Sentences with phrase «process say petitioning»

If the special election goes forward in April, people familiar with the process say petitioning would begin February 1.

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Durkin said Soldato claimed not to be involved in the petition process, but improperly used his position to circulate 10 petitions.

Anderson contacted some of the people whose names appeared on petitions and said they had been told that dissolving the Park District would be an easy process, result in better programs and reduce taxes.

The email bears the subject line «this election can't be bought,» highlighting the fact that Spitzer is independently wealthy and has said he won't participate in the city's public campaignn finance system if he makes it through the petitioning process and onto the ballot.

In addition to what others have said about there being no such petition process at the national level, you need to realize that «the poor» are a pretty small part of the population, and that the permanently poor * are an even smaller part.

The ICPC said its investigation into the petition had revealed strong evidence of collusion, bid rigging and corrupt practices against Namylas Nigeria Limited in the bid process; and that the company used falsified, forged and doctored PENCOM Compliance Certificate, Tax Clearance Certificate and ITF Certificate of Compliance to submit its bid during the bidding process.

Russo was upbeat Friday, despite the fate of his petitions, saying the process allowed his campaign to reach out to voters.

«There is a process to challenge petitions in New York election law,» he said.

In an interview, Tirado said he thought he could effectively handle both roles and wanted to stay on until the petitioning process ends in mid-July.

Cobb campaign manager Mike Szustak said, «We want the opportunity to review the petitions to ensure that the integrity of this critical piece of our democratic process is upheld.

The Democratic candidates said they both heard concerns voiced to them during the petitioning process about the economy, jobs and education.

That means multiple candidates could compete in a September primary for a spot on the ballot if they can gather sufficient signatures during the petition process that ends July 9, Czarny said.

The commission, which acknowledged receipt of the petition, said that decision to begin the process in the constituents» demand was reached at its meeting on Thursday.

«Some in the media and some in the party in Hartford are pretending like this is not a normal process,» Smith said of his day - old petition drive.

And while acknowledging that the petition process is well underway, he would say only on Monday that circulating Democratic petitions is «under consideration.»

«The Constitution protects the right of all groups, including businesses and labor unions, to petition the government and engage in the political process,» Chamber spokeswoman Blair Latoff Holmes said in a statement.

«I'm the only one who has ever been elected before, so getting petitions for me is the democratic process — it's exciting,» Cobb said.

He said he is currently in the process of preparing petitions, but has not decided whether he will run.

Nelson said he's got a team of 80 volunteers currently carrying petitions, with others pledging to sign up to help later in the process.

It has been «highly successful» and «proves that this can be done without disrupting the research process,» says the petition.

«This ballot question actually takes a fairly tempered approach to increasing access in a gradual process, year by year, with retention of the important oversight of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education,» said Christopher Anderson, a former chairman of the state Board of Education and one of the petition's signers.

Cafero said House Republicans had used a legislative petition process to force the Education Committee to hold a public hearing on two bills, including one to impose a moratorium on the implementation of Common Core.

But another parent, Bonic Dotson, said she welcomed the process as a chance to clear up discrepancies over her petition.

«This is the second time we have petitioned for improvements on the permitting issue — this time with new and even stronger arguments — and it appears that FWS is now starting a process that could lead to that becoming a reality,» Hutchins said in reference to FWS filing a Notice of Intent to take action, with the Office of Management and Budget this past week, on this issue.

The detainees» lawyers, in their rehearing petition, had said that the unfolding of the review process in the D.C. Circuit Court would soon provide them with an argument for rehearing, since the process would be shown to be inadequate.

A recent survey published by Liz Trinder at the University of Exeter suggested that 62 % of petitioning parties and 78 % of respondents said that using fault - based grounds had made the divorce process more bitter.

«HDFC Life had filed a Writ petition challenging the PFRDA's request for proposal, the National Pension Scheme licence bid process and the wrongful disqualification / rejection of HDFC Life's bid,» said the insurer in a statement.

April 2001 — At the GVREB extraordinary general meeting, the petition calling for nine special resolutions is defeated, but Lynn Leslie, who started the petition, says she is pleased that it has resulted in the board communicating more openly with members and opening up its financial accounting process.

«There's a provision in the bylaws that you can petition to have a special meeting of the membership, but that doesn't mean you throw out the rest of the regulations in the process,» says Estabrooks, adding that he didn't feel the motions passed by the meeting were binding on the Board of Directors.

While conceding that this timing might be too slow for the members supporting the petition, Moloney says that the FVREB is in the process of training all its members on its new MLXchange technology system and wants to stay focussed on making a smooth transition from the current Stellar system.