Sentences with phrase «state ballots as»

[4] In recent presidential elections, Ross Perot appeared on all 50 state ballots as an independent in 1992 and the candidate of the Reform Party in 1996.

Facebook has recently chosen to no longer fund opposition to the California Consumer Privacy Act, which could appear on the California State Ballot as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.

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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.

Black voters in red states should vote as they usually do for candidates, down the ballot — and leave their choice for President blank.

The next steps for the states that voted «yes» on their respective ballot measures will vary, as regulators in each state will likely spend several months deliberating on the specific framework for a legal marijuana market.

As 31 states allow military and overseas voters to return ballots via email, hackers could intercept these emails and change the votes cast or bring down the email server to which the absentee ballots are sent.

Election - integrity advocates nationwide are celebrating a decision by a New York state appeals court that classifies electronic ballot images as public records.

As a result, the New York State Common Retirement Fund has withdrawn their shareholder proposal requesting increased reporting on climate change from this year's annual meeting ballot.

That such a gun - friendly state adopted any firearm restrictions represents a sea change, even more so as the restrictions were drafted and approved in a matter of three weeks, after a bipartisan vote and the signature of a Republican governor likely to be on the ballot later this year as a Senate candidate.

Karl Rove lamented having to resort to this in 2004, when gay marriage was put on ballots in swing states as a Pied Piper to religious robots who answered the call to action.

But as more and more states bring decriminalization measures to the ballot, it's important for voters to be informed not just about the use of marijuana itself, but also about the consequences of making it a crime.

This fall in Washington, Maryland and Maine, voters will decide whether same - sex marriage should be legal, and in Minnesota, voters will weigh in on a ballot measure amending the state's constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

A federal judge in Oklahoma has issued an order putting on hold the certification of a ballot measure that forbids state courts from considering or using international laws, as well as Sharia, or Islamic law.

Here are some details about that November 2004 ballot proposal: 1) there was already in place a Utah law strictly banning same - sex marriage, which I fully supported; 2) all three candidates for the office of attorney general of Utah (the chief law - enforcement officer in the state) opposed the amendment, including the LDS (Mormon) Republican incumbent, Mark Shurtleff, mostly because they considered it a poorly drafted amendment; 3) I refused to endorse the amendment, but I did not urge people to vote «no»; 4) the leadership of the LDS Church, which has a record for being as strongly opposed to same - sex marriage as the Catholic Church, did not issue a statement urging its members to vote one way or the other; 5) inasmuch as two thirds of Utahans belong to the LDS Church, this means that the leadership of at least 80 percent of Utah churchgoers did not urge a «yes» vote on the amendment.

What if Slavery was put on the Ballot for a Vote, state by state would it of passed???? You can vote on civil rights, and the Supreme Court will finally have to legalize it, just like they did when Blacks could not marry out of their race as recent as 1971 in some states.

Even the two ballots with Ohio State on top have Notre Dame No. 2, as if to note that there's not a lot of difference there.

I placed theBroncos fifth on my final ballot, up four places from their No. 9 ranking inthe previous poll and just ahead of Louisville (12 — 1), whose Orange Bowlvictory over Wake Forest did not carry the same cachet as Boise's postseasonwin, and Wisconsin (12 — 1), which didn't have to play Ohio State because of theBig Ten schedule rotation and gained only 201 yards in its Capital One Bowl winover Arkansas.

Marijuana aka pot, dope, grass, Mary Jane, etc. is now legal in four states and the District of Columbia, and is on the ballot this fall for an additional five states, but the push to legalize, as well as its medicinal use, does not necessarily equate with its safety.

Long rejected the idea that his days might be numbered as state chairman, insisting the party won't have any trouble hitting the 50,000 mark with Lazio on its line in November in order to maintain its official ballot status.

The White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives are up for grabs, along with thousands of other offices in state and local governments across the country, even as voters weigh in on scores of ballot initiatives and other measures.

The bill comes after U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe declared June 26 as the primary for Congressional races in order for the state to comply with a law governing timely access to military and overseas ballots.

(As you'll recall, there are only three ways to get off the ballot at this late date: A candidate must either run for a judgeship, move out of state or die).

The state Conservative Party has given its nod to Elise Stefanik, one of two Republicans contenders (as of today) vying for the North Country House seat of retiring Democratic Rep. Bill Owens, ensuring her a ballot line in the November general election regardless of the outcome of the June GOP primary.

A better question would be what he needed to do to list it as his party on each state's ballot.

The email comes as party leaders from across the state and the political spectrum question or outright oppose ending the law, which allows members of one political party a waiver to run on another ballot line.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a pitch for down - ballot Democratic candidates at a local fundraiser in Suffolk County last night, singling out state Senate hopeful Jim Gaughran as being particularly needed in Albany.

To see the actual casting of ballots, you would need to locate the live feeds of each state's legislature, and as they needed to have met by December 17.

Having served billions of targeted voter - matched digital ads online, social media, and mobile devices over the past five years and helping to elect scores of Democrats up and down the ballot for offices ranging from senator and governor to state legislator and school board member, DSPolitical has earned a reputation as a progressive ally and committed innovator.

«My petition operation, once we have secured our place on the Primary ballot, will serve as the genesis of an aggressive Democratic field campaign apparatus for the New Roosevelt Initiative that can help elect New Roosevelt's throughout the State,» Samuels said.

Clinton's loss in the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump was seen as a galvanizing event for many women to run for office in down - ballot races — from local elections, state legislation races and congressional campaigns — this year.

The solution is tantamount to a ghost ballot, as the lost ballot would be awarded to the candidate receiving the largest percentage of the state's popular vote.

States such as mine have already thus cast their ballots, but they have not yet been counted.

(As you'll recall, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox wooed Democrat - turned - Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy into the race, but he didn't get onto the ballot at the convention.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy has hired yet another veteran of John Faso's 2006 campaign as he continues his uphill battle to land sufficient support to get onto the ballot at the GOP state convention.

While the super PAC backed by the statewide teachers union faltered in aiding Democrats in down - ballot state Senate races, the education reform group StudentsFirstNY is taking a victory lap today as the chamber will largely remain the same.

The state Democratic committee on Friday released an organizing email meant to boost candidates running down ballot this year, pegging the April 24 special election as a «D - Day» for action.

Democratic lawmakers in the state Senate and Assembly have sought to apply post-budget pressure to Republicans to consider voter reforms designed to enhance ballot access and make it easier to vote as well as to register.

Now that she has taken herself out of the running to be considered as an interim replacement for Schneiderman, NYC Public Advocate Tish James is seen as a front - runner heading into the May 23 - 24 state Democratic nominating convention that will choose candidates to appear on the ballot for a full four - year term.

At the same time, this is one of the more formalized and concerted efforts by Cuomo, harnessing the state committee that he controls, to aid Democrats who are running in down - ballot local races as he seeks another term later this year.

Loyal conservative Sen. Robert Bennett's off the ballot in Utah, former Republican Charlie Crist is running for Senate as an independent in Florida, and the state Republican platform in Maine now features a plateful of conspiracy theory and crazy talk (Austrian economics, anyone?).

If the WP vote is held first, it will be what one strategist decribed as a «test vote» for Levy — and his biggest champion, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox — both of whom have confidently predicted the party - switching county executive will receive sufficient support at the convention to get onto the ballot.

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson is set to appear on ballots in at least 39 states, and party activists are working in places such as swing state Ohio to get his name before voters this fall.

«State agents uncovered hundreds of fraudulent examples: people who didn't live in the city voting in the election; phony signatures on absentee ballots; and campaign vote brokers acting as witnesses for most of these ballots.

A federal indictment accused Halloran of helping negotiate bribes with Republican Party leaders to get state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D - Hollis) a spot on the mayoral ballot as a Republican.

The lines separating gubernatorial and congressional candidates on the ballot could blur in several states this cycle, as the top of the ticket proves to be a driving force downballot in a half - dozen states.

Tobin, who ran for California Secretary of State in 2010 — garnering more than 214,000 votes as the Libertarian nominee — had served as Ralph Nader's national ballot access coordinator during the 2008 presidential campaign, a year when the feisty consumer activist, seeking the brass ring for the final time, appeared on the ballot in 45 states and the District of Columbia.

«The results of the GOP State Convention Gubernatorial voting represent a personal disappointment, as we did not achieve the required 15 percent of delegate support for primary ballot access.

Other possible strong candidates for attorney general include former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (who reportedly may run as an independent), Queens state Sen. Mike Gianaris, and Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who reportedly believes he could run in the Democratic primary, despite legal questions about whether he could also be on the ballot for Congress.

Tuesday afternoon saw Cuomo turn away from more immediate concerns, such as the looming end of the state legislative session and the 2017 election that will include a New York City mayoral election and a statewide ballot question of whether to convene a state constitutional convention.

Generally, the secretary of state places candidates who are «advocated or recognized as candidates in national news media» on the primary ballot.