Sentences with phrase «damaging votes in an election»

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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.

He won 52 % of the vote in his constituency in the general election and was a vocal opponent of the coalition's tripling of tuition fees, one of the policies that most damaged the Lib Dems.

By the time of the general election next year, senior Labour strategists accept the Ukip vote will not shrink back to the 3 % it polled in the 2010 general election, but still believe the bulk of the Ukip damage then will be inflicted on the Conservatives.

Many are wondering if the controversial politician ordered to have his badly damaged Prado Land Cruiser V8 at the election grounds to win sympathy votes in the crucial regional election.

Vice Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur has admonished party supporters not to «vote skirt and blouse» in the 2016 elections adding that it could damage the chances of the NDC in retaining power.

Though the activists have attempted — falsely and improperly — to convey the impression that it is somehow illegal, immoral or damaging to the planet to vote for the Republican party's candidate in the forthcoming presidential election because he disagrees with the totalitarian position on the climate question that they espouse with such religious fervor and such disregard for science, in truth it is not the business of scientists to abuse the authority of their white lab - coats by collectively suggesting that «Science» demands the voters should or should not cast their vote in any particular direction.

Again a 3 - 2 majority voted to overturn the punitive damage award and Caperton appealed to the United States Supreme Court arguing that it was improper for Justice Benjamin to preside in this appeal when his election bid had been provided such substantial funding from Massey Coal's CEO.