Sentences with phrase «valid signatures»

Getting enough valid signatures in a school board race has been a problem for years.

The group needed valid signatures from parents of more than half.

An independent candidate would have to collect 3,500 valid signatures in order to get onto the ballot.

Finally, the back of the check provides an area for an endorsement which represents a completed transaction between two parties with valid signatures or a legal representation such as a stamp.

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

To place an initiated constitutional amendment on the ballot, proponents must collect valid signatures signatures equal to 10 percent of votes cast for governor in the last gubernatorial general election.

The candidate filed nomination petitions to run in the general election but did not submit enough valid signatures to gain ballot access.

Each has six weeks to collect 1,000 valid signatures from registered party members — a process that will likely weed out some early contenders.

The law requires signatures equal to 4 % of the number of registered voters, or approximately 20,000 valid signatures in the typical district.

Candidates for nomination of offices as listed below shall present a nominating petition containing at least as many valid signatures of registered and enrolled members of the proper party as listed below:

First, it is rare that a major party is pushed off the ballot due to signature challenges (meaning that he didn't collect enough valid signatures on his nominating petitions in order to meet the legal requirement).

Failure to collect enough valid signatures by April 12 will send the hopefuls packing — at least as Democrats.

The parents asserted they had gathered valid signatures from more than 50 % of the parents as required by the Parent Empowerment Act.

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.

John Conklin, a spokesman for the state Board of Elections, said he could not provide the final number of valid signatures for Perez Williams because some of the signatures are subject to legal review.

A slate of candidates led by incumbent Mayor Pedro Segarra has submitted the number of valid signatures necessary to qualify for a spot on the Sept. 16 primary ballot, the registrars of voters» office has determined.

That's the minimum number of valid signatures needed to qualify for the June 26 primary ballot.

Democratic State Sen. Cecila Tkaczyk has been booted from the independent Women's Equality Party line for failing to get sufficient valid signatures on her nominating petitions.

The party needs 3,500 valid signatures before July 13.

He also notes that independents can petition their way into a special election by collecting 3,000 legally valid signatures in just under two weeks.

Ed Code requires charter school petitions to contain valid signatures numbering at least one - half of the charter school's projected first year enrollment.

• Obtained valid signature on delivery documents.

As an independent, she'd need many more valid signatures (3,500) than her Democratic rivals would need (2,250) from their party.

A preliminary review by the Election Commission whittled the number of valid signatures down from 3,800 to about 3,100.

He sought the nomination on the Republican ticket, [2] but was disqualified for having insufficient valid signatures.

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.

It must get 10,000 valid signatures within the 90 - day window that it chooses for itself, so the signatures will be due in early December 2011.

On January 31, 2012, the Oklahoma Libertarian Party and the Oklahoma Green Party filed a lawsuit, challenging the state's ballot access procedure for newly - qualifying parties, which this year required 51,739 valid signatures due March 1 (the state defends the early deadline on the grounds that all parties, even newly - qualifying parties, must choose nominees in the June primary).

Weisberg had submitted 150 signatures, and this left him with only 123 potentially valid signatures.

The party will seek its 10,000 valid signatures between September 3 and December 1, 2011.

In the end, there were 1,363,411 valid signatures out of 1,660,245 collected (897,156 required).

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.

In Bitcoin's case, this means that anyone can pick any transaction from the peer - to - peer network, and alter the signature into an equally valid signature.

In order to place a measure on the general election ballot, supporters must gather valid signatures equaling 8 % of the votes cast for the office of governor in the state's most recent gubernatorial election for constitutional amendments, 6 % for state statutes, and 4 % for veto referendums.

Candidates need to collect valid signatures by mid-July from 5 percent of party members based on the votes cast for that party's candidate in the last gubernatorial election.

Zandstra, an ordained pastor in the Christian Reformed Church, sought the GOP Senate nomination in Michigan this year, but failed to make the primary ballot after collecting too few of the required valid signatures.

Lawyers representing Perez Williams spent more than five hours at a hearing at the state Board of Elections in Albany, arguing that she had enough valid signatures on nominating petitions to appear on the ballot.

Valid signatures for this effort could have come from any registered voter, enrolled in a party or not, so any inability to qualify under these circumstances should send a message loud and clear that this candidacy has no grassroots support,» Latimer said.

It is a race against the clock for Spitzer, whose campaign is paying canvassers up to $ 800 a day to gather valid signatures, according to reports.

Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer has less than 48 hours to finish collecting the 3,750 valid signatures necessary to earn a spot on the ballot for the comptroller's office.

As an established party candidate, Schmidt would need to submit a petition in December with valid signatures from 600 registered voters in the district, and would then be on the March primary ballot.

Collier, after declaring officially only on Monday, said she has been «overwhelmed by the positive response» and believes a growing pool of volunteers will be sufficient to collect the minimum 1,250 valid signatures needed to get on the primary ballot.

Syracuse mayoral race candidate Alfonso Davis was ruled ineligible to run in the Democratic primary as he failed to obtain sufficient valid signatures.

This initiative is in the beginning stages, and will need at least 365,880 valid signatures before it can qualify for the ballot.

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.

John Perez — The BOE also ruled Sgt. Perez off the special election ballot for filing an insufficient number of valid signatures from registered voters in the 17th Council district.

The article says Americans Elect needs 51,849 valid signatures in Georgia.

If Mangano, a Republican, wants to challenge former State Sen. Jack Martins, the GOP's choice for county executive, he has until July 13 to file at least 2,000 valid signatures of registered Republicans who support his candidacy.

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.