Sentences with phrase «total vote for governor»

This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to require that the signatures on a petition to directly initiate legislation be of voters from each of the State's 2 congressional districts and that the number of signatures from each congressional district be not less than 10 % of the total vote for Governor cast in that congressional district in the previous gubernatorial election.

Not exact matches

On May 12, 2015, Governor Mary Fallin (R) signed into law a bill that reduced the petition signature requirement for newly - qualifying political parties to 3 percent of the total number of votes cast for governor in the last general eGovernor Mary Fallin (R) signed into law a bill that reduced the petition signature requirement for newly - qualifying political parties to 3 percent of the total number of votes cast for governor in the last general egovernor in the last general election.

If the boundaries of such Election District have been created or changed since the last preceding General Election at which members of Assembly were elected then the above formula shall apply based on that percentage of the number of persons enrolled in the Party in such Election District on the list of enrolled voters last published by the Board of Elections which the total vote cast in the County for governor under the Party emblem at the last preceding gubernatorial election bore to the total Party enrollment in the County on the list of enrolled voters last published by the Board of Elections.

A new political party must submit a written declaration signed by registered voters equaling at least 1 percent of the total number of votes cast for governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election.

If a petition is circulated after redistricting and before the next gubernatorial election, the number of qualified electors in each district is equal to the total number of votes cast for governor statewide divided by the total number of districts.

Initiative statutes require valid signatures from at least 5 percent of the total votes cast for governor at the last gubernatorial election, while initiative constitutional amendments require at least 8 percent.

The number of certified signatures required on the petitions is 3 % of the total vote cast for all candidates for governor (excluding blanks) at the immediately preceding state election.

Despite the re-election of union - busting Democrat Andrew Cuomo, Hawkins and his running mate, Brian Jones, received nearly 5 %, or 176,000, of all votes cast — a tremendous total marking the highest vote for a left candidate in New York state since 1920 when Socialists ran labor organizer Joseph D. Cannon for Governor.

One of the more - interested observers of last Tuesday's election results was Zephyr Teachout, who helped crystallize the voter discontent with Governor Cuomo during her Democratic primary run that contributed to Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins — who got even less exposure to the electorate than she did — capturing 5 percent of the ballots for Governor, tripling his vote total from four years earlier.

Libertarian Michael McDermott got 16,769 votes for New York governor in 2014, or less than 1 percent of the total vote.

Babiarz ran 3 times before for governor, receiving his best vote total in 2002 with 2.94 % of the vote.

Chairman PDP primary election committee for Ondo State and governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson said Eyitayo won the primary by polling a total of 760 votes while his opponent, Saka Lawal polled a total of 22 votes.

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, said today that the stunningly high vote total against Cuomo in the Democratic Primary shows that many New Yorkers reject his conservative economic policies.