Sentences with phrase «same day as the general election»

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has set the special election to replace Republican Rep. Patrick Meehan for Nov. 6, the same day as the general election.

As usual, the models exclude local elections on the same day as a general election and also 1992 when the local elections were held just a month after.

My view hasn't, nor will it, change that a senate or House of Lords should be, at the very least, majority - elected on the same day as a general election, ideally by a similar list system of proportional representation on the same boundaries as for European elections.

Elections would take place on the same day as the general election on an open - list system from eight different regions.

Also, the Liberal Democrats have consistently done better in local elections than in the polls, except when local elections are on the same day as general elections.

A referendum could be held on the same day as a general election, said Mr Johnson, who has denied his reform call is part of a Labour leadership bid.

Such a debate is urgently needed, for there is a strong possibility that Gordon Brown, who has no personal mandate from the people of Great Britain, could use the dying months of his administration to engineer a referendum on electoral reform, to take place on the same day as the General Election.

The last time most of these council seats were contested was on the same day as the general election, when Labour slumped to its second worst post-war result.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo could schedule the special election the same day as the general election in November, having the winner serve out the remainder of her term.

Labour will probably lose control of all four of its remaining county councils, but the last elections for those councils were held on the same day as the general election, so the comparison is not a fair one.

New York's 29th (D): Even with the special election to replace former Rep. Eric Massa (D) set for the same day as the general election this fall, this is still a tough hold for Democrats given the swing nature of this southern tier seat.

Elections to Cannock Chase District Council took place on 7 May 2015, [1] in line with other local elections in the United Kingdom which were held on the same day as the general election.

Lords would be a elected for 15 years, elected by thirds on the same day as General elections.

Some senior colleagues believe that a Labour MSP who plans to retire in May 2016 from a safe Labour seat could be persuaded to stand down earlier and allow a byelection to take place on the same day as the general election in 2015.

While it could take place on the same day as the general election in November, Cuomo must still officially set the special election date.

Just looked at the local elections which were held on the same day as the general election and was slightly amazed to see that the ward covering Braunstone Town was uncontested with 3 Labour councillors being elected unopposed.

London provides a unique electoral laboratory because it held local elections on the same day as the general election in 2010, and then mayoral and assembly elections this year.

It looks like Labour won this in the local elections on the same day as the general election by about 1,000 votes.

[63] Presidential elections shall be held on the same day as a general election of Members of Parliament, being the second Tuesday in August, in every fifth year.