Sentences with phrase «poll watchers»

The party was supposed to use the money to hire a firm that would set up poll watchers across the city.

New York has amended state election law to prohibit candidates from serving as poll watchers in an election district where they appear on the ballot.

Asked if it doesn't concern him that Haggerty has never been able to account for the full $ 750,000 contributed by Mayor Bloomberg to the state Independence Party and subsequently handed over to him to (ostensibly) pay for poll watcher on Election Day, Paladino replied: More >

Asked if it doesn't concern him that Haggerty has never been able to account for the full $ 750,000 contributed by Mayor Bloomberg to the state Independence Party and subsequently handed over to him to (ostensibly) pay for poll watcher on Election Day, Paladino replied:

The $ 1.1 million was given by Bloomberg to the state Independence Party, which was to pay Haggerty for a ballot security operation that entailed hiring poll watchers on Election Day.

Terry McAuliffe, former chair of the Democratic National Committee and gubernatorial candidate in the 2009 Democratic gubernatorial primary, says that he is hearing from sources on the ground that the lines are being slowed down by Republican poll watchers who are demanding excessive proof, such as extra forms of identification, for many voters.

As the polls closed at 9 p.m., the Democratic candidates and a small group of party faithful headed from East Hampton's Rowdy Hall, where a buffet of snacks was set up for supporters, to the nearby law office of Christopher Kelley, chairman of the Democrats» campaign committee, where they expected phone calls from poll watchers with the vote tallies from different election districts.

In so - called open - carry states, like Virginia, unofficial poll watchers have reportedly worn guns.

Unregistered poll watchers may violate the law if they break these rules.

States permit poll watchers so long as they are registered, trained, and abide by state rules designed to make sure voters aren't impeded or intimidated while getting to and from the polls.

There is evidence of an interactive effect in the case of the Conservative / Liberal equation: it seems that among poll watchers, and only among them, the propensity to vote Conservative rather than Liberal was related to the gap between the two parties in the most recent poll.

Using Mobile Pollwatcher, Democratic poll watchers will log each voter who checks in at a polling location, via mobile web.

The Espada poll watcher had a «poll workers» certificate and a sign that said, «I speak Spanish».

«Seidel also said Haggerty admitted that he «lied and misled the Bloomberg campaign as to what he intended to do with the money budgeted for Election Day operation» and that Haggerty acknowledged he created and sent three fake checks to purported poll watchers «to create the false impression that they were expenses connected to election day ballot security operation.»»

Poll watchers said voters came to the library in spurts by late afternoon.

The mayor's campaign attorney Ken Gross has referred to Special Elections Operations as a «payroll mechanism» that was set up to pay poll watchers $ 500 apiece.

«I call on improved training not only for poll workers but also poll watchers to ensure that disabled voters have a full and fair experience on Election Day,» she said in a statement.

He can learn to have fun being Governor by taking bold action and stop being such a worry wart and poll watcher before you make a move.

Haggerty providing Election Day poll watchers and other services to help Bloomberg, but to date has not fully accounted for where all that money went.

He was supposed to help organize poll watchers on election day in November 2009 who would help Bloomberg's campaign.

of the $ 1.1 million reached Haggerty through a donation Bloomberg made to the state Independence Party's housekeeping account that the mayor said was supposed to be used for hiring poll watchers.

For poll watchers, this can be a bit of a minefield, since women can respond to certain types of poll questions differently than men.

I am linking a resource that shows what election precinct officials and poll watchers, which can be anyone, are allowed to do, on what grounds, and the evidentiary and process standards for so doing.

Aides to Bloomberg have said between 200 and 300 poll watchers were hired, which leaves the bulk of the $ 750,000 unaccounted for.

The money was to be used for party building and Election Day operations like transportation and poll watchers.

What the group had expected to be a swift ride to final election results began to seem a bit more complicated when Mr. Kelley received a phone call from a poll watcher in Montauk who had been denied a look at the tally sheets.

«They were not bilingual... They were requesting IDs and making people believe they needed IDs to vote... They removed entire families from the book... They switched the names so they can not be found in the book,» charged Espana Aristay, an Espaillat supporter who worked as a poll watcher in the 72nd Assembly District on Election Day.

After a phone call to the board of elections, the poll watcher's right to see the numbers before they were officially submitted was verified.

Poll watchers and election inspectors should advise you of that when you pick up your ballot.

This list can also help you in looking for Democrats to be Committee People, election inspectors or poll watchers.

This has been described by some poll watchers as «disgraceful» and «humiliating» defeat to be suffered by an incumbent President in Ghana.

HR: Well, you have poll watchers, and you report that data in; whether you use our mobile app or you use paper, it goes to the field office.