Sentences with phrase «voters of both running for office»
«It deprives voters of both running for office themselves and electing a candidate of their choosing.
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«They're not thrilled that he's already jumping ship to run for higher office because that's exactly what he campaigned against and what he promised he wouldn't do, be a ladder - climbing career politician,» Petersen said, noting a JTD strategies poll that found half of Missouri voters think Hawley could be using his attorney general career as a stepping stone to higher office.
In addition to calling your representatives, consider attending a town hall, writing letters the editor of your local paper, connecting with the local Democratic Party to help with voter registration efforts and to challenge voter suppression / gerrymandering, and (because it's becoming painfully obvious that progressives have ceded local politics to the extreme right for too long), running for office or helping a better candidate get the job.
I am a researcher and activist working to protect the separation of church & state and am founder of a project called The Kryptonite Project where we compiled a list of ReBiblicans (not republicans) who ran for national and gubernatorial offices in every state and put this info in an interactive map to make access as simple as possible for voters.
If those running for any office don't receive a minimum percentage of the available votes, say for example (I'll keep this small scale) 100 voters are registered, and each candidate receives 25 or less votes, the election would be void, and new candidates selected.
Note that if you're running for elected office in the U.S., the national parties are developing and fielding systems to put voter information in the hands of their candidates at all levels.
In these fiscally challenging times, New York voters could not be more fortunate than to have someone of Harry Wilson's caliber running for this critically important office.»
Shane Hubers, a Republican who ran for local office last year, challenged the registration of dozens of voters — the majority of them Democrats — in Beaufort County.
«Eventually, voters may go for the idea of Spitzer running for office but not yet.»
NEW YORK (Reuters)- A majority of New York voters do not want disgraced former Governor Eliot Spitzer to run for statewide office this year, but many say that they would support a run in the future, a poll said on Wednesday.
A recent poll of New York voters showed 45 percent thought he should run for office some day, but 48 percent said his political career was over.
«This is really important so there's consistency for voters in New York City, and so that we have a voting process that, well before the September primary this year, we know how we'll administer and when we would administer the run - off if it was necessary for any of the offices,» Carroll said.
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The current system limits the participation of voters and creates unneeded obstacles for independent and third party candidates to run for office.
«I hope the would - be civic leaders out there do not get dissuaded to run for public office,» Iannece said, speaking of his more than 20 years of civic experience not being enough for voters to get him on the Democratic ticket.
Although a majority of voters do not want the former governor to run for office this year, the electorate isn't ruling out a political return for Spitzer in the future.
New York State caps individual donations to candidates running for local office using a formula based on the number of registered voters in a given district, which varies slightly from year to year — but leaves the single donor ceiling around $ 16,000 in a Republican primary for Nassau County executive, and $ 48,000 for the general election.
A fifth of voters would prefer to see him run for an office with which he is very familiar, New York State Attorney General, and 14 % believe he should run for U.S. Senate in New York.
A 27 year old college freshmen who runs for office as a class project and is forced onto the conservative column because the republican party won't let him, they'd rather kruger ran unapposed, and gets 27 % of the vote says that 27 % of the voters are telling kruger they are unhappy with him.
Republicans are more forgiving than Democrats when it comes to the personal issues of a candidate who's running for public office, according to a new Morning Consult / Politico poll that shows GOP voters care more about policy positions.
Weak election turnouts under the once - heralded single - member system in place now for almost 10 years demonstrate that a strong majority of voters don't much care who's running — or not running — for these offices.
Sixty - four percent of voters do not want former Gov. Eliot Spitzer to run for mayor, and 56 percent said they do not want Diana Taylor, Bloomberg's longtime companion, to run for his office.
Carroll said 49 percent of voters said Weiner should not run for office.
I was as confident then as I am today that what I stood for as a candidate would resonate with voters and I did not wish to engage in the further deterioration of the discourse of running for office.
Carroll also said more than half of voters polled continue to think Kelly might run — despite him saying repeatedly that he has no plans to run for office after serving out his term.
Nearly three - quarters of the 44 who opposed the bill either are on House Republicans» target list or are running for statewide office in a conservative leaning state in 2010 — a classic bifurcation between those who are on the ballot in a midterm election and a president who doesn't stand in front of voters for another three plus years.
Tabone countered by saying he has served Bayside for all eight years since he moved to the community for its superior schools, and that his record of running for office will not sway voters who believe in his policies.
A Marist College Institute for Public Opinion survey released Tuesday morning indicates that 66 percent of New York State registered voters don't think Paterson should resign in wake of a political scandal that ended his hopes of running this year for a full term in office.
«The vast majority of voters understand there are different candidates running for different offices, and there probably will be a lot of ticket splitting this year,» he said, referring to those who vote for a presidential candidate from one party and down - ballot candidates from another.
A publicly - financed Fair Elections system would reduce the impact of large campaign contributions in our political system and boost voters» voices in elections by allowing candidates to run for office with small, in - district donations.
«I will not be a candidate for U.S. Senate this year, and with the voters support, I intend to serve my full term in the House of Representatives and not run for any other office until 2012,» Capito said in a statement.
A publicly - financed Fair Elections system would reduce the impact of large campaign contributions in New York's political system and boost voters» voices in elections by allowing candidates to run for office with small, in - district donations.
«Courts have held that money is not an issue of a compelling concern when it comes to voters» right to express themselves, on an individual's right to run for office,» he said.
On the voters and their view of Democrats running for office just a year after the Obama triumph: «The Audacity of Nope.»
Among other topics, in April, we'll discuss how to more effectively engage growing demographic groups, such as Hispanic and Latino voters, and how to encourage principled and effective advocates of free enterprise to run for office.
«Even in a down housing market, homeownership remains a core American value, with the vast majority of citizens who do not currently own a home saying they want to buy a home,» said Bob Nielsen, president of the National Association of Home Builders and a home builder from Reno, Nev. «Those running for office in November need to understand that voters will not look kindly on any candidates who seek to dismantle the nation's long - term commitment to homeownership.»