Sentences with phrase «petition signatures do»

However, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that certain ballot access requirements, such as filing fees and submitting a certain number of valid petition signatures do not constitute additional qualifications and thus few Constitutional restrictions exist as to how harsh ballot access laws can be.

Not exact matches

As I write, the Coalition for Marriage petition against gay marriage has reached a total of 600,783 signatures and by the time this is in print, that total will be considerably higher - you can check its current level at http://c4m.org.uk/, and sign the petition while you are about it if you haven't already done so.

Another petition was done following the departure of Fabregas and Nasri: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sackarsenewenger, it attracted 5 signatures.

We're delivering our petition to Obama in person this evening, along with hundreds of allies, tens of thousands of petition signatures, and one message: don't back the settlement.

The point is that if we get enough signatures on a petition like this then we will be in a stronger position to demand that something be done about it.

Paladino campaign manager Michael Caputo called Redlich a «crackpot candidate who doesn't understand the petitioning process and can not find canvassers loony enough to collect his 15,000 statewide signatures.»

If you want to make a difference go volunteer for a candidate you like, get some petition signatures or do some phone banking.

A petition hosted by the website 38 Degrees, which has received over 35,000 signatures, points out the BBC's election programme did not feature a Green spokesperson until 02:30 in the morning.

Those that don't may no longer receive donations from the state party or get help from local Democratic clubs gathering signatures on nominating petitions.

Before leaving, Kwatra did not set up a paid signature - gathering operation, a source close to the campaign said, because Kwatra was tasked solely with handling day - one media, and did not at any point have a hand in the petition drive.

Thus by passing the marriage bill in the House in early March, as supporters now hope to do, opponents could get more than a month of additional time to obtain the petition signatures than if the bill passed at the end of the session in late April.

The legislator and Bronx Democratic Party chairman filed petitions that included multiple duplicate signatures, voters who did not live in his Assembly district and signatures from voters who said they never signed the sheets, according to the complaint filed in Bronx Supreme Court.

Doing that would shorten the time opponents have for gathering petition signatures needed to place the bill before voters in a referendum, making it more difficult to pull off a referendum.

The names printed on the petition were not counted and as a result, Hayworth did not have enough signatures to remain on the Independence ticket.

Allegretti was nominated by the county committee, but the sources said several petition - carriers have said they don't support him and aren't eager to try to collect signatures for him.

The Board of Elections initially kicked Martinez off the ballot, and claimed he didn't have the required 500 valid signatures on his nominating petitions.

Although the former governor said he would easily be able to collect his 3,750 signatures by the deadline — now just three days away — he did not appear to have a campaign staff in place at the petition drive.

Submitting petitions doesn't guarantee names will be on the ballot in November as the validity of the signatures could be challenged.

The poll did not ask about Teachout, who has not yet gotten onto the ballot and must circulate petitions, collecting at least 15,000 valid signatures from enrolled Democrats across the state, to do so.

Luthmann was kicked off the ballot in July after the Board of Elections ruled he did not have enough signatures on his petition to run.

We are hopeful that Secretary of State Matt Dunlap will approve the petition without delay, so the 300 Maine citizens who've already signed up to collect signatures on Election Day will be able to do so.»

In 2013, Luthmann was kicked off the ballot for Borough President by the Board of Elections after it said he didn't have enough signatures on his petition.

Mr. Cohen, who has also run for town trustee in the past, sought but did not receive the party's endorsement, but forced a primary by filing a petition with well over the required number of signatures.

The Pretrial Justice Institute is instead pushing for broader bail reform — and an end to cash bail entirely, as has been done in places Washington, DC — employing mobile billboards asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo to take action and circulating a petition that has more than 30,000 signatures.

[Another source says Rivera ultimately did not submit petition signatures for female district leader.]

Silver's 12 - page court claim, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court last Tuesday, alleges that Lipp didn't get enough Republican signatures on her petition to become the GOP candidate in the Assembly race.

The Board of Election in Albany ruled Tuesday, August 7 that Grant Valentine's petition for the September 13 Democratic primary was disqualified because he did not have enough valid signatures.

A judge has ruled Buffalo School Board President James Sampson does not have enough valid petition signatures to be on the ballot for the upcoming board election.

However, it is probable that the petition didn't have enough valid signatures anyway.

Union attorney Howard Wien said Valentin can't run because he didn't get enough valid signatures on his nominating petition after the union election committee, handpicked by Seabrook, rightfully tossed five signatures.

Chris Fowler, too, planned to run as a Democrat but did not submit the petition signatures needed to participate in the primary.

Alas, petition signatures, like posters, don't win elections.

And Doe Fund Founder George McDonald, the first candidate to file his petitions, submitted 7,550 signatures Monday.

These are called opportunity to ballot petitions and are substantially the same as designating petitions (i.e., the petitions are held to the same signature and filing requirements, etc.), except that they do not require a candidate to be named.

In addition, the charitable trust «Sense About Science» organised a «don't destroy the research» petition in support of the scientists which attracted in excess of 6000 signatures from a wide variety of people, including celebrities Stephen Fry and Tim Minchin.

Also, the appeals court rejected arguments by Broome County Republican Party Vice Chairman Paul Van Savage, who initially challenged the validity of Jones» petitions, that individuals who circulated the petitions were either ineligible to do so or did not correctly collect signatures.

And one top prosecutor, Chief Assistant District Attorney Cheryl Fowler, just ran against Carter for the Democratic nod to replace Herrick (she ultimately did not have enough petition signatures to get on the ballot).

This week, supporters of Blake's main rival, Marsha Michael, a court attorney favored by the Bronx Democratic County Committee, filed specific objections seeking to invalidate his petition signatures and disqualifying him because he doesn't meet state constitution's residency requirements.

Walsh will still need to collect 1,349 petition signatures from city voters, only he will do it under the Upstate Jobs name instead of something he creates.

Peralta and his team said Monday that the petition doesn't accurately represent his constituency, which includes Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst and Corona, and is filled with signatures of people from elsewhere.

Do you know of a platform for online petitions that has the option to deliver signature information to designated target only?

A slate of Long Beach City Council challengers conceded in court that they did not have enough petition signatures to force a Democratic primary next month, clearing the way for two Democratic incumbents to run in November.

Speaking to Class News, Edudzi Tameklo, one of the lawyers for the convicts said: «It is much ado about nothing and I make this point because... the president is opportune to exercise his prerogative of mercy [and will] not do that on the basis of how many petitions or signatures have been [collected].

Commissioners voted unanimously at a meeting to invalidate McMillan and his line, the Rent Is 2 Damn High Party, declaring the petitions submitted did not meet the required 15,000 - signature requirement.

By doing so, residents interested in running for County Legislature are not able to carry petitions and receive the necessary signatures to appear on the ballot in November.

That's his consolation prize for losing what may be the shortest State Senate race since 1991, when attorney Chris Christie filed petitions to challenge Senate Minority Leader John Dorsey in the GOP primary — only to find that he didn't file enough signatures.

If your party doesn't do that, or it if is new to the game, you have to circulate petitions and collect literally thousands of signatures.

Weinberg, president of the West Harlem Progressive Democratic Club, helped the Ortega and Ortiz - Thompson ticket gather ballot petition signatures and served as witness on them, but told Gotham Gazette he did so on his own accord, not as a representative of Wright or the county party, where he serves as executive director.

Stringer attacked the manner in which the former governor accomplished his signature collection blitz, sniping, «A hundred thousand people signed my petition, and we didn't have to pay anybody.»

Somewhat similarly, in 1996 then - Secretary of State Robert Taft ruled that even though the Reform Party did not have enough signatures on its party petition by the deadline, he would waive the petition deadline, for any party (including the Reform Party) that just wanted to appear on the November ballot for President and Vice-President, but no other office.