Sentences with phrase «come on polling day»

Maggie Throup, who is standing for the Conservatives against Liberal Democrat Lorely Burt in the super-marginal Solihull seat, believes the only real test will come on polling day.

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On election day» a Sunday, of course» «from the monastery gates came streaming forth a magnificent procession of the cross, with priests bearing crosses and icons... in a long line, singing hymns and in full ceremonial dress towards the polling place.»

Labour's share of the vote in Moray slipped by 3.3 % on polling day, with the Tories coming second to the SNP.

When I asked James Cleverly — the Tory MP for Braintree — about it for the Guardian's Politics Weekly podcast, he described bumping into a woman coming out of a polling station on election day, looking sheepish as she admitted she had not voted for him.

Niou has also won much of the union support which could make all the difference on election day when it comes to knocking on doors and getting people to the polls.

We knew we were going down; but, as in 1992, we hoped that when it came to polling day, stubby pencils would hover over the box next to the Labour candidate on the ballot paper, and people would decide to «play safe» and vote Conservative.

To those who suggest the current option of the absentee ballot: that choice offers an early vote only to those swearing they will be out of the county or who are physically unable to come to the polls, not to those who anticipate a personal or work - related barrier on election day.

The primary results came after a day marred by problems with the old lever voting machines and other issues including last - minute changes to polling sites and voters» names not appearing on official rolls.

Aside from the cliches that it all comes down to turnout and that the only poll that counts is the one on Election Day, one more truism that talking heads will repeat endlessly Tuesday is that demographics are destiny.

The tiff between the candidates over the financial health of New York State comes on the same day that a Siena College poll, conducted for the Albany Times Union newspaper, finds the majority of upstate New Yorkers are worried about money, and are treading water financially.

The release of the poll comes days after candidates submitted the latest in campaign finances, which shows Sheehan with a slight lead on a final balance of $ 67,515.

The shock poll comes as police chiefs warn of disorder in the days leading up the referendum, as isolated moments of violence were reported on Saturday.

They won extra seats this year thanks to polling coming on the same day as the AV referendum.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, son of the country's 41st President and brother of No. 43, came out on top of a new CNN / ORC Poll just days after announcing he's «actively exploring» a presidential run.

The survey comes on the same day as a poll found 38 % of voters thought Nigel Farage posed a «danger to Britain».

The case comes just days before Ireland - the only EU state holding a referendum on the issue - goes to the polls.

I worry about this so close to Polling Day as it may make some Conservative supporters complacent and so less inclined to actually come out on Thursday!

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Primary day across New York state has come and gone, and in Erie County it was marked by notably lackluster turnout, even on a day where voters don't show up in force at the polls.

His comments came as Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg warned that he would not be prepared to prop up Gordon Brown in office if Labour falls to third place in the popular vote in polling day on May 6.

Those, such as Dan Hodges at the Telegraph, who are still betting on a Tory - led government, believe that the Tories» aggressively insisting the SNP will pull the strings if Labour come to power will have a significant pro-Tory impact on English marginals as polling day approaches.

In the coming days and weeks we will be releasing the names of our other award winners in some dating categories along with the top award (which is decided by you by the poll on our home page), the Single's Choice Award.

It came in at # 11 in the poll, and ranked # 10 on The Dean's List, between Psychedelic Furs» «Talk Talk Talk» (yes, the one with «Pretty in Pink» on it) and Tom Verlaine's «Dreamtime» (another favorite of mine to this day).

The poll, conducted by the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and Teach First on behalf of the FEA, comes days after the government unveiled a green paper on its latest school reforms.

It is curious though the post comes just two days after The Binding of Isaac creator Edmund McMillen posted a poll on Twitter asking if people would be interested in a The Binding of Isaac amiibo.

Come to think about it, a recent pre-Canada Day MacLean's issue included a piece entitled Unravelling Canada's crazy quilt in which Canadians were polled on a variety of issues.