Sentences with phrase «under the weighted voting»

Under the weighted voting system employed by major parties, committee members are rewarded for turning out the vote in their districts in gubernatorial elections.

Under weighted voting adopted a few years ago, delegates at nominating conventions are awarded to those districts with the greater turnout of party voters in the previous gubernatorial election.

Not exact matches

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

The poll is revealed after some Tory MPs joined Labour in calling for the vote on the final deal to carry proper weight, when debate on the Article 50 Bill got under way in the Commons.

Under that system, the two biggest prizes in the race for committee votes are the Long Island counties of Suffolk (9.9 percent) and Nassau (9.6 percent), representing nearly 20 percent of the weighted vote combined.

Alternatively, a Democrat wins in a gubernatorial election statewide, even with NYC under voting its registration weight, if they can surpass 40 percent Upstate (Democrats actually carried Upstate in 2006 and 2010), 45 percent in the Suburbs (Democrats carried the Suburbs in 2006, 2010 and 2014), if they exceed to 70 percent of the NYC vote (Democrats got closer to 80 than 70 percent of the NYC vote in 2006, 2010 and 2014).

The «no» vote represents a willingness to sit idle while our democracy withers under the weight of a vicious cycle of continued corruption.

«Fear of being labelled «racist» has paralysed the entire political class — leaving the way clear for Labour ideologues to use mass immigration to remake British identity, all but collapsing public services under the weight of numbers and driving down wages to undercut British workers... whereas Labour concealed what it was doing to dupe its core vote, the Tories have concealed what they are not doing in order to dupe their core vote» — Melanie Phillips, Daily Mail

Under GOP rules, the party's designation for governor is given to the candidate who receives more than 50 percent of the weighted vote.

Under New York State Republican Committee rules, each county committee will have a weighted vote based on how many people in that county voted on the GOP line in the last governor's election — the 2014 race in which Rob Astorino lost to Democrat Andrew Cuomo.

Any candidate who receives more than 25 percent of the weighted vote would be automatically eligible under New York election law to appear on the Republican primary ballot for governor.

Under the heading of déjà vu all over again, a similar same scenario could play out this year following Gallo's loss at the city Democratic convention last week to Steve Noble by a weighted vote of 1,365 to 1,045 (57 - 43).

Under the party's rules, anyone who receives more than 50 percent of the weighted vote at the May convention automatically receives the Republican designation for governor.