Sentences with phrase «primary election systems»

The leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC) in South West has rejected call by governorship aspirants jostling for party's governorship ticket for July 14 poll, that APC should adopt direct primary election system.

We also have seen more people of color elected to office - including a Latino mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, in Los Angeles, who was opposed by the Democratic Party establishment but elected in a nonpartisan primary election system.

Not exact matches

«They realized they could get access to the voting registration systems, which can have an impact on state elections and primaries.

Critics point out that the open system can be gamed, especially when an incumbent's backers flock to the other party's primary to support a weaker candidate, who then ends up as the other party's nominee against the incumbent in the general election.

Why can't we take a lead from the American system and have primary votes to select candidates for each coming election?

The result of all this is that FPTP bodies tend towards dual party systems after a while; the similar candidates fight it out in primaries so that in the real election, there's only two major choices and the effect of vote splitting is minimized.

Instead, she laid the blame at the feet of the Democratic Party — speficially the Rev. Al Sharpton, who publicly declared his support for keeping the partisan primary system in place last weekend, saying nonpartisan elections would enable self - financed candidates like the billionaire mayor to take over the political system and disenfranchise minority voters.

But remember that in many (not all) states, the Republican party uses the same winner - takes - all system which the actual presidential election uses (list of states by republican primary delegation system).

Similarly, this is why some states implement a caucus system for their primary elections, while other states prefer a straight majority vote primary system instead.

In Nebraska's nonpartisan state legislature employs a top - two primary system in which the top two vote - getters in the primary face off in the general election.

But because the Golden State has a top - two primary system, we're going to wait until after June 5 to make sure Democrats get a candidate to the general election before re-evaluating the races.

In states that have caucus systems, passing the hat at election year caucuses to attendees is often the primary source of revenue (as well as one of the biggest expenses in the local party budget).

California has a top - two primary system, where voters can choose any of the candidates in any party and then the top two candidates square off in the general election.

The system prevents what can be costly and labor - intensive runoff elections, such as the one held in the 2013 primary election for public advocate.

This antiquated system blocks access to voting in primary elections, and reduces citizens» ability to participate in our democratic process.

Due to the unique top - two jungle primary system in California, voters will vote on all candidates to determine who will be on the ballot in the general election.

Such a system would obviate the need to hold a second election between the top two vote - getters in a primary.

It's true that California's Top Two Primary system — in which the top two finishers in the June primary, regardless of party and without any percentage threshold, proceed to the November general election — has complicated life for parPrimary system — in which the top two finishers in the June primary, regardless of party and without any percentage threshold, proceed to the November general election — has complicated life for parprimary, regardless of party and without any percentage threshold, proceed to the November general election — has complicated life for partisans.

In upcoming releases leading up to the September 10 primary and the November general election, voters will be able to make contributions to the candidates using the system, and the tool will also indicate how much that contribution is worth through the city's public financing program.

There are no viable Republicans running in the California Senate race, so thanks to the the state's top - two primary system, the two Democrats will face each other both in the June primary and again in the November general election.

In the top - two primary system, an incumbent is considered to have primary opposition when he or she faces two or more opponents in the primary election.

«Throughout the history of the presidential public finance system, the program has operated admirably to the point of fairly equalizing campaign expenditures between the major party candidates, and providing primary candidates with the resources to be able to run campaigns,» said Holman «It made elections very competitive, quite open and fairly scandal - free.»

Although his office can not mandate repairs to the voting system, de Blasio announced that the city would spend $ 20 million to improve the Board of Elections, provided it would agree to a series of changes aimed at addressing the problems with last week's primary.

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NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer is ready to take a «sledgehammer» to the city's voting system following the disappearance of 126,000 Brooklyn Democrats from election rolls that came to light during last week's primary.

Manhattan lawyer Mark Warren Moody has filed a class - action lawsuit against the state and city Board of Elections to overturn the closed - primary system, saying no one should be shut out.

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As the Sept. 15 primaries approach, some candidates are questioning how democratic the New York City election system is, including Miguel Santana, a candidate in the 14th City Council District, who was kicked off the ballot this morning.

Under California's «top two» primary system, there is a single primary among all candidates (with an option of indicating a candidate's party preference), and the two candidates getting the highest number of votes go on to run in the general election.

That will be especially important if Sanders, as he's promised, refuses to accept that Clinton has mathematically clinched the nomination and continues to fight a «rigged» system after Tuesday's primaries, the final state primaries of the election cycle.

Chief on their list is reforming ethics laws, fighting corruption, opening the state's closed primary elections, enacting term limits for state legislators, streamlining the court system and codifying the rights of women.

Onondaga County Republican Elections Commissioner Helen Kiggens has been skittish about the DMV system since last spring's presidential primary.

Frustrated with the primary - free special election system, she called it an «outdated» and «flawed» one that gives power to political party bosses and not voters.

In California's top - two primary system, all candidates — regardless of party affiliation — will compete in the same primary on June 5 and the top two vote - getters will advance to the general election.

California not only runs a modified closed presidential primary, but it also joins Washington and Nebraska in running a «top two» open primary system for all non-presidential primary elections.

One alternative to the closed primary system is the system employed by California for its presidential primary elections, which is something of a hybrid.

Under the current system for the city's three citywide primaries — mayor, comptroller and public advocate races — if no candidate receives 40 percent of the vote, then the top two candidates face off in a runoff election, as mandated by state law.

Whoever wins on Tuesday has four months to make their case against Senator Gillibrand, compared to the old system, where a September primary left about seven weeks for a new comer to wage a general election battle.

A recent news piece by Jean Merl, «Top - two primary system is shaking up California elections,» continues to herald the reform.

The ability of an independent candidate to get on the November ballot as late as July 31, or even later, is one of the advantages of an election system that does not use «top - two open primary» rules.

Comptroller Scott Stringer vowed Sunday to «take a sledgehammer» to the city's voting system following the disappearance of 126,000 Brooklyn Democrats from election rolls that came to light during last Tuesday's primary.

It was designed by elites to eliminate independent challenges to the two - party system in the primary election, before the general election campaign begins.

The race pitted two Democrats against each other because of Washington's Top Two primary system, where the top two vote - getters in the September primary advance to the general election, regardless of party.

Thanks to Washington's top - two primary system, the general election could pit two Democrats against each other.

In part because the «top two» election system that was rammed through by corporate influence has eliminated party primaries and made money the key influence in all legislative elections, the Democratic Party has moved to the right this year.

«You overlay that with the lousy system of running elections in general — which is, voter registration laws are cumbersome, we have a closed primary system, getting on the ballot is difficult — and as a result New York has anemic voter turnout, one of the worst in the country.»

Jonathan advised that direct primary, especially under presidential system of government, was the ultimate and best way of selecting candidates for elections noting however that the greatest problem was how to manage the direct primaries.

Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN)- Point to lackluster voter turnout in this week's Buffalo Mayoral Primary Election as an example, New York State Assemblyman Sean Ryan called on the New York State Senate to pass legislation to create an early voting system in New York State.

All other states (except Washington and California) use single - party primaries followed by a general election between party candidates, each conducted by either a plurality voting system or runoff voting, to elect Senators, Representatives, and statewide officials.

For instance, in a City Council race, for those participating in the matching system, the 2017 spending limit is $ 182,000 each in the primary and general election, so a candidate could receive up to $ 100,100 in public funds by raising about $ 16,800.