling debate that, in the Buffalo businessman's opinion, should include every single candidate who got on the ballot — from the Anti-Prohibition Party Manhattan Madam to the Freedom Party's Charles Barron.

The main goal of the Democratic party's field organizing is to get their supporters off their butts and to the polls, either on Election Day or (even better) beforehand — absentee ballots are field - organizing gold, since every early ballot in the bank represents a voter who WO N'T need to be hassled in person or over the phone before November 4th.

Paladino is hoping to get onto the GOP ballot, which he can do without a Wilson Pakula, and also would like to run on the Conservative line, although that seems far - fetched since the party's executive committee has already endorsed Rick Lazio.

«I am one hundred percent confident that I would have received the 25 % of the Republican delegate vote necessary to get on the ballot, but I am now comfortable that my party is well represented.»

He's convinced this plan was, as he put it, «born on the floor of the (GOP) convention to punish or get even with the Conservative Party» for holding its convention first, tapping Rick Lazio as its gubernatorial candidate and helping him to block Cox's preferred candidate, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, from getting on the GOP primary ballot.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy today refused to say today whether he will quit the governor's race and back his GOP primary opponent, former Rep. Rick Lazio, if he fails to get on the ballot at the state party convention.

DioGuardi wasn't believed to have enough support to get on the GOP ballot, although he may have the inside track with the Independence Party.

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.

The Democratic convention officially gets underway in Rye this morning with a breakfast hosted by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer, who are expected to easily placed on the ballot by the party faithful.

One delegate who told me she supports Sen. Eric Schneiderman, (who was expected to get onto the ballot if the party went the one - vote route), was downright furious over Jacobs» flip - flopping on the AG vote.

«But the fact is, I did get on the ballot against significant odds and opposition within the party,» the comptroller concluded.

WASHINGTON (AP) Candidates outside of the two major parties are struggling to get a place on the ballot in some U.S. states.

The best way to do that was to have the party endorse Cuomo, who would be sure to get the WFP the 50,000 votes needed to stay on the ballot for another four years.

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson is set to appear on ballots in at least 39 states, and party activists are working in places such as swing state Ohio to get his name before voters this fall.

A federal indictment accused Halloran of helping negotiate bribes with Republican Party leaders to get state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D - Hollis) a spot on the mayoral ballot as a Republican.

City resident Kennard Ray, who served on the Metropolitan District Commission board and was a legislative director for the Connecticut Working Families Party, collected enough signatures to get onto the ballot but was disqualified because of a paperwork error.

To get the nomination, you need 25 percent of the vote to get on the ballot, I think 40 percent to get the official designee or nominee of the party, so you want someone that would have the intention to continue to run and then that person would be on the ballot in September in the primary formally, and then in November in the general election,» Smikle explained.

Please help the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania get ballot access petition signatures on Tuesday, May 15 — Primary Day in Pennsylvania.

In theory anyone could attempt to run by collecting enough signatures to get on the primary ballot but the reality of election politics today is that only those people who are connected to the party already and have the ability to raise money for themselves and the party have a real chance of success of being nominated to a high profile position.

The vote is likely to trigger a leadership contest — but whether Corbyn will automatically get a place on the ballot is unclear as nobody knows for sure what they party rules are.

McGuire said the NYCF PAC did not get involved in the Grisanti race during the primary, but will now engage on behalf of «pro-family candidate» Chuck Swanick, the former Erie County legislator who lost his primary bid for the Democratic line to attorney Mike Amodeo, but remains on the November ballot on the Conservative Party line.

Although the Working Families Party has endorsed acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, the paperwork was not filled out to get his name listed on their ballot, and Gonzalez's campaign team failed to appeal after missing the deadline to do so.

State GOP Chairman Ed Cox is so worried about party - flipping Suffolk County Steve Levy's chances of getting on the ballot at the party's upcoming convention that he has been actively recruiting a fourth gubernatorial candidate, multiple sources confirm.

However, remember that DioGuardi got the Conservative Party's nod last week (in this very hotel), and so is assured a spot on Row D in the general election ballot.

Also, recall that the RNC isn't going to be giving federal Victory funds for the statewide GOTV effort to the state party due to a lack of confidence in Cox, stemming in part from his failed effort to woo party - switching Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy into the governor's race and get him on the ballot.

The five states in which it operates (New York, Connecticut, South Carolina, Vermont, and Oregon) all have enacted «fusion voting» — a system in which each party that qualifies gets a spot on the ballot — in some states its own line with a check box — where it can list the candidate it favors, regardless of party.

This is the bill that says a newly - qualifying party that only wishes to participate in the presidential election may get on the ballot as late as July.

The National Federation of Independent Business» Mike Elmendorf today released a letter to the Working Families Party's Can Cantor, urging an «open dialogue» about how to achieve the reforms the labor - backed party endorsed when it backed Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo's «New New York Agenda» in order to get him to run on its ballot Party's Can Cantor, urging an «open dialogue» about how to achieve the reforms the labor - backed party endorsed when it backed Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo's «New New York Agenda» in order to get him to run on its ballot party endorsed when it backed Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo's «New New York Agenda» in order to get him to run on its ballot line.

The opportunity to ballot petition usually is a tactic to get on the ballot against the party's wishes, but Seeber said that was not the case, in this instance.

Those not chosen by the borough's party organizations can still get on the ballot by filing new petitions within 12 days of Paterson's announcement, which gives them an Aug. 18 deadline.

Green Party congressional candidate Matt Funiciello said Tuesday he has secured enough signatures to get on June 24 primary ballot, but his campaign will continue to circulate petitions as a safeguard against any signatures that might be challenged and to show the strength of the campaign.

For those very bureaucratic reasons, Donovan's petitions to get on the ballot could be thrown out, and he could lose the Reform Party line.

Party members were expected to trim their AG field to two or maybe three contenders at the state convention in Westchester County today, a customary cut that would force the remainder to gather signatures to get on the ballot.

The Connecticut Republican Party challenged (PDF) Secretary of State Denise Merrill's decision to list Democratic candidates first on the ballot this year, arguing that it violated a statute mandating that the party whose candidate for governor got the most votes in the last election gets to be listed first in all balParty challenged (PDF) Secretary of State Denise Merrill's decision to list Democratic candidates first on the ballot this year, arguing that it violated a statute mandating that the party whose candidate for governor got the most votes in the last election gets to be listed first in all balparty whose candidate for governor got the most votes in the last election gets to be listed first in all ballots.

But Nassau County Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs confirmed to Crain's that his group collected petition signatures for Rice to help get her on the ballot in 2016 and for the midterms this November.

Few could have anticipated the surge in support for Jeremy Corbyn, who after getting on to the Labour leadership ballot by the skin of his teeth has become remarkably popular among his party's grassroots.

Ferguson is a local businessman and architect who set up his own «Bristol First» party in order to, he says, get access to electoral information and have his logo on the ballot paper.

But with Cuomo's focus on getting 50,000 votes for the new ballot line — thus giving the party automatic ballot status for the next election cycle through 2016 — concerns are being stoked the WFP could lose influence and its own ballot position, currently Row D.

The state Green Party is running Hawkins for governor mainly to get 50k votes to qualify to be on the ballots for the next 4 years, without having to go through the costly petition process.

A former economist at Bear Stearns, David Malpass, 54, received enough votes from the Republican Party's state committee to get on the primary ballot.

The party has its nominating convention starting June 1, and each candidate needs 25 percent to get on the ballot.

I believe each state party gets to decide who or who can not be on the ballot under their party affiliation.

Still, Long said Conservative Party members were «hurt» that they spent time helping Astorino gain the needed signatures to get on the ballot with the idea that the party would be focused on opposing Common Party members were «hurt» that they spent time helping Astorino gain the needed signatures to get on the ballot with the idea that the party would be focused on opposing Common party would be focused on opposing Common Core.