Sentences with phrase «abstains from votes»

A proposed ban on the insecticides went before the European Union last week but was postponed because England and Germany, among other nations, abstained from voting.

In 1965, Malcolm X implored black voters to abstain from voting altogether if they felt their votes were being cast in vain.

Not only do we think black voters should abstain from voting for the Democratic presidential nominee in red states, we also think black voters should continue their role as pivotal voters in battleground states.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Coke's largest shareholder, also criticized the plan, saying in April, it was «excessive,» but abstained from voting on the plan at Coca - Cola's annual meeting in April, citing loyalty to the company.

The vote went ahead and passed, however, as the US abstaining from the vote.

The two companies feature multiple overlapping interests, which caused others to follow Musk's example and abstain from voting in the upcoming merger.

Gannett asks Tribune Publishing shareholders to abstain from voting for a slate of candidates for the company's board of directors to «send a message» to company leadership.

Even though he abstained from voting and came out and said it was excessive, it's still an interesting thing to do.

April 23 (Bloomberg)-- Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, explains why he abstained from voting on Coca - Cola Co.'s plan to award employees with stock, how he feels about tech stocks and the U.S. housing recovery.

Mr. Buffett abstained from voting on the Coca - Cola compensation plan.

Islamic Saudi Arabia abstained from voting for the declaration because it did not explicitly acknowledge that all rights come from God.

Among born - again Christians who worship weekly or more, 23 percent say they would abstain from voting for Trump or Clinton, down from 31 percent in early April.

Anyabwile, who has emphatically stated that he is no fan of Clinton, has abstained from voting in recent previous presidential elections.

According to Reuters, 20 percent of self - identified «born again Christians» now say they would abstain from voting, down from a high of 28 percent in early April.

He raised concerns about the GOP candidate's remarks on women, immigrants, and minorities, and went on to say that «there is too much at stake before us» to abstain from voting altogether.

The government insists regulators would prevent that from happening, but Greens leader Christine Milne has argued the potential conflict of interest means the PUP senators should abstain from voting on the carbon bill, as Mr Palmer himself did when it went through the House of Representatives the first time.

Commissioner Cindy Mitchell abstained from voting, saying she was worried about ruining the park's historic nature.

Last year, Corbyn's support soared after caretaker leader Harriet Harman instructed Labour MPs to abstain from voting against the Conservative's welfare bill at the second reading.

What they'd probably do is to vote for their party's presidential candidate, and become «faithless electors» when it came to the VP, either abstaining from that vote, or voting for a non-Texan (presumably, a different member of their own party) for that office.

Quorums are an interesting case, where you can cause a measure to pass by voting against it, with the result that abstaining from voting can be more effective at defeating the measure than a «no» vote.

Also, range voting satisfies the participation criterion, i.e. casting a sincere vote can never result in a worse election winner (from your point of view) than if you had simply abstained from voting.

The answer is to persuade the 40 % of the electorate who have currently «given up» not to sit on their hands and abstain from voting — but to vote for the minor parties — if we can persuade enough to do this, then PR and real change will inevitably follow.

Can they abstain from voting and what are the legal consequences of doing so?

Also if they can abstain from voting for President would that block them from being able to vote for Vice President?

The first lesson is that Corbyn's politics evidently appeal to many younger voters, as well as the social groups that have increasingly abstained from voting in the UK since the late 1980s.

These undecided Liberal Democrats are the crucial group for the party — will they abstain from voting altogether in 2015 or will they return to the Liberal Democrats or vote for another party?

UNISON, Scotland's biggest union and Labour Party affiliate, abstained from the vote.

As a member of the board of trustees since 2007, he has routinely abstained from voting on charter school matters.

When it came before the full council, Will abstained from the vote, declining to explain why.

King Sweeney abstained from voting on seven of the nine contracts as part of her ongoing protest of the expenditure of town money while the town lacks an inspector general.

Republican Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney, who had a dispute with Republican Supervisor Anthony Santino last year over staff raises, has abstained from voting on town - funded contracts since Republican Councilman Edward Ambrosino was arrested on federal tax evasion charges in late March.

The former is a freshman and the latter was a Klein loyalist and the lone member to abstain from voting «yes» during the Sampson confidence vote last month.

Councilmembers Mark Levine, Helen Rosenthal, Corey Johnson and Ben Kallos abstained from voting.

The news comes as Labour appeared to be in disarray over the Budget plans, with a quarter of the party rebelling against Harriet Harman's demand that they abstain from a vote on the welfare bill last night.

Farron abstained from votes on abortion three times in 2008 (when Theresa May voted for the proposal to reduce the limit to 20 weeks), then abstained again in 2011, 2015 and 2017.

The party secured the right to abstain from votes on the issue in the coalition agreement, but higher education unions and students will be watching the behaviour of Dr Cable and Nick Clegg closely for signs they are preparing to break their promise.

Out of 77 people who voted at that meeting, 70 voted for the suspension to be upheld, six abstained from voting, while one voted for him to be reinstated.

Two members abstained from voting.

As caretaker leader, her instruction that Labour MPs should abstain from voting against the welfare bill was intended to «send a message» to voters.

This is unsurprising when you consider the point at which Corbyn's campaign really took off: when all three other candidates opted to toe the party line, as mandated by caretaker leader Harriet Harman, and abstain from voting on the second reading of the government's welfare bill.

... The U.S. abstained from voting.

Sen. Dave Valesky issued the following statement to his hometown paper, the Syracuse Post-Standard, about why he was the lone member of the Democratic conference to abstain from voting to keep Sen. John Sampson on as leader for the next two years:

Tories under fire for abstaining from vote hours after work and pensions secretary David Gauke ends helpline charges

In addition, Ciminelli's brother, Paul Ciminelli, once served on the ESDC board, although he abstained from votes regarding the Buffalo Billion.

Despite abstaining from the vote on the settlement, Lewza signed the $ 5,000 check the town paid to cover its deductible.

O'Halloran, who also headed the county GOP's legislative fundraising committee, said he stepped down from the county committee because he had been told that several members of the Legislature, including Chairwoman Terry Bernardo, said they would abstain from voting on the VLT issue to avoid any appearance of impropriety.

When the confidential settlement agreement was approved by the Town Board last October, Lewza abstained from voting on the matter without disclosing why.

Bernardo said she abstained from voting on the measure because of her personal and professional involvements with O'Halloran.

[67] She abstained from voting on the second reading of the Brexit Bill, after becoming ill hours before the vote, [68] and later voted in favour at the third and final reading.

At PMQs today, David Cameron was asked about the decision by all Liberal Democrat MPs to collectively defy a three - line whip, and abstain from voting on a motion defending Cameron's EU treay veto.