Sentences with phrase «unaffiliated candidate»

Deadline to submit petitions to county board of elections for verification prior to submitting to State Board of Elections (applies to unaffiliated candidates for statewide office)

Walsh is a rarity: A politically viable, unaffiliated candidate in a major American city.

Democratic and unaffiliated candidates who have formed a gubernatorial candidate committee spoke for 10 minutes each.

In House District 114, Fernandez was up against Republican Andrew Vargas and unaffiliated candidate Liz de las Cuevas.

For district offices, including the state legislature, U.S. House, and local office, the bill lowers the signature requirement for unaffiliated candidates from 4 percent to 1 percent of the registered voters in that district.

Several Democratic gubernatorial candidates at a forum on transportation Friday said they support electronic tolling on the state's highways and one unaffiliated candidate said legislators should revisit the controversial mileage tax, where drivers are charged based on how much they drive.

Walsh's victory opens the door to future unaffiliated candidates and non-Democrats entering elections in Syracuse, he said.

In a message to the union's 3,000 - plus members, STA President Megan Root said the union board interviewed Democrat Juanita Perez Williams, Green Howie Hawkins and unaffiliated candidate Ben Walsh, then chose not to endorse any of the three.

North Carolina's current ballot access laws are currently the second most restrictive in the nation and impose an excessive and unreasonable requirement on new political parties and unaffiliated candidates far and above the standard prevalent in most other states.

A Green Party candidate, Clyde is one of several minor party and unaffiliated candidates who are competing this year for one of Connecticut's seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Most third - party and unaffiliated candidates are up against rivals who have tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands and sometimes millions of dollars in campaign cash to promote their candidacies, not to mention the resources of the nation's dominant political parties.

Oz Griebel ran for governor as a Republican in 2010 but this year is gathering signatures to run as an unaffiliated candidate in November, skipping the convention and primary process altogether.

Lower the number of signatures an unaffiliated candidate for district offices (including U.S. Congress and the General Assembly) must collect from 4 % to 1 % of the registered voters in that district as of January 1 of the election year.

The bill will dramatically reduce ballot access restrictions for political parties and unaffiliated candidates.

Lower the number of signatures an unaffiliated candidate for statewide office must collect from 2 % to 0.25 % of the votes for Governor or President in the most recent election whichever is less.