Sentences with phrase «by placing voting»

Post-war Liberal leaders were chosen by asking each MP in turn to leave the meeting to be evaluated by colleagues, or by placing voting slips in a champagne cooler.

Not exact matches

Its mission is to «help voters take back control of their democracy» by giving them a place to debate issues, research candidates» platforms, recruit vote pledges from others and more.

When unusual transfers of funds take place in either direction between you and your company, keep records that explain the transaction — whether it's a bonus that was voted upon by the board or a loan, in which case you'll want to document its terms.»

In part, it reflects political mismanagement by Cameron, who must regret ever calling for a vote in the first place.

An opinion poll released Thursday showed that Marine Le Pen, the far - right candidate would win the first round with 24 percent of the votes, followed by Macron with 21 percent and Fillon in third place with 20 percent.

Republicans in South Carolina also were voting on Saturday in the state - by - state contest to pick nominees for the Nov. 8 election, with opinion polls showing front - runner Donald Trump trying to solidify his spot at the top of the pack and rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio fighting for a second - place finish.

If any other matters are properly presented for consideration at the 2018 Annual Meeting, including, among other things, consideration of a motion to adjourn the 2018 Annual Meeting to another time or place, the persons named as proxy holders, Elon Musk, Deepak Ahuja and Todd Maron, or any of them, will have discretion to vote the proxies held by them on those matters in accordance with their best judgment.

He is also the author of several IGOPP policy papers, which offer new perspectives on a range of controversial issues including: Dual - class voting shares, Corporate Citizenship, The place of women on boards of directors, Say - on - Pay by shareholders, The Gordian knot of executive compensation, The Troubling Case of Proxy Advisors, among others.

His company, Glassman Wealth, has been voted as the best place to work in Washington DC by multiple local publications.

Had the vote taken place three years earlier, the Ethyl Corporation would have had to abide by the decision.

In 1979, Mr. Taylor placed only 355 votes behind PC candidate Ken Kowalski in a by - election in Barrhead.

In an October 2014 by - election, Mr. Clark placed a strong second and came within 800 votes of defeating appointed Progressive Conservative Education Minister Gordon Dirks.

Mr. Kowalski and a cadre of rural MLAs mobilized rural Alberta Tories to vote for Mr. Klein on the second ballot of the 1992 PC leadership contest after Nancy Betkowski placed first by one vote on the first ballot.

Weston received about 22 % of the votes, followed by BCE chief executive George Cope and former Blackberry CEO Thorstein Heins, who tied for second place with 17 % of the votes each.

The merger has not been approved by either company's shareholders, though the vote is expected to take place on Nov. 17.

The shareholder vote will take place, though the two companies are awaiting the result of Federal Court action brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and corporate bookmaker CrownBet objecting to the deal.

-- «Goodbye, neighborhood polling places — 5 counties switch to mega-vote centers,» by CALmatters» Rhonda Lyons: «This election season five California counties are doing away with hundreds of neighborhood polling places and replacing them with fewer «one - stop vote centers» — an experiment sold by Democrats as a way to save money and boost anemic voter turnout from the last midterm elections.»

There's a lot of talk in a lot of places about change, it's time for change, we want change, and what we're saying is what we do on Nov. 4 is important, but what's just as important is how we live on Nov. 3 and Nov. 5 and voting is something we do everyday by the way we live.

Sounds like what the Republicans are doing in this country by pruning the voter rolls, making it harder to register to vote, and making it harder for people to find the right voting place.

The system was voted into place by the majority, who happened to be Christian.

Actually the MAJORITY DO N'T SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE that why you had to have the peoples will overturned in court and in every place where gays needed a vote for marriage it was overturned or the heads of gov rammed it down peoples throats and why are sticking up for Tom you aren't US citizen by birth either?

The series was voted first place by readers in both 2007 and 2008 in Mary Pride's Readers» Choice award for the category of geography.

Actually, Ralph, «when commentators prognosticate about the «evangelical vote» we might ask how this country has drifted so far from the intent of the Founding Fathers by granting Christianity such a prominent place in the political tent.

A bid to change the law there is set to be voted upon by politicians in May which could see Guernsey the first place in the UK to allow assisted dying.

By all means, let churches become a place where like - minded individuals can strategize and hear to politicians of their choice stump for votes — just don't do it on my dime.

Off topic but I am posting here... by taking voters off the voter roles, it not only disenfranchises them on election day, it takes them off the direct mailings that remind people to vote, including sample ballot, polling places, etc..

Democratic sources told CNN prior to the vote that it was to take place by acclamation.

Universities were pressed by Duke George and others to place their votes pro or contra Luther.

The company was voted «Best of the Best Poke Shop» in 2012 and 2013 and the «Best Place for Poke» from 2013 through 2015 by Hawaii Magazine.

The set up put in place by the board in 2015 allowed existing supplier shareholders to keep a controlling vote in the cooperative, while also allowing non-voting shareholders to buy into the company.

Alabama stays No. 1 comfortably, receiving 64 of 87 first - place votes and outpacing No. 2 Oregon (four first - place votes) by more than a point per ballot, 24.37 to 23.20.

Other unlikely Florida No. 1 votes come from Florida State blog Tomahawk Nation, Miami blog The 7th Floor, and from SEC blog Team Speed Kills, jointly run by a Florida fan and a South Carolina fan; in a week when their teams each got first - place love, Kansas State blog Bring On The Cats and Notre Dame blog One Foot Down threw their lot in with Florida, too.

The crux of the report is Paolantonio alleges the new catch rule — passed by a unanimous vote Tuesday — was «already in place» for Super Bowl 52 and officials were «basically legislating on the fly» during the game instead of sticking to the standards of the 2017 season.

Der Spiegel claim that the money was used to secure the votes of four representatives on FIFA's 24 - member executive committee ahead of the vote, which took place in 2000 and which Germany eventually won by one vote after a surprise abstention in the final round.

Kentucky was voted in first - place by two coaches.

They are followed by the Alabama Crimson Tide at No. 2 with the remaining eight first - place votes.

This next one I have voted the most ridiculous comment I have EVER seen on here, let's see if you agree... «What you all don't know now is that Wenger is not happy with us (fans), it's whispered in high places that he has sworn to deal with us by even missing out on 4th position.

(McGrady led the Suns» Steve Nash, in third place, by 9,410 votes.)

The LSU Tigers take back the top spot in the Week 5 BlogPoll, and do so by rolling up the most first - place votes of any team in 2011.

Who knows what swayed the deciding votes, and public pressure that can be fueled by places like this may be responsible.

But in a 1999 voting of the Football Player of the Century, Pele finished first by a landslide over Diego Maradona, capturing 17 out of 26 first place votes.

Based on his team's undefeated record and his impressive performance this season, it would seem Braxton should have been a finalist; unfortunately voters must have felt uncomfortable casting a vote for the mobile quarterback due to the sanctions placed on Ohio State by the NCAA.

Brazil would ultimately triumph 3 - 1 while Uruguay had to settle for fourth place but Mazurkiewicz, who was considered to be one of the finest keepers of his generation by his peers, had done enough to be voted goalkeeper of the tournament.

He enjoyed a fantastic first campaign at Spurs in 2012 - 13, culminating in a place in the PFA's Premier League Team of the Year, voted for by his peers.

He added that there was no discussion by the board — either before voting to place the issues on the ballot or since — about any of the three issues.

They saw racial politics, as Iola McGowan, a member of the old anti-Washington park board, was jeered by fellow blacks when she cast a vote favoring Kelly, who has placed white males in almost all the important posts in the park district bureaucracy.

The vote in the European Parliament Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee took place this morning with MEPs voting for one of the three Objections tabled by European Parliament by Green MEP Keith Taylor.

I really stand by my thinking that anyone who doesn't get this as satire was not terribly likely to have voted for Obama in the first place.

It's why, though they might have been impressed by Clegg in the leaders» debates, their decision about where to place their own vote wasn't as dominated by the big picture.

The voting places do not sort the ballots by voter party, they all go into a common lockbox and when the box is opened all the ballots in that box are counted together at the same time.