Sentences with phrase «current election system»

Convocation has been criticized as being too cozy, and the current election system doesn't help by encouraging voting shortcuts.»

On June 1, Rasmussen Polls released partial results of a poll conducted on May 30 - 31, which included the question, «Does the current election system discourage third party challengers?»

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The bloc is holding key elections in several member states at a time when rising support for anti-euro and anti-European parties threatens the current political system.

The impact of higher oil prices on the country's current account deficit and inflation rate, the Indian banking system's struggles with demonetization, scandals, bad loans and a government looking ahead to next year's general election have all taken a toll on investor sentiment.

Icahn also called for the company's directors to be elected at the same time, as opposed to the current system, in which board elections are staggered, which means that it would take two years for Icahn to obtain a majority of the board.

Find articles on current and past elections in Canada, as well as on the nature and issues of Canada's electoral and political party systems.

In short, we shouldn't worry too much about whether or not a voting system is perfect; picking one that's pretty good would be a vast improvement over the current situation in most elections

Under the current system, such candidates don't even make it to the general election, even though a majority who will vote in the election would prefer them to one or the other candidate.

Brand had argued that voting in general elections is a sign of tacit consent to the current system, which failed to represent the interests of the public.

Not having a two party system is probably also helping to suppress it - our current wannabe demagogue is named Pauline Hanson, and she's relegated to a minor party (although she likes to publicly make - believe that her party will form government at the next election).

This especially struck me as a great example of how broken our current political system is - in SO elections some candidates were younger than 15 years and yet I voted for them because of quality presentation and ability to see their history of votes / answers.

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.

Sure, the elections have gotten most of the attention this year, but if nothing else could, the current crisis in the finance system has cut through the clutter to remind us that the REAL business of politics often comes after the ballots are cast.

The presence of a power - sharing government increases the attention on the 2013 election because many politicians view the current system as unmanageable.

When the current coalition government introduced the Fixed - term Parliaments Act in 2011, the case appeared compelling: The Government believes that fixed - term Parliaments will have a positive impact on our country's political system; providing stability, discouraging short - termism, and preventing the manipulation of election dates for political advantage.

I don't think the election is going to descend into chaos, but it is going to expose the limitations of the current system in a rapidly changing social demographic.»

The government on Wednesday set out areas of agreement between it and the joint committee: a mainly elected chamber, elected members voted on a system of single transferable vote, staggered elections with one third coming up for renewal at a time, peers to serve 15 - year terms, current peers to leave in stages, a reduced number of peers, and powers to expel peers.

Britain's current electoral system means voters in marginal seats are the ones which decide the election.

The Welsh Assembly currently has a top up system with FPTP elections for the current 40 Westminster seats, and 20 top - up seats for each of five regions.

Basically, under the current first past the post (FPTP) system, if you are a normal non-member and live in a safe Labour seat or an area where we have no chance of winning, the chances are you will be barely aware a local Labour party exists until an election comes along — and maybe not even then.

Terming the Citizens United decision as «one of the worst decisions in the history of the Supreme Court», de Blasio urged «full public financing of elections» while criticizing the current system.

«We now have the chance to vote for a change from the current system under which only 1.6 % of the electorate decide the outcome of general elections.»

Following the general election they agreed to pursue reform of the current system by removing «big money» from politics.

A report released Monday by the good - government group Citizens Union argued the current system for redistricting, dominated by the Democratic majority in the Assembly and Republicans who control the Senate, has led to less - competitive elections, reduced voter turnout and, over the past four election cycles, a 96 percent re-election rate for incumbents — who are returned to office by an average margin of victory of 61 percentage points.

The current system allows major political parties to influence the delegate election, by grouping together a «slate» of candidates on the ballot.

«This autumn both David Cameron and Nick Clegg should ask their parties to approve a binding agreement to fight the 2015 general election as coalition partners... If the voters choose to keep our current system of electing MPs, as I fervently hope they will, the pact would give parliamentary candidates in constituencies in seats held by a coalition party a free run against other parties.

What was discovered is that as things stand now, under the current closed list PR system used for European elections in the UK, Labour will win with 30 per cent of the vote, UKIP will come second with 25 per cent, the Conservatives will gain 23 per cent, the Greens 12, and the Liberal Democrats 10 (note the Liberal Democrats in fifth).

The organization Fair Elections for NY, which is calling for public financing of campaigns, has for weeks now been trying to raise awareness about the current system by revealing the donations that state lawmakers have recieved from corporations and interest groups.

Cameron's current willingness to emphasise Tory tunes is a good short - term strategy to get Tory voters to go out in vote in lower turnout elections for local government and on the voting system.

Under the current system for the city's three citywide primaries — mayor, comptroller and public advocate races — if no candidate receives 40 percent of the vote, then the top two candidates face off in a runoff election, as mandated by state law.

The current system remains for this election, but electoral reform is the genie in bottle Clegg argued this morning.

The Tories say the current system results in stable governments and keeps out extremists - if they win the general election, expected to be held in May - they are expected to scrap any plans for a referendum.

Indeed, the inherent unfairness of the current system was made clear at the last election when Cameron's Tories were 20 MPs short of a Commons majority even though they won 36 per cent of the national vote.»

Initiatives like automatic voter registration, electronic poll books, flexibility to change parties, and parolee voting rights are pivotal upgrades to our current system of elections administration that can not be ignored.

The findings show that the current sequential election system results in the «highest probability that the Condorcet winner is elected and the highest expected quality of the nominee,» according to the paper.

While a secure system like STAR - Vote is still under development, Travis County in Texas plans to replace its current system with it in upcoming elections.

· Disproportionate effect of relatively few active employees on the many in the bargaining unit.This is particularly the case when collective bargaining involves a system - wide structure of elections, or when an earlier workforce voted the union in and the current one doesn't want it.

Just as it's happened before, this will certainly not be the last election decided by the Electoral College if the current system remains in place.

Instead, we have the current system where Wall got what he wanted, the protection of potash prices, and Harper got what he wanted, peace in the Conservative hinterland as an election nears.

The committee recommends that the U.S. work with allied countries to create international cyber standards to deter hostile nations from taking advantage of current gray areas in cyber policy, making it clear that attacks on election systems are «hostile acts.»