Sentences with phrase «taken by ballot»

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Off topic but I am posting here... by taking voters off the voter roles, it not only disenfranchises them on election day, it takes them off the direct mailings that remind people to vote, including sample ballot, polling places, etc..

Lazio on the Conservative ballot creates the awful choice for Conservatives of voting for Paladino to defeat Cuomo versus voting the Conservative line to give the party its needed 50,000 votes thereby helping Cuomo by taking away a vote from Paladino, the only candidate who can beat Cuomo.

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.

It would also allow people to take more time when voting, rather than just voting for president then picking the down ballot candidates by whose last name they like the most.

The first of two ways an amendment can be incorporated into the state constitution takes at least four years: two separately elected state legislatures must first vote to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot; then the majority of New Yorkers must vote on it and pass it by referendum.

«I am hugely grateful to the residents of Richmond Park and North Kingston for taking part in the ballot, and am overwhelmed by the mandate they have given me to run for Mayor,» said Mr Goldsmith.

The leader of the House is also completing a process of democratising the Commons that has slowly taken place throughout this parliament: the Speaker's election is now the only one which doesn't take place by secret ballot.

Once they've been enacted by ordinary legislation - STV in Ireland and Tasmania, AV in mainland Australia, MMP in Germany, runoff ballots in France - and the voters have gotten used to the new system, no politician advocating a return to FPTP is taken seriously.)

Appearing this morning on MSNBC, Working Families Party official Dan Cantor admitted that the party is taking a huge gamble on Gov. Andrew Cuomo by giving him its ballot line in exchange for a vague promise that he'll help flip the state Senate into Democratic hands this fall.

Could the unhappiness felt by the left since Gov. Andrew Cuomo took office in January 2011 result in the labor - backed Working Families Party running someone other than Cuomo on its ballot line this fall?

Meanwhile, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell took a swipe at Mr Smith today, telling BBC News that former leadership candidate Angela Eagle was «forced off the ballot paper by pressure from Owen Smith's campaign».

Assessing properties — County would have to become assessing authority by referendum on ballot If county takes over Assessing is not collection

Crushed by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand by a staggering 46 - point margin in 2012, Long will take on Democrat Chuck Schumer with the Republican, Reform and Conservative Party ballot lines in November.

Keir Hardie, who had taken a leading role in getting the party established, was elected as Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (in effect, the Leader), although only by one vote over David Shackleton after several ballots.

The day is expected to be further complicated by brand new Assembly and Senate district lines, which have changed many voters» districts and polling places, as well as lingering doubts over the competency of the Board of Elections, which bungled the ballot count in June's Congressional race between Rep. Charlie Rangel and State Sen. Adriano Espaillat so badly that it took weeks to learn the final results.

Bronx 86AD update: After opening 153 absentee, affidavit, military, and special [cast by BOE employees and poll workers] ballots, challenger Hector Ramirez overcame a 29 vote deficit to take a six vote lead over Assemblyman Victor Pichardo.

Asked why the Brown did not accept the need for a secret ballot to take on his critics once and for all, Balls said the prime minister has «got more important things to do than be diverted by a very small minority of people who have been making difficulty time and time again over the last few days».

But a consultative ballot will take place to ascertain the views of cabin crew members, with results due by middle of next week.

«He would not be removed from the ballot, but then again there's a number of other things that will follow a protocol if the party take that permanent step and if they do, we will adhere to their request and we will honor their request as we should by law, and then we'll make sure that the proper adjudication of the process is adhered to as the election continues,» Merrill said.

A copy of the results from the «Big Question» on pupil behaviour is attached, along with details of a number of «refusal to teach» ballots taken by the NASUWT during 2011 on pupil indiscipline.

Following his defeat at the GOP convention on Wednesday, Coughlan said he will take the fight for the party line to the people by launching a primary challenge against Rolison for the GOP spot on the November ballot.

Halloran has been charged by the U.S. Attorney with taking a bribe from a Queens Democratic State Senator in exchange for helping that Democrat get on the Republican mayoral primary ballot.

They especially take issue with the word «independent» being included on the ballot referendum, pointing to the commission being appointed by members of the Legislature.

The 2008 Labour group leadership election was the first time Labour had elected its Scottish leader with the participation of its members, using a system similar to that used at the time by the UK - wide Labour Party (the system had been adopted in 2007, but no ballot had taken place as Alexander had been unopposed).

Tkaczyk, who led by about 135 votes when machine votes were counted, but then fell behind as absentee and affidavit ballots were counted, eventually won the battle of those ballots by taking about 80 percent of the last 91 ballots those judges allowed to be included.

He ran in the Feb. 24 special election to fill the Council seat vacated by Addabbo, but was taken off the ballot after petition challenges.

Every Republican on the ballot won by a wide margin Tuesday, led by Supervisor Scott Russell, who didn't quite equal his 2007 record of taking 83 percent of the vote, but still cruised to victory by a 3 to 1 margin over Democrat Bob Meguin.

The primary campaign could be crowded, especially if some candidates take advantage of their right to petition onto the ballot by collecting signatures from enrolled party members.

At last report, Amedore led by 110 votes, but Tkaczyk took 60 percent of the 2,800 absentee ballots previously opened in Ulster.

In March, Giraldo made a 20 - second YouTube video urging voters to cast their ballot for Monserrate in a special election for the seat taken away from him by state Senate colleagues.

Voters wishing to apply for absentee ballots and vote by absentee ballot may take advantage of these special hours.

Election officials also expect more absentee ballots, which take longer to count, cast by voters distrustful of the new machines.

«After four Presidential cycles of ignoring the ballot access needs of Georgia by those who have sought our nomination,» said Al Herman, treasurer of the Party and himself a past write - in candidate for the U.S. Congress, «it is refreshing, indeed, to finally hear a Presidential candidate taking seriously the potential to be realized by putting the Green Party on the ballot in Georgia.»

It was the second Scottish Labour leadership election in as many years, the first being caused by the resignation of Jack McConnell, [2] following the Scottish National Party's victory over Labour in the Scottish Parliament election, 2007, however in this election, Alexander was unopposed, meaning that no ballot actually took place.

This is a smart film that arrives in theaters just about the time that the Electoral College will vote a disastrous choice by mandate of «the people,» putting in office a man that received only 27 % of the votes of those who were eligible to cast ballots and who will take his place in the White House because forty - three percent of registered voters stayed home on Election Day (or went to a bar, or pool hall or whatever.)

Suffragette DVD Review by Kam Williams Brit Costume Drama Revisits Feminist Fight for the Right to Vote Nowadays, most females take access to the ballot box for granted.

Suffragette Film Review by Kam Williams Moving Period Piece Recounts British Females» Fight for the Right to Vote Nowadays, most females take access to the ballot box for granted.

Designed to encourage students to become active voters once they are old enough to cast a ballot, the MyVote Student Mock Election, headed by Secretary of State Debra Bowen and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, invites high school and middle school students, teachers and principals to participate in the MyVote California Student Mock Election, which this year took place on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, just one week before California's November 4 General Election.

«This ballot question actually takes a fairly tempered approach to increasing access in a gradual process, year by year, with retention of the important oversight of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education,» said Christopher Anderson, a former chairman of the state Board of Education and one of the petition's signers.

Stand for Children made a prudent choice by taking this proposal to the ballot box.

Rob Astorino's attempt to exploit confusion about the Common Core by creating a «Stop Common Core» ballot line takes brazen, cynical pandering to a new low.

Since taxpayer «vouchers» for private and religious schools were first put on the ballot in Michigan in 1978, they have been consistently rejected by voters who remember their roots in the segregationist south and understand that the well - off will take the money and run, leaving community schools without the funding they need and deserve.

The Constitution and By - Laws or the Standard for the breed may be amended at any time, provided that a copy of any proposed amendment has been mailed by the Corresponding Secretary to each member in good standing as of the date of mailing, accompanied by a ballot on which the member shall indicate a choice for or against the action to be takeBy - Laws or the Standard for the breed may be amended at any time, provided that a copy of any proposed amendment has been mailed by the Corresponding Secretary to each member in good standing as of the date of mailing, accompanied by a ballot on which the member shall indicate a choice for or against the action to be takeby the Corresponding Secretary to each member in good standing as of the date of mailing, accompanied by a ballot on which the member shall indicate a choice for or against the action to be takeby a ballot on which the member shall indicate a choice for or against the action to be taken.

Ballots on issues submitted to the membership by mail under any other provision of these Bylaws shall be mailed, certified, and counted in the same manner as for elections, except that such counting shall take place at the residence of the Secretary on the day appointed in each case by the Board of Directors.

The constitution and bylaws and the Standard of the breed may be amended at any time provided a copy of the proposed amendment has been mailed by the Corresponding Secretary to each voting member in good standing on the date of the mailing, accompanied by a ballot on which a choice for or against the action to be taken shall be indicated.

Any action taken by the membership at an Annual or Special Meeting, except taken at a Special Meeting under the provisions of Article VIII, and any action taken by the Board of Directors, except action taken under the provisions of Article VIII, shall be brought promptly to the voting membership of the Club for decision by mail ballot if a petition for that purpose is submitted to the Secretary within 30 days after the first day of the month next following the month in which Minutes of the meeting or notice of the Board action is published in the Club publication.

The Constitution and Bylaws and the Standard of the Breed may be amended at any time provided a copy of the proposed amendment has been mailed by the Board Secretary to each member accompanied by a ballot on which he may indicate his choice for or against the action to be taken, such balloting to be conducted according to the procedures described in Article IV.

The Constitution and By - Laws and the Standard for the Breed may be amended at any time provided a copy of the proposed amendment has been mailed by the Recording Secretary to each member in good standing on the date of the mailing, accompanied by a ballot on which he may indicate his choice for or against the actions to be takeBy - Laws and the Standard for the Breed may be amended at any time provided a copy of the proposed amendment has been mailed by the Recording Secretary to each member in good standing on the date of the mailing, accompanied by a ballot on which he may indicate his choice for or against the actions to be takeby the Recording Secretary to each member in good standing on the date of the mailing, accompanied by a ballot on which he may indicate his choice for or against the actions to be takeby a ballot on which he may indicate his choice for or against the actions to be taken.

The Constitution and Bylaws or the Standard for the breed may be amended at any time provided a copy of the proposed amendment has been sent by 1st class mail by the Secretary to each member in good standing accompanied by a ballot on which a choice for or against the action to be taken shall be indicated.

The By - Laws may be amended at any time provided a copy of the proposed amendment has been mailed by the Secretary to each member, accompanied by a ballot on which he / she may indicate his / her choice for or against the action to be takeBy - Laws may be amended at any time provided a copy of the proposed amendment has been mailed by the Secretary to each member, accompanied by a ballot on which he / she may indicate his / her choice for or against the action to be takeby the Secretary to each member, accompanied by a ballot on which he / she may indicate his / her choice for or against the action to be takeby a ballot on which he / she may indicate his / her choice for or against the action to be taken.