Not exact matches
Why can't we take a lead from the American system and have primary votes to
select candidates for each coming
election?
Chairperson of the
Election Committee, Arnold Asamoah Baidoo urged all registered members of ATWAG to participate in the process to
select the best
candidates to run the Association.
Theresa May's surprise early general
election meant few
candidates had been even
selected in many...
Because this is a special
election, there will be no primary and the
candidates will be
selected by the party leaders (or bosses, if you prefer).
Among places where primaries are held, what are typical rules to
select a new
candidate after a primary has been held but before the official
election process starts?
A party
selects their
candidate for an
election through an open primary
election.
If those running for any office don't receive a minimum percentage of the available votes, say for example (I'll keep this small scale) 100 voters are registered, and each
candidate receives 25 or less votes, the
election would be void, and new
candidates selected.
What I don't really see is how the Labour party holding three pilots in this Parliament, or even
selecting all of its
candidates in some form of primary at the next
election or the time after would make any really significant difference to arguments for or against first - past - the - post, the Alternative Vote, AV +, AMS, STV and various hybrids thereof.
Later yesterday afternoon, the Westchester County Democratic Committee sent out an email informing recipients that a «mini convention» would be called by Chairman Reggie Lafayette for the purpose of
selecting a
candidate to run for the yet - to - be-called special
election to fill the seat of departing state Sen. George Latimer, who will become Westchester County executive on Jan. 1.
It appears that Democratic Party leaders are coalescing behind Kavanagh in advance of today's vote by party leaders to
select a
candidate to run in the yet to be called special
election.
«In the very end, my committee and I will support the
candidate selected through this process and work diligently to ensure that he or she is victorious in the
election.»
After several false starts, the local party plans to hold a mini convention Jan. 9 at which committee members will
select a
candidate to run in the yet - to - be-called special
election.
NYS Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long indicated the party would wait to
select its
candidate until after the governor sets a date for the special
election.
The Labour party has already
selected candidates in dozens of target seats in preparation for a possible early
election.
Morgan was
selected by Cardiff North Labour Party as their
candidate for the 1992 general
election.
This can be seen in gubernatorial
elections, for instance, where the Republican or the independent
candidate is
selected locally and may be a better fit for Rhode Island moderates.
On
election day, a voter may then
select any qualified
candidate.
taking forward innovation with the use of deliberative democracy to
select the PASOK
candidate for an Athens municipality, and open primaries to
select party
candidates for local
elections
A primary
election is an
election in which registered voters
select a
candidate that they believe should be a political party's
candidate for elected office to run in the general
election.
The English Democrats believe that violence should never undermine the democratic process of our nation, also with the newly
selected Labour
candidate never having received any votes, it was only right that the people of Batley and Spen should have a choice on
election day.
Trudy Harrison has been
selected as the Conservative parliamentary
candidate for the Copeland by -
election.
Primary: A primary
election is an
election in which registered voters
select a
candidate that they believe should be a political party's
candidate for elected office to run in the general
election.
In December 2015, Winston McKenzie announced that he had joined the English Democrats, along with confirmation that he had been
selected as a London Mayoral
Candidate for the 2016 London
Elections.
«The Legislature should appoint a placeholder to serve as the acting Attorney General — someone who will not stand for
election — allowing the voters to
select from a competitive field of
candidates as part of the normal electoral process in the Fall.
According to Mr. Asiedu Nketiah, the party should
select their
candidate for the next
election two years ahead, as is stipulated in their constitution.
Republican county leaders in Brooklyn and Staten Island, who
select their party's
candidate in this special
election, have settled on Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan.
As you have stated that you intend to stand in the local,
election despite not having been selected for the Party, and despite Mrs Clarke asking you to agree to support whoever is properly selected by the Association to fight the Willerby and Kirkella ward, I am forced to act to protect the Party by refusing to agree to you being nominated to represent the Conservative Party at the 2015 General Election as candidate for Hull West and
election despite not having been
selected for the Party, and despite Mrs Clarke asking you to agree to support whoever is properly
selected by the Association to fight the Willerby and Kirkella ward, I am forced to act to protect the Party by refusing to agree to you being nominated to represent the Conservative Party at the 2015 General
Election as candidate for Hull West and
Election as
candidate for Hull West and Hessle.
On Tuesday, registered Democrats can vote in a primary
election to
select the party's two
candidates for a seat on the East Hampton Town Board, and members of the town's Independence Party can
select its 9
candidates for town trustee from a field of...
The party has also held a parliamentary
candidate selection blitz since the referendum — fearing a snap general
election — so many
candidates for 2020 seats have already been
selected to try to win back those lost in 2015.
Catsimatidis» remarks last night were a jumbled mix of pro-Trump sentiment, saying that «God put his hand [on the 2016
election] and saved America,» and urging the importance of
selecting a Republican
candidate who can appeal to Democrats.
At the time Ms Gillett, in an exclusive interview with Cornish Stuff, hit back at claims by her rival Laura Rogers that Momentum HQ has bullied the local party into
selecting Gillett as their preferred
candidate for the next general
election.
As you are not on the approved list of
candidates of Haltemprice and Howden Conservative Association you will not be
selected by the Conservative Party to stand for any ward covered by the Association at the local
elections.
Johnson argued that Clarke was the only
candidate capable of winning a general
election; however, Iain Duncan Smith was
selected.
We shall soon begin
selecting prospective Conservative Party
candidates to fight seats at the next General
Election.
But the defeat of Mandelson by Livingstone in last year's NEC
election, support for Livingstone for London mayor and black members» use of OMOV to try to
select black
candidates for inner city parliamentary seats showed that the individual membership can not be totally controlled by the leadership.
[275] However, after much media speculation, in August 2014 he sought selection as the Conservative
candidate for the safe seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip at the 2015 general
election, [302] being
selected as the party's
candidate in September.
All main parties have finally
selected their
candidates for the Eastleigh by -
election, in what might be the most colourful line - up for a local poll in recent memory.
Richard was
selected as Labour's official
candidate in Blyth in Northumberland for the October 1974
election, but was defeated by the sitting MP, Eddie Milne, who had been deselected as the
candidate for alleging corruption in the local Labour party and was then triumphantly re-elected as something of a local hero.
«James Purnell is the latest senior Blairite to be quitting the Commons at the
election Main
Candidates selected for Aberavon, Neath and Ogmore»
We now need the Labour Party to publish the report, re-instate Murphy as a
candidate and let Falkirk
select whoever they wish to have stand as the Labour
candidate at the next
election.
Instead, the Staten Island Republican and Democratic organizations will each
select a
candidate to face - off after Gov. Andrew Cuomo
selects a date for the
election.
He will sit as an independent but can not fight the next
election on behalf of his Tory association, who will
select a new
candidate.
David Curry is already standing down as an MP at the next general
election, and a new Conservative
candidate, Julian Smith, was recently
selected.
Candidates selected to represent the town of Saugerties Democratic Party in the fall general
election are — from the left — John Schoonmaker, Doug Myer, Paul Andreassen, Lisa Stanley, Fred Costello, Jr..
Tony Lywood has been
selected as Labour's parliamentary
candidate for the Copeland constituency to stand in the next general
election.
The first six Conservative
candidates to be contesting constituency seats at next year's Scottish Parliament
election have recently been
selected.
Catherine Murphy was
selected to be the Social Democrats
candidate for the next general
election at a convention on 17th July 2016, as reported by the KFM Radio website.
Niall O Tuathail was
selected to be the Social Democrats
candidate for the next general
election at a convention on 27th July 2016,
Carolyn Abbott
Candidate in Sheffield Heeley in 2001 and Barnsley East & Mexborough in 2005 (as well as the 2004 European
Elections), Carolyn had a baby earlier in the Parliament when most of the seats were
selecting candidates.
The political parties had been making preparations for an
election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following
candidates had been
selected;