Sentences with phrase «special convention of»

Former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori has been included as a member of the national convention planning committee for Saturday's special convention of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

They had come to appeal to me to join their party after my party, the Peoples Democratic Party, had become factionalized as a result of the special convention of August 31, 2013.

- The special conventions of dialog.

Not exact matches

The outages are particularly enraging because the convention coincides with the rollout of a series of special in - game events and prizes.

He makes a big deal about the fact that one of the paths to amendment that Article V allows is a proposing convention called for by 2/3 of the state legislatures, and then ratified by either 3/4 those legislatures themselves or 3/4 of special state - ratifying conventions.

Located on the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids, DeVos Place is a premier business center for a variety of meetings, conventions and special events.

FIC 2014 will open from March 27th to 29th, at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center with total exhibiting area of over 70,000 sqm, and more than 1,100 exhibitors from over 30 counties and regions as well as special pavilions from USA, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, etc..

None of this includes the two conventions that were brought in during the time frame, or the Concert specials, or the regular workload associated with our various outlets.

Number of Meetings Hotels: 478 Total Hotel Rooms: 54692 Number of Special Events Venues: 275 Local Convention Centers: The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Conference Center, Scottsdale Resort & Conference Center Local Airports: Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) Local CVB: Scottsdale CVB, Scottsdale CVB

Article 4 (2) Adoption by States Parties of special measures, including those measures contained in the present Convention, aimed at protecting maternity, shall not be considered discriminatory.

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.

Eaton said he will wait until Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls a special election in NY - 11 (something the governor has shown no signs of doing any time soon), and then convene a convention of county committee members to which all potential candidates will be invited to make their respective cases.

In the last few weeks Cuomo has signed the sex assault legislation, securing his support among women's group; established a special prosecutor for cases of civilians who die at the hands of police; and spoke at the NAACP National Convention in Philadelphia.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child recognizes that those under the age of 18 often need special protection, but vitally, they also «have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kind...».

The cynical consortium of special interests aligned to defeat the constitutional convention have made it clear that they are willing to do or say anything — no matter how false or unethical — to deceive New Yorkers and deny them a chance to take back their government from the corrupt status quo.

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ST. PETER, MN — The Independence Party of Minnesota held an endorsing convention in St. Peter on Saturday to endorse Tim Gieseke, a candidate for the MN House District 19A special election to replace Representative Terry Morrow.

Assembly members Jack Quinn and Francine DelMonte plan to be in Albany and not at their respective political conventions, regardless of whether the governor calls a special session.

The mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region are calling for a special convention to boost the northern economy:

Opponents of a constitutional convention say that they fear radical ideas could be approved and that political insiders and special interests could control the convention.

We sounded off against the convention, too, citing our lack of confidence that the process wouldn't be controlled by lobbyists and special interests.

Off topic question topics included whether the mayor and his wife have smoked marijuana inside Gracie Mansion, a Daily News call for the mayor to «accept responsibility for inflaming the police», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction ending.

«The Convention held in 1967, which Chairman Michael R. Long participated in, was a colossal waste of taxpayers» money and if one was held now, it would cost taxpayers even more money and be controlled by the same special interests that already have a strong presence in the legislative process,» the party said in a statement.

Today Cuomo led an emotional pep rally — complete with a rare invocation of Mario Cuomo's famous 1984 «tale of two cities» convention speech and a special guest, Vice-President Joe Biden — calling for New York's minimum wage to nearly double, to $ 15 an hour, across the entire state.

(a) Whenever a Party nomination for a public office to be filled at a general or special election is not made at a primary election or by judicial nominating convention, or when no valid designating petition is filed with the board of elections (1) such nomination shall be made by the Executive Committee if for a public office to be filled by the voters of a political subdivision whose boundaries are coterminous with the County of New York or the Borough of Manhattan, and any vacancy in a nomination so made shall be filled by the Executive Committee or a subcommittee appointed by the Executive Committee for that purpose, and (2) such nomination shall be made by the appropriate District Committee if for a public office to be filled by the voters of a political subdivision wholly or partly contained within, but embracing only a part of, the County of New York or Borough of Manhattan, and any vacancy in a nomination so made shall be filled by a subcommittee appointed by said District Committee for that purpose.

Cuomo's one - day - only appearance at the convention, along with his studious avoidance of anything overtly related to 2016, made his address at the delegation breakfast a bit of a special occasion.

Cuomo this year proposed reforms to how constitutional conventions in order to limit the impact of special interests.

«The defeat of the Constitutional Convention is a triumph for all of the enemies of reform in Albany: Andrew Cuomo, the political bosses in the State Legislature, and the lobbyists and special interests who thrive in New York's pay for play culture of corruption,» said Bill Samuels, the Democratic activist who had supported the referendum, with the hope of ushering in campaign finance and ethics reforms.

It was my duty under Geneva conventions and I decided I would have a press conference and identify the people that I thought were responsible, who happened to be Special Forces of the Bosnian - Croat army.

Rising from a meeting in Abuja where they critically examined developments from the party's special convention held last October, state chairmen of Labour Party, LP, have...

The Special Adviser on Political Matters to a leading National Chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olabode George, Uthman Shodipe - Dosunmu, has denied the rumour making the rounds that his principal has been removed as a member of Board of Trustees of PDP because of his bid to contest the party's national chairmanship election at the convention, coming up on December 9.

Despite the promise a constitutional convention holds, opponents are emerging — a puzzling collection of narrow interests that have banded together out of fear — with the ironic argument that special interests will co-opt the convention.

«I never saw such a happier New York delegation as when that very special, historic moment took place last night on the floor of the convention.»

Special elections for state seats — like the one Gov. Andrew Cuomo scheduled in Harlem for May 23 — do not have an open primary: instead, the county committee, a panel of party insiders, selects who gets to run on the ballot line at a formal nominating convention.

Off topic questions included: the ISIS in Iraq and potential threats to New York, his hair color in a World Cup themed picture, the City's negotiations with CW Capital concerning Stuyvesant Town, whether he concerned that religion - affiliated CBO's pre-K programs will involve some religious instruction or indoctrination, the Rent Guidelines Board and a possible rent increase, rating his administration on it's FOIL responsiveness, whether subway dancers are a «sign of urban decay», whether he is contemplating a special district for failing schools and whether there is symbolism is seeking to bring the Democratic National Convention to Brooklyn rather than Manhattan and whether he has coordinated that effort with Hillary Clinton.

Special elections for state office do not involve primaries: instead, each party's local county committee — a panel of political insiders — holds a convention to select a candidate to award their line.

The Libertarian Party of Virginia nominated Robert C. Sarvis for governor in a special state convention held Sunday afternoon in Waynesboro.

This was contained in a special report of the analyses of campaign promises made by the six main political parties in the country, namely, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the Convention People's Party (CPP), the People's National Convention (PNC), the Progressive People's Party (PPP) and the National Democratic Party (NDP).

Pedro Mejia to replace Prieto in Assembly Hudson County Democrats are sending a fresh face to Trenton to replace Vincent Prieto in the State Assembly: sources say that Pedro Mejia of Secaucus will get the 32nd district seat when Democrats hold a special election convention Wednesday night in North Bergen.

Critics of the idea of a new convention often point to the expected cost to taxpayers — Benjamin said the cost of the»67 convention, if adjusted for inflation, would be $ 47 million in 2015 dollars — as well as the possibility that the cast of elected delegates would be dominated by the same politicians and special interests that dominate the Capitol during the course of regular business.

The President made this known on Tuesday in his statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, at the 22nd Session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change taking place in Marrakech, Morocco.

Lauretta Onochie, Special Assistant on New Media to President Muhammadu Buhari, has reacted to the outcome of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Convention in Abuja...

Ballot Proposal No. 1 to hold a New York Constitutional Convention has received more attention than the other two ballot proposals, drawing support and opposition from a wide variety of public officials and special - interest groups.

Opponents have argued that any convention would simply be hijacked by well - funded special - interest groups and lobbyists who would push for an agenda that might not be in the interests of the public.

On March 21, the Working Families Party of South Carolina held a convention and nominated Elizabeth Colbert Busch (sister of Stephen Colbert) for the special U.S. House election, First District, that will be held May 7.

Speaker Heastie says he worries a constitutional convention would be steered by big money special interests, and New Yorkers could end up losing rights in a constitutional convention instead of gaining them.

Leaders instead settled on language that dramatically increased the amount of money an individual could donate to the national party committees for special accounts to pay for conventions, buildings and recounts.

In order not to be caught unaware, the northern leaders meeting set up a special screening committee to look at the qualifications of all aspirants to various offices convention, and recommend to the region, aspirants to be adopted for the various offices.

This past year we've petitioned for District Leaders, County Committee Members, and been part of the district convention to choose a nominee for our State Senate special election.