Sentences with phrase «certain number of votes»

A certain number of votes will be required before the protocol is implemented.

The listings published annually on our website reflect these rankings; within a band of a certain number of votes, lawyers are listed alphabetically by surname.

Regarding the IP address issue, that's above my pay grade but I believe the ABA allowed a certain number of votes per IP address and that they also looked at patterns.

Not one additional character out of a couple (since she may have gotten a certain number of votes and popularity), but the last one period.

Not exact matches

If a proposed idea reaches a certain number of up - votes then all citizens of a country are able to directly cast their votes and if the majority of citizens agree with the proposed bill, then it becomes a law.

It is not clear yet whether the Joint Committee will recommend some form of requirement to express a certain number of preferences, though given their advocacy for open preferential voting it would not be surprising if they did.

The US Presidential election uses an «electoral college» system, where each state gets a certain number of «electors» (votes), and those electors cast the official votes for President.

Whereas, throughout America's history, New York State has been a leader in civil, human, and social rights; this is well illustrated by the number of suffragists who called New York home and the choice of Seneca Falls for the first Women's Rights Convention held in 1848; this momentous event outlined certain rights that women should be granted, including the right to vote, thereby sparking the nationwide crusade for women's suffrage; and

In addition, we exceeded the number of votes placed on our line in certain races by well over 25 %.

For example, an absolute threshold in the number of votes (e.g. requiring a certain proportion of the whole population or of registered voters to be elected rather than a plurality of the vote) can seem intuitively appealing but has never, to my knowledge, been implemented for a national election, precisely because leaving an important office unfilled is a problem (unless, of course, you subscribe to radical small - government ideas, in which case the question seems moot and you might just as well do away with elections or democracy itself).

That much is certain from the show's 8.4 user rating on IMDb, a score only around 70 movies of all time have bested from a qualifying number of votes.

As a stockholder, you'll have part ownership in that company, and may have the ability to vote and potentially influence certain company decisions, if you hold a significant number of shares.

Secondly, there are many things your underage children are prohibited from: contributing to RRSPs, voting, joining the military, purchasing tobacco & alcohol, working beyond a certain number of hours in a week, and many more similar prohibitions.

Politics works like that — a certain number of people vote for something and then it becomes true.

For example, in order to hit the ball out of the park as he did, he probably made a number of very astute predictions about how certain ethnic groups» votes would break down.

Based on long - standing opposition of some past UK Governments to certain EU social rights, one independent legal opinion commissioned by the TUC in the run - up to the referendum vote, identified a number of EU - derived employment laws which would be especially vulnerable to repeal and / or amendment.

An employee who is eligible to vote must be allowed a certain number of consecutive hours for the purpose of casting his or her vote.

However, in a number of high profile and sensitive cases in recent years Member States have been unable to find the necessary majorities to either vote in favour or against certain draft acts, a so - called «no opinion» scenario.

ABOTA is one of the most premier associations of trial attorneys and judges, requiring a certain number of jury trials as lead counsel and approval by a majority vote of the ABOTA board.

These Bylaws may be amended by a two - thirds (2/3) vote of the board of directors or a two - thirds (2/3) vote of the members, provided that certain amendments to the Bylaws, as specified in the California Nonprofit Corporation Law, including those that materially and adversely affect the rights of members or change the authorized number of directors, are approved by the members.