Sentences with phrase «choose by ballot»

Article 14 of Part 2 of the New Hampshire Constitution states, «Every member of the house of representatives shall be chosen by ballot; and, for two years, at least, next preceding his election shall have been an inhabitant of this state; shall be, at the time of his election, an inhabitant of the town, ward, place, or district he may be chosen to represent and shall cease to represent such town, ward, place, or district immediately on his ceasing to be qualified as aforesaid.»

Not exact matches

The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President.

Ultimately the government will have to choose between large numbers of voters choosing pre-determined preference orderings by voting above the line or large numbers of voters having their preferences ignored because they did not express them properly on the ballot paper.

'' and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President.»

Those not chosen by the borough's party organizations can still get on the ballot by filing new petitions within 12 days of Paterson's announcement, which gives them an Aug. 18 deadline.

The four ballot - qualified parties (Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and Constitution) will choose nominees by party committee or convention.

Essex County has chosen to appeal the ruling by State Supreme Court Justice Martin Auffredou ordering the county to release electronic ballot scans under a FOIL request filed by Essex County Democratic Party Chair Bethany Kosmider.

Left unsaid by the labor leaders and candidates, however, was which party or ballot line they're urging their supporters to choose in voting for all four candidates.

[The secretary, treasurer and receiver - general, and the commissary - general, notaries public, and naval officers, shall be chosen annually, by joint ballot of the senators and representatives in one room.

For now, a woman will lead the office: State Solicitor General Barbara D. Underwood will assume Schneiderman's position until the state Assembly and state Senate choose a successor by a joint ballot.

Counties used this time to count any absentee ballots or provisional ballots not yet counted, to reconcile the number of signatures on the roster of registered voters with the number of ballots recorded on the ballot statement, to count any valid write - in votes, to reproduce any damaged ballots, if necessary, and to conduct a hand count of the ballots cast in 1 % of the precincts, chosen at random by the elections official.

[21] In the first ever secret ballot of MPs to choose the new Speaker, Bercow defeated Young in the final round of voting by a margin of 322 to 271.

However, critics argue out that in the absence of a ranked ballot system, supporters of minor parties are effectively disenfranchised and denied the right of representation by someone of their choosing.

But voters ought to hear from candidates chosen by parties with permanent lines on the ballot.

Ohio does not have registration by party, but election officials do keep a record of which party's primary ballot a voter chooses.

Republican Party Chairmen of the three counties in the 133rd NYS Assembly District have chosen someone to replace Bill Nojay on the ballot, after the incumbent died by suicide last Friday.

In November, the candidates chosen by those six voters will appear on their own ballot line for county court judge, thanks to a wacky piece of New York election law.

From what we've been told, if no other Democratic candidates get enough signatures to get on the ballot, the Bronx Democratic Party, headed by Jose Rivera, will choose a replacement candidate.

Democracy, he said, «is all about franchise and right to exercise same by vote and through the ballot without intimidation as choosing a leader.»

Which means, rather than having local party bosses pick who gets put on the ballot on the Democratic line — and, by extension, who inevitably wins the general election in the safe district — voters will get to choose a standard - bearer through a competitive primary.

These require, for example, that parties choose candidates by secret ballot and that local members, not the national party machine, have the final say.

One of author Suzanne Collins's most potent and disturbingly plausible ideas is barely mentioned here — that of the «tesserae», a system by which poorer citizens can choose to have their name entered into the Hunger Games ballot more times, thus increasing their chances of being picked, in exchange for extra food.

(Two) Colorado citizens submitted to the Legislative Legal Council Wednesday a proposed ballot initiative restoring the right of consumers to lower their utility bills by choosing less - expensive forms of energy....

The Attorney General shall be chosen biennially by joint ballot of the Senators and Representatives in convention.