Sentences with phrase «current election process»

Despite the derisive nature of the current election process, we're not so bad.

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Here are some moderators from recent elections (including the current one) who have faced intense blowback from across the political spectrum, often managing to knock the candidates themselves out of the headlines in the process.

Section 3311 of the House version of the TCJA would have repealed the § 1221 (b)(3) election to treat self - created musical compositions as capital assets and — more important to the current discussion — would have added the words «a patent, invention, model or design (whether or not patented), a secret formula or process» before «a copyright» in the § 1221 (a)(3) exception to the definition of a capital asset.

The modern iteration of the veterans committee — which last year included four Hall of Famers, four current executives and eight historians or members of the news media — offers a guide to a more sensible election process.

Yet fellow Gambians, change of the better is common place in decision making processes in pursuit of good governance,» Jammeh said, as he maintains that the only way out to resolve the current political impasse is to organize fresh elections.

A computerized system that casts ballots automatically will expedite the election process, as the current system does not officially elect a president until over a month after the election.

The current incongruent decisions by the tribunals must therefore be put to rest with an unequivocal declaration by the Supreme Court, and it is the prayer of all who want to see credible elections endure in Nigeria, that the decision of the apex court gives undisputed support for the card reader, an election tool which was budgeted for, resources allocated and the allocation approved by the National Assembly, this being the universal process of policy implementation.

NYPIRG's Blair Horner said the current process rigs elections to benefit incumbents and political parties The last time the lines were drawn, only 25 district populations were close in terms of enrollment of Democrats and Republicans, he said.

Problems with the current process were highlighted after the June 26 primary, when unofficial election night tallies showed U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel beating his closest challenger by a respectable margin.

Citizens Union recently released a report titled «Circumventing Democracy» that highlights the flaws of the special election process and also notes how many current incubent legislators got their foot in the door this way.

In the classroom, teachers this fall have a unique opportunity to teach about elections and the election process, current issues, the importance of making informed decisions, and the importance of voting.

The election: More classroom activities In the classroom, teachers this fall have a unique opportunity to teach about elections and the election process, current issues, the importance of making informed decisions, and the importance of voting.

As The Heritage Foundation's labor economics expert James Sherk points out, just 1 percent of current teachers in the largest school districts in Florida were on the job in 1975 when the first and only union election process took place.

This exhibition features works by caricaturist and cartoonist Thomas Nast for historical context along with works by award - winning editorial cartoonists Matt Davies, Walt Handelsman, Mike Keefe, Steve Kelley, and Signe Wilkinson that offer commentary on our current national election process, candidates, and key issues.

«Given the current financial climate and the U.S. elections, people have less confidence in the auction process.

From the first Labor Day parade in 1882 to contemporary debates over the union election process, Lenard offers a history lesson entwined with a very current review of the week's blawgosphere buzz.

(a) provide a forum for members of the Party to have their say and influence the policies and platform of the Party; (b) coordinate the policy development process in all provinces and territories with a view to maintaining a current written statement of the policies of the Party (the «Party policies») that will, together with contributions from the Leader and the Caucus and subject to the approval of the Leader, form the basis for the platform of the Party for use in the next general election (the «Party platform»); (c) establish written procedures for the policy development process and publish those procedures on the public website of the Party; (d) maintain an up to date compilation of the Party policies on the public website of the Party; (e) subject to the veto in whole or in part (including a veto line by line) by the Leader, draft the Party platform and, upon its release during an election, publish the Party platform on the public website of the Party

Vouching — which is permitted by Section 143 (3) of the current version of the Canada Elections Act — is the process by which a qualified elector may prove her identity by taking an oath and being vouched for by another qualified elector whose name appears on the voters» list for the same polling division.

Recent developments in the ongoing investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 elections have raised interesting questions about the obligations of the current President — or any President — in a situation where a foreign government or its agents have interfered with the American political process or used the Internet in other ways to harm...