Sentences with phrase «registering eligible voters»

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?

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.

We are committed to registering eligible voters because we believe your vote is your voice.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The requirement is no more than 5 % of the number of registered voters eligible to vote for that office in the party primary.

An independent candidate's nomination petition must be signed by registered voters eligible to vote for the office the candidate is seeking.

«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.»

New York also lacks Automatic Voter Registration which would allow eligible voters to automatically register to vote whenever they interact with a state agency.

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.