Sentences with phrase «with open primaries»

All the major parties have toyed with open primaries, which are the established way of selecting candidates in the US.

In no state with open primaries in the last forty years is there any instance in any state when more than 6 % of the state's primary voters chose a minor party primary ballot.

Though rare, there are states with open primaries where all voting members can vote for any party they choose without registration (a member registered to Party A can vote on Party B's primary instead... as can an independent) and some where you can vote on both parties (probably the fairest as it is picking your two favorites).

· We should be closing the gap between the public and our Party by experimenting with open primaries, so carrying a Labour membership card in your wallet isn't the be all and end of all of whether you can take part.

So my concern with open primaries is rather different.

Not exact matches

Chartbeat CEO Tony Haile, whose analytics firm has partnered with Google on AMP, says that fixing the mobile web in the way Google has proposed would also help the open web compete with proprietary apps, which for many users have become the primary way they interact with content and media.

You can have open whatever windows you want in this secondary desktop without cluttering your primary desktop with them.

Voters in a dozen states will take part in «Super Tuesday» — a series of primaries and caucuses in states ranging from Alaska to Virginia, with Virginia the first to open its polling stations at 6:00 am (1100 GMT).

Wal - Mart (WMT) recently started opening primary - care facilities in Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas with $ 40 appointments.

As with most startups and small businesses, if your primary concern is budget, I'd advise being open about that when speaking with a photographer for the first time.

THE BUSINESS: Retailing western - style apparel and accessories OPENED: October 1963 CLOSED: May 1999 PRIMARY CAUSES OF DEATH: Poor relationships with suppliers; California earthquake; market downturn

In an effort to demystify the financial side of the business, and with the overarching goal of encouraging entrepreneurially minded engineers to come forward with their ideas, we at Primary are working to foster an open dialogue and empower more would - be / should - be technical founders to step forward.

«One of the primary reasons people fail in franchising is they don't start out with enough money or access to money to get through the tough times, and the opening and the first few months as people try to find them,» Haff says.

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Probably a slightly more likely scenario with a political campus group than a religious one (as we can see by Democrats who voted for Santorum in open primary states, because they thought he would be more likely to lose to Obama), but who knows?

The problem with most unbelievers, particularly Generation X, is they google for information and other peoples opinions rather than doing their own primary, open - minded research.

Perhaps precisely because his primary concern was not with the confessional differences, Frère Roger was open to other aspects of Christian witness.

«One only has to read the Hebrew Bible with open eyes and without prejudice,» he writes, «to see why the primary complaint Weil has is that it is difficult to see how the (to her eyes) warlike, vengeful God of the Hebrew Bible, Yahweh, can be identified as the «father» of Jesus» the man who gave the Sermon on the Mount.»

Ironically, Real Madrid's acquisition of Gareth Bale is believed to have opened up the La Liga giants to moving Ronaldo with the intention of making Bale their primary star.

There are reports all over the football media about Wilshere being a transfer target for our Premier League rivals Man City, with this one in the Daily Star claiming that the Manchester club will open up with a big bid of around # 40 million for the 23 - year old, if they fail to land their primary target Paul Pogba from Juventus that is.

Overview: When Blackburn's relatively new owners completed their purchase of Blackburn Rovers FC some six months ago, they announced that Champions League football was their primary aim shortly before handing Sam Allardyce his marching orders in a move which enraged the LMA and most neutrals but was surprisingly welcomed with open arms by a large portion of Rovers» supporters.

Steiner agreed but set four conditions, each of which went against common practice of the day: 1) that the school be open to all children; 2) that it be coeducational; 3) that it be a unified twelve - year school; 4) that the teachers, those individuals actually in contact with the children, have primary control of the school, with minimum interference from the state or from economic sources.

Buffalo Grove officials have long contemplated opening an arts center, but the cost has been the primary hurdle, said Park District Executive Director Dan Schimmel, who has been with the district for 22 years.

Ultimately, people will gravitate towards closed rather than open primaries in my view: (i) open primaries would need state involvement so are a deeper proposition (you need to run them concurrently and they would be too costly for the parties if done properly); (ii) vested interests may well prevail if the proposed reform is not building on the current system (as indeed they have in the Tory party where they experimented with this quarter - heartedly).

Long couldn't help but get in a bit of a parting dig at state GOP Chairman Ed Cox (without specifically calling him out by name), saying the «dysfunction of the Republican Party, and with happened with leadership... cutting Rick off at every turn» gave Paladino an opening through which to mount a long - shot petition drive to force a primary — and win.

Instead, let me set out what I see as the problem with free - for - all open primaries and the rules that I would put in place to address them.

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Whilst it is true that most (but not all) Republican and Democratic primaries are open only to registered party supporters, the American party system is much weaker - with party affiliation only being a weak identifier for a much broader ideological spectrum, and you don't have to pay membership dues to vote - so in effect, the primaries are open for almost anyone to vote in.

But open primaries would just make elections into such a long and arduous process where government is seen as this far away and dangerous place, that we could end up with an American style anti-government culture, which would make ending child poverty and funding public services much harder.

However, if Republican emerges from the June 26 primary with a strong showing and if Gillibrand's popularity slips for whatever reason, big GOP donors could be spurred to open their wallets.

There were certainly distractions, like the opening night of the NFL in a sports crazed city, not to mention the movement of the Primary to a Thursday to avoid conflicting with Rosh Hashanah.

All in all I think I am making some progress here and with the coming often Primaries I relish this discussion happening in the open.

Republican Senate candidates Wendy Long and Bob Turner opened up a new fissure in the primary race on Sunday, with the Long campaign filing a complaint over a robocall from ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani made on behalf of Turner.

The last straw for the activist was a Sanders campaign ad released Friday that opens with a biographical look at Lucy Flores, a surrogate who recently endorsed Sanders and is locked in a primary battle with Ruben Kihuen for Nevada's 4th congressional district seat.

taking forward innovation with the use of deliberative democracy to select the PASOK candidate for an Athens municipality, and open primaries to select party candidates for local elections

In open primary states it's even harder to say that, but when you vote in a primary you're participating in an analogue to a convention, just with many fewer requirements.

But anyone else with knowledge of the previous trials — I think Warrington and Crewe and Nantwich were the open primaries — please feed in thoughts, ideas and reflections.

With ballots in the mail - only «jungle» primary set to go out this week and five Democrats battling for a spot in the top two, the pace and intrigue of the open - seat 1st district race have picked up considerably.

So I excitedly opened the envelope, with my wife, to see where our daughter would be offered a place for primary school.

Although de Blasio has taken inspiration from Sanders, he doesn't agree with the senator's criticism of the closed primary system or calls for open primaries in New York.

Today's Q poll is a mixed bag for GOP / Conservative gubernatorial designee Rick Lazio, showing him with a double - digit lead over his primary opponent, Carl Paladino, but with 49 percent of Republicans who have a favorite in the race saying they're open to changing their minds before the Sept. 14 election.

With fewer MPs, standing for office on the basis of open primary contests, those in our legislature would have to carefully balance their loyalty to their electorates, with their loyalty to the party machine in WestminsWith fewer MPs, standing for office on the basis of open primary contests, those in our legislature would have to carefully balance their loyalty to their electorates, with their loyalty to the party machine in Westminswith their loyalty to the party machine in Westminster.

With seven candidates vying for the two seats left open by Thomas and Reynolds opted to not re-run for their seats, deciding to run for Mayor instead, some Mt. Vernon residents don't even now the names of the all the city council candidates, which included Lisa A. Copeland and John Boykin who were running on the ticket with incumbent Mayor Davis who lost to Richard Thomas in the primWith seven candidates vying for the two seats left open by Thomas and Reynolds opted to not re-run for their seats, deciding to run for Mayor instead, some Mt. Vernon residents don't even now the names of the all the city council candidates, which included Lisa A. Copeland and John Boykin who were running on the ticket with incumbent Mayor Davis who lost to Richard Thomas in the primwith incumbent Mayor Davis who lost to Richard Thomas in the primary.

More independent - minded MPs could be part of the solution, but Open Primaries probably isn't, because the FPTP voting system conflates the vote for the individual with the vote for the party.

The aim of Open Primaries to re-engage the public with the political process should be applauded.

Vermont state law provides for open primary elections, meaning that a voter does not have to be registered with a party in advance in order to participate in its primary.

Vermont state law provides for open primary elections, meaning that a voter does not have to be registered with a ballot - qualified party in advance in order to participate in its primary.

A former campaign manager for Mayor Ed Koch, Capalino was an aggressive fundraiser and supporter of de Blasio in the 2013 primary, and word quickly spread that he enjoyed an open line of communication with the new administration.

As the primaries were open, voters were able to chose any one party primary to participate in without having to be affiliated with a party.

With less than 24 hours to go before polls open in New York for the primary election, volunteers in Westchester are hard at work.