Sentences with phrase «by ballot»

Instead it said the issue should be decided by ballots of local parents - but the process was involved and expensive and only one case was brought, which did not succeed.

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AMENDMENTS 12.1 Amendment by Vote The constitution and by - laws may be amended at any time provided a copy of the proposed amendment has been mailed by the Secretary to each member in good standing on the date of mailing accompanied by a ballot on which he / she may indicate his / her choice for or against the action to be taken.

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

The Executive Committee shall consist of thirteen members: the President Elect, the President, the Retiring President, the Administrative Secretary, the General Secretary, and eight Fellows elected by ballot of the Council, two each year for a term of four years.

The officers of the Association shall be (a) General Officers, elected from among the Fellows by ballot of the Council, and (b) Administrative Officers, elected by the Executive Committee as prescribed in Section 3 of this Article.

That three more states have legalized gay marriage by ballot measures in just one year should be a clear indication that this issue is not going away.

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In advance of being selected by ballot at the Annual Selection Dinner, the works are displayed in the galleries along with contextual pieces from the permanent collection.

The officers of the Association shall be elected by ballot by the Council, and shall consist of a President, a Vice-President from each section, a Permanent Secretary, a General Secretary, a Treasurer and a Secretary of each Section.

The issues to be debated have been selected by a ballot of all of the Union's teacher and headteacher members.

In the event of a vacancy in the office of President Elect, the Executive Committee shall make a pro tempore appointment to hold until the vacancy shall have been filled by ballot of the Council.

(Colorado's state constitution can be amended by ballot initiative.)

and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately choose by Ballot one of them for President

The order of parties on the ballot papers and the order of ungrouped candidates are determined by a ballot conducted by the Electoral Commission.

That will be decided by the Ballot Law Commission on September 20.

The union leader - who is a key bankroller of Jeremy Corbyn - said he was ready to defy a legal requirement that strike action needs to be approved by a ballot with a turnout of more than 50 per cent.

The Standing Committee shall consist of the past Presidents, the President, the Vice Presidents, the four Secretaries, the Treasurer, with the above named officers of the preceding meeting, and six fellows elected by ballot after open nomination at the first general session.

(b) In the event of a vacancy in the office of President - Elect, the Executive Committee shall make a pro-tempore appointment subject to confirmation by a ballot of the members in the next general election.

More striking, California's Global Warming Solutions Act (Assembly Bill 32, or AB 32) will likely lead to the creation of a very ambitious set of climate initiatives, including a statewide cap - and - trade system (unless it's stopped by ballot initiative or a new Governor, depending on the outcome of the November 2010 elections).

Last week it emerged that Conservative MPs will chair twelve of Parliament's select committees, with those influential chairmanships being decided by ballots of all MPs from across the Commons next week.

It shall have the right to levy assessments on the Affiliated Societies for the expenses of general meetings of the Division which include the cooperation of the Affiliated Societies, by ballots mailed to the Secretary - Treasurer, upon majority of votes cast.

The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President.

1994 - California Proposition 132 Passed by ballot measure in 1990, the California coastal gillnetting ban, which went into effect in 1994, has saved many animals from dying as bycatch, including marine mammals and several species of fish: white sharks, thresher sharks, leopard sharks, white sea bass, and more.

If it is possible for the Irish People to adjudicate by ballot on this question, why might we not in the future deliberate similarly on the right to life of the elderly, the homeless, the Travellers, or the mentally ill?

On Wednesday, Grant went back to court seeking a ballot by ballot count from the election, claiming the voting machines didn't count some ballots for her and the legal fight at the Board of Elections is costing her votes with Kennedy less than 300 votes ahead.

A pair of labor unions on Friday announced they are withdrawing from the Working Families Party a day before Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon is potentially endorsed by the ballot line.

In parliamentary practice, a joint ballot is an election or vote by ballot participated in by the members of both houses of a legislative assembly sitting together as one body, the result being determined by a majority of the votes cast by the joint assembly thus constituted, instead of by concurrent majorities of the two houses.

Calls for protest have been mounting since the parliamentary elections last Sunday, which domestic and international observers said were tainted by ballot - stuffing and fraud on behalf of Mr. Putin's party, United Russia.

Do those on the left, right or center — especially at this point in history — want to embrace the concept that offensive speech should result in removal from public office except by the ballot?

Justifying the cancellation of Southern Ijaw LGA elections, INEC posited that there were glaring cases of electoral malpractices characterized by ballot snatching, thuggery and violence.

Currently, once a decision has been taken by ballot to maintain a political fund, individual members have to take a deliberate decision to «opt out» if they do not want to contribute.

The election of the members of this Committee shall occur at the general annual meetings of the Division by the ballots of the individual members and fellows of the Division.

These elections shall be made by a majority vote of all members of the Executive Committee, and this vote shall be by ballots handed or mailed to the Secretary - Treasurer of the Division.

A gathering of party members, where a more informal voting system occurs, usually by raising of hands or gathering in small groups in support of a particular candidate (or sometimes by ballot).

In an era where every major studio doggedly chases the nostalgia dollar, Deakins actually conjured that rarest of feelings, but alas, the February release had fallen off everyone's radar by ballot - casting time.

The Words is one of those «must see films of the fall» that are vaulted as Oscar contenders in September and forgotten by ballot time.

When vouchers were proposed by ballot initiative in California in 1993, for instance, unions were able to deploy $ 30 million in today's dollars to defeat the initiative.

Under New Jersey state law voters in a municipality have the right to propose and pass or reject ordinances by ballot initiatives.

After a meeting of the General Assembly to choose the artist by ballot, Maclise's design was selected and was struck by Leonard Wyon in 1859 (see 08/2788 and 05/5097).