Sentences with phrase «changed voting procedures»

I don't know much about BAFTA except that they've changed their voting procedures a lot.

They changed their voting procedures in mid-2012 (new rules which took effect in 2013) to more closely mirror the way the Academy does it.

I met with them when they were launching their site, a portal for learning about the candidates» position on 14 core issues and about newly changed voting procedures (similar to our Project Vote Smart in many respects).

They also changed their voting procedure in 2012 to be more like the Academy's where the individual branches select the nominees and then the entire membership chooses the winners (I think).

For those who haven't followed the case, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act requires a number of states and local governments, mostly in the South, to seek federal permission before changing their voting procedures, explains The New York Times.

Not exact matches

If your shares are held in street name, you should contact your bank or broker and follow its procedures for changing your voting instructions.

The passage of the Reform Bill may be defined in a shorthand way as the procedure of voting by Parliament, and approval by King William IV, of a law changing the qualifications for voting in British elections and redistributing seats in the House of Commons.

It is considered by some parties as illegitimate, posing a serious danger to Japan's democracy since the Prime Minister circumvented the constitutional amendment procedure, dictating a radical change to the meaning of fundamental principles in the Constitution by way of Cabinet fiat without Diet debate, vote, or public approval.

New York City Elections Commissioner J.C. Polanco thinks September will be «a public - relations nightmare» unless changes are made to the vote counting procedure on election night.

The power of the agenda setter has been long known: In his book Theory of Voting Robin Farquharson relates a tale of Pliny the Younger attempting to manipulate the Roman Senate by changing the usual voting procedure.

The changes to voting procedure seen in the bill, which was proposed recently by New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, all seem like common sense changes.

As a result, it has proposed the procedure for taking decisions be changed so issues which normally require unanimous agreement, such as terrorism, fraud and the trafficking of people, drugs and arms, be decided merely on a majority vote.

The «2/3 vote» does look like the kind of thing you'd see in an entrenched law (see, for example, amendments to the US Constitution), but in this case the 2/3 requirement has nothing to do with changing laws — it's to do with the House of Commons triggering a procedure under the law.

While the Corbyn surge and the tripling of numbers entitled to vote flowed from changes made in the procedure, the thinking behind the leadership selection has lapsed behind the constitutional changes made and being made by the coalition government and its Tory successor, most importantly the Fixed - term Parliaments Act.

«Reform ethics oversight and enforcement» by making changes to JCOPE's structure, scope, and voting procedures to increase transparency and independence.

He continued: «over the last two electoral cycles (2010 -2015 and 2015 - 2019), the Commission has deliberately and purposefully embarked upon far - reaching reforms of the electoral system, in terms of changes in voting procedures and enhancing the security features of ballot papers, ballot boxes and result sheets.»

The New York Times reported, «The resignations were withheld pending a meeting of the organization to discuss a possible change in voting procedure.»

The voting procedure changed last year so that certain branches do the nominating and the entire body does the voting for winners, just like the Oscars.

Congress can make such changes to tax policy through «reconciliation,» a procedure that avoids up - or - down votes on each proposal and the threat of a Democratic filibuster in the Senate.

The Illinois State Board of Education took on sweeping authority to supervise special education at Chicago Public Schools on Wednesday, voting to appoint an outside monitor who for at least three years will have to approve any changes to the district's special ed policies and procedures.

The Committee confirmed procedures for broad participation of NGOs, recognized the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as its primary technical support body, and agreed to use consensus decision - making except when impasses arose, in which case important questions would be put to majority vote.

(8) the points made in the conclusion are: (1) consistent with avoiding expenditures on the criminal justice system, the federal attorney general appeared to be neglecting the plight of pre-trial inmates in custody in extremely bad jail conditions, and the provincial attorney general appeared to ignore the needs of prosecutors for greater resources of staff and time in order to work adequately; (2) similarly, the other examples presented also support the proposition that the criminal justice system is inadequately resourced because there are «no votes in justice»; and, (3) the reduction in the safeguards against wrongful convictions caused by the radical changes in procedures made necessary because governments do not provide adequate resources for the criminal justice system;

changing the voting rules at the last stage of the comitology procedure (the Appeal Committee), so that only votes in favour or against an act are taken into account; this will reduce the use of abstentions and the number of situations where the Committee is unable to take a position and the Commission is obliged to act without a clear mandate from the Member States;

Overall, the Report emphasizes that significant changes to election procedures are necessary to keep pace with modern voting habits and to address issues that arose during the campaign.

Jackie provides us with an update on the latest regulatory developments in the UK's design landscape, with a particular excitement about the implementation of the UKIPO's latest fee changes, procedures and the prospect of new opportunities following the recent Brexit vote.