Sentences with phrase «with election law cases»

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Thelegislation is part of a broader package of laws designed to improve enforcement of election laws, ease voter registration, strengthen anti-bribery laws, and provide district attorneys with greater power to prosecute public corruption cases.

On the heels of deeply troubling problems at the polls during the April 19th presidential primary, roughly 200 citizen advocates will meet with lawmakers to share their personal voting experiences and make the case for fundamental reform to New York's antiquated election laws.

The action of the executive committee, which was elected in 2014, «undermines the election results of the 2016 primary election, and is inconsistent with case law limiting the authority of the 2014 executive committee» between the primary and the party convention.

Maziarz, 64, was indicted, along with Sen. Rob Ortt, a North Tonawanda Republican and Maziarz's successor in the Senate, in a March 2017 case brought by Schneiderman over alleged election law violations.

Czarny said that's typically the case with any local or «home rule» that deviates from state election law.

Nearly every election begins with court cases challenging the sufficiency of compliance with these laws as candidates strive to get on extra lines and to keep their opponents off them.

A Chicago lawyer's focus on case law and judicial elections with commentary and a smattering of «water - cooler rant.»

In this case, the Brennan Center submitted an amicus brief along with constitutional and election law professors, and Justice at Stake joined eight retired Montana Supreme Court justices in filing an amicus brief arguing that the Montana law was constitutional.

The election process is a «means by which the criminal law provides the Attorney General with sufficient flexibility to take the specific circumstances of each case into account and ensure that, in each case, the interests of justice are served.»