Sentences with phrase «cast a vote without»

It will provide you with an understanding of key security procedures required to ensure safety of election officials on election duties and equip you with skill sets that would enable you balance the imperative of securing the electoral process with the need to allow voters unfettered opportunity to come out and cast their votes without fear or intimidation as a result of the presence of security personnel.»

Citizens had cast their votes without doing anything wrong» he explained.

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The Brennan Center for Justice estimated in August that up to 20 % of US voters would use a digital system without a paper trail to cast votes on November 8, and 42 states would use voting machines that were at least a decade old and had outdated hardware and software.

As far as # 2, I have definitely observed that you merely state your name at the voting rolls table, without any effort to certify you are of that name - even checking your voting invitation letter, and sign the rolls to certify that you voted (so nobody else nor yourself can cast a second vote under that name).

Kavanagh joined City Councilmember Rory Lancman, Congressmember Hakeem Jeffries, Jarret Berg of the New York Democratic Lawyers Council, and other public officials and organizations concerned about voting rights, to call upon New Yorkers, especially attorneys, to help ensure that all eligible voters can cast their ballots without the kind of intimidation and voter suppression activities that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been inciting in recent days.

Both of the Michigan Libertarian Party ballot access cases are still actively trying to win a court ruling that will make it possible for voters to vote «Libertarian» for President without the need to cast a write - in vote.

The coming together on reducing the number of party insiders who get to cast votes as delegates without being bound to election results tracks well with the news reported by CNN that Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is expected to no longer have a leading role on the convention stage.

The revival of old plans to redraw constituency boundaries will boost the number of notional Tory seats without a single vote being cast.

In all likelihood, five or six hundred Conservative councillors have already «won» without a vote being cast, either because they have been returned unopposed, or because they do not face a full slate of opposition candidates in multi-member wards.

New York County GOP Chairwoman Adele Malpass told The Post that the purpose of the new line, approved on Friday, was to give the large numbers of Democratic and independent voters who polls show are unhappy with de Blasio's policies a place to cast their ballots without feeling uncomfortable about voting Republican.

Given that this was the decade that saw two whole parliamentary sessions without a single vote being cast against their whip by a member of the governing party, this observation was at least more accurate then than modern - day attempts to paint politicians as a bunch of spineless sheep.

Moreover, it was not lost on people that Brown had become Prime Minister without a single vote being cast - hardly itself a shining example of good governance.

She so strongly opposes the use of touchscreen voting machines with or without paper trails that she would opt for the continued use of lever machines or paper only, in violation of HAVA mandates for persons with disabilities to be able to cast a secret and independent ballot.

Hence it could have been called without equivocation, if the Court of Appeal had returned Umeh, as the winner of the senatorial election having obtained the second highest number of votes cast in the election.

Members are being asked to appear on short notice in Albany to cast votes for leadership without adequate time to reflect on the past successes and failures of the conference.

After several minutes of procedural confusion, the Senate cast a party line vote of 18 - 12 to adjourn their session without a debate, infuriating minority Republicans.

He turned south, walking away from the elementary school where he was supposed to vote without casting a ballot in an election whose results were already determined by the system.

Approval voting can allow voters to cast a compromise vote without abandoning their favorite candidate as long as voters accept the potential of that compromise vote resulting in the defeat of their favorite.

Yet another change would require the temporary president to be elected by the majority of senators elected (the current rule just says the Senate «shall choose» without specifying how) and also bars the lieutenant governor from casting a tie - breaking vote.

The flap represents a complete breakdown in parliamentary procedure and a distinct low for the sometimes bitterly divided chamber because members of one party have rarely, if ever, walked off the floor without casting a vote.

Renegade state Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D - East Elmhurst) has returned to the Democratic caucus, leaving the Senate split 31 - 31 without a lieutenant governor to cast the tiebreaking vote.

In an election using the additional member system, each voter casts two votes: a vote for a candidate standing in their constituency (with or without an affiliated party), and a vote for a party list standing in a wider region made up of multiple constituencies.

First, the recent change of prime minister makes the government seem new without a vote being cast.

By separating vote generation from vote casting, officials can continually improve the vote - generation interface without affecting the actual vote - casting, which needs to be standardized.

Anecdotally, it's long been said that the majority of Oscar voters fill out their ballots and send them in right away, and while there's no proof of this, if it's true, that could mean that most voters cast their Best Actor votes without knowing anything about the Franco allegations.

After several minutes of procedural confusion, the Senate cast a party line vote of 18 - 12 to adjourn their session without a debate, infuriating minority Republicans.

Among smartphone and tablet owners asked, 60 percent said they'd cast their vote for the next president through a mobile app or text message — if they could do so without any fear of fraud.

Any agreement related to a Plan will be in writing and provide that: (a) it may be terminated by the Trust or the Funds at any time upon sixty days written notice, without the payment of any penalty, by vote of a majority of the respective Rule 12b - 1 Trustees, or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust or the Funds; (b) it will automatically terminate in the event of its assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act); and (c) it will continue in effect for a period of more than one year from the date of its execution or adoption only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by a majority of the Board and a majority of the Rule 12b - 1 Trustees by votes cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such agreement.

We will not change the fundamental investment objectives of the Portfolio without the consent of unitholders by a majority of votes cast at a meeting of unitholders.

She then went on to participate in making sure nothing so terrible would happen, casting the crucial fifth vote in Bush v. Gore without blinking an eye.

And, almost exactly a year ago, the Bitcoin Foundation allowed members to cast votes in an election round directly on the bitcoin blockchain, though this test was not without issues.