Sentences with phrase «said election law»

But while previous presidential campaigns have used these funds to pay for routine legal matters such as ballot access disputes and compliance requirements, Trump would be the first president in the modern campaign finance era to use such funds to cover the costs of defending himself in a criminal probe, said election law experts.

Greenfield (D - Brooklyn) said election law allows Democratic officials to remove a member for «disloyalty» to the party, and the uptown candidate's rhetoric should qualify.

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But that wasn't all that depressed Clinton's vote: Hansen said a far lower number of provisional ballots than typical for a presidential election played a role, as did a recent strict voter - ID law that was in effect for its first presidential election in the state.

Of a total federal inmate population of 156,238, prison authorities say only 1,021 fit the description — which includes everyone from insurance schemers to bankruptcy fraudsters, counterfeiters to election - law tamperers to postal thieves.

Andrew Wright, a professor at Savannah Law School who was an associate in the White House counsel's office under President Barack Obama, said he was «glad to see the Trump administration acknowledging the legitimacy of the findings of our intelligence community and the Mueller grand jury: that Russians illegally interfered with our elections.»

Snyder, a former computer executive who had campaigned as a moderate in the 2010 election, had said for nearly two years that right - to - work was too divisive for Michigan, but said he would sign a law if the legislature passed it.

Since his election, Trump has not publicly addressed transgender issues, though he did ease some concerns among gays and lesbians by saying that he considered same - sex marriage to be settled law.

While Ohio's law does not mention emails or other electronic means of communication, its intent is clear: Employers should not make threats about layoffs based on the election of a particular candidate in any shape or form, says Quesenberry.

In comments to reporters, the Philippine president said he was weighing both martial law and the suspension of local elections in order to deal with what he has described as the pervasive threat from drugs.

Trump did not elaborate on how exactly he thought the election would be rigged, though he did make mention of his displeasure that a federal court had struck down a North Carolina voter ID law that the court said was specifically aimed at disenfranchising black voters.

«If this is true then it looks like Cohen may have made an unreported loan to the campaign rather than a contribution,» said Richard L. Hasen, an expert in election law at the University of California, Irvine.

This is due to a French law that says the day before an election should be a day of reflection.

A Supreme Court of Canada decision that upheld a registration requirement for those sponsoring election advertising in British Columbia could be important for other provinces, says University of Ottawa assistant law professor Michael Pal.

«Any payment by a person such as Cohen on behalf of or in consultation with a candidate to influence an election is an in - kind «contribution'to the candidate under campaign finance law subject to a $ 2,700 limit and disclosure requirements,» he said.

«The Honest Ads Act would extend the McCain - Feingold law «electioneering communication» provisions — i.e., TV / radio ads that name a candidate within 30 days of a primary or 60 days of a general election but do not expressly advocate the candidate's election or defeat — to certain online ads,» Ryan said.

Specialists in campaign finance law said they expected the decision to reshape the way elections were conducted.

President Donald Trump says the November elections are «a choice» for the country between Republicans who want to protect their signature tax cut law and Democrats he says «want to end them and raise your taxes substantially.»

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP)-- Arkansas» highest court on Wednesday said the state can enforce a voter ID law in the May 22 primary election despite a judge declaring the measure unconstitutional.

«Proving intent beyond a reasonable doubt is a really tough thing to do,» said Richard Hasen, an expert on election law at the University of California - Irvine.

WASHINGTON — The lawsuit filed by adult film actress Stormy Daniels against President Trump bolsters claims that the $ 130,000 payment for her silence about an alleged affair likely violated federal election laws, campaign - finance watchdogs said Wednesday.

Dimon said new federal tax law and «a more constructive regulatory environment» adopted since the 2016 presidential election give him hope that JPMorgan will be able to invest more of its excess capital to grow the bank and expand into new markets.

Campaign - finance experts say these cases are tricky to prove, and Washington politics — the Justice Department, the Federal Election Commission and Congress are all controlled by the president's party — seem likely to doom any probe into whether federal laws were violated.

If the payment were wholly personal, said Richard L. Hasen, an expert in election law at the University of California, Irvine, there would be no campaign finance violations.

The problems were coming from foreign interference in American elections,» UC Irvine law professor and election expert Rick Hasen said.

Religion News Service: Black pastors move to counter new voter ID laws African - American clergy are joining forces with civil rights groups to push for increased voter registration ahead of the November election, spurred on by new voter laws they say restrict opportunities for minorities to enter the voting booth.

There is no law which says broadcasters must provide time between elections for those in office to report to their constituencies.

Boehm said Donahue's selection had nothing to do with the fact that her husband, Dan, worked on Mayor Dan McLaughlin's election campaign two years ago and her brother - in - law David Donahue was hired last year as the village's legislative liaison, a newly created position designed to foster communication between the village and state and federal lawmakers.

«If we're going to break the law with this resolution we ought to have a recall election,» Commissioner Larry Newton said.

«I voted for the late President J.E.A. Mills in the 2004 presidential election but told the law professor that he was going to lose the elections» he said.

All that said, the best way for you to find out exactly what it takes to get on the primary ballot is to: (1) hire a good election law attorney, or (2) contact the Suffolk County Board of Elections and ask them to provide you with the rules for ballot access, candidate qualifications (such as residency requirements in the district), deadline dates, and filing fees.

Observers say a legal challenge to the proposals is inevitable and warn that, because the changes will require «hybrid» legislation, it could prove difficult for the government to force the law through parliament before the 2015 general election.

Dinallo also announced a six - point agenda for investigating public corruption, which includes stringent new disclosure requirements for charities (like, say, the Bronx - based Soundview, which Cuomo says Espada looted of more than $ 14 million), using the Tweed Law to investigate the misuse of public funds, and pursuing election law violations under the existing Executive LLaw to investigate the misuse of public funds, and pursuing election law violations under the existing Executive Llaw violations under the existing Executive LawLaw.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

Criticizing federal inaction on Russian interference in U.S. elections, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Democrat - led Assembly said they plan to try to pass a law in New York that would require social - media companies to disclose who paid for their ads.

He said he was framed as the bad guy when the ex-prosecutor charged him with five felony Election Law violations last year.

Sergio Rodriguez said an online ad that features a Buffalo Police Division Chief violates New York's Election Law.

People who are much more well informed about state election law than me say it's pretty clear: that's not allowed.

In a statement obtained by CapTon, Koppell said Biaggi's election «will send a powerful message and take us one step closer to the progressive Democratic majority we deserve — one that passes stronger rent laws, the Dream Act, real campaign finance reform, and the Reproductive Health Act to firmly protect a woman's right to choose in New York.»

«This legislation strengthens the penalties for the BDB Loophole, which is already an illegal act under New York State's election law,» Murphy said in a statement.

«The judicial process, the judicial system of Kenya and the election laws themselves make full and adequate provision for accountability in this election,» said Kerry, an election observer for the Carter Center.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a 2016 GOP presidential contender, said that lawmakers should be held accountable during this fall's midterm elections for their inaction on gun laws following a number of high - profile mass shootings around the country.

f) A Declaration that each of the Applicant's «right to vote and entitle [ment] to be registered as a voter for the purposes of public elections and referenda» in light of the Act 699 and said various laws and legal instruments is not subject to any condition precedent aside the article 42 age and sanity of mind criteria;

The bill would amend education law and, says State Senator David Carlucci, bring parity to elections.

«When you do see election fraud, it invariably involves election officials taking steps to change election results or it involves absentee ballots which voter ID laws can't prevent,» he said.

New York's statue, signed into law in 1998 by Gov. George Pataki, was meant to codify what villages were doing unofficially, state Board of Elections spokesman John Conklin said.

Experts say that few, if any, violations of the law are ever pursued, and the state Board of Elections has acknowledged that it has little recourse.

«The 6th District and America need to stop big corporate money from privatizing our democracy, which means public funding for public elections as we have in NYC and a DISCLOSE act so anonymous money from billionaires doesn't buy our government,» said Green, who is the author of Who Runs Congressand Losing Our Democracy, as well as the author of the multiple matching funds for small donors part of the City's campaign finance law.

«Absentee ballots are already in the hands of voters, therefore, the law can not be implemented for the April 7 election,» Schimel said in a statement issued shortly after the Supreme Court's announcement.

There are «very few documented cases,» said UC - Irvine professor and election law specialist Rick Hasen.

«It is forbidden under state election law to offer any kind of compensation to entice somebody to run for public office, or to not run for public office,» he said.