Sentences with phrase «voter access by»

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The app cut ties with Cambridge Analytica in Mexico after the British company was accused by a whistleblower of improperly accessing data to target US and British voters in recent elections.

Deep Root emphasized in its statement that the data that was accessed «was, to the best of our knowledge, proprietary information as well as voter data that is publicly available and readily provided by state government offices.»

Election campaigns and access to the electoral process continue to be affected by traditional barriers, security concerns, absence of female voters and female observer groups.Past elections reflect significant obstacles women have faced as candidates, voters as well as election workers.

At the heart of this crisis lies the search by voters for a vision of democracy and elections that disperses decision - making power more, affords more nuanced representation to UK citizens, and gives a broader range of parties access to the policy arena.

In the wake of problems experienced by voters who wished to participate in New York's presidential primaries, Matthew Hamilton, reporting for the Albany Times Union, discussed legislative changes that would improve voter access to the polls, including reform bills sponsored by Kavanagh.

Flanagan says he does think it's time for a «discussion» on voter access, and says some items he does support include having a larger font on ballots so they can be more easily read by voters.

A party meets the requirements for ballot access if a candidate nominated by the political party at one of the two immediately preceding statewide general elections received at least 5 percent of the vote, or if a combination of candidates nominated by the political party for a combination of districts that encompass all of the voters of the entire state polled at least 5 percent of the vote in each of their respective districts.

Still, there are other avenues for gaining access to voter information by obtaining on the county level.

David Cameron again found himself in the crosshairs for undermining voter confidence in official data by using misleading NHS spending figures and appearing to abuse his privileged early access to GDP data.

New York is among the of states rebuffing efforts by President Donald Trump's administration to gain access to voter registration information, all part of a stated effort to root out fraud.

The bill is backed by a $ 7 million funding proposal in the proposed $ 168 billion budget to improve voter access as well as same - day voter registration.

«CIDNY is calling for systemic changes to ensure that voters with disabilities are no longer disenfranchised by lack of training on disability access and voting technology, locked doors and blocked pathways, and lack of coordination by City agencies charged with providing facilities for voters,» CIDNY executive director Susan Dooha said in a statement.

«By launching our fully interactive website at johnkatkoforcongress.com, we ensure that central New York voters have updated, real - time access 24 hours a day, seven days a week to our campaign.»

(Compas, who lost by a wide margin, also had access to voter database software that most state - level Democratic candidates have available.)

Flanagan said he does think it's time for a «discussion» on voter access, and said some items he does support include having a larger font on ballots so they can be more easily read by voters.

Improving New York State's voter registration and ballot access measures with an eye on moving toward a statewide vote - by - mail program

If approved by voters those propositions will: 1) Create a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

With increased security devices pre-installed and realtime access by its holder, the new Social Security smartcard represents the future of American registered voters.

Though Remain voters backed prioritising single market access by an overwhelming 76 per cent to 12 per cent, just one in five Leave voters said the single market was more important.

The only edits to each video (s) will be to combine all comments and answers of any candidate into continuous video (as constrained by time limits of Youtube per video, so the broadest access will be available to voters).

Towards the 2019 General Elections, we would like the operators, in collaboration with INEC, to send bulk SMS and possibly voice messenger as well on the imperative of peaceful elections, the collection of the Permanent Voter Cards by registered voters and directional information on the location of Polling Units for easy access to voters.»

The commission is considering easing access to the ballot for candidates by lowering the number of signatures needed to get onto the ballot - but is not ready to open access to the ballot for voters.

Voters can access it by going to the League website, www.lwvsaratoga.org, and selecting from the list of races which will be held in the county.

In their lawsuits, filed last May, the groups argued that Proposition 39, a state ballot measure passed by voters in 2000, grants charters» access to facilities in...

Ninety percent of voters, regardless of party affiliation, endorse quality early childhood education with expanded access and affordability for children from low - and middle - income backgrounds, according to a 2016 national poll by the First Five Years Fund.

Instead of pouncing on Mr. Bush, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio might explain to voters why Barack Obama has spent his entire presidency trying to shut down a school voucher program in Washington, D.C., that gives poor black and brown children access to private schools and, according to the Education Department's own evaluation, improves their chances of graduating by as much as 21 percentage points.

Millions of children in California will have greater access to bilingual education after nearly three - quarters of voters said yes to Proposition 58 in early voting, a race called late Tuesday by the Associated Press.

The holdout senators this week released a list of budget demands that included expanding access to private voucher schools outside Milwaukee and Racine, operational changes to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, requiring counties or municipalities that enact wheel taxes to do so by voter referendum and moving up the effective date of the budget's repeal of the state's prevailing wage requirement.

The poll, commissioned by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and the California Charter School Association (CCSA), offered insight into how parents and voters view public schools in Los Angeles as The Broad Foundation and others including CCSA continue to solicit input on how best to increase access for families seeking high - quality public schools.

Whether dogs should get a couple of hours access a day to Willard Beach in Maine will be decided by voters.

By an overwhelming margin, voters see increased access to domestic reserves as fundamentally supporting American energy security.

Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm hired by President Trump's 2016 election campaign, gained access to information on 50 million Facebook users as a way to identify the personalities of American voters and influence their behavior.

«Several online panels would be set up to target a cross section of voters... We would try to further increase the sample by accessing the social networks of the panel respondents.

«The data that was accessed was, to the best of our knowledge this proprietary information as well as voter data that is publicly available and readily provided by state government offices,» the company said in a statement.

The raw data that the firm accessed also allowed it to use algorithms to target those who were identified as swing voters by creating just the right messages for them.

Recruit, train, and activate volunteers to support Planned Parenthood and access to reproductive healthcare by engaging in issue advocacy, voter education, and electoral campaign activities.

Planned Parenthood Action Fund works to ensure that people continue to have access to those health care and education services — by advocating for laws and policies that protect women's health, and educating voters about how candidates» positions would affect women's health.