Sentences with phrase «through local elections»

In cases in which boards of education are less sensitive to the needs of stakeholders, stakeholders are pushing back through local elections.

Voters and parties have also just been through local elections in March (in which the governing VVD and PvdA lost considerably).

Not exact matches

'' The government sector has been a drag, there is still one more budget fight coming in the next few weeks and that's going to be a challenge, but if we get through that we are into the part of the election cycle where government drag turns into a small boost, we are already seeing some rehiring at the state and local level and that is significant as well.»

Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards, the man best known for running (through an odd twist of fate / NYS Election Law) as Carl Paladino's No. 2 in 2010, is now trying to change Albany from the outside, urging his local Legislature to reject the «sham» 2 percent property tax cap champhioned by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

There are countless motivations in general elections and even more in locals - the results are reflected through a prism of local issues, local connections, local parties, national politics and national issues.

Through his campaign account and his political action committee, the Kerry campaign operation generated more than $ 10 million for various party committees and 179 candidates for the U.S. House, Senate, state and local offices in 42 states focusing on the midterm elections during the 2006 election cycle.

In fact, it is the lower threshold for winning under FPTP compared with many other systems that often lets extremists parties slip through and win at local election level in the UK.

For months they have pounded at his record in candidate forums he did not attend, or on social media accounts that have far fewer followers than his, hoping to break through to voters who are historically less engaged in local primary elections.

Also on Local government: The number of candidates for the Police and Crime commissioner elections on November 15th is coming through thick and fast and Birmingham City Council pays # 35 million a year in sick pay

Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose who said everything under Buhari was becoming inconclusive, added that «If in three days, INEC could not conduct credible election in Bayelsa State of just eight local governments, one wonders what will happen during the general elections in 2019.

From 1980 — 1 relations with local government became increasingly confrontational, as Labour made large gains in local elections, with a new generation of council leaders such as Ken Livingstone in London and David Blunkett in Sheffield seeking to generate employment through their councils.

Bob McCarthy of the Buffalo News discusses local political news each Wednesday through Election Day during WBFO's Morning Edition.

Counting will start at 10 pm across the Anglia region in the local council election with results coming through in the early hours of Friday.

The leader of the biggest opposition party also made a firm commitment to introduce a regime that will implement a policy for the election of District Chief Executives (DCEs) explaining that: «The time has come to bring accountability to local government through competitive politics.

Clegg's act of defiance might not win many votes directly, but it will give activists a huge spring in their step as they plough through Tory shires, fighting to win county council seats in next week's local elections.

Minnesota's Supreme Court has approved a request by the campaigns of incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken to extend the deadline local election officials and the two campaigns have to finish sorting through improperly rejected absentee ballots to January 2, from the previous deadline of 31.

The county Board of Elections website, however, was reporting 311 to 297 through Wednesday morning, which town officials said was a partial tally due to an incomplete; local reporting of results.

Prime Minister David Cameron says the economy is going through a «great British revival» as he launches the Conservatives» local election campaign.

New York's political clubs represent the some of the most grassroots elements of local politics, and members typically try to influence elections by distributing voter cards at poll sites, and through mailings that advertise their endorsements for offices ranging from local district leaders to the Commander - in - Chief.

From 2007 through 2011, he was vice-chairman of the county Support Services Committee, which oversees the local elections office operations.

On local government elections, Dr Ahmed, charged APC local and ward chairmen and stakeholders in the state to be fully prepared in their respective council areas through inclusive approach in the emergence of candidates for elections in all the 16 local government areas of the state.

No master strategist would have put himself in the position of trying to force this measure through the House of Commons three days before local elections.

As with open lists, local lists allow the electorate to vote for individual candidates, but that preference is expressed through local or district level election processes.

According to Huffington Post's Paul Waugh, Jeremy Corbyn wants Labour's national executive committee to agree that Labour MPs who want to stand again at the election have to go through a «trigger ballot» so that local activists can vote against them if they want an alternative candidate.

Andrew Sparrow has to sleep sometimes (he'll be back at 5.30 am on Friday), so this is Claire Phipps: I will be blogging through the night, scooping up local election results as they land, and relaying insights from our team of reporters across England.

Up to July 2015, he worked in Parliament through the All Party Parliamentary Group APPG for East Asian Business which he chaired, the All Party Parliamentary China Group [32] of which he was the vice-Chair (special focus on Hong Kong), and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Trade and Investment [33] of which he was treasurer to promote better trade and political and cultural links between the UK and East Asia and work to encourage the next generation of East Asians and other diaspora to develop the leadership skills to play a greater role in public life, in society, and business, and in harnessing the resources that East Asians have globally and locally both financial and non-financial to address global and local problems today.These groups were discontinued after the May 2015 election.

In the most recent election, the Reform Party of New York, through electoral fusion, fielded over 2,000 candidates for local offices, and supplied the margin of victory for over 300 candidates.

Through the 12 - question survey, the new group hopes to bring local environmental concerns into the forefront this election year and to force candidates to take a public stance on everything from noise pollution and water quality to land preservation and waste management.

Opposition parties are supposed to win seats in local elections through anti-government protest votes, but Labour had lost seats in the local elections.

Which means, rather than having local party bosses pick who gets put on the ballot on the Democratic line — and, by extension, who inevitably wins the general election in the safe district — voters will get to choose a standard - bearer through a competitive primary.

He's in London for a week every month and will be here all through May for the European and local elections.

Speaking of the upcoming French election, Ken Loach, whose I, Daniel Blake won Best Foreign Language Film, urged the French to «make a choice to reject the bitterness of the right,» in a message delivered through his local producer.

The candidates and issues vary, but many local elections being held Nov. 3 will likely have the same result: lawsuits alleging that minorities were deprived of their voting rights through systems of representation that minimize their electoral strength.

Choosing a school is one of the key points at which parents experience national policy through a local lens, and as such, should be an important election issue both in the big debates and on the doorstep.

It is tempting to look at this week's recall elections in Wisconsin — and the fact that Republicans retain control of the Badger State's upper house — through the gaze of all - politics - are - local.

«Governor Hogan has consistently expressed his strong support for new legislation that would make local boards of education more accountable to the people in their districts, ideally through direct elections or through appointments by county executives,» said his spokesman, Matthew A. Clark.

how to finance the reform efforts (e.g., reconfiguring existing organizational structures and budgets, granting policy waivers, doing away with programs peripheral to the district reform priorities, raising funds through local bond elections and community contributions, competing for government and foundation grants);

The intended function of these forms of local government is to administer certain aspects of the specified area through the election of local representatives.

'' «Mr. Steyer's strategy is to spend heavily this fall to help defeat sitting lawmakers who oppose Mr. Inslee's agenda and pave the way for the governor to move his policies through next year — an example, his critics say, of the insidious influence of big money from outsiders that makes local elections less local... «Mr. Steyer has not said what he will spend in the districts, but his previous pattern indicates it will be hundreds of thousands of dollars for each candidate — a huge amount for a Washington State race.»»

«(II) calendar year 2012, in the case of an electricity local distribution company that owns, co-owns, or purchases through a power purchase agreement (whether directly or through a cooperative arrangement) a substantial portion of the electricity generated by a new coal - fueled unit, provided that such company timely informs the Administrator of its election to use 2012 as its base period.

The unionist community, through its political representatives — the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which has been the largest and most popular unionist party since the last elections held for the NIA in November 2003 — must be satisfied that Sinn Fein: is genuine in its support for the law and order agencies of the province; encourages Catholics to join the police; ensures representatives sit on the local police boards, which supervise and monitor the police; encourages members of the Catholic community to accept the legitimacy of the police as the only law enforcement agency in Northern Ireland; and will co-operate with them in all law and order matters.

Participants agreed that regional representatives should be selected from the local level through a democratic process, selecting local leaders onto regional councils either through election or from peak bodies such as the Aboriginal Medical Services.

In fact, I think that the next step for Realtor ® organizations (on a national, state, and local level) is not cutting more RPAC checks, but getting our members to influence elections through voter turnout.

OREA's campaign against the MLTT launched on Sept. 15 and will run through to municipal election day on Oct. 27, highlighting the negative economic impacts of a MLTT on local communities.

Members who get elected to the board of their local board often become attached to EOs and their staff, and through the process they often become risk averse, unwilling to be the activist, taking a stand, speaking up and for the interests and causes that originally motivated them to stand for election.