Sentences with phrase «elected by»

«They're elected by the people who are elected by the people of this state,» Silver said this week.

«They're elected by the people who are elected by the people of this state.

A white paper to be published next week is expected to suggest half the chamber be elected by proportional representation from party lists, for 15 - year terms.

«Now, you tell me what is the reason that a person elected by the people of this state, in this term until Dec. 31, what is the reason that they wouldn't come to Albany now?

Under the current process, the Democratic - led Assembly virtually controls the appointments at the board due to its members being elected by a combined vote of the full Legislature.

We want a House of Lords elected by the many - this will be selected by the few,» she told MPs.

In the document, Milne argued that communism had frightening connotations for most people in Britain «mainly due to ignorance» and he set out a vision where «factories and farms will be run by committees of workers, elected by workers (as in China where this has proved to work very well)».

«I am the justice secretary of Scotland, I am elected by the people of Scotland and I am answerable to the parliament of Scotland,» he said yesterday.

Since they're appointed rather than directly elected by the people, they don't fall under the definition of a republic:

Given that Senators are elected by popular vote, does this mean that gerrymandering has no direct effect on the election of US Senators?

Were some presidents elected by the Congress?

The Upper chamber of the National Assembly in a motion raised by Senator Shehu Sanni, said it was unthinkable that a governor elected by the people would go this length to show political vendetta.

The members of the federal council are not here by inheritance, nor are they elected by the people.

The next Prime Minister will come from within the Conservative MP block and they are nominated by MPs from within the Tory Party, ratified by the Tory executive, and in the case of more than one nominated candidate, elected by the Tory Membership.

While this research gives us some indication of how successful each candidate might be if they became leader, they would still need to get elected by the Labour membership to get there.

Paul LePage is governor because an independent candidate forced a three - way race, meaning he was elected by less than 40 percent of the voters.

Examples when this worked includes the USSR before 1936 (when the deputies were elected by the colleagues), and England of 18th century (where some parliament members were elected by a small group of voters).

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer was easily elected by his caucus to lead Senate Democrats for the next two years and Republicans unanimously re-elected Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky to serve as Majority Leader.

can the president pro temp be elected by a plurality?

«We declare our categorical rejection of the submission of the Libyan National Army to any party whatever its source of legitimacy unless it is elected by the Libyan people.»

United States Senators are not elected by districts, but by the states at large.

Back in 2010, then - gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo declined to endorse Tom DiNapoli's bid for a full term as comptroller, a position he gained after being elected by the state Assembly to fill the vacancy created by the scandal - scarred Alan Hevesi.

Bill Finch, the former mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., was elected by the Thruway Authority's board to head the agency that oversees the 570 - mile superhighway and the Tappan Zee Bridge, along with its replacement set to open in 2018.

BTW who called Silver and had him change the rules so Tom DiNapoli could be selected and elected by the Legislature in 2007 to replace Alan Hevesi?

The Prime Minister, as one of the Queen's Ministers of State and a member of the Federal Executive Council, whilest duly elected by the people, is technically appointed by the Queen's representative, the Governor General.

«He was elected by an overwhelming majority of Labour members - this is about defending Labour party democracy.

«I was elected by my constituents.

It is shameful that the «Marist poll» has NO interest in revealing the staged, planned, hate - filled, vitriolic, «resistance» movement against this man, who was elected by a 57 % to 43 % margin of victory, and why the media, the Left, and the entertainment nut - jobs are treating him with such hateful disdain.

«I have great respect for DAs,» said Flanagan who says district attorneys are elected by the public, which is a «great equalizing factor.»

Jeremy Corbyn's proposal that a third of the SC could be elected by the members is, in my view, just another back of an envelope idea for which no serious rationale has been offered.

These delegates are elected by the GOP's state committee members.

It insisted that the 1st respondent, Mansir Mashi was not duly elected by majority of lawful votes cast during the election.

The Republican was first elected to his southern Wisconsin House seat in 1998, and was elected by his colleagues as speaker in October 2015.

«The folks that are elected by all the people, the Councilmembers and the mayor, [they] have to make the final decision.»

«When politician after politician after politician elected by the voters falls to criminal charges, people lose faith.»

Since you mentioned Nicholas Soames, his grandfather, Winston Churchill, was very much in favour of House of Lords reform, thought it should be elected by the people, and wanted to have long constitutional terms.

«There is no constitutional provision for this kind of sideshow,» said Lloyd, pointing to the fact that the leader of the party is elected by an electoral college made up of rank - and - file members as well as MPs and unions.

Morelle will serve as acting speaker until a new one is elected by Feb. 10.

Having read Millibore's article, it is hard to see him getting elected by Labour members under this agenda, which can be summed up as Re - Heated Blairism [«more choice in public services»] etc..

Unlike today when District Leaders are elected directly by the voters, in 1949 they were elected by the local county committeemen.

Gillibrand, 50, was appointed to the senate seat of Hillary Clinton when she became Secretary of State and was elected by New Yorkers in a special election in 2010 and to a full term in 2012.

In a statement last night, the Labour leader said: «I was elected by hundreds of thousands of Labour party members and supporters with an overwhelming mandate for a different kind of politics.

The school board would be appointed by the mayor, rather than elected by voters.

While serving on the Board, she was elected by her colleagues to the position of Minority Leader and served on a number of committees, including Ways and Means where she served from 2006 and was Vice-Chair.

I was elected by hundreds of thousands of Labour party members and supporters with an overwhelming mandate for a different kind of politics.

I am honored to have been elected by my colleagues to serve as the next NYC Council Finance Committee Chairperson.

Shortly after being elected to Parliament, Philp became the first of the 2015 Conservative intake to be elected by other MPs to the influential Treasury Select Committee.

A key part of this plan was the decision that this new parliament would be elected by a system of proportional representation (PR).

Of these, 80 % would be elected by a form of proportional representation, with 20 % appointed by an independent body.

«I generally prefer to observe what people who are selected by Labour party members and elected by Labour party voters are saying, as opposed to unelected people.»