Sentences with phrase «to keep someone off the ballot»

The letter says that minor party and independent candidates should be kept off the ballot because «they can't win».

Correction Officer William Valentin, who has two lawsuits pending against Seabrook and the union for keeping him off the ballot for president, said Seabrook routinely had union treasurer Michael Maiello buy him blocks of tickets to concerts by Jay Z and Justin Timberlake and luxury - box seats to see the Yankees and Mets.

However, in 2012, when the Socialist Workers Party stated in writing that it is not recognized by the FEC as a national committee, the Secretary of State kept it off the ballot for President.

A successful coup requires a rigged leadership election, with Corbyn kept off the ballot paper.

* State Sen. Charlie Wilson won his write - in campaign for the 6th District nomination despite a massive spending onslaught by the National Republican Congressional Committee to keep him off the ballot in the fall.

He told CBS 2's Kramer the effort to keep him off the ballot represents all that's bad in the New York political process — a process that has seen dozens of elected officials charged in corruption cases.

The letter says that minor party and independent candidates should be kept off the ballot Read more»

In an embarrassment for the political establishment, Guillermo Philpotts, a perennial candidate for local office, secured the Democratic nomination for a Crown Heights Assembly race this afternoon, beating back a last - ditch effort from ex-Democratic boss Clarence Norman to keep him off the ballot line, sources say.

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«First, if anyone is undemocratic enough to think that there can be a new leadership election with the existing leader kept off the ballot, then they are setting the Labour party on course for a split.

«Cahill's actions to keep me off the ballot makes one wonder why he is so scared of letting the voters have the opportunity to cast their vote.»

The Labour leader has previously won the award in 2001, 2007, 2011, 2012 (shared), 2014, 2015 and 2016, but was kept off the ballot papers this time around «to allow new Parliamentary beards to make their mark».

One provision says that when a candidate pays the filing fee after receiving misinformation from an election official, and he or she is kept off the ballot because of the misinformation, the fee can be refunded.

Now call me a conspiracy theorist but I suspect Dolan was a driving force behind the movement to keep me off the ballot for the 2013 Suffern Mayoral contest.

We'll soon find out whether Corbyn will be permitted to stand in the upcoming leadership contest or if the NEC will vote to keep him off the ballot.

It's an attempt to keep me off the ballot.»

«It's not a big surprise they're trying to keep me off the ballot,» Luthmann previously told DNAinfo New York.

«It's not a big surprise they're trying to keep me off the ballot,» Luthmann said.

He'll ask a judge to overturn the decision by the Onondaga County Board of Elections that is keeping him off the ballot.

«I think he's doing a smart thing by trying to keep her off the ballot,» he said of the Cuomo campaign's legal challenge to Teachout's residency.

Meanwhile, the candidate for whom I voted in the leadership election and who won an incredible 60 % mandate with over a quarter of a million votes is subject to an attempt to keep him off the ballot paper.

«But it's in large part because he keeps trying to sue me to keep me off the ballot.

Defenders of the restrictions say that candidates who lack substantial support must be kept off the ballot.

Perry, in the midst of a re-election campaign in Texas, asked for his name to be kept off the ballot, an aide to the governor told CNN.

Roque De La Fuente, with the support of the Reform Party, has filed lawsuits in three states that are attempting to keep him off the ballot.

He spent over a $ 100,000 on internal polls, and I'll bet you the reason that he is trying so hard to keep me off the ballot because he knows that he has a real problem in his hands.

One Boris - supporting MP said on Tuesday: «Downing Street loyalists are trying to run an establishment stitch - up to keep him off the ballot paper.

One Boris - supporting MP said: «Downing Street loyalists are trying to run an establishment stitch - up to keep him off the ballot paper.