Seeking to minimize the election-year fallout from a costly failed deal between the Connecticut state trash authority and the Enron Corporation, Gov. John G. Rowland announced today that he had appointed a panel to find a way to avoid a rate increase for trash collection that would cost many Connecticut households an extra $50 a year.
At one point on Thursday, while delivering a somewhat rambling answer about his tax returns, Mr. Romney explicitly invoked the idea that he wanted to be careful about his disclosures so as to minimize the potential general election fall-out.
As my colleague Nate Silver noted at the time, Romney deliberately avoided "direct confrontation with his opponents," gave "evasive answers on issues ranging from his tax returns to the role of 'Super PACs,' " and even "explicitly invoked the idea that he wanted to be careful about his disclosures so as to minimize the potential general election fall-out".
The Islamist candidates decided to run even though their own Islamic Action Front leadership wanted to boycott the election, contending that the government rigged elections to minimize the Islamist representation.
Apparently, Ayatollah Khamenei and the Council of Guardians (responsible for vetting candidates) have shortened the period between registration and approval in order to minimize the public's anticipation about the election.
But given that nearly one-third of voters may be voting electronically this fall, it is fortunate that a number of private groups -- including the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University Law School and the Caltech/M.I.T. Voting Technology Project -- have stepped forward with ideas for how election officials can minimize the risks.
Whatever their significance as predictors, the elections come at a sensitive time for both parties, as they scramble to raise money, recruit strong candidates for next year's Congressional elections and, equally important, minimize the number of retirements.
"What is no longer in question is the partisan nature of Jennifer Brunner's efforts to minimize the level of fairness and transparency in this election".
If you're just talking about the 2016 election, it's possible to minimize the effects of fake news.
The dueling challenges were the after-effects of Mr. Bloomberg's formal proposal, disclosed late Thursday, to minimize the role of political parties in future New York City elections.
The City Charter forbids candidates to use the names of established political parties in special elections, in an effort to minimize the influence of the parties.
