Sentences with phrase «primary election rules»

Of course, primary election rules vary state to state as well.

Not exact matches

Zimbabwe's ruling party saw some major upsets and raucous bickering during its primaries this week ahead of general elections due by August.

A judge in Ohio ruled that 17 - year - olds who will turn 18 before the general election in the fall can vote in Ohio's primaries on Tuesday.

'' It is noteworthy that this is not the first time the court is ruling against PDP's impunity of violating its own constitutional provisions and the Electoral Aact with regards to ensuring internal democracy in the conduct of primary elections.

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.

Among places where primaries are held, what are typical rules to select a new candidate after a primary has been held but before the official election process starts?

Former Minister of State for Works, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, who was defeated by Ekiti State Deputy Governor at the Peoples Democratic Party primary election has dumped the ruling Party in the state

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.

The field of Democratic Syracuse mayoral candidates has once again grown smaller, as the Onondaga County Board of Elections ruled candidate Alfonso Davis ineligible for the primary.

The incumbent Member of Parliament for the area Nii Armah Ashitey has sued Dr. Rawlings praying the court to declare her election null and void since she was not a registered voter in the constituency as of the time she contested the primaries of the ruling party.

The Onondaga County Board of Elections ruled Raymond Blackwell ineligible for a Democratic primary in September, narrowing the field of Syracuse mayoral candidates to eight.

A declaration that Dr.Zanetor Rawlings» election as a parliamentary candidate elect for the Klottey Korle constituency is null and void and is of no effect as same violates the constitution of the NDC and the rules governing the conduct of the 2015 parliamentary primaries.

The super PAC for the UFT may have violated campaign finance rules by not disclosing spending details for a robocall sent to voters during the 2013 primary elections

The Jan. 27 ruling that New York must hold its non-presidential federal primary on June 26 set up the potential of having three party primaries this year: One on Sept. 11 for state elections and a third on April 24 for the GOP presidential primary, a costly consideration for local Boards of Election.

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.

City Board of Elections (BOE) commissioners last week ruled, 7 - 2, that Tabacco did not have enough valid signatures to get into an Independence primary against McMahon (D - Staten Island / Brooklyn), who is backed by the party.

A Democratic party rule designed to encourage women to participate in state committee elections has backfired for some female candidates running in the 2018 Pennsylvania primary.

Dagan Lacorte was bounced from the Democratic primary for Rockland County executive after a Board of Elections ruling left him without the needed petition signatures.

The Parliamentary candidate - elect of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the Korle Klottey constituency in Accra, Dr Zanetor Rawlings has hailed the decision of the High Court to throw out an application challenging her election in last November's parliamentary primaries.

Part of the petition read «The party's own rules that guided the conduct of the primaries provided that a member of the NDC shall not qualify to contest any primaries in any of the parliamentary seats if that member does not satisfy the requirement for election of a Member of Parliament as provided in Article 94, Section 1 (a) of the 1992 Constitution.»

An Albany State Supreme Court justice ruled that there will be no Independence Party primary for Rensselaer County executive as the state party failed to follow state election law and its own rules.

If I understand the party rules correctly, there's a reorganization meeting after the primary at which there needs to be another chairman (or person, or people, as it were) election.

But the state Board of Elections has ruled Kicinski's nominating petitions invalid, kicking him off the GOP ballot in the June 24 primary.

UPDATE: Late Friday, Albany federal district court Judge Gary Sharpe ruled that NY's congressional primary elections be moved to June 26.

As the race for the governorship elections in Ekiti State gradually takes shape following the conclusion of parties» primaries, supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party have taken the battle for the Ekiti State Government House to the social media.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Suffern — Following a County Board of Elections ruling, county executive candidates Dagan Lacorte and Vladimir Leon have been removed from the Democratic primaries for having an insufficient number of signatures for their campaigns.

Tenney received a boost when the state Board of Elections removed Tea Party activist Michael Kicinski from the GOP primary ballot in the 22nd Congressional District after ruling his nominating petitions invalid.

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.

Suffern — Following a County Board of Elections ruling, county executive candidates Dagan Lacorte and Vladimir Leon have been removed from the Democratic primaries for having an insufficient number of signatures for their campaigns.

The court's ruling does not impact state primary elections, which are traditionally held in mid-September.

The ruling does not affect state and local primary elections.

Teachout said Friday she is considering her next steps after a surprisingly strong primary challenge to Gov. Cuomo, but wouldn't rule out endorsing him in the November election.

By the time the court was able to rule in favor of Pidot's candidacy, it was too late for the Board of Elections to go forward with the primary.

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He added that open and transparent primary election would be held in accordance with the rules of the party.

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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 ruling All Progressives Congress has rescheduled its Ekiti governorship primary election for Saturday.

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ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Law professor Zephyr Teachout said Friday that she is considering her next steps after a surprisingly strong primary challenge to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but wouldn't rule out endorsing him in the November election.

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.

«Florida to monitor Broward election chief after judge finds «unlawful» ballot destruction in Wasserman Schultz race «via Marc Caputo of POLITICO — The elections supervisor in Florida's second-most populous county broke state and federal law by unlawfully destroying ballots cast in U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz «s 2016 Democratic primary, a judge ruled Friday in a case brought by the congresswoman's challenger who wanted to check for voting irregularities.

The New York State Board of Elections ruled Thursday that congressional candidate Juanita Perez Williams has enough petition signatures to appear on the June primary ballot.

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A majority of elections officials at the winter Elections Commissioners Association conference in January voted to request that the Legislature move the primary date to give them more time to comply with the overseas and military ballelections officials at the winter Elections Commissioners Association conference in January voted to request that the Legislature move the primary date to give them more time to comply with the overseas and military ballElections Commissioners Association conference in January voted to request that the Legislature move the primary date to give them more time to comply with the overseas and military ballot rules.

The judge ruled that the sacked legislators were wrongly nominated by the PDP as they did not emerge as the winners of the primaries conducted by the PDP for the purpose of the last year's House of Representatives elections in their constituencies.

Justice Abang ruled that the emergence of Ngwu and Agbo violated provisions of sections 85 — 89 of the Electoral Act, 2010 and Electoral Guidelines for Primary Elections.

The Oyo State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has explained that it was left with no option than to postpone its primary election earlier scheduled for today, Monday February 19, 2018.