Sentences with phrase «vote on polling day»

[168] A final theory, put forward after the election, was the «Lazy Labour» factor, which claimed that Labour voters tend to not vote on polling day whereas Conservative voters have a much higher turnout.

The BMG Research polling also found that over double the number of 55 - 64 year olds feel well informed about the referendum compared to 18 - 24 year olds, suggesting that young people will be less likely to vote on polling day.

On a more practical level, the Conservatives need to Get Out The Vote on polling day.

Not exact matches

We didn't translate that to being down double — we knew we were going to have a big Election Day, knew Republicans were going to turn out, because we had a state poll that showed 62 % of Republicans were going to vote on Election Day.

Only about a third of Republicans said they have a great deal or quite a bit of confidence that votes on Election Day will be counted fairly, according to recent poll from the Associated Press - NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

When polls closed on Election Day, Florida led the pack, voting to legalize marijuana for medical purposes.

Off topic but I am posting here... by taking voters off the voter roles, it not only disenfranchises them on election day, it takes them off the direct mailings that remind people to vote, including sample ballot, polling places, etc..

Actually, on election day, instead of voting, I am going to invoke the power of prayer and spend the day praying as I know that this will get more people out to the polls to vote for Mitt Romney.

* Arming you with the information you and your employees need to make an informed decision at the polls on Election Day through Get Out The Vote efforts.

The rapper Eminem, whose «Lose Yourself» was recently voted as the most popular running song in a Runner's World poll, claims he ran 17 miles a day on the treadmill to beat an addiction to alcohol and painkillers, stating that his «addict's brain» led him to get carried away with running.

Labour's share of the vote in Moray slipped by 3.3 % on polling day, with the Tories coming second to the SNP.

The party's appeal to the 48 % of people who voted to remain in the European Union last year did not cut through as hoped on polling day.

When I asked James Cleverly — the Tory MP for Braintree — about it for the Guardian's Politics Weekly podcast, he described bumping into a woman coming out of a polling station on election day, looking sheepish as she admitted she had not voted for him.

«Better days are ahead, keep the faith and stand with the NDC as we go to the polls on Dec 7, I urge you all to vote massively for President Mahama and the parliamentary candidates for accelerated socio economic development», he said.

On Wednesday morning, these supporters will be lucky if they see an Election Day message encouraging them to get out and vote, or a link to help them find local polling places.

The party scraped 5 % in my second poll of the by - election campaign a month ago; on the day itself they failed to reach that threshold by a handful of votes.

[99] On the same day, Labour polled ahead of all other parties at the local elections, winning 31 % of the vote and taking control of six additional councils.

Washington (CNN)-- A day after divided Senate Democrats had to delay a pre-election vote on renewing tax cuts due to expire at the end of the year, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Friday still didn't rule out a House vote on extending tax breaks for middle - income Americans before voters go to the polls.

In addition, the Mayor called for legislation to permit «no - excuse» absentee voting and the use of electronic poll books, and to consolidate federal and state primaries on the same day; Kavanagh co-sponsors each of these bills.

Prof Curtice said all of the parties had to take the «grey vote» seriously because it remains the age group most likely to get out on polling day.

Israel prime minister releases a video on election day urging supporters to vote as Joint List party prompts high Israeli Arab turnout at polls

Ahead of the polls, there are key facts you must know to guide you on the day of voting.

The Carpool Vote platform was designed to get people to the polls on election day or during early voting, or to transport people to get a voter ID before election day.

TxtVoter sends reminders to vote on Election Day, complete with polling location.

Some have been unable to vote simply because they can't make it to their poll site on a single day.

We knew we were going down; but, as in 1992, we hoped that when it came to polling day, stubby pencils would hover over the box next to the Labour candidate on the ballot paper, and people would decide to «play safe» and vote Conservative.

The final wording said that Labour would pilot secure systems for electronic voting and electoral registration on polling day, and consider piloting elections on days other than Thursday.

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The mayor called on the state Legislature to pass broad voting and election reforms, including same - day voter registration, early voting, «no excuse» absentee voting, electronic poll books, consolidation of primary elections, reformatting ballots to make them more user - friendly, and pre-registration of 16 - and 17 - year - olds.

With a 52 % vote share in the week before polling day, Seema Malhotra seems to be on course for what looks like a convincing victory.

[91] Opinion polling for the council elections conducted in early 2017 suggested that the SNP looked set to repeat this level of success, with 47 % of the public claiming they will be voting for SNP candidates on election day.

Special commemorative «I Voted» stickers will be distributed at polling locations across the state tomorrow on Election Day.

On Polling Day activists will be making the final push to mobilise the Labour vote, from 7 am until 10 pm, when the polls close.

«The stimulus that Election Day provides by giving people information, imposing social pressure to encourage them to vote, giving them social rewards from seeing neighbors and friends at a polling place — all the things that happen on a traditional Election Day — tend to be diluted,» said Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, who worked on the AJPS study.

«With just over a week to polling day, No to AV activists will be working hard to ensure that people go out and vote on May 5th.»

In the second ballot, held two days later on 20 October 2005, Cameron polled 90 votes, Davis 57 votes and Liam Fox was eliminated with 51 votes [16] so Davis went through to the next stage with David Cameron.

CODEO says it will deploy 40 stationed observers to 40 randomly sampled polling stations across the 19 Electoral Areas in the Constituency on the day of voting.

The group will issue a mid-day situational report on day of voting capturing opening of the polls, voting and conduct of EC officials and all other stakeholders in the elections.

The Dean of the New York Congressional Delegation then rambled a bit about how black voters were supporting gays long before Baptist ministers were something or other (I couldn't quite follow what he said), then Rangel got back on message, adding that no matter what the polls say, at the end of the day Spitzer will not have the votes in the African American community that current polling suggests.

If the results are reflected on polling day, the winner will be decided by second preference votes.

During the early voting period, polling locations would be required to be open for eight hours on weekdays and five hours on weekends and holidays, and to offer evening hours on at least two days.

To those who suggest the current option of the absentee ballot: that choice offers an early vote only to those swearing they will be out of the county or who are physically unable to come to the polls, not to those who anticipate a personal or work - related barrier on election day.

For example, would you like to see a tube full of people holding up Metro on polling day with «Vote Labour» in huge letters?

«They were not bilingual... They were requesting IDs and making people believe they needed IDs to vote... They removed entire families from the book... They switched the names so they can not be found in the book,» charged Espana Aristay, an Espaillat supporter who worked as a poll watcher in the 72nd Assembly District on Election Day.

The primary results came after a day marred by problems with the old lever voting machines and other issues including last - minute changes to polling sites and voters» names not appearing on official rolls.

-- With concerns about school security on voting days, some Republicans on the town council are considering forming a subcommittee to investigate alternate polling places.

She says lawmakers could vote to repeal the portion of the state's constitution that limits absentee ballots to voters who will be away on Election Day, or who are too sick or disabled to appear at the polls.

Mayor Bloomberg, who criticized the city's polling process on Primary Day, said today that he had no problems voting.

«We look every absentee up in the poll books to make sure they didn't vote on Election Day,» Bacon said.

To make matters worse, on polling day, Galloway was reported to police for contravening section 66 of the Representation of the People's Act by re-tweeting the results of an exit poll while voting was still open.