An independent candidate's nomination petition must be signed by
registered voters eligible to vote for the office the candidate is seeking.
The requirement is no more than 5 % of the number of
registered voters eligible to vote for that office in the party primary.
Not exact matches
Less than half the state's
eligible voters bother to
register, but Mormons almost always do, which gives them about a quarter of the likely turnout.»
London and other metropolitan areas have seen a decline in
voter registration, and the report suggested 3.5 million
eligible voters were not
registered at the time of the 2001 Census.
The
voter register is the most important tool for making election outcomes credible, it is like a credible and reliable scientific research which relies on the «sample frame»; it is the touchstone that gives assurance to the fact that the ballot, as expressed in an election, arose from the physical presence of
eligible voters at the polling unit who delegated part of their sovereignty temporarily to elected officials.
Election is about
voters electing those they want to lead them, and a credible
voter register helps to ensure that those who vote are the true
eligible voters, the card reader, which authenticates the
voter identity, helps to make the
voter register more robust and resistant to moon - light and landslide bogus figures.
He also thinks
eligible voters should be automatically
registered, and that they should be able to
register to vote on Election Day.
Your ballot can't contain your name because your vote is supposed to be secret, so to ensure that each
voter votes only once and only
registered voters can vote, each polling place has a list of the people
eligible to vote there and can cross people off as they arrive.
Vote Better NY seeks the following common sense changes to New York's voting laws so that every
eligible New Yorker is
registered to vote,
voters have more than one day to get to the polls, and every
voter can cast a ballot that counts:
He said that the exercise was conducted at the local government level and all the 326 electoral wards across the state, to enable
eligible voters register before the closing date.
«
Eligible citizens who interact with government agencies are
registered to vote unless they decline, and agencies transfer
voter registration information electronically to election officials.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says every
eligible voter in the United States should be able to
register to vote online.
He therefore implored all Nigerians to see the value of this national asset and work with the Commission to continue to improve it saying, «we can continue to work together with stakeholders and indeed all citizens to ensure that all ineligible registrants and entries are removed from the
register and that
eligible voters who have not
registered take advantage of the ongoing CVR.»
She says 99 million
eligible voters aren't able to
register online.
The Democratic People's Congress (DPC) has urged
eligible Nigerians to take advantage of the on - going Independent National ElectoralCommission (INEC)
voter registration to
register and obtain
voters»...
The plaintiffs, Sue Evenwel and Edward Pfenninger, argued that district populations ought to take into account only the number of
registered or
eligible voters residing within those districts as opposed to total population counts, which are generally used for redistricting purposes.
More
voters — Deadlines for
registering and for switching parties must be closer to election dates,
eligible voters should be automatically
registered when they conduct business with various state agencies, and early voting is a must, perhaps starting the weekend before Election Day.
He also asked the court to make an order restraining Kanu and all members of IPOB from interfering, intimidating and harassing all
registered and
eligible voters in the Nov. 18 Anambra election.
Similar concerns about Dr Rawlings» eligibility had been expressed in the past by law firm Safo & Marfo @ Law, who wrote to the Electoral Commission seeking to ascertain whether Dr Rawlings was a
registered eligible voter in Ghana.
New York has struggled to promote
voter registration — with less than 64 percent of
eligible residents
registered, it ranks 47th in the nation.
Also, there are countries where you don't have to
register per se, you are either automatically added to the election roll when you turn 18 or the list of
eligible voters is based on a (mandatory) population
register.
This year will see an end to
voter registration by household — where one person can list everyone who is
eligible to vote where they live — so everyone will have to
register individually in future.
First and foremost, this means breaking down barriers that keep
eligible New Yorkers from becoming
registered voters,» said State Senator and Deputy Majority Leader Jeffrey D. Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester).
McCain won the nomination largely by winning the open primaries in which
eligible voters were not limited to
registered Republicans.
In these elections, all those running for office are on the primary ballot, and every
registered voter is
eligible to vote.
Among the district's 87,443
eligible voters, there are roughly 25 percent more
registered Republicans than Democrats.
The EC also explained that the laws of Ghana allow people with dual nationality to be on the
voters»
register as long as they are
eligible.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is introducing legislation to expand online
voter registration, which would allow all
eligible voters across the country to
register online.
The bill — the
Voter Registration Modernization Act — would create a national online
voter registration system, requiring all states to allow
eligible voters to
register online and update their information electronically, according to Gillibrand's office.
«We have achieved so much in terms of registration of new
voters; we were able to
register 65, 915
eligible residents as at June 19.
We are committed to
registering eligible voters because we believe your vote is your voice.
He further said the former President's concern about some electorate being turn away from voting was also not true since every
eligible voter had his or name in the party's
register.
In addition to securing the support of Delegates to the June 2nd Convention, in order to appear as Greens on the Georgia ballot, these partisan candidates are also required to file petitions with signatures representing 5 % of the number of
voters who are
registered and
eligible to vote in November's General Election.
«As far as I'm concerned, any law or regulation or rule that makes it easier for
eligible voters to
register and vote is a good law or regulation or rule,» said Schneiderman, who called laws that hinder that «un-American.»
Automatically
registering eligible voters encourages civic participation, and provides a vehicle for state agencies to efficiently transfer
voter registration information to the Board of Elections.
New York also lacks Automatic Voter Registration which would allow
eligible voters to automatically
register to vote whenever they interact with a state agency.
How about moving deadlines for
registering to vote and for changing parties closer to election dates, automatically
registering eligible voters when they do business with state agencies, early voting, and making candidates» access to ballots easier?
Instead, few of our
eligible hispanics bother to vote and many African - Americans mindlessly vote the Democratic line which explains in large part how an area encompassing 16,000
registered voters dictates terms to the other 60,000.
No fewer than 125,198
eligible voters were registered for the first and second quarters in the Continuous Voters Registration in Enugu
voters were
registered for the first and second quarters in the Continuous
Voters Registration in Enugu
Voters Registration in Enugu State.
In most cases, you must be a
registered member of the party and an
eligible voter (18 years of age, U.S. citizen, never committed a felony, etc.) to be able to actively participate.
This is a smart film that arrives in theaters just about the time that the Electoral College will vote a disastrous choice by mandate of «the people,» putting in office a man that received only 27 % of the votes of those who were
eligible to cast ballots and who will take his place in the White House because forty - three percent of
registered voters stayed home on Election Day (or went to a bar, or pool hall or whatever.)
The mission of the Washoe County Registrar of
Voters Department is to ensure that each citizen of Washoe county who is
eligible to
register and vote is able to do so; that Washoe County's Elections are operated with the utmost integrity, transparency, and accountability; and that the department is know for excellence in customer service and the administration of elections.
The bill would presumptively consider all
registered voters and all persons 18 years of age or older who hold a valid driver's license or photo ID as «residents»
eligible for a dividend.
Note that the previously released official
voter turnout of 68.3 % nationally reflects turnout among
registered voters, rather than
eligible voters
To be
eligible for the office of Justice, a person must be a
registered voter who resides in Florida and must have been admitted to the practice of law in Florida for the preceding 10 years.
To be
eligible for the office of circuit judge, a person must be a
registered voter in a county within the circuit and must have been admitted to the practice of law in the state for the preceding five years.
Also, it was felt that a significant part of the problem of
eligible voters not
registering to vote was people trying to avoid their jury duty.