Sentences with phrase «early election»

The only mechanism that exists for calling early elections is the mechanism of constitutional amendment as specified in Article Five.

If what is going on is not enough to get this government out of there and call for early elections, I wonder what it is?

According to early election reports and projections, each of our local elected officials at the state and federal level will likely serve in the minority caucus next year.

The FPTA removed that prerogative power and instead placed the authority to call early elections in the hands of parliament.

If the President and vice president could collude to nominate a successor for the remainder of their term, with the help of Congress they could, in effect, hold early elections.

The window of opportunity for passing the proposals may be closing, because three referenda on major budget reforms, scheduled for early June, are likely to break up the current coalition government and trigger early elections in the fall.

Coalition introduced five - year parliaments but act allows for early elections if two - thirds of MPs vote in favour

«Though Teachout's campaign can prove disruptive to Cuomo's early election season, it has one silver lining for the incumbent.

Some countries, such as Norway, simply do not allow early elections at all.

Parliamentary constitutions generally allow early elections so that intractable conflicts and gridlock can be resolved by turning the decision over to the electorate.

Whenever people talk about early elections I thought it was nonsense,» Cowley says.

Silvio Berlusconi, has already undermined Mr Monti by speaking openly of a possible Italian exit from the euro and by hinting that his centre - right party could try to force early elections.

Glen Ellyn voters Tuesday were supporting the village «s proposal to float a $ 15 million bond issue, early election results showed.

As none of the three main factions had enough seats to govern alone, President Sergio Mattarella is expected to open formal coalition talks in April, with early elections possible if no accord is found.

Bill Cash fails in his attempt to make future early elections subject to a Commons motion passed by a simple majority

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In the days leading up to recall day, it seemed that Walker would win the race fairly easily, because Real Clear Politics (RCP), which calculates the average of all publicly reported polls, said that Walker had a 6.7 percent margin, and I had learned from earlier elections that the RCP average is better than any one poll at predicting the result.

'' (The ongoing standoff between the euro zone and Greece) also increases the chances of snap elections in Greece as after overplaying his hand and facing increasing difficulties in concluding the review, Tsipras may be tempted to cut his losses by calling early elections before Syriza (the ruling party) loses more support for adopting unpopular measures,» Piccoli said.

The trajectory of turnout for earlier elections suggested that increasing numbers of Georgians were not bothering to vote, because they saw no point.

But before the talks can start, there will be widespread anger across the Conservative Party that she has thrown away a majority for the sake of an unnecessary early election.

Am I correct in summarizing this as «yes, you'd be able to have this happen, except in reality it would lead to early election just to get rid of instability»?

Germany's Bundestag has a four - year term, but there have been three relatively recent early elections - 1972, 1983 and 2005.

If true, it paints a fascinating picture for the Conservatives early election predictions.

Republican Hamilton Fish of Millbrook, after a few close early elections in the late 1960s, routinely expected and achieved majorities in the 80 percent range over a 20 - year career.

If a Cameron - Clegg coalition collapsed quickly, the new Labour leader would face a critical early election.

And the usual reason for early elections in the UK, at least, was that, until recently, the government was free to choose when the election was, for any reason, as long as it was within five years of the previous one.

As research that I have done with Max Goplerud shows, restrictions on prime ministerial discretion to trigger early elections are the norm in the OECD and the EU.

After calling early elections, May squandered her Conservative Party's parliamentary majority and breathed new life into the opposition.

The Fixed - term Parliaments Act allows early elections to be called only in very restricted circumstances (either with support of two - thirds of the House of Commons or following a vote of no confidence after which no alternative government is approved by the Commons within 14 days).

«If it becomes clear that it is impossible to talk to (PiS lawmakers), we should have early elections,» Ryszard Petru, head of the liberal Nowoczesna grouping, told the protesters.

In the run - up to NATO's invitation, pro-Russian opposition groups took to the streets repeatedly to call for his resignation and early elections.

Trump has shaken up the early election season by speaking what's on his mind.

Whether Mr Abbott gives the opposition leader a year to articulate a clearer vision, or calls an early election, remains to be seen.

Opposition politicians in Iceland were planning to propose to parliament Monday that the country hold an early election, which would serve as a confidence vote on Gunnlaugsson, the Guardian said.

«Although we expect that the Greek government will implement the required measures, the risk of early elections is increasing given the rising political cost to the government and its slim majority in the parliament... Early elections might bring a new and more reform - minded conservative government, but Greece's economy would be hit again by prolonged uncertainty, after having just started to record positive growth,» Moody's said.

Moody's credit rating agency said Thursday that it is concerned with the current impasse between Greece and its creditors, adding that this could lead to earlier elections.

A mini budget in the fall and a second budget next February could even pave the way to an early election.

If things turn out better and it looks fairly certain that there could be a surplus in 2014 - 15, then he could announce it in the 2014 Economic and Fiscal Update, setting the stage for an early election budget and possibly even an early election.

A sexual dalliance, a casino kickback scandal, early elections and the lure of the Chinese market have resulted in the postponement of a high - level Canadian trade mission to Australia, reports the Australian Financial Review.

Even bearing in mind Harold James» cataclysmic warning that democracies should not resolve a political impasse by defaulting to early elections, there seems to be no alternative in this case.

The far - left Syriza party won a decisive victory in the early election, coming in just shy of an outright majority in the Greek parliament.

As the Progressive Conservative Party rushes towards an early election call, party officials are investigating nomination irregularities and allegations of bribery, reports Metro Edmonton.

An early election would also allow Mr. Prentice to attract new candidates and force PC MLA's too closely associated with former premier Alison Redford into early retirement (ie: Doug Horner, Fred Horne, Sandra Jansen, Doug Griffiths).

The polls are tight as the surprise is coming from the gains in the polls for the New Democratic Party (NDP), a party led by Jack Layton and is further left than the Liberal party that moved to start the NO - CONFIDENCE VOTE, which forced the early election.

One potential speed bump to an early election could be dissent within the PC Caucus to the Wildrose MLA floor - crossing.

James Swanson, chief investment strategist at MFS Investment Management in Boston, suggested that Kuroda's fate was tied to that of Abe's, who he says called an early election as a «reaffirmation» of his economic growth platform.

This could have a big impact on whether an early election is held.

Mr Prentice didn't have to call an early election in order to validate his pro-business budget but he chose to do so anyway.