Sentences with phrase «valid petition signatures»

If it receives the required 650,000 valid petition signatures and carries a statewide vote, probably on the November 1992 ballot, the measure would give California residents the most sweeping educational - choice program in the nation.

[12] Alaska Constitution Party Chairman J.R. Myers succeeded in submitting the required 3,017 valid petition signatures by August 19 for a place on the November ballot.

Giordano, who currently works in the Harrison tax receiver's office, collected only 177 valid petition signatures.

If the challenge is upheld, Perez Williams would be short of the 1,250 valid petition signatures needed to appear on the primary ballot.

The candidate still must gather legally valid petition signatures to qualify for the primary election.

After six weeks of court battles, the appeals court last week ruled that Bush had 347 valid petition signatures, one more than he needed to get on the ballot.

Each Democratic candidate needs 1,000 valid petition signatures from party members to get on the primary ballot.

But he was kicked off the ballot after failing to gather enough valid petition signatures for the Independence Party line in the November election.

For initiatives hoping to be granted ballot access, a minimum of 241,153 valid petition signatures are required to qualify an Initiative to the People for the 2012 statewide ballot.

Tonight is the deadline for Eliot Spitzer to submit 3,750 valid petition signatures in order to get onto the ballot in the NYC comptroller's race.

A judge has ruled Buffalo School Board President James Sampson does not have enough valid petition signatures to be on the ballot for the upcoming board election.

However, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that certain ballot access requirements, such as filing fees and submitting a certain number of valid petition signatures do not constitute additional qualifications and thus few Constitutional restrictions exist as to how harsh ballot access laws can be.

Not exact matches

On June 30, the last day the old provincial sales tax remained in effect, a coalition fronted by former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm presented a petition of 557,383 valid signatures to the province's chief electoral officer, which forces a bill abolishing the HST to be either voted on in the legislature or put to a referendum.

The petitions come with very specific requirements for use, such as the times they can be circulated and the definition of a valid signature (read more).

Democrats trying to force Juanita Perez Williams off the ballot in NY - 24 claimed that more than 2,400 signatures on her nominating petitions are not valid, and should be enough to disqualify her from a Democratic primary.

Because no one knows if there are enough valid signatures yet, the existence of the petition means that HB 194 can't take effect yet.

The Board of Elections initially kicked Martinez off the ballot, and claimed he didn't have the required 500 valid signatures on his nominating petitions.

Democrats trying to force Juanita Perez Williams off the ballot in the 24th Congressional District claimed Monday that more than 2,400 signatures on her nominating petitions are not valid, and should be enough to disqualify her from a Democratic primary.

The poll did not ask about Teachout, who has not yet gotten onto the ballot and must circulate petitions, collecting at least 15,000 valid signatures from enrolled Democrats across the state, to do so.

To succeed, she will have to gather at least 1,250 valid signatures from registered Democrats before a deadline at 5 p.m. Thursday for petitions to be filed with the state Board of Elections in Albany.

On May 2, the Wyoming Secretary of State announced that the Country Party petition has enough valid signatures.

Weisberg had also gathered signatures for a petition for the Working Families Party, where he only needed 11 valid signatures.

Along with Katko, Hunter said he will circulate petitions — candidates must collect 1,250 valid signatures — to appear on the primary ballot for the GOP nomination.

Jamieson ruled that in total, 27 signatures in Weisberg's Independence Party petition were not valid including the nine Bongiorno erred on.

To appear on the June 24 primary ballot, candidates must circulate petitions beginning Tuesday and collect 1,250 valid signatures.

Congressional contender Jon Kaiman on Monday asked the state Board of Elections to throw opponent Thomas Suozzi off the Democratic primary ballot in the 3rd District, claiming more than half the petition signatures that Suozzi submitted were not valid.

The Board of Election in Albany ruled Tuesday, August 7 that Grant Valentine's petition for the September 13 Democratic primary was disqualified because he did not have enough valid signatures.

However, it is probable that the petition didn't have enough valid signatures anyway.

Union attorney Howard Wien said Valentin can't run because he didn't get enough valid signatures on his nominating petition after the union election committee, handpicked by Seabrook, rightfully tossed five signatures.

On March 12, the Montana Secretary of State determined that the Americans Elect petition has enough valid signatures.

On May 15, the Alabama Secretary of State determined that the Americans Elect petition has enough valid signatures.

On April 20, the North Dakota Secretary of State found that all three petitions for party status had enough valid signatures.

The two petitions combined, requiring a total of 9,027 signatures, still total fewer signatures than the statewide independent petition, which requires 18,053 valid signatures.

Six Republicans had filed for the seat including Martins, but only his petition signatures were declared valid by the Board of Elections.

Another candidate for the Buffalo School Board — Colleen E. Russell, an ally of Carl Paladino — was knocked off the May 3 ballot today when a judge ruled she had only 498 valid signatures on her petitions to run for the seat, two short of the 500 required.

Officials claim that their only purpose is to make sure the signatures on the petition are valid

Kicinski, of Earlville, filed petitions with 1,308 signatures, but the state invalidated 200, leaving him with 1,108 valid signatures, said John Conklin, speaking for the state Board of Elections in Albany.

As previously reported, because the Virginia Governor and the Virginia legislature changed the effective date of HB 1151, the Libertarian Party's presidential petition, which had 2,100 signatures, is not valid and the party must start all over.

Even without the party designation, Kicinski and Vasquez can gain a spot on the June 24 primary ballot by collecting 1,250 valid signatures on petitions.

She initially succeeded in having 1,884 of Perez Williams» petition signatures ruled invalid, leaving her with 1,393 valid signatures.

The old law required 40,042 valid signatures by March of an election year, and the wording on the petition implied the signers are party members.

They have upheld rulings of lower state courts that levy fees of over $ 80,000 against candidates who submit petitions that are held not to have enough valid signatures.

Grasso noted Doheny could petition his way into a primary by gathering the valid signatures of 1,250 enrolled Republicans.

The candidates must submit 1,250 valid signatures on nominating petitions by April 12 to get on the ballot for the June 26 primary.

Utah state elections officials have determined that the Justice Party petition for ballot access has enough valid signatures.

The statewide petition requires 44,829 valid signatures.

Under Cuomo's plan, any member of any party could petition his or her way onto any ballot line, as long as they collect a sufficient number of valid signatures during the petition process.

The preliminary ruling by the state Board of Elections leaves Perez Williams with 1,393 valid signatures on her nominating petitions.

The bill, HB 194, will be suspended until after 2012 if Democrats and their allies successfully collect 231,147 valid signatures on a referendum petition by September 29, 2011.

His would - be opponent, John Gangemi, needed to hand in a petition with 2,000 signatures by July 11, but New York Supreme Court Justice David Schmidt ruled only 1,809 of them were valid.