Sentences with phrase «close vote the decision»

At Vatican II there was heated debate on whether to prepare a separate document on Mary, but by a close vote the decision was made to treat Mary in the context of ecclesiology.

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The employees characterized the process as «the polls never close,» meaning once a decision seemed to be made, it could be changed by more «voting,» or discussion.

Leaders made the decision in a surprisingly close 7 - 5 vote.

A close read of Cuomo's recent controversial executive order shows that it doesn't actually guarantee people on parole the right to vote — what looked like a sweeping restoration appears to be more of a case - by - case decision.

Elia left her superintendent post in January after she was fired by the district's school board in a close vote, which ultimately proved to be a controversial decision.

Another marathon closed - door Senate GOP conference has passed without a decision on whether to move Gov. Andrew Cuomo's same - sex marriage bill to the floor for a vote.

But after days of contentious discussion capped by a marathon nine - hour closed - door debate on Friday, Republicans came to a fateful decision: The full Senate would be allowed to vote on the bill, the majority leader, Dean G. Skelos, said Friday afternoon, and each member would be left to vote according to his or her conscience.

Each Member State has a single vote and most decisions require a simple majority, although in practice the Council aims for a consensus as close as possible to unanimity.

The decision came after 8 rounds of voting involving a close runoff among several top films including Guillermo del Toro's THE SHAPE OF WATER about the rescue of an alien creature from the clutches of cruel scientists in a cold war with the Russians, and also earned a BEST ACTRESS AWARD for Sally Hawkins as a mute cleaning lady whose sympathetic performance spoke volumes.

«We could spend two years or two lifetimes discussing funding, but when we took the final vote around this table, it wouldn't affect the funding because that is a political decision that is going to be driven by Congress,» former Georgia Gov. Roy E. Barnes, a Democrat, said after the first, closed - door meeting of the Commission...

The State Board unanimously voted to keep the Aurora campuses of HOPE Online charter school open despite the local school board's decision to close the schools.

The Aurora Public Schools Board of locally elected officials voted to close HOPE Online campuses because of their chronically low performance, and the State Board overruled the local board's decision.

The Orleans Parish School Board voted unanimously to delay a decision on closing Mahalia Jackson Elementary until the board's next meeting on May 18.

Good Morning The Orleans Parish School Board voted unanimously to delay a decision on closing Mahalia Jackson Elementary until the board's next meeting on May 18.

Generally, any final decision to act requires a vote to close a school.

Sometimes the decision is very close, and other times, there is a clear «winner» as in this case, where the «green» cover appears to be clearly in the lead (as of my writing this), with over 80 % of the votes.

Gift Lake Metis Settlement allows any person on the current membership list to vote and, following a close decision (Mr. Whitehead: 73 for admission, 72 against with 3 spoiled ballots; Mr. Laboucane: 72 for admission, 71 against with 5 spoiled ballots), Council gave third reading to by - laws making both Mr. Whitehead and Mr. Laboucane members.