Sentences with phrase «vote buying»

He described vote buying as a violation of the electoral act and malpractice that the police must stop.

Number one, INEC is worried by the recent trend of vote buying at open polling stations.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on the Nigeria Police Force to pay special attention to addressing open vote buying as the country prepares for Ekiti and Osun governorship elections.

Electoral rules have been changed to disadvantage opposition voters, while blatant vote buying is going on.

Orji while responding to questions from stakeholders condemned the issue of vote buying which participants complained characterized the last governorship election held on Nov. 18, 2017.

A presidential aspirant of the Peoples National Convention (PNC), Hassan Ayariga, has been accused of engaging in vote buying at the party's national delegates congress underway in the capital of the Upper West Region, Wa.

Perhaps the most troubling recent example of grey - haired vote buying is Manitoba's plan to offer a massive discount on property taxes for its seniors.

I have my differences of opinion with Ben Golliver but his COY vote buys him a lot of good karma in my book.

There were cases of attempted ballot box snatching, allegations of vote buying etc..

The National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said politicians» penchant for vote buying could mar the 2019 general elections...

The New Patriotic Party's running mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has been accused of vote buying barely two months to the general elections.

In a statement, the two civil society organizations observed that some Ghanaians do not even understand what voting buying means.

We are discussing with the EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) on not just vote buying, but also party and campaign finances.»

On vote buying, the INEC Chairman agreed that the worrisome development was capable of undermining the tenets of democracy.

She called on the INEC to restrict people from going close to the electorate during voting and to stop votes buying.

They called on Ghanaians to ignore the NDC's vote buying propaganda.

If you claim to love me, then you must have a card,»» Did he really say that, is this guy a joke, this corrupt vote buying is becoming too public?

Lincoln is not above political vote buying.

Lincoln is largely concerned with the sordid business of trying to add enough vulnerable Democratic votes to those of the Republicans to amass the supermajority needed to pass the 13th Amendment — if necessary, with threats, offers of positions and other inducements short of direct vote buying.

A proposal introduced by the UK with backing from the rest of the EU member countries to improve the functioning of the IWC was weakened a bit to appease the pro-whaling countries, but eventually adopted by consensus, eliminating cash payments of dues which helped facilitate vote buying.

There were allegations of vote buying which has led many of the aspirants complaining about the transparency of the process.

«Open vote buying will not be tolerated by the commission and we don't want the 2019 general election to be determined by the amount of money that people have.»

In an exhaustive public records search, News21 reporters sent thousands of requests to elections officers in all 50 states, asking for every case of fraudulent activity including registration fraud, absentee ballot fraud, vote buying, false election counts, campaign fraud, casting an ineligible vote, voting twice, voter impersonation fraud and intimidation.

The Deputy General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr Koku Anyidoho, has revealed that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as part of a grand scheme to penetrate into the Volta region, has launched a vote buying agenda.

Some Ghanaians do not know that voting buying is an offense and punishable by law.

Congress: Like the victim of a slick used car salesman tricked into buying a lemon, Americans wish they could return the Democratic Congress their votes bought: Confidence in Congress has hit an all - time low of 14 %.

The former UN Secretary General called for political equality and the need to fight the incidence of unregulated money in politics which leads to vote buying and bribery by candidates.

Crazily, that term «ordinary politics» gives the wink to political extortion, bribery, trading favors and vote buying.

David Asante said the electorate will suffer the penalty of votes buying should they sell their votes to the NDC.

Since the above statement, The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has accused the former CPP MP of vote buying.

Yakubu said that the issue of vote buying was becoming worrisome to INEC as witnessed in recent elections.

Their latest scheme, called Scantegrity II, would make elections both transparent (to catch error or vote - alteration fraud) and private (to prevent coercion, intimidation, and vote buying).

April 23, 2018 - CCGG Executive Director Stephen Erlichman was quoted in the Financial Post with regard to CCGG's view on «vote buying» in proxy contests

In an exhaustive public records search, reporters from the investigative reporting projecdt News21 sent thousands of requests to elections officers in all 50 states, asking for every case of fraudulent activity including registration fraud, absentee ballot fraud, vote buying, false election counts, campaign fraud, casting an ineligible vote, voting twice, voter impersonation fraud and intimidation.

April 23, 2018 - CCGG Executive Director Stephen Erlichman was quoted in the Financial Post with regard to CCGG's view on «vote buying» in proxy contests

«The research showed that the vote buying practice had become so endemic that an entire industry of dealers had emerged to broker the voter groups and funders,» the documents said.