Sentences with phrase «voter identification in»

Boakai has waged a bitter legal battle over problems with queue control and voter identification in the October 10 first round, and said he would accept the result provided the National Elections Commission (NEC) met «all of the standards».

All 50 states use Help America Vote Act 2002 as a minimum for voter identification in Federal elections (president, senators, house of representatives, etc.).

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«I have yet to understand how you can't approve voter identification at least in some form.»

The government is currently trialing the new system in Bromley, Gosport, Swindon, Watford and Woking and requires voters to present personal identification before...

In 1998, at the height of the Clinton impeachment battle, evangelical voters were constantly confronting accusations from their secular, leftist friends that «it was all politics,» that evangelicals were less concerned with Bill Clinton's indiscretions than they were about his party identification.

Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee and one of the principal architects of the GOP turnout apparatus nationwide, said a top - notch voter identification and turnout effort matters more in a congressional race than a presidential one because there is «much less of a public dialogue» about individual House contests.

Morey said Throne - Holst may have a slight advantage at this point, given her higher name identification from her multiple runs for elected office and her compelling personal story as a single working mother with children in college that will resonate with primary voters.

Terry McAuliffe, former chair of the Democratic National Committee and gubernatorial candidate in the 2009 Democratic gubernatorial primary, says that he is hearing from sources on the ground that the lines are being slowed down by Republican poll watchers who are demanding excessive proof, such as extra forms of identification, for many voters.

For instance, it was considered highly unusual to conduct an election in which voters» identification is never checked, not during the registration process nor at polling stations.

SUMTER, SC — Voters in South Carolina who do not have photo identification can still vote in the upcoming presidential primary.

Voters in some areas piloting controversial ID trials were reportedly unable to cast their ballot after failing to bring identification with them.

If the registration was during the limited registration period in 2014, a copy of the voter registration identification guarantee form.

But city Democrats today argued that the real «rigging» in the works are voter identification and voter intimidation efforts they claimed the GOP has turned against communities of color, the poor and college students.

Problems like jammed scanners have been getting resolved fairly smoothly, but early in the morning, another concern was raised, when Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz announced on his Twitter page that he was getting reports of polling locations asking all voters for identification.

«It appears that voters in the 23rd CD have no problem crossing party lines to support issues, positions, candidates, and officials irrespective of party identification,» said Siena pollster Steve Greenberg.

You identification of a «strong statistical probability» that those who voted BNP / Ed in 2009 are now UKIP voters does not persuade me.

If a voter is unable to present the proper evidence of identification, then the voter will be entitled to vote by provisional ballot in the manner detailed in the bill.

To have his or her ballot counted, the voter must provide a valid form of identification to the county election officer in person or provide a copy by mail or electronic means before the meeting of the county board of canvassers.

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, a Democrat whose presidential dreams were not realized this year, will join the board of All About The Vote — a nonprofit aimed at educating voters on ever - changing requirements in states instituting voter identification laws.

The commissioner even called for a law obligating voters to show photo identification at the polls — a measure Republicans have fought to push through in numerous states.

Typically though the main factors in voting intention are things like party identification, perceptions of the leaders and the parties's perceived competence on whatever voters see as the important issues of the day.

Agbaje added that those who were newly - captured would undergo Automatic Finger Identification System (AFIS) before their names would be ratified and added to the present list of registered voters in Osun.

He proposes that in future, in certain areas, voters should present documentary identification prior to voting at the polling station.

There are five keys to succeeding in this modernization of grassroots organizing and voter identification programs:

The ECOWAS Mission also recommended timely voter verification exercise to be conducted by NEC in accordance with the law, to enhance voter identification; improvement in the Final Registration Roll (FRR) by arranging names in alphabetical order and ensuring that photos match serial numbers of voters.

Ramadan argues that a Supreme Court ruling in 2014 that the National Health Insurance Card was an illegal form of identification for voters strengthens his latest suit.

In an election that observers agree reflected the aspirations of Democratic voters to turn the page on the Bloomberg era, Quinn's close identification with the mayor, including the leading role she played in allowing him to run for a third term in 2009, outweighed whatever credit most LGBT voters gave her for leadership on issues related to their sexual orientation and gender identitIn an election that observers agree reflected the aspirations of Democratic voters to turn the page on the Bloomberg era, Quinn's close identification with the mayor, including the leading role she played in allowing him to run for a third term in 2009, outweighed whatever credit most LGBT voters gave her for leadership on issues related to their sexual orientation and gender identitin allowing him to run for a third term in 2009, outweighed whatever credit most LGBT voters gave her for leadership on issues related to their sexual orientation and gender identitin 2009, outweighed whatever credit most LGBT voters gave her for leadership on issues related to their sexual orientation and gender identity.

«With a low turnout expected and limited media exposure in the nation's most expensive media market, the test of both campaigns will be to mount strong voter identification efforts and effective get - out - the - vote operations.

Such an approach is counter to the «wave» of state legislation Perez saw being put into place starting in 2010 to make it harder for voters to register, such as requiring photo identification, or restricting early voting.

Republicans, in a rapid sequence of votes over the next eight weeks, plan to legalize concealed weapons, deregulate the telephone industry, require voters to show photo identification at the polls, expand school vouchers and undo an early release for prisoners.

It's not just interested in energy: In recent years ALEC has supported Arizona's restrictive immigration legislation, the «Stand Your Ground» gun laws associated with the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, and voter identification laws proposed in many statein energy: In recent years ALEC has supported Arizona's restrictive immigration legislation, the «Stand Your Ground» gun laws associated with the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, and voter identification laws proposed in many stateIn recent years ALEC has supported Arizona's restrictive immigration legislation, the «Stand Your Ground» gun laws associated with the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, and voter identification laws proposed in many statein many states.

The purpose of those calls, he continued, was to «suppress the votes of electors who had indicated their voting preference in response to earlier voter identification calls.»

The appeal arose out of a suit by the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless filed in 2006 regarding Ohio's then - new voter identification laws — specifically, whether Ohio must count ballots cast in the wrong precinct.

Yet, evidence from the United States — where conservative legislators have been tightening voter - identification rules for years — indicates that stricter identification requirements do, in fact, keep qualified voters from voting.

Yet, if courts follow the logic that underlies the Supreme Court's decision in Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj, then these stricter voter - identification requirements may not survive Charter scrutiny.

The applicants in Henry were qualified voters — two of them occasionally homeless, one of them elderly and visually impaired — who challenged the constitutionality of the voter - identification restrictions in the current version of the Canada Elections Act.

Even without vouching, the voter - identification requirements in the Canada Elections Act would almost certainly pass the first two stages of the Oakes test.

Both the B.C. Court of Appeal's decision in Henry v. Canada and the Supreme Court's decision in Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj suggest that this time, without vouching, the voter - identification restrictions may not survive.

Where the stricter rules might falter — and where the effect of Bill C - 23 may prove to be unconstitutional — is in the final two steps; courts may ultimately find that, without vouching, the voter - identification restrictions do not minimally impair the Charter right to vote, nor do their salutary benefits outweigh their deleterious effects.

In fact, Florida law states that the list of candidates «shall be taken from the male and female persons at least 18 years of age who are citizens of the United States and legal residents of this state and their respective counties and who possess a driver license or identification card issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles», and does not sanction using voter lists.

Still, it may only be a matter of time before another voter — like Rose Henry, who made the Charter application that the British Columbia Court of Appeal rejected that week — challenges the legislation's new, stricter voter - identification requirements in court.

Voting system wants to identify voters but not link them with transaction (the vote), so there is a break in the end - to - end identification.

~ Amendments to Canada Elections Act imposing voter identification requirements as precondition to casting vote in federal or provincial election constituting facial infringement of right to vote under s. 3 of Charter — Amendments, however, demonstrably justified under s. 1 ~