Sentences with phrase «voter signatures in»

Even then, some groups with a stake in the races are already preparing to challenge voter signatures in court, just as they challenged signatures on nominating petitions.

«We got tons of voter signatures in Brooklyn.

To get on the ballot, the former mayor would have to gather 79,939 valid voter signatures in Texas by May 9 from people who had not voted in either the March 1 Democratic or Republican primaries.

Candidates for the Democratic nomination for attorney general can be nominated at state party committee meetings over the next month or file petitions with voter signatures in June to get on the ballot.

Not exact matches

The group, which boasts as many as 30 members, gathered 140 petition signatures from registered voters living on the east side of Lake in the Hills.

With 25,000 voters in the park district, 2,500 signatures were needed to get the question placed on the March ballot.

Of course, that's only 1500 signatures and you need 15,000, but you can make that up in the ones with large voter registrations, preferably the blanks.

Currently, citizens must collect written signatures from 1 % of the voting population (roughly 1.36 million voters) in order to force Congress to discuss a new law.

While it's too early to determine how solid Spitzer's lead is — it is still unclear if he will have enough petition signatures to gain ballot access — 67 percent of voters in the poll believe the former governor should be given a second chance after resigning amid a prostitution scandal in March 2008.

The legislator and Bronx Democratic Party chairman filed petitions that included multiple duplicate signatures, voters who did not live in his Assembly district and signatures from voters who said they never signed the sheets, according to the complaint filed in Bronx Supreme Court.

Spitzer himself spent the afternoon talking to reporters, speaking individually to only seven or so voters — and leaving in a taxi with about that many signatures on his own petition sheet.

Signature requirement is number equal to 15 % of registered voters in the municipality, based on the total number of registered voters at the time of the last general election

Doing that would shorten the time opponents have for gathering petition signatures needed to place the bill before voters in a referendum, making it more difficult to pull off a referendum.

Allegro has filed a blizzard of objections to Brabenec's United Monroe petition in hopes of getting it invalidated, citing the signatures of voters who live outside the district or were ineligible because they previously had signed Brabenec's Republican petition, and other alleged problems.

To qualify for party primaries, congressional candidates must submit 1,250 valid signatures from voters in their districts.

The SAFE Act remains a signature legislative victory for Cuomo in his second term, but led to a fall in support from Republican voters who have typically opposed gun control legislation.

In Union Square, where he was slated to start collecting signatures, Spitzer talked with few voters, spending the majority of his hour - long appearance answering questions from a group of about 50 reporters.

Suozzi, he said, is «in the middle of his own political fight to defend fraudulent signatures and voters who have died.»

Perez Williams said the DCCC supplied a small number of paid canvassers to help her gather signatures from Democratic voters in the 24th Congressional District that are required to make it onto the primary ballot.

In addition, Ms. Berney presented affidavits from voters confirming that their «signatures» on Milano's designating petitions were forgeries.

According to him, officials of the state government allegedly gathered the signatures from the voter register of INEC as there was no time signatures for his recall were publicly gathered in his senatorial district.

When a poll worker couldn't find Democratic mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner's signature alongside his name in the book of eligible voters, they tried to give him an affidavit ballot, his campaign said.

The petition had to be signed by only 5 percent of the party's registered members, which amounts to about 10 signatures in the case of the Reform Party which has a total of 187 registered voters.

The complainants (who at the moment will remain anonymous) even alleged that they was willing to go to News 12 and the Journal News to expose the actions of Mr. Lafayette concerning the process to challenge the signatures, fraudulently having people on Democratic voter rolls and abusing his absolute power over the voting process as Westchester democratic chairman, Mount Vernon City Committee Chairman and Westchester County Democratic Commissioner of Elections which they felt was illegal in nature and the DA's office was against the complainants going public with their complaints.

He allegedly steered about $ 300,000 in funds to a Queens nonprofit, then used the group's workers to collect signatures and register voters for his 2006 campaign for the state Senate.

Jennifer Maertz, a former Democratic state Senate candidate and an activist on women's rights issues, was in Cutchogue Sunday collecting signatures and speaking with potential voters about the new party platform.

«Democrats are objecting to permanently disabled elderly Republican voters, claiming their signatures don't match what is in the books,» Mr. Reif said.

Malloy is seeking reelection in a three - way race against Republican Tom Foley and petitioning candidate Joseph Visconti of West Hartford, who collected the necessary 7,500 signatures of registered voters to gain a spot on the November ballot.

Candidates for citywide offices like comptroller have to have 3,750 signatures from registered voters in their party by Thursday.

In a letter to Suffolk County, his office said counties could register voters through an electronic signature process.

Registered voters may sign both the in - lieu - of - filing - fee petition and the nomination paper, unless the candidate is using the signatures on the in - lieu - of - filing - fee petition to count toward the nomination paper requirement.

If the number of registered voters in the district in which the candidate seeks nomination is less than 2,000, a candidate may submit a petition containing four signatures for each dollar of the filing fee, or 20 percent of the total number of registered voters in the district in which he or she seeks nomination, whichever is less.

Minor party candidates, who couldn't afford the filing fee, now are unable to pursue the signature in - lieu route, leading to fewer candidates and, in turn, fewer choices for voters.

A candidate must receive signatures from 5 percent of a party's registered voters in order to run on that party's ticket.

One of the signature pieces of the comprehensive set of proposals that Senator Klein will prioritize in 2018 is voting reform, which includes early voting, no - excuse absentee voting, automatic voting registration and expanded voter registration deadlines to create a healthier, well - participated democracy in New York.

Even if he does get the signatures, Spitzer would still need to go to the ballots and face voters who likely still remember the former «Sheriff of Wall Street's» fall from grace in 2008 after admitting that he paid a prostitute for sex.

A coalition of Colorado business groups on Friday announced they will collect signatures to try and ask voters in November for a 0.62 percent sales tax increase to raise money for the state's billions of dollars in infrastructure needs.

Generally speaking, a candidate must collect signatures equaling at least 5 percent of the number of active enrolled voters in the political unit (e.g., the state for statewide offices, such as governor; the legislative district for state senate or assembly districts; etc.), or a fixed total established by statute, whichever is less.

The details are as follows, one subscriber, Mr Richard Aseda, with voter ID number 7812003957 endorsed Dr Nduom's forms in the Central region and again endorsed the same forms with the same ID number in the Volta region but with a different signature.

GOP Congressman Michael Grimm lost the Independence Party's ballot line when he did not turn in enough valid signatures from voters in the district, but he appealed the decision arguing that a systemic problem with the Board of Elections unfairly placed obstacles in his signature - gathering efforts.

«I'm incredibly thankful for our grassroots support — and to our staff, unpaid interns and volunteers for working so hard to get our campaign on the ballot, gathering more than 7,250 signatures and ensuring that after 18 years, voters will finally have a choice in this election,» Saujani said in a press release.

Cleary, Team Cuomo sees these local races as an opportunity to reach voters in an «off» election year on what has become Cuomo's signature issue in this cycle.

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.

According to Crudele federal investigators are looking at voter fraud and financial mismanagement in the borough.Materials turned over to the FBI are said to include evidence of alleged voter fraud — particularly alleged fake signatures on voter petitions.

The applicants, who frowned at the 188,000 signatures which were submitted to INEC, noted that while 111,534 voted in the general election in Kogi West, the total number of registered voters in Kogi West was 360,098.

The signature requirement for new political party formation petitions was reduced from 2 percent of the total number of voters who voted in the most recent gubernatorial election to 0.25 percent of that group.

Tuesday morning, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that his office has issued an opinion that considers online voter registration, including the use of electronically affixed handwritten signatures, legal in New York State.

In an article published online Monday morning, NY Post columnist John Crudele reported that upstate FBI agents are reviewing allegations of voter fraud, fraudulent nominating petition signatures and possibly personal use of campaign funds by Bronx officials connected to the Bronx Democratic County Committee.

Grimm will challenge Donovan on the Conservative Party line via a write - in campaign in the primary election after his campaign circulated and filed petition signatures with the BOE for an opportunity - to - ballot, which will allow voters to write in a candidate on the Conservative line.

Because of the truncated election calendar, the minimum threshold is 938 signatures of registered Democratic voters residing in the congressional district.