Sentences with phrase «state judicial election»

The problem of corporate money polluting state judicial election campaigns has long been recognized as a fundamental problem for our democratic government.

Afterwards, a state judicial elections oversight committee was formed to advise those running for judgeships on ethics and honesty in political campaigns.

Kozinski also «favors abolishing state judicial elections, among other recommendations.»

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And newspapers, law journals and political commentaries will be filled for the next few weeks with evaluations of his judicial legacy, the consequences of his death for the court, and its impact on the current presidential election in the United States.

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Both sides will benefit, Democrats would get Downstate (which in my humble opinion should be called the Commonwealth of New Amsterdam after the most progressive city in Europe and in reference to the city's history), a guaranteed two seats in the US Senate (+1 because Gillibrand did well Upstate in the last election, so 3 seats for the Democrats), guaranteed control of the Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branches, and the once in a lifetime opportunity to write a state constitution to their own liking (firearms rights applies only to military and police, right to choose for women, protections for LGBT New Yorkers, etc)

In May 2017, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued an advisory opinion finding that the law's provisions applying to general elections for state legislators and the governor violated the state constitution.

The NYC Board of Elections acknowledges that the Bronx Democratic party organization filed petition volumes for its slate of Council candidates incumbents Rafael Salamanca, Vanessa Gibson, Fernando Cabrera, Andy Cohen and Andy King as well as Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj and State Sen. Rubén Diaz Sr., judicial delegates, and civil court candidate, Fidel Gomez.

The last local government election exercise, if allowed, would have revealed the high level of corruption by the Lagos State Government, but they will never allow the truth to prevail, hence every effort was made to ensure false and rascal judicial pronouncements reminiscent of Ayo Salami's days.

DJClayworth gave an example, and in some states, changes to election laws require judicial review beforehand as well.

Then in 1832, Mississippi became the first state to implement judicial elections.

Note that now only twenty - two of the fifty states have judicial elections.

Also at noon, Monroe County Republican Committee Chairman Bill Reilich will be announcing judicial candidates for the 2016 election, party HQ, 460 State St., Rochester.

They advocate for the community's needs to elected officials and the city, register voters and hire Election Day workers — but their real power comes in nominating judicial candidates to the State Supreme Court.

Too much of the state's election process for judges revolves around raising money, said Dennis R. Hawkins, executive director of the Fund for Modern Courts, a New York City - based group that favors reform of the judicial selection process.

State laws require judicial candidates to return unspent campaign funds to donors after an election.

In early May, the Independent Judicial Screening Committee of Bronx Democratic County Committee (IJSC) concluded the application submission period for candidates interested in the elected judicial positions that will occur in the 2017 election cycle in and for the County of the Bronx, City and State of NJudicial Screening Committee of Bronx Democratic County Committee (IJSC) concluded the application submission period for candidates interested in the elected judicial positions that will occur in the 2017 election cycle in and for the County of the Bronx, City and State of Njudicial positions that will occur in the 2017 election cycle in and for the County of the Bronx, City and State of New York.

The new coalition points to a number of potential changes to the constitution that they would like to see, including the creation of a public financing system for campaigns, election reforms like same - day registration, court reforms to make it easier to navigate the judicial system and the ability for local municipalities to exercise greater control over issues they traditionally need state authority to manage.

Gary Tilzer, a rep for five of the 11 candidates vying for six Brooklyn civil court judgeships, sent a letter to the state and city boards of elections, as well as to the Judicial Campaign Ethics Center with the Office of Court Administration, saying the borough Democratic chairman Frank Seddio is hosting an «illegal» fund - raiser.

On July 8th, the New York County Democratic Committee announced the formation of an Independent Screening Panel to report on candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for three (3) vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November general election.

The New York County Democratic Committee is pleased to announce the formation of an Independent Screening Panel to report on candidates for nomination by the Democratic Party for five vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court vacancies, 1st Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November 8, 2017 general election.

On July 9th, 2014, the New York County Democratic Committee announced the formation of a screening panel to report on candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for the two (2) vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, First Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November 2014 General Election.

We are treated to an unopposed election of two State Supreme Court Justices in the Third Judicial District, where such judgeships are brokered like poker chips, and thus, like it or not (or even if you have no idea who they are) you will elect Andrew G. Ceresia and Michael Mackey to 14 year terms.

Under state election law, judicial candidates must limit their campaign statements to their qualifications.

The New York County Democratic Committee has announced the formation of an Independent Screening Panel to report on candidates for nomination by the Democratic Party for one incumbent and four vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court vacancies, 1st Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November general election.

The New York County Democratic Committee has announced the formation of an Independent Screening Panel to report on candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for one incumbent and four vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November general election.

Fisher, who got unanimous backing from her district's GOP convention, ran into a late season snafu in the past month when another State Supreme Court Justice ruled that votes taken in the Conservative Party's judicial nominating convention in September violated election law.

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He'll need every one of those votes in a judicial district where, according to the state Board of Elections, Democrats outnumber Republicans by some 87,000 enrollees.

The State Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Tuesday that a ballot question to repeal the law can be placed on the statewide ballot on election day in November.

On July 14th, 2015, the New York County Democratic Committee announced the formation of a screening panel to report on candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for the four (4) vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, First Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November 2015 General Election.

In a 2000 report, the ABA Commission on State Judicial Selection Standards warned of the «alarming increase in efforts by special interests to influence the outcome of judicial elections through both financial contributions and attack campaigningJudicial Selection Standards warned of the «alarming increase in efforts by special interests to influence the outcome of judicial elections through both financial contributions and attack campaigningjudicial elections through both financial contributions and attack campaigning.»

Pennsylvania is one of at least four states that holds judicial elections in off - years.

The Council also evaluates state judges and judicial candidates in order to promote the election and appointment of qualified candidates and to give sitting judges constructive feedback on their performance.

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A corporate - funded «Astroturf» campaign has pressed the fight in local judicial elections, in state and federal legislatures, and in the court of public opinion.

Opponents of commission - based appointment of judges — also known as the Missouri Plan, for the state in which the judicial selection process originated — have obtained approval from the secretary of state for two identically worded proposed constitutional amendments that would establish contested elections for Missouri's appellate judges.

In theory this applies only to the organisation of EP elections, however, to the extent that Member States apply the same electoral code to EP elections and national elections, potentially at least a whole range of national measures restricting voting rights could be subject to judicial review under Union law and especially a requirement of proportionality.

The idea of ending these partisan primary elections was at one point in 2014 part of Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor's plan to change the state's judicial election system, but was eventually dropped.

Crawford won a judicial election in Cook County even though a state supreme court order temporarily banned her from the bench.

Ohio is the only state in the country that elects its judicial candidates via partisan ballots during the primary election, but in the fall, the primary - election winners run as non-partisan candidates during the general election.

In six states where judges are standing in yes / no retention elections — Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico, and Utah — official judicial performance evaluation (JPE) programs are providing citizens with impartial assessments of judges» performance on the bench.

They attack her for her involvement in efforts to remove the grotesque amounts of money now flooding into judicial elections — often from out - of - state corporate front groups - and supporting a Nevada voter initiative that would replace such a system with merit selection of judges.

Though term limits would not stem the tide of candidate and special interest spending in the state's judicial elections,...

The North Carolina legislature sent to Governor McCrory for approval a bill that would revamp the state's elections, including eliminating public financing for appellate judicial elections.

SB 2238 Requires the judiciary, office of elections, and campaign spending commission to study appropriate methods of implementing a judicial election system in the State and submit a written report, including proposed legislation, to the legislature.

The court recognized that the provision served the state's important interest in operating judicial elections while avoiding corruption and the appearance thereof.

Article V of the Texas Constitution vests the judicial power of the state and describes the Court's jurisdiction and sets rules for judicial eligibility, elections, and vacancies.

In Loughry v. Tennant et al., the West Virginia Supreme Court recognized that judicial elections are different from executive and legislative elections, and concluded that there are unique and compelling state interests in «protecting the impartiality and integrity of the judiciary, and strengthening public confidence in the judiciary.»

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