Sentences with phrase «about voting power»

But in an era of profound anxieties about Catholics, including fears about their voting power and about the danger of their introducing papal tyranny, he was eager to be elected.

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He controls about 31.7 % of the Omaha, Nebraska - based conglomerate's voting power.

While parliament has no power to dismember a firm, the vote highlights the underlining, widespread concern among EU politicians about American dominance of the Internet industry.

Because some of the investors hold a type of stock that endows them with an outsize number of votes, they have about 40 percent of Uber's voting power.

Page and Brin have about 393 million votes between them because of their supervoting powers.

Additionally, there are concerns about the governance of the tokens, as detailed in the ICO white paper, and the voting power of the TON Foundation set up to manage the reserve tokens kept by Telegram.MIT professor Christian Catalini previously told CoinDesk that the company should clarify details of its plans, adding that: «Investors should evaluate the capacity of any team to execute on their plan and vision, as well as the protections they have if things go wrong.»

Additionally, there are concerns about the governance of the tokens, as detailed in the ICO white paper, and the voting power of the TON Foundation set up to manage the reserve tokens kept by Telegram.

The people who are furious about the closure of the Edmonton City Centre Airport or annoyed about the funding of the Art Gallery of Alberta are unlikely to vote for the same candidate as the people angry over the Capital Power - Epcor decision.

The destruction of the voting assemblies of the eastern cities, which came about as a consequence of their inclusion in the empire, effectively left competition in the practice of benefactions as the only means by which the civic elites could compete for power in their localities; and success in this was dependent upon attaining the patronage of the man who sat at the top of the social pyramid.

Because we believe in divine presence, power, and authority, we know that we should plan our way, making wise, informed decisions about every aspect of life, including voting, but we must also conduct ourselves like those who believe that their God is faithful and true to his promises for his people and his plans to renew the world.

It is all about hiding, disguising the truth until it becomes of the past just as that as did that unlawful country was recognized by the USA with out the UN majority vote and UN members were to face the Reality that the USA is taking advantage of her majority states and voting power rather than the majority of the UN member countries no matter how small or poor they are although at that time the majority of member countries were under occoupation or protection of USA and Allies and after the WW1 & 2!

They just vote the right people into power to push their right wing agenda and start making it illegal for infidels to go about their dirty, sinful ways.

Rev Wilson told Premier: «It's all about the power of social media to get right to grass roots and get ordinary people to vote and express what they think, that's been a real learning curve for us.

Ray I agree with you 100 % and more Pat roberson is a confuse old man who will not give up power to his son, poor billy can not remenber, and his son is in charge, if Billy son and all the born again christians vote for a cult may God help then, do you want a mornan President in the White hous with 4 Wives, and worship a man name Joseph Smith, rather than Jesus Christ, Pat Roberson need to tell his listeners the truth about cults.

Thus the Vestries in America soon gained effective control of the spirituals as well as the temporals of the churches, largely through assuming power to hire and set the salary of the clergyman, plus a studied neglect of presenting him to the Governor for permanent induction into the «living» until forced to do so.14 «In 1697 the Arch - bishop of Canterbury expressed surprise that the clergymen might «be removed like domestic servants by a vote of the Vestry,»»15 but obviously neither he nor anyone could do anything about it.

Here are some facts about it: it writes European law and you can not vote it out of power.

The chance that that tiny sliver of extra voting power in the legislative body itself will be the deciding factor on an issue you care about is incredibly small.

There is a strong sense of complacency — about Ukip being a gift which splits the Tory vote, or being able to coast to power on 35 % of the vote.

Looking at the numbers, reinforced by today's Survation poll, her optimism about the powers of tactical voting don't look very realistic.

When asked about the senator's attendance this year, his campaign spokesman, Richie Fife, had a three - point response: Perkins attendance record before this year is laudable; the votes so far this year have taken place outside the budget negotiations, when a bulk of the chambers» real action occurs; and frankly, legislators in the minority don't have much power, thanks to the way the Republican - IDC coalition runs the chamber.

Many MPs were concerned about losing their one - third share of the votes and insisted on greater gatekeeping powers to ensure leaders enjoyed sufficient parliamentary backing.

The by - election consolidated Nick Clegg's hold on power, sparked new rumours of leadership bids against David Cameron, saw a surge in support for Ukip and raised questions about Ed Miliband's ability to win votes in the south - east.

For one, there might be question about what gives Congress the power to restrict who can vote for those elections.

Article I, section 4, clause 1 of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make or alter regulations about the «Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives», but it's unclear whether that includes determining who can vote.

i am trying to get help to get power back to the people.i wrote to bbc and the mail but got nowhere.my idea is to put together a document stating things that need putting right, and for this document to be water tight, the reason being i want to get independents voted in the next election who will sign this document and carry it out we will need about 350 of them to make sure its all passed, i need help making my idea public and so getting people in to help this is about getting our country back from party first politics i hope you can help me some way or put me in touch with someone who can thank you for youre time dennis

You forgot to mention that the lefty Spanish government has just lost a big chunk of votes as well, even though they just about managed to cling to power.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said last year that he would advocate bringing the marriage bill back to the floor if the GOP returned to power in the chamber, but also said he would leave the final decision about whether a vote should be held to his conference.

They pretend that all the issues that they fight and scramble about are in the interest of those who voted them into power, whereas it hardly is.

He said: «This is not an issue of who votes on what in Westminster.This is about taking power away from Westminster - not devolution to England or even devolution to Scotland, it's devolution in England, devolution in Scotland.

All rights reserved THE BRITISH electorate, to judge by the opinion polls, is about to vote into power either a minority Labour government or - just possibly - a Labour government with a tiny overall majority.

Edit for clarification: Voting power is not only about what I actually vote at the ballot box.

Should Scotland vote «No», the extent of the constitutional change would very likely raise questions with Welsh and English voters about why they are not also gaining new powers and could trigger a period of sustained constitutional change in the UK.

There was no NYC Council vote, and the mayor's decision has raised questions about the checks and balances on his power.

When people vote Dems win... that is why TEAPublicans go to such great lengths to make folks cynical about government — they stay in power by doing everything possible to undermine turnout.

I worry that deep down these issues are only cared about for show to win votes and once in power we could be as disgusted with the Conservatives as we presently are with New Labour.

«It's partly electioneering, but for us its about getting more people in the neighborhood to vote and voice their opinions through voting, and that in turn will make the powers that be pay attention to the area,» he said.

If Scotland votes to remain part of the United Kingdom, should the Scottish Parliament have more powers than it does at present, fewer powers, or should the Parliament's powers stay about the same as they are now.

The latest YouGov / Sun poll suggested Miliband was on track to win an overall majority, with about 38 % of the vote, but he acknowledged it would be a «tough fight» to return Labour to power after one just term in opposition.

Democrats in the remaining 26 - member conference grumble about the IDC's propensity to side with Republicans on contentious issues such as a constitutional amendment for independent redistricting and a vote that some saw as watering down the powers of the lieutenant governor in order to provide needed votes (it was even joked about at the LCA Show in May).

If he is serious about devolving more powers to Scotland by January, he must say whether he supports an equal settlement for England — English votes for English laws

The Greenport Village Board of Trustees put off a vote Friday on a proposed lease with Global Common, the Garden City company looking to build a peak energy power plant on about three acres of village - owned land on Moore's Lane.

Some senior figures who worry about the unions» grip on the party fear that a move aimed at diminishing organised - Labour's influence could end up handing them even more power than they had before: although they will lose their block votes, some fear that the unions will use their formidable organisation machines to register large numbers of associate members, and then attempt to influence their votes.

If the Conservatives get the most votes, but not a majority of them, «it becomes complicated, very quickly,» said Bratt about the prospect of the Liberals and NDP trying to remove Harper from power after the election through a no - confidence vote.

The management of Momo currently owns about 48 % of the company's outstanding shares and has 84 % of the voting power.

Less a movie about the inner workings of politics than a biography, Citizen Kane is a portrait of the kind of American icon who seeks power in all the arenas of American life — through wealth, fame, the voice of the media and the votes of the public.

That's a procedure designed to reinforce the power of the very small group of people with information and control over the bill text, and to blunt the ability of the people out here in the hinterlands to communicate with our representatives about whether we think the good in this bill outweighs the bad and therefore merits a vote for or against.

(Don't parrot the romantic line that this is about adult power issues — as if votes don't matter.)

Only the entrenched power structure — the few who already voted in the elections and their uniformed representatives — talked about the destruction of a fine old tradition, and ballot - box stealing, and shifting the vote away from the established agenda.

Finally, Fat Pitch Financials is just about to launch Value Investing News, an investment community powered social bookmarking news site that includes the voting up and down of stories on the front page, Adsense revenue sharing, and several other features.

At the end of their discussion, Stewart wanted to convince the young people of America to stop playing Super Mario and vote,» Every four years we hear about your vote rocking powers and every four years you stay home and play Super Mario.