Sentences with phrase «as an elector at»

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Define a coalition as winning if the total number of electoral votes of the state in that coalition is 270 or more (let's ignore at first that two small states make things more complicated by allowing a mixed elector group).

The electoral quota is determined by dividing the total number of electors as at the relevant date by the number of electoral districts into which the State is divided.

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 total number of persons registered as electors of the Maori electoral districts as at the close of that last day; and

The Electoral Commission must, at the times required by or under this section, direct an inquiry to be made in relation to the particulars on the roll for every person registered as an elector of a district.

A person who is qualified to be registered as an elector of any electoral district and who is outside New Zealand may apply at any time to the Electoral Commission for registration as an elector.

The Electoral Commission may at any time object to the name of any person being on the roll for a district on the ground that the person is not qualified to be registered as an elector of the district.

shall be submitted to and decided by the electors of the state; and in case a majority of the electors voting thereon shall decide in favor of a convention for such purpose, the electors of every senate district of the state, as then organized, shall elect three delegates at the next ensuing general election, and the electors of the state voting at the same election shall elect fifteen delegates - at - large.

If a writ has been issued requiring the conduct of an election in a district, then, subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Electoral Commission may not, at any time in the period beginning on polling day and ending with the day of the return of the writ, register any application for registration as an elector that the Electoral Commission receives on or after polling day.

Where an application for registration as an elector has been received before the issue of a writ and it has not been possible for the Electoral Commission to ascertain, at the time of the issue of the writ, whether the applicant is currently registered as an elector of another electoral district, the Electoral Commission must, subject to subsection (4), include the name of the applicant on any main, supplementary, or composite roll printed as at writ day.

That is a number that was arrived at by the Boundary Commission, a strictly non-party political body whose incredibly complicated job is to create a constituency map of Britain that will respect, as far as practicable, historic geographic allegiances while at the same time ensuring - once again, as far as practicable - that the number of electors in each seat is broadly similar across the country.

If you are willing to serve as an elector email us at [email protected].

While it's true that an original rationale for having an electoral college was because electors were regarded, at the time, as being relatively free from undue influence, nowadays they mostly just rubber - stamp the candidate for their respective party.

If states fail to appoint electors due to a recount, those states» electoral votes will not be counted, but then it's as if those states» electoral votes don't exist at all because they failed to appoint electors.

At the time, each elector voted twice, the person with the most votes won, the person with the second most votes became VP, so long as the first had at least half of the EC voteAt the time, each elector voted twice, the person with the most votes won, the person with the second most votes became VP, so long as the first had at least half of the EC voteat least half of the EC votes.

However 2010 was one of the closest elections in living memory, yet no more than two in three electors could be bothered to turn out; and if registration rates are as low as 80 %, that means only half the potential electorate care enough to even turn up at the polls.

For a statewide office, the petition must be signed by registered electors, which are defined as residents of the state eligible to vote for the petitioner, numbering at least 2 percent of the total number of votes cast for United States Representative in the last general election for the entire state.

Constructed with lightweight material such as carbon fiber - reinforced polymer and powered by a pair of e-tron elector motors, Audi tells us that the Urban Concept can accelerate from 0 to 37 mph in 6.5 sec, with a top speed at around 62 mph.

It's impossible to say whether Trump would have done better or worse than under the electoral college, making the petition to have the electors choose Hilary Clinton instead misguided, at least insofar as they rely on the popular vote outcome as justification.

(7) A person who at any time in 1997 is a separate school supporter in connection with land assessed to the support of a separate school board is also, at that time, a separate school supporter for the purpose of qualifying as a separate school elector for the English - language separate district school board or the French - language separate district school board, as the case may be, the area of jurisdiction of which includes that land.

(2) An elector who on election day (a) is confined to a hospital, auxiliary hospital or nursing home in the local jurisdiction, or (b) is a resident in the local jurisdiction in a seniors» accommodation facility, that is established as an institutional voting station for the election is eligible to vote at that institutional voting station.

The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;

The result of the rushed, last - minute process was a provision allowing registration of a party so long as it runs a candidate in a single electoral district, in addition to meeting some other administrative requirements such as having at least 250 electors as members.

The district judges shall be elected by the qualified electors of their respective districts, and shall hold office for the term of 6 years (excepting those elected at said first election) from and including the first Monday of January, next succeeding their election and qualification; provided, that the First Judicial District shall be entitled to, and shall have three district judges, who shall possess co-extensive and concurrent jurisdiction, and who shall be elected at the same times, in the same manner, and shall hold office for the like terms as herein prescribed, in relation to the judges in other judicial districts, any one of said judges may preside on the empanneling [empaneling] of grand juries and the presentment and trial on indictments, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by law.

(6) If the elector is unable to sign the declaration on the sealed outer envelope as mentioned in clause 45.8 (d), one of the special ballot officers shall make a note on the envelope indicating that the elector voted at a home visit.

(2) No person who has been engaged as a returning officer, election clerk, revising agent or revision assistant at the revision of any list of electors to be used at the election, is eligible as a candidate.

(4) The following rules apply when an elector makes an application in person at the returning office in the elector's electoral district as described in paragraph 1 of subsection (1):

(3) No person shall attempt to obtain at a polling place information as to the candidate for whom an elector is about to vote or interfere or attempt to interfere with an elector in a polling place.

(6) No person shall communicate any information obtained at a polling place as to the candidate for whom an elector is about to vote or has voted or whether the elector declined to vote.

(8) On the regular polling day, the poll clerk shall prepare, at intervals of no less than 30 minutes, using the prescribed form and as directed by the Chief Electoral Officer, a document permitting the identification of every elector who during that interval has voted or forfeited his or her right to vote, other than electors who registered on that day and, on request, provide it to a candidate or a candidate's representative or provide it in an electronic format to a registered party.

(2) Only a ballot which was supplied to the elector by the deputy returning officer and with only one of the circular spaces marked and upon which there is no writing or mark by which the voter can be identified shall be accepted as a valid ballot at the count.

(6) The returning officer may provide such additional polling places in any polling division as are required having regard to the extent of the division, and the number of electors that may conveniently vote at one polling place and the returning officer shall determine how each such polling place shall be designated and an elector is entitled to vote only at the appropriate polling place.

55 (1) On the application of any elector who is unable to read or who is disabled and thereby prevented from voting in accordance with the other provisions of this Act, the deputy returning officer may assist the elector to the voting screen or if the elector making the application takes an oath as to his or her inability to vote without assistance, shall thereafter assist the elector at the voting screen by marking his or her ballot in the manner directed by the elector in the presence of the poll clerk and of no other person, and place the ballot in the ballot box.

(2) If an elector whose name appears on a polling list for the polling division where he or she resides has been appointed to act as a deputy returning officer, poll clerk or scrutineer at a polling place other than his or her own but in the same electoral district, an application may be made to the revising official for a certificate to vote at the other polling place.

(4) No person shall be allowed to act as the friend of more than one elector mentioned in subsection (1) at any polling place, other than a polling place established under section 14.