Sentences with phrase «date of polling day»

It is normal, as an announcement of the date of polling day becomes imminent, for the opposition party to be granted limited access to the machinery of the Civil Service in order to go through their plans for government.

Not exact matches

The last widespread survey (i.e., not the barrage of fickle online polls that appear every Valentine's Day) was by the Society for Human Resource Management in 2005, in which 40 % of people claimed they had dated colleagues at some point during their career.

The Fixed - term Parliaments Act 2011 sets the period between elections at five years, and aims to fix the date of dissolution of Parliament and polling day.

ending with the close of polling day for the second general election that takes place after the date of receipt by the Electoral Commission of the duly completed return

the period beginning on 9 November 2008 and ending with the close of the day before polling day for the next general election after that date; and

The campaign has announced a shortlist of 39 seats, grouped in 13 contiguous triples, from different regions, from which one triplet will be chosen in the next few days, with a polling date set for late July.

Their concerns date back to those five febrile days in May after the cliffhanger poll result left the future of the country in the balance as Cameron, Clegg and Labour negotiators bartered behind closed doors over who would form the next government.

The results come as Mr Brown, buoyed by a narrowing of the Conservative lead in this and other surveys, weighs up going to the polls a few weeks earlier than the 6 May date which up to now has been virtually inked in as election day.

By the time voting booths closed on the primary last week, polls announced only the day before were already out of date, off by as much as 10 points.

On Tuesday evening, Bernard Jenkin argued that the May 5 poll date should be moved - because some parts of the country are voting on that day while others aren't.

Among the key reasons cited by the Assembly and the ECA for adopting a June primary date are that, in their view: an August primary would result in reduced turnout because many voters vacation during that month; identifying and training sufficient poll workers would be very difficult during a prime vacation period; schools, which are often used as poll sites, are frequently closed and unstaffed during the summer; and that, given the myriad tasks that must be completed to prepare and transmit ballots, as well as the inevitable delays caused by administrative challenges, machine malfunctions and counting of paper ballots, setting a June date would ensure better compliance with UOCAVA's 45 - day ballot transmission requirement.

This was never made available to the Electoral Commission because the 2nd day of August, 2015, was not the agreed date for the conduct of the polls.

To get a bit more insight into the mind of singles on this day of love, eHarmony went straight to the source, polling over 700 single men and women, asking for their feelings and attitudes toward Valentine's Day, as well as their thoughts about gifts, dates and other romantic notioday of love, eHarmony went straight to the source, polling over 700 single men and women, asking for their feelings and attitudes toward Valentine's Day, as well as their thoughts about gifts, dates and other romantic notioDay, as well as their thoughts about gifts, dates and other romantic notions.

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.

The good news is an overwhelming number of singles polled this year say they feel good about going on a first date on Valentine's Day.

Sure you go into stores and see nothing but boxes of red candy and roses throughout the grocery stores, but a new survey from U.K. online dating site Smooch.com shows that only 10 percent of the 2000 singles polled actually love Valentine's Day.

In fact, a recent Harris Poll survey determined that the eHarmony Dating site accounted for hundreds of singles a day getting married after having first met thru eHarmony.

Although it clearly applies to the EU leaflets, crucially the restriction on publication is only effective during the «relevant period», ie 28 days ending with the date of the poll (23 June).

(5) The counting of special ballots received by the Chief Electoral Officer shall begin on the date fixed by the Chief Electoral Officer or, if no date is fixed, on the fifth day before polling day.

Were there classic examples of voter suppression, like publishing the wrong Election Day date or falsely warning that you can be arrested at your polling place if you owe payment on a traffic ticket?