Sentences with phrase «primary election dated»

Early voting started a couple of days ago in Texas, and it sure makes it easy to vote for a primary election dated for May 29.

«The League of Women Voters, Common Cause, NYPIRG and a host of other concerned organizations have repeatedly called upon the Senate Republicans to join us in our call for a unified, early primary election date.

New York State has moved its fall 2018 primary election date back two days so it does not interfere with the anniversary of 9/11 or the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah.

In fact, because congressional elections look likely to have a separate primary election date from other elections this year, Mr. Jeffries» election may very well be the only contested race on the ballot in the district.

After the forum, VID endorsed the following — please note the three primary election dates for these candidates:

Not exact matches

And indeed, the new letter does seem to be a version of this letter that is still on Moore's website, with a few incriminating dates and references to the upcoming primary election removed.

All that said, the best way for you to find out exactly what it takes to get on the primary ballot is to: (1) hire a good election law attorney, or (2) contact the Suffolk County Board of Elections and ask them to provide you with the rules for ballot access, candidate qualifications (such as residency requirements in the district), deadline dates, and filing fees.

Still, lawmakers could not agree on a unified primary date for state and Congressional primary elections.

The state Assembly passed a bill that would shift the primary election to Thursday, Sept. 13, because the current date — Tuesday, Sept. 11 — is both the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and Day Two of Rosh Hashanah, a Jewish holiday.

April 16th at midnight is the filing deadline for congressional candidates to deliver their signatures to the local Board of Elections to get onto the June 26th primary ballot, but in an interesting wrinkle in election law, candidates can still substitute in someone else after this date.

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A federal judge ruled last year that New York's traditional date for the primary, the second Tuesday of September, occurs too late for military absentee ballots to be processed before the general election.

Lawmakers remain at odds over unifying the state's primary dates for federal elections — held in June by court order — and state and local party primaries, held in September.

If the intra-party warfare is still going on by the state's presidential primary date of April 19, it could be good for the GOP as it battles to retain former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» seat on Long Island in a special election that will also take place on that day.

Pidot's primary opponent, Jack Martins, a state senator from Old Westbury, wants to move the general election from Nov. 8, the date of national presidential and congressional elections, because a court moved the district's Republican primary from June to Oct. 6.

It's already been a busy election year in New York State, with four different election dates crowding the calendar, including the unusually meaningful presidential primary on April 19, State primaries on September 13, and of course the real thing on November 8.

Philip Pidot, who is challenging Jack Martins to be the Republican candidate in the 3rd Congressional District, has argued that their primary date should not be delayed until after the general election.

With the Democratic Senate primary in Hawaii too close to call and several thousand votes on the line, Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, D - Hawaii, has sued the state's Office of Elections to postpone Friday's special election date.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, will set the special general election date, which some political operatives believe will occur on the same day as the regular primary date next May.

UOCAVA absentee ballots must be received by boards of elections by this date to be counted (10 days after primary election)

Labor endorsements are more impactful than usual this election cycle as the federal courts have placed the primary date for congressional elections on a different day than the rest of the state's elections and Albany refused to move the other date to match the federal one.

This year's primary is sort of like a special election, though, since it has been moved up to the court - ordered date of June 26).

Lawmakers in the Senate and Assembly could not agree on a unified primary date for state and federal elections — a costly consequence for local governments.

On January 30, despite the protests of the media and good government groups such as Common Cause New York, a special election date of April 19 was announced, which was five months earlier than the strongly suggested September 13 New York State primary date.

Teachout, a Fordham law professor, is challenging Governor Andrew Cuomo in a Democratic primary; New York law requires any gubernatorial candidate be a state resident for five years prior to the date of the election.

Nevertheless, a TimesLedger check of turnout for recent elections in the same Assembly district showed that voting was higher in the September 2012 primary than the most recent primary election to date.

The April 19 date coincides with the presidential primary election in New York State and was chosen to both «maximize voter turnout and minimize the cost to taxpayers,» according to Gov. Cuomo.

«I would respectfully request that you consider scheduling the dates of the special primary election and special general election to coincide with the dates of the primary election and general election,» Negron told Scott.

Nassau County Democrats, increasingly confident they'll win an upcoming special state Senate election, dropped plans to urge Cuomo to hold off on setting April 19 — presidential primary day — as the date to fill the now - vacant Skelos seat.

She said the biggest problem with both was the date of the election, in this case the primary, which must be on the petition.

Despite the unusual Thursday date and the fatigue of the election season's third primary, registered Democrats and Republicans trickled into school gymnasiums from Greenwich Village to Inwood to Morris Park to cast their votes.

These states allow 17 - year - olds to vote in a Congressional primary election if they will be 18 by the date of the general election.

«The NYS Election Commissioner's Association continues to impress the importance of moving the Federal primary date far enough in advance of the November General Election to ensure that no challenges and court actions threaten the timely mailing of overseas ballots,» the commisioners write in the letter dated Monday.

The State further agrees that it needs to act expeditiously to change its September primary date for federal elections to insure compliance with UOCAVA in 2012.»

«We realize that the State Primary date may not accompany this change and our encouraging our legislative leaders to alter the Election Calendar to include both the Federal and State Primaries.

The leaders of the bipartisan Election Commissioners» Association sent a letter this week to Judge Gary Sharpe that urges legislative leaders to take action on setting state and federal primary dates in order to comply with the federal MOVE Act.

The Elections Commissioners Association has called for a June primary, though several Republican elections commissioners have written their own letters backing an AugElections Commissioners Association has called for a June primary, though several Republican elections commissioners have written their own letters backing an Augelections commissioners have written their own letters backing an August date.

Democrats, good - government groups and some elections officials had wanted a June date, saying that an August primary would make for even lower voter turnout.

In that case, the governor would set the election date and local party organizations would be allowed to select their candidates without primaries.

«I believe that's within the legal deadlines and that's the date that we're looking at... that's the presidential primary, so you wouldn't have the extra expense, people are going to be voting anyway, so why not get those elections done at the same time.»

U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe has set June 26 to become the new primary date for federal elections in New York in a long - awaited ruling handed down this afternoon.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he is considering using the April 19 presidential primaries as an election date for a few vacancies across the state, including the seat last held by now Councilman Joe Borelli.

The date of the last major party primary election, caucus, or convention in that State may be designated as the primary election for such candidate.

The letter comes as the Department of Justice is attempting to force New York to hold a primary date 44 days before the general election in order to comply with the federal MOVE Act.

Since the State Primary, Sept 13, is not 45 days before Federal General Election a new date was required.

The judge ruled that the traditional primary date of the second Tuesday in September violates the rights of some New York voters, because does not leave enough time to process absentee ballots for overseas military before the general election in November.

The ruling has the potential to set up three separate primary dates come 2012: one for the presidential primary, another for House and Senate races and a third for state and local elections.

The state was forced to change the date from September to be in compliance with a federal rule that requires adequate time between primary day and election day to distribute election ballots to service men and women overseas.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has not set a date for a special election but Jacobs said it's likely targeted for April 19, the date of the New York presidential primary.

In a memorandum sent to the state Board of Elections today, federal officials write that the state has failed to prove that moving the primary date to as late as August does not present «an undue hardship» in light of next year's round of redistricting.