Sentences with phrase «balloted voted in»

Results today showed that 95.7 percent of McDonald's workers that have been balloted voted in favour of the strike at the ballot, paving way for them to voice their concerns about McDonald's not dealing with their grievances, and failing to end the use of zero - hour contracts — something that was promised to workers earlier this year.

Payday lending is legal in Ohio despite a ballot vote in 2008 that capped rates.

At 9 a.m., there will be a hearing in Saratoga County Court at which a judge will set the ground rules for the recanvassing of the machine vote and counting of absentee ballot votes in the 43rd SD primary race between Sen. Roy McDonald and County Clerk Kathy Marchione.

To be specific, the case will consider the constitutionality of Michigan's Proposal 2, a voter - approved ban on affirmative action policies in Michigan universities, which was passed through a ballot vote in November 2006 with a margin of 58 — 42 percent.

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The Senate speaker of the house is elected through a voting process that requires a simple majority in a run - off ballot.

Buffett on Monday vowed to do «whatever it takes» to get out the vote in his congressional district in Nebraska, including driving voters himself to the polls to cast ballots.

As in the 2015 regional election, the next ballot is likely to be framed as a plebiscite vote over independence, with the ruling «Together For Yes» coalition likely to stick together.

Paper ballots are counted after the end of voting in the Italian general elections on March 4, 2018 in Naples, Italy.

But that wasn't all that depressed Clinton's vote: Hansen said a far lower number of provisional ballots than typical for a presidential election played a role, as did a recent strict voter - ID law that was in effect for its first presidential election in the state.

A full 94.35 percent of business - owner respondents stated they were planning to vote in November, with 4.54 percent undecided and a mere 1.11 percent not intending to cast a ballot.

Black voters in red states should vote as they usually do for candidates, down the ballot — and leave their choice for President blank.

Federal judges found more problems in Texas» voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minorities, who former President Barack Obama set out to protect at the ballot box before leaving office.

The Scottish region of Orkney has also declared, with 63 % of voters, around 7,500 ballots, voting to stay in the EU.

Some voters in Jefferson County ended up crossing party lines to cast their ballots for who they thought was the best candidate in each of the races — defying the practice of party line voting in an election that showed a deep red - blue political divide.

Seventy - nine percent of the crew that took part in the ballot voted for strike action on a turnout of 60 percent.

Although it's not illegal to be registered to vote in multiple states, according to CNN, it is illegal to cast a ballot in more than one state.

The next steps for the states that voted «yes» on their respective ballot measures will vary, as regulators in each state will likely spend several months deliberating on the specific framework for a legal marijuana market.

The Pennsylvania Department of State reported about 60 percent of Pennsylvania's voting - age population cast their ballot in 2008 and 2012.

During a surreal exchange, anchor David Muir grilled Trump over his continued spreading of the falsehood that millions of illegal ballots were cast in the 2016 election, which Trump had previously said was the reason for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton beating him in the popular vote by 3 million ballots.

Google partnered with law firm Perkins Coie to get the information for the new in - depth search tool, which lets users sort by state for info on ID requirements, deadlines, mail - in ballots, and early voting.

The folks in and around the Duluth metro area know how to rock the vote — more than 70 % of residents 18 and older turn out on Tuesdays to cast a ballot, according to data from the American Community Survey.

As the ballot approaches in late April, the outcome appears more unpredictable after the surprising Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump, one analyst told CNBC that France is the current big concern.

Jones garnered 405,865 votes, just 8,331 fewer votes than Clinton received last year with 414,196 ballots cast in her name.

With the entire House on next year's ballot — and about one - third of the U.S. Senate up for a vote, too — the stakes are high for those in the Bay Area who seek to erode the GOP's control of Congress and erect a new bulwark against Trump's agenda in areas like immigration and climate change.

He told a congressional committee that there are several proposals designed to drive up wages in Mexico, including the right of workers to vote by secret ballot on collective agreements.

After finishing the review, and assuming everything is in order, Austin's city council will have 10 days to either adopt the language in the petition or put it up for vote on a May 7 ballot.

Levine has a colleague who used Instagram's Stories feature to show himself going through the voting process (his ballot arrived in the mail).

Initiatives to land marijuana legalization on 2016 ballots are well underway in Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Nevada, while a handful of other states could also put legalization to a vote.

At the StateWest meeting, 30,366 ballot votes were counted (representing 52 per cent of StateWest members) and 90 per cent of these were in favour of demutualisation.

In a final ballot, which was first reported by National Review, more than three - quarters voted to back Cruz.

LONDON — British financial group Standard Life said Thursday it is drawing contingency plans to move some of its operations out of Scotland in the event it votes for independence — a decision certain to stoke debate about the fate of business after the Sept. 18 ballot.

Almost 4.3 million people have registered to vote, the largest electorate ever for a ballot in Scotland.

You may vote in person at the Annual Meeting by requesting a ballot from an usher when you arrive.

The proxy access resolution (so named because board nominations and ballots are contained in company proxy statements) got a majority vote of 55 percent at Chevron and 49.4 percent at Exxon.

A comparable rush could shortly be under way in Maine, where the state is currently recounting votes after a recreational marijuana ballot measure narrowly passed.

Over 6 million Floridians have already cast their ballots in early voting, more than the total 5.9 million cast by registered voters in 2000.

In a secret ballot on 23 June 2015, Yindjibarndi people throughout the State voted by an overwhelming two - thirds majority for change in the management and leadership of Yindjibarndi Native Title businesIn a secret ballot on 23 June 2015, Yindjibarndi people throughout the State voted by an overwhelming two - thirds majority for change in the management and leadership of Yindjibarndi Native Title businesin the management and leadership of Yindjibarndi Native Title business.

Butcher confirmed that the investigation found voting irregularities in the leadership contest that resulted in Clark defeating Kevin Falcon by 340 points on a regionally - weighted preferential ballot.

South Dakota voters approved a ballot initiative in 2016 by a 75 percent vote to cap rates for payday, car title and installment loans at 36 percent annual interest.

The Abacus study also asked those who voted in the 2015 Canadian General Election to rank a ballot that included the main political parties and generated data for 11 regions to estimate, with increased precision, the outcome of the Canadian election had it been run under different electoral systems.

As a beneficial owner, in order to be able to vote your shares at the meeting, you must obtain a legal proxy from your bank or broker and bring it with you to hand in with your signed ballot.

That such a gun - friendly state adopted any firearm restrictions represents a sea change, even more so as the restrictions were drafted and approved in a matter of three weeks, after a bipartisan vote and the signature of a Republican governor likely to be on the ballot later this year as a Senate candidate.

In terms of timing, the former vote will come into force in 2017, while the latter won't grace the AGM ballot card until 201In terms of timing, the former vote will come into force in 2017, while the latter won't grace the AGM ballot card until 201in 2017, while the latter won't grace the AGM ballot card until 2018.

Since the first - ballot vote eliminated Dr. Morton and Mr. Orman, the hard - edged conservatives of the group, the Wildrose and their friends at the Toronto National Post have been spinning the narrative that the progressives (or «soft - centrists») have defeated the conservatives in this contest.

Ms. Redford defeated Mr. Mar in a third - ballot vote 37,104 to 35,491.

Both Mr. Horne and Mr. Liepert were strong supporters of Mr. Mar in the leadership contest and would have likely ended up in similar positions had he not been defeated on the third ballot vote on October 1.

Carrying 40 % of the vote on the first - ballot, it is understandable why the three would endorse the front - runner in terms of both personal political calculation and party unity.

A deputies» union on Thursday announced that 85 percent of its members who voted — 534 out of 628 — cast ballots expressing «no confidence» in the sheriff's leadership.

But without letting people vote, when you stop, when you just suspend voting and you won't let people have any voice in government, no party can function, because there's no vote, no chance to have a ballot.

Catharine Beecher, sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher, argued against women's suffrage on the grounds that «women could influence public affairs very satisfactorily without recourse to the ballot box, by the simple expedient of influencing the opinions and outlook of those who did have the vote — their husbands and sons» (Reay Tannahill, Sex in History, [Stein & Day], 1980, p. 389).