Sentences with phrase «primary voting laws»

But Sanders and his backers blamed the loss on New York's primary voting laws and the 125,000 voters who were stripped from the rolls.

Not exact matches

At least 20 other states in the U.S. allow 17 - year - olds to vote in primaries, but Ohio's election chief had interpreted Ohio's laws in a way that kept 17 - year - old's presidential votes from counting.

The governor insisted that it was Grisanti's vote for the same - sex marriage law that cost him the primary, though the Buffalo Republican survived a challenge from Stocker in 2012 as well.

I suggested to him that this doesn't make much sense for the Democratic primary since the bulk of the vote comes out of NYC, which explains why all of the Democratic hopefuls — particularly Sen. Eric Schneiderman — are running so hard to the left and playing up issues like Rockefeller Drug Law reform, which has zero to do with the AG's office.

E.D. Florida is also a closed primary state, so registered independent voter in Florida attempting to vote in a party primary would probably be violating the law that @ notstoreboughtdirt just referenced.

On the heels of deeply troubling problems at the polls during the April 19th presidential primary, roughly 200 citizen advocates will meet with lawmakers to share their personal voting experiences and make the case for fundamental reform to New York's antiquated election laws.

But in 2014, something changed: A little - known, poorly funded Constitutional law professor named Zephyr Teachout ran against Cuomo in the Democratic primary and captured a third of the vote, proof that not only was a restive progressivism already brewing in the pre-Trump, pre-Sanders era, but that the party's liberals didn't care much for their governor.

Months ago, to ensure that military and overseas citizens» votes are counted this November, a federal judge mandated, as required by federal law, that New York move its primary election for members of Congress from Sept. 11 to June 26.

Cuomo faced a primary challenge from Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout in 2014, who garnered 34 percent of the vote that year.

While Sal Albanese, who is also challenging Mayor Bill de Blasio in the Democratic primary, has been backed by the Reform Party, Dietl and Malliotakis are each attempting to convince their supporters to help them steal the ballot line by voting on primary day — Tuesday, September 12 — using a provision in state election law that effectively allows an open vote.

New York election law, in normal circumstances, only allows closed primaries in which registered members of a party can cast a vote to choose their nominee.

«Laws that would allow for automatic voter registration, early voting, no - excuse absentee voting, and consolidation of primary elections will empower voters and give greater access to the ballot,» she said.

A third would have allowed landlords to evict tenants who voted at the wrong location or filed their tax return with different addresses, on the grounds that their rent - stabilized apartments weren't their primary residences, as required by law.

The problem in North Dakota is a law that requires between 10 % and 15 % of all voters who vote in the primary election to choose a minor Read more»

A Fordham Law School professor who lives in Clinton in Dutchess County, Teachout surprised many when she carried Ulster County and captured more than a third of the statewide vote when running against incumbent Andrew Cuomo in the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial primary.

Many Democrats believe that Cuomo, who is widely disliked in high - level party circles, could be beaten in the 2018 primary by a more popular vote - getter than Zephyr Teachout, the little - known and virtually unfunded leftist Fordham law professor who received a remarkable 34 percent against the governor in 2014.

The Governor's message was astutely deferential to Upstate's need for economic growth, meanwhile Cuomo also avoided triggering the tripwires of controversy on education and the environment (which provided Zephyr Teachout with opening to garner a third of the 2014 Democratic primary vote); Cuomo advanced strong measures around election law reform and on the criminal justice front vis a vis Bail reform, as well as the Dream Act and MWBE all of which registered positively with minority voters.

Meanwhile, good government advocates say the confusion during yesterday's primary voting suggested the state's voter registration laws should be expanded to make it easier to register to vote.

Now supporters of the rules change have ammo to support their cause, as a panel set up by the Democratic National Committee — the Unity Reform Commission, which included Sanders and Clinton campaign representatives — issued a report calling for all state parties to pass laws, change party rules or file lawsuits if necessary, to make it easier for voters to switch their registration to vote in Democratic primaries.

Scores of security officers, including personnel from the Ghana Police Service, the Ghana Immigration Service and the Ghana National Fire Service, who were detailed to ensure law and order during the primary were reportedly starved throughout the voting day.

Silver's first bill, co-sponsored by Assembly Election Law Committee Chairman Mike Cusick, a Staten Island Democrat, would allow New Yorkers to vote at designated locations beginning 14 days prior to any general election and seven days prior to any primary or special election.

The U.S. Justice Department announced it filed a motion to join a lawsuit against the New York City Board of Elections, alleging that the board's Brooklyn office violated federal voter registration law by erasing more than 117,000 Brooklyn voters from the rolls before the primary election simply because they had not voted in previous elections.

Last month, a law mandating microstamping passed the Democrat - controlled Assembly by a vote of 85 to 60 — a vote that, ironically, Meng missed because she was busy campaigning in the run - up to the primary.

Ms. Teachout, a law professor, ran in the Democratic primary against Mr. Cuomo, winning the highest share of the vote of any primary challenger against an incumbent since primaries were instituted in New York.

With candidates vying for votes ahead of New York City's September primary and November general elections, many in and around campaigns know that the state's antiquated election laws will, in part, ensure that a small percentage of potential voters will cast ballots among limited choices.

State Senator Roy McDonald, a Republican who voted for New York's landmark same - sex marriage law last year, needs to make up 106 votes as the lawyers here shift through Saratoga County's share of roughly 1,000 absentee ballots that will determine whether he has survived a primary challenge from Kathy Marchione, the county's clerk.

He cast the senate's sole Democratic vote against New York State's gay marriage law in 2011, later saying he believes marriage is «between a man and a woman,» and said that he was «honored» when Cruz accepted his invitation to visit The Bronx in April 2016, shortly before New York's presidential primary.

Under state law, these delegates were required to vote on the first ballot at the Republican National Convention for the winner of the statewide primary.

The governor, a Democrat who faces a primary challenge from actress Cynthia Nixon, said his administrative action was necessary because the Republican - led state Senate has refused to pass a law to restore voting rights to parolees who've served their time.

«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.

New York law allows for fusion voting, and Democratic politicians often seek the WFP line as a buttress, and its support has at times tipped the scales in Democratic primaries for local races.

I did not vote for him in the primary and I'm disappointed he won, but if you look at the previous thread where Donovan wants to spend our tax money litigating against a Federal law instead of cleaning up the stench in Albany, he lost me for sure.

Cuomo faced a primary from the left four years ago when little - known and underfunded Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout got a surprising 33.5 % of the vote.

But speaking earlier with journalists, Fayemi's agent in the primary, Mr. Samuel Abejide, said the results of the five local governments that had voted before the suspension of the exercise should count because they were valid in the face of the law.

It's a left - flank strategy that has had success against Cuomo in the past — nearly unknown liberal activist and law professor Zephyr Teachout garnered a surprising 34 percent of the vote in the 2014 Democratic primary.

Any candidate who receives more than 25 percent of the weighted vote would be automatically eligible under New York election law to appear on the Republican primary ballot for governor.

Ms. Teachout and her running mate for lieutenant governor, Tim Wu, a Columbia University law professor, talked about winning over the small number of Democrats who actually vote in primaries.

The problem in North Dakota is a law that requires between 10 % and 15 % of all voters who vote in the primary election to choose a minor party primary ballot, in order for that minor party to nominate any legislative candidates.

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.

Also, Cuomo has more than $ 30 million — and growing — in his campaign account and has spent the last four years trying to win back the left after a surprisingly completive primary launched by under - funded and little - known Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout, who picked up 34 % of the vote.

While Sal Albanese, who is also challenging Mayor Bill de Blasio in the Democratic primary, has been backed by the Reform Party, Dietl and Malliotakis are each attempting to convince their supporters to help them steal the ballot line by voting on primary day — Tuesday, September 12 — using a provision in state election law that effectively

LENOIR, (Dec. 26)-- Two of the major Republican presidential hopefuls are learning what third party and independent candidates have known for years, that ballot access laws in most states are rigged against offering voters any real choices in primaries and on election day, said Jordon Greene, president of Free the Vote North Carolina in a statement issued today.

After advancing legislation that overturned the term limits law ---- allowing both Bloomberg and herself another four years in power ---- Quinn faced an unusually tough Democratic primary in 2009, garnering just over half the vote in a three - way race.

Designed to prevent one party raiding another for voters around primaries, the law allows new registrants to enroll in a party and vote in the next primary.

One issue that progressive activists are upset with the incumbent governor about — and that came into stark relief around the time of the 2016 Clinton - Sanders primary — is the state's antiquated election laws, including lack of early voting and same - day registration, and party - change deadlines extremely far in advance of the applicable vote.

Liberal members of his own party rebelled against the unreliability of his liberalism, leading to a primary in which a little - known law professor claimed a third of the vote.

In 2014, Cuomo was also challenged from the left by Zephyr Teachout, an unknown law professor who ended up with 34 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary.

In 2014, little - known and underfunded Zephyr Teachout, a college law professor, scored 34 percent of the vote against Cuomo in the Democratic Party primary.

I honestly thought that it was a nationwide law that 17 - year - olds could vote in their primaries as long as they turn 18 by November election day.

When Nix and Tayler showed me my record, they seemed to suggest that a prediction that I had an infinitesimal chance of voting in the Republican primary reflected my ideology, rather than Pennsylvania laws that exclude those registered as independents (as I am) from participating in any primaries.