Sentences with phrase «because tie votes»

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Because the case was tied up in court for years, he said, the narrative from the Democratic side ended up being about how unfair and difficult the law made it for many to vote.

Rebels said the vote could strengthen Cameron's position at budget talks in Brussels next month because he will be able to say his hands are tied by the British parliament.

The dates of his trip have been in flux because of Trump's U.S. tax overhaul push and the possibility that Pence would be needed to provide a tie - breaking vote in the Senate.

It only affected the Electoral College because Florida's own method of determining Electors is tied to its own popular vote count.

A US senator can not guarantee that the vice president won't be able to vote by staying away from the chamber, because there is no way to guarantee that another senator or senators might also refrain from voting, resulting in a 49 - 49 tie (or indeed any smaller number of votes, evenly split), whereupon the vice president would be able to vote.

The state Senate is tied 18 - 18 for the first time in more than 100 years, and lawmakers have learned that they can only pass hybrid budgets with ideas from both parties because three moderate Senate Democrats will not vote for budgets with too much taxing and spending.

«They were missing in action, actually, at the tie of critical mass and just came aboard once they knew they didn't have to because the Republicans had votes elsewhere.

Somebody, somewhere is kicking him - or herself for not making it to the polls Sept. 15 to vote in the Independence Party primary for Ballston Town Board because now George Seymour, Mary Beth Hynes and Jeremy Knight are tied at 34 votes each and the voters have no say in who gets the coveted third - party line.

Although the majority leader claims he moved to strip LG Bob Duffy of his tie - breaking leadership vote in the chamber because he believes that only senators should have the right to weigh in on who leads the chamber, most believe the real motivation is because he knew 31 - 31 was a distinct possibility in the not - so - distant future.

Supervisor Wood declared at the town board meeting on Dec. 8, 2015, Gail Seaman as incumbent was to be brought forward because of tie vote and failure to elect a candidate to fill the vacant board seat.

A few of course parroted the distortions the «No» campaign was built on or gave wanting to do in Nick Clegg as an excuse for voting against, but far more voted AV down because it had become too tied up with the politics of the Coalition and thus divorced from a wider and more genuine discussion of constitutional reform.

He added, «I voted against this resolution because although this particular rule is deeply flawed, we should not tie our hands from promulgating responsible, market - based rules to reduce carbon emissions.»

Because of the 3 - 3 tie vote, the school board rejected the effort to continue with the EVAAS.

That's because members of the State Board of Education are expected to vote on a state official's recommendation to award the job to Achievement for All Children (AAC), a Charlotte - based organization with very limited experience and very deep ties to the North Carolina General Assembly, the state's burgeoning charter school movement and a powerful school choice lobbyist.

Together, they make up a powerful «swing» vote because they are not necessarily tied to one major party or another.

The judge also found that even if the Appeal Committee erred in disposing of the appeal on a tie vote, he had no authority to intervene because s. 57 of the Teaching Profession Act contains a privative clause.