Sentences with phrase «free citizens vote»
FREE CITIZENS VOTE.
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King wrote that when acting as a federal prosecutor, Sessions used his power to «chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens.»
Greece's citizens not unreasonably regard the State as akin to a mafia organization which they are trying to avoid as much as possible (unless it promises them free goodies to buy their votes — they do of course gladly accept those).
Because every vote counts in proportional electoral systems, citizens are freer to behave according to their sincere preferences.
By voting on real elections, enjoying free speech, and finally, being able to make pressure on their Senator and convince other US citizens.
A vote is intended to represent the free choice of a set of people - in this case the eligible adult citizens of a state or region.
According to her, the role of Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) like INEC in a democracy «is to conduct free, fair and credible elections as well as provide an enabling environment for all eligible citizens irrespective of sex, creed or tribe to exercise their constitutional rights and privileges to vote and be voted for during periodic elections.»
«Nigeria belongs to all of us and we seek a peaceful environment where the citizens are free to vote for candidates of their choice at all levels, particularly the presidency.
This is just as the party said it believes that the reported moves to arrest the media adviser to former military President Ibrahim Babangida, Mr. Kassim Afegbua over General Babangida's declaration that President Muhammadu Buhari should not be voted to continue in office by 2019, is a ploy to set the table for a vicious muzzling of constitutionally guaranteed free speech and right to opinion of citizens in the country.
Several citizens spoke in favor of free WiFi ahead of the meeting, but some councilors were concerned about the price of the project and how soon it came up for a vote.
«Democrats are often heard to complain the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling freed corporations to pour money into Republican campaigns, and thus influence how Republicans vote on issues dear to corporations.
The country is now one step closer to obtaining the full approval for a visa - free entry to European Union for its citizens after a key committee voted to accept the proposal on Monday 26 September.
All children must be guaranteed that right, they argued, because education equips citizens to fully enjoy their free speech and voting rights.
Therefore, in the first free and democratic elections held in nearly twenty - five years, Kenyan citizens voted in a new administration, with Mwai Kibaki (1931 ---RRB- serving as president.
Rodriguez argues voting is a form of expression to which all Canadian citizens over the age of 18 are entitled, and so not being able to explicitly bemoan the electoral options on offer infringes on the charter right to free expression.
Remarkably, slaves who purchased their freedom were then considered citizens with the right to vote (some restrictions still applied, notably that freed slaves could not hold some prestigious positions such as state priest.)
«Remind your members that they are free to invest in candidates as citizens and to vote their conscience, but as representatives of the real estate trade, your association is equally free and equally obligated to participate in the system to protect the interests of that industry,» says Shewmaker.