Sentences with phrase «cast votes in an election»

Rod and I both still believe that Christians should be involved in their communities, cast votes in elections, and be «in the world but not of it.»

In 2014, 300 million eligible voters across the European Union (EU) will have the opportunity to cast their vote in the elections for the second - largest legislative body in the world: the European Parliament.

Here's what you need to know before you cast your vote in the elections for local police crime commissioners.

Only 34 per cent of eligible voters cast their votes in this election, even less than the 37 per cent voter turnout in the 2011 election.

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.

Not exact matches

Last week, Cal Henderson, the co-founder and CTO at Slack, cast his vote in a U.S. election for the first time.

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.

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.

The failure of coalition talks is unprecedented in Germany's post-war history, and was likened by newsmagazine Der Spiegel to the shock election of U.S. President Donald Trump or Britain's referendum vote to leave the EU - moments when countries cast aside reputations for stability built up over decades.

Corporate voting season is already well underway behind the scenes, and, actions you take during these contests could be just as important as the mid-term election votes cast in November.

The Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines require any director in an uncontested election who fails to receive over 50 % of the votes cast «for» his or her election to tender his or her resignation to the board within five days of the election.

If my proxy solicitation results in Mr. Hagenbuch's failure to receive over 50 % of the votes cast for his election, then I believe the failure of the board to accept his resignation would be an egregious violation of proper corporate governance and in direct opposition to a clear shareholder directive.

Fortune will go on a limb to predict he will cast the deciding vote in a 5 - 4 ruling in Gill v. Whitford that will declare the redrawing of election districts for political purposes to be unconstitutional.

The GOP holds just a one - seat majority in the chamber after the surprise victory of Democrat Doug Jones in last year's Alabama special election; that means they can lose just one Republican vote, even under reconciliation (Vice President Mike Pence would cast a tie - breaker in the case of a 50 - 50 split).

If you hold your shares in street name, it is critical that you cast your vote if you want it to count in the election of directors, the vote to approve the amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the vote to approve the amendment and restatement of our 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, the advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation, and the stockholder proposals requesting: (i) the elimination of supermajority voting requirements, (ii) the adoption of a policy to consider employee pay ranges when setting CEO compensation, and (iii) a report on Salesforce's criteria for investing in, operating in and withdrawing from high - risk regions (Proposals 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in this Proxy Statement).

L. (Sept. 1, 2014), http://us.practicallaw.com/4-578-4485 [http://perma.cc/8XRK-A4YL](«It appears that ISS negative vote recommendations based on the perceived lack of board responsiveness to shareholder concerns (as evidenced by the failure to implement a successful shareholder proposal) was the leading factor associated with directors who failed to receive a majority of votes cast in an uncontested election in 2014.»)

Cambridge Analytica did not engage in efforts to discourage any Americans from casting their vote in the presidential election.

«In light of evolving investor sentiment, we have clarified that we consider that the board generally has an imperative to respond to shareholder dissent from a proposal at an annual meeting of more than 20 % of votes cast — particularly in the case of a compensation or director election proposal.&raquIn light of evolving investor sentiment, we have clarified that we consider that the board generally has an imperative to respond to shareholder dissent from a proposal at an annual meeting of more than 20 % of votes cast — particularly in the case of a compensation or director election proposal.&raquin the case of a compensation or director election proposal.»

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani casts his vote during elections for the parliament and Assembly of Experts, which has the power to appoint and dismiss the supreme leader, in Tehran February Continue Reading

As expected, Don Iveson was re-elected Mayor of Edmonton in a huge landslide with 141,182 votes — 72 percent of the total votes cast in that race — increasing his total vote count from the 2013 election.

I would do the same for every single election I am eligible to cast a vote in.

Polls opened at 8 a.m. Friday in Iran as Iranians cast ballots in the first parliamentary elections since the 2009 vote that sparked riots and accusations of rigging.

The Broward Sheriff's Office uncovered evidence Francis Bellanger cast an illegal vote in a March 2011 municipal election.

A similar, more expensive $ 48 million referendum failed in the March election with 52.63 percent of votes rejecting it out of 12,189 votes cast.

When a referendum is held during a general election as it was here, the judge said «the referendum vote count must be related to the total votes cast in the general election.

UPDATE: Bill also states that a tenant would lose their rent controlled apartment if they cast a vote from another location in any election.

A longtime push for early voting in New York took a step forward this month, with Republican Sen. Betty Little backing a bill that would allow voters to cast ballots up to two weeks before Election Day.

Obama's folks could (and did) model the election over and over in the weeks before the votes were cast, using the results to focus their persuasion and GOTV work.

These delegates cast their votes in the general election for president and almost always vote the way their state voted.

In the last election, the incumbent, Collins Owusu Amankwah, polled 36,775 votes representing 69.57 per cent of the entire votes cast.

According to them, by nullifying elections in 18 out of 31 local government areas, Section 179 (2)(b) of the Nigerian Constitution, which required that a candidate vying for the office of the Governor would be declared winner if he has not less than one quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two - thirds of the local government areas, has been breached.

The Presidential Advisory Commission on Elections is investigating claims initially made by President Donald Trump first made as a candidate that votes were cast illegally, which he later attributed to his loss in the popular vote tally.

Total expenditures equaled $ 65.7 million, or $ 26.2 per vote cast, up more than 50 % from $ 37.4 million or $ 17.3 per vote cast in the 2010 gubernatorial election between the same two men.

To put it another way, there were 351,971,792 votes cast (total) in the presidential elections in the years in question (2000, 2004, 2008)(2012 was too late to be included in the database).

«Speak» in this sense does not relate to the casting of votes — the General Election will not vent the pressure — but to a deeper form of democracy that facilitates both «democratic voice» and «democratic listening».

Guelleh, who ran on the UMP party ticket, secured 87 percent of the votes cast in Friday's elections, according to provisional results announced by the country's interior minister.

But she noted that in an off - year election, about half of votes are cast outside the five boroughs.

According to the Times, Hernandez cast improper votes in «every major election» since 1976.

Also, range voting satisfies the participation criterion, i.e. casting a sincere vote can never result in a worse election winner (from your point of view) than if you had simply abstained from voting.

Andy Burnham with his daughters, after casting his vote in the Greater Manchester mayoral election.

Independent candidates must submit a petition containing the signatures of at least 1 percent of the total votes casts for all candidates in the previous presidential election.

2 % of the largest entire vote cast for an elected candidate in the last election within the district

These elections are conducted using the so - called «First Past The Post» voting system, whereby every registered voter casts one vote for a candidate in their town or area (known as constituencies).

In Minnesota, the winner of a primary election is the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes cast for that office, even if he or she does not win an outright majority.

State law defines an established political party as any party whose candidate for a statewide office received at least 2 percent of the total votes cast that office in either of the two most recent general elections.

State Senate Republicans in the Elections Committee cast a vote on closing a campaign finance loophole, which has played a role in recent corruption trials of the former leaders of the legislature.

It contested the constituency of Monmouth in the 2015 general election, receiving 100 votes (0.2 % of votes cast).

The number of signatures needed for statewide minor party and independent candidates in Pennsylvania in 2014 depends on the number of votes cast in the November 5, 2013 election, for Judge of the Superior Court.

Data from British Election Study panel surveys shows that the main problem UKIP has faced in translating its success from European Parliament elections to general elections has been retaining voters, whether because some UKIP voters only vote UKIP at European Parliament elections in protest and the return to their «normal» party for general elections or because the nature of the British electoral system incentivises voters to cast their vote for one of the existing main parties rather than a new entrant.

Estonia is the only country in the world that relies on Internet voting in a significant way for legally - binding national elections — up to 25 % of voters cast their ballots online.