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Rocky Mountain News: Opinion Columnists Some use the term "nonpartisan" as a cloaking device to disguise an agenda or ideology. Nonpartisan, therefore, doesn't mean nonpolitical and it certainly doesn't mean non-ideological. This is the local affiliate of the "nonpartisan" National Education Association, which each four years tops all other special-interest groups with the largest contingent of delegates to the Democratic National Convention. www.rockymountainnews.com /drmn/opinion_columnists/article/0,2777,DRMN_23972_5079339,00.html   (853 words)

Model City Charter Memo: Nonpartisan Elections Pros: Nonpartisan elections may be appropriate for most cities because they downplay partisan differences between candidates that do not necessarily match significant policy differences that are salient at the time of an election. The ability to hold nonpartisan elections promotes local autonomy since the outcome of local elections is less likely to be determined by national or state political current, and it demonstrates that city politics differ substantially from state politics. In nonpartisan elections, the top two vote getters in the primary, regardless of party affiliation, would be the candidates in the general election. www.ncl.org /npp/charter/memos/nonpartisanelections.html   (666 words)

Lousiana Nonpartisan Primary System Louisiana's nonpartisan primary often appears to have had the opposite effect of the goal of electing more moderate winners. A Louisiana-style nonpartisan primary easily can produce these kind of results because in a large field of candidates, the top two vote-getters can have relatively few votes. Thus, from the point of view of voters, nonpartisan primaries in Louisiana have severely limited the range of choices available in the general elections. www.fairvote.org /irv/louisiana.htm   (2330 words)

Voter Guides — nonpartisan.theballot.org Click on the map below or use the dropdown menu to view voter guides from the state. Nonpartisan CA Voter Guide - City College of San Francisco Nonpartisan SF Voter Guide - City College of San Francisco nonpartisan.theballot.org   (117 words)

Definition of nonpartisan - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Learn more about "nonpartisan" and related topics at Britannica.com Find more about "nonpartisan" instantly with Live Search See a map of "nonpartisan" in the Visual Thesaurus www.m-w.com /cgi-bin/dictionary?va=nonpartisan   (43 words)

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Judicial Branch: Overview Superior court judges are elected on a nonpartisan basis in circuitwide elections for four-year terms. To qualify as a superior court judge, a candidate must have been at least thirty years old, be a citizen of Georgia for at least three years, and have practiced law for at least seven years. Court of appeals judges are elected statewide on a nonpartisan basis for six-year terms. www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2841   (1749 words)

Nonpartisan Elections: Perfect for Billionaire Candidates - Urban Agenda - Community Service Society of New York Since nonpartisan elections could potentially depress voter turnout because of a lack of information about candidates' positions on the issues, they can hardly be considered a reform measure. This is yet another reason for opposing nonpartisan elections: they only make politics even more of a rich man's game, reducing the number of possible candidates to those who can afford to finance their own election campaigns. When Mayor Giuliani tried to have nonpartisan elections adopted, he was stymied, in part, because his motives were suspect in the African American and Latino communities. www.cssny.org /pubs/urbanagenda/2003_02_27.html   (662 words)

hb597.html Such officers shall be elected in nonpartisan elections held and conducted in conjunction with the November general primary election in accordance with this chapter without a prior nonpartisan primary. The incumbency of a nonpartisan candidate seeking election to the public office he or she then holds shall be indicated on the ballots by printing the word 'Incumbent' beside his or her name. In the event that only nonpartisan candidates are to be placed on a run-off ballot, the form of the ballot shall be as prescribed by the Secretary of State or election superintendent in essentially the same format as prescribed for the nonpartisan election. www.legis.state.ga.us /legis/2005_06/fulltext/hb597.htm   (5819 words)

Nonpartisan League - HighBeam Encyclopedia Nonpartisan League in U.S. history, political pressure group of farmers and workers organized in 1915 and led by a former socialist, Arthur C. Townley, who believed that the solution to the farmers' troubles lay in united political action. Feeding on agrarian discontent with falling prices and political boss rule, the Nonpartisan League spread through the Western wheat belt from Wisconsin to Washington and to the Southwest; its greatest strength was in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Nonpartisan races in California are flush with partisan money.(The Orange County Register) www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Nonparti.html   (556 words)

Nonpartisan Candidates - Qualifications for the General Election NOTE:      This provision does not apply to nonpartisan candidates for City and County of Honolulu Offices, County of Maui offices, County of Kauai offices, Board of Education offices, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs offices. NOTE:  If more nonpartisan candidates qualify to run in the General Election than there are offices (seats) available, there shall be certified as candidates those receiving the highest number of votes, but not more candidates than there are offices (seats) to be elected [HRS '12‑41(b)]. Requirement:   The nonpartisan candidate must receive a vote equal to or greater than the lowest vote received by the partisan candidate who was nominated in the Primary Election for the office. www.hawaii.gov /elections/factsheets/html/fsbo119.htm   (455 words)

Web Page Initially, the nonpartisan plan applied to judges of the Supreme Court; the court of appeals; the circuit, criminal corrections and probate courts of St. Louis city; and the circuit and probate courts of Jackson County. In 1970, voters extended the nonpartisan plan to judges in St. Louis County, and three years later, voters extended the nonpartisan plan to judges in Clay and Platte counties. The nonpartisan plan also gives the voters a chance to have a say in the retention of judges selected under the plan. www.courts.mo.gov /index.nsf/b820afdc4fc4737f86256c0900633c6a/3febf2c901768abe862564ce004ba8a1?OpenDocument   (777 words)

Nonpartisan Nonpartisan elections are generally held for municipal and county offices, especially school board, and are also common in the election of judges. In some nonpartisan elections, it is common knowledge which candidates are members of and backed by which parties; in others, parties are almost wholly uninvolved and voters make choices with little or no regard to partisan considerations. Conversely, the NAACP is technically a nonpartisan organization; however at the national level it has for many years functioned almost as a subsidiary organization to the Democratic Party. www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3Dnonpartisan%26type%3Den   (363 words)

Nonpartisan Voter Registration Drives Indeed, the Voter Registration Act of 1993 explicitly encourages nonprofits to do nonpartisan voter registration, and the fact that federal law encourages nonprofits to do nonpartisan voter registration should quell a lot of fears about whether nonprofits are allowed to do it. As a preliminary point, it should be kept in mind that these rules apply only to the organizations themselves and not to staff or board members who act as individuals in their own private capacity and not as agents of their organizations. They may engage in any kind of voter registration or GOTV drive that they want, partisan or nonpartisan, provided that it is clear that they are acting in their individual capacities. www.npccny.org /info/adv8.htm   (1396 words)

Elections: Washington has a new primary system Nonpartisan races and ballot measures are listed after all of the partisan races. All voters may vote on the nonpartisan races and issues even if they do not pick a party and vote on the partisan section of the ballot. Nonpartisan means no political party is associated with the office or issue on the ballot. www.secstate.wa.gov /elections/primary_faq.aspx   (1371 words)

NONPARTISAN POLITICAL POLICY The purpose of this policy is to assure the credibility of the Lackawanna County League of Women Voters as a nonpartisan organization. As a nonpartisan organization, the League does not support or oppose any political party or candidate. The League is nonpartisan; the League does not support or oppose any political candidate or political party. members.aol.com /LWVLackawanna/NONPARTISANPOLICY.htm   (611 words)

Nonpartisan Elections And Charter Revision (Gotham Gazette. January, 2003) Nonpartisan elections are a venerable idea and practice, part of a package of reforms (including at-large elections, off-year elections, council-manager and commission forms of government) of municipal governance advocated by the Progressives in the early twentieth century. However, despite its relatively long history and widespread use, nonpartisan elections have been inadequately studied and their effects not definitively known -- a point made by several of the academic experts who testified before the charter commission in summer 2002. The voting rights analysis provided to the commission failed to demonstrate that a switch to a nonpartisan ballot in New York City would not dilute the voting power of the "protected classes" under the act. www.gothamgazette.com /article/voting/20030122/17/196   (1553 words)

Bill Calls for Nonpartisan County Offices OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 31, 2005) -- Upcoming legislation in the state House would make county offices in Oklahoma nonpartisan so that all registered voters, regardless of party affiliation, would be able to cast a ballot in their local county elections. Johnson also stated that allowing for nonpartisan elections would give all county residents the opportunity to vote for their county officials. Nonpartisan elections just make sense as the way to choose county officials and allow all voters to have a say in the process.” www.lsb.state.ok.us /HOUSE/news7182.html   (256 words)

Alabama Judicial Selection Proposals for nonpartisan elections were reported favorably from committee in both the house (Ala. Responses were skewed along party lines, with nonpartisan elections heavily favored by judges who identified themselves as Democrats. According to a statewide survey of Alabamians, 44% favored merit selection, 26% preferred nonpartisan elections, 18% approved of partisan elections, and 13% were undecided. www.ajs.org /js/AL_history.htm   (565 words)

Types of Elections in California. LWVC: Voter Information: Elections The purpose of a general election is to make a final choice among the various candidates who have been nominated by parties or who are running as independent or write-in candidates. Some local nonpartisan primaries such as those for judges are usually held at the same time as the statewide regular primary All local offices are nonpartisan and candidates run without party affiliation noted on the ballot. ca.lwv.org /lwvc/edfund/elections/e2typese.html   (612 words)

ContraCostaTimes.com | 03/04/2007 | Nonpartisan rule a dilemma for GOP In a strange act of inconsistency, since 2002 the GOP has allowed nonpartisan voters to participate in their legislative and statewide office primaries. The prohibition on nonpartisan participation was in effect during the 2004 presidential primary, but almost no one noticed because the nomination of President George Bush was never in question. Here's their argument: A primary voter makes a psychological commitment to a candidate, which means a nonpartisan voter barred from choosing a Republican is unlikely to switch in the general election. www.contracostatimes.com /mld/cctimes/news/columnists/lisa_vorderbrueggen/16832393.htm   (674 words)

nonpartisan - Search Results - MSN Encarta Nonpartisan primaries are preliminary elections in which candidates are listed on the ballot without mention of political affiliation. League of Women Voters of the United States, formerly National League of Women Voters, nonpartisan political organization, founded in 1920 in... Politicians tried once again to respond to the needs of farmers. encarta.msn.com /nonpartisan.html   (107 words)

Sound Politics: Who Benefits From Nonpartisan Elections? The idea of nonpartisan elections makes more and more sense, especially in the public-works areas of government — those places where management of the office is more important than setting policy. Nonpartisan elections especially increase the influence of newspapers, as Mr. So when he argues that more elections should be nonpartisan, he is saying that the unelected editors at the Seattle Times should have even more influence. www.soundpolitics.com /archives/004015.html   (1988 words)

Nonpartisan ballot idea gets bandied about again - Roanoke.com That's mainly because the city's state legislative delegation isn't interested in pursuing it at this point, and the city can't change to a nonpartisan format without the General Assembly's approval. All three said in recent days that they don't believe nonpartisan elections is a clear-cut better choice than the system that's already in place. Roanoke seriously considered going to a nonpartisan format in 1996, when a public hearing was held on the subject. www.roanoke.com /news/roanoke/wb/96237   (690 words)

Nonpartisan Court Plan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28) The Missouri nonpartisan court plan, commonly called the Missouri Plan, since has served as a national model for the selection of judges and has been adopted in more than 30 other states. To inform voters about the performance of nonpartisan judges, lawyers participate in a judicial evaluation survey in which they rate those judges about whom they have personal and direct knowledge. The purpose of this vote is to provide another accountability mechanism of the nonpartisan plan to ensure quality judges. www.courts.mo.gov /page.asp?id=297   (905 words)

LWV | Voter Information Broadcasters and newspapers are increasingly involved in sponsoring debates, often in cooperation with a nonpartisan civic group. Generally, nonprofit, nonpartisan and journalistic organizations are permitted to hold debates for federal offices under Federal Election Commission (FEC) regulations and to broadcast them under Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations. The criteria that a debate sponsor uses to determine which of the candidates should be invited to participate in a debate are a critical element of debate planning. www.lwv.org /AM/Template.cfm?Section=Voter_Information2&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=1&ContentID=3729   (804 words)

Make secretary of state nonpartisan, panel urges SALEM -- Oregon's secretary of state should be a nonpartisan office rather than being elected as a candidate from a political party, a panel recommended Tuesday. The committee noted that the statewide offices of labor commissioner and state superintendent of schools are nonpartisan posts. The only member of the committee who opposed the proposal, former lobbyist Frank Brawner, said the idea of nonpartisanship being a cure-all is a mirage and that the secretary would still face heavy political pressure. www.oregonlive.com /news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/115871555429530.xml&coll=7   (443 words)

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