Sentences with phrase «elected by ballot»

The Officers of the Association shall be elected by ballot in general session from the fellows and shall consist of a President, two Vice Presidents, a General Secretary, a Permanent Secretary, a Treasurer, a Secretary of Section A, and a Secretary of Section B; these, with the exception of the Permanent Secretary, shall be elected at each meeting for the following one, and, with the exception of the Treasurer and the Permanent Secretary, shall not be reeligible for the next two meetings.

(a) The Executive Director shall be elected by ballot at an annual meeting of hte Executive Committee.

The Standing Committee shall consist of the past Presidents, the President, the Vice Presidents, the four Secretaries, the Treasurer, with the above named officers of the preceding meeting, and six fellows elected by ballot after open nomination at the first general session.

Leaders of the Conservative party were not elected by ballot of MPs or party members, but emerged after informal soundings within the party, known as «the customary processes of consultation».

Not exact matches

What about that bunch of MPs from Québec, you know, who were practically elected by having the luck to have had their names put on a ballot that was supposed to go... nowhere.

Although cow slaughter is banned in most Indian states, Kerala and West Bengal — two states long ruled by communists elected through ballot — have refused to enact legislation banning beef.

A constitutional amendment must be approved by two separately elected sessions of the Legislature and then goes to voters in a ballot referendum.

Per a road map agreed late last year November by all feuding parties, the disenfranchised voters were to be properly registered and duly assigned to enable them to cast their ballot to either elect the incumbent, Collins Owusu Amankwah, or his challenger, Nana Osei Banfo.

In 1993, Harriet was elected by a national ballot of Labour Party members to the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Labour Party and was re-elected each year till Labour came into government and she became a minister.

The recommendations emerging from those sessions included a series of worthwhile reforms to Dail procedures, notably the need to elect the Ceann Comhairle (Speaker) of the Dail by secret ballot of all TDs; and a strong majority in favour of inserting specific protection for economic, social and cultural rights (like the rights to housing and healthcare) into the Constitution.

The system with 225 local single - member districts elected by a first - past - the - post electoral system (highest vote wins) offers much room for manipulation, use of administrative resources and pressure, extortion, vote buying and putting only one candidate on the ballot in some districts.

The first of two ways an amendment can be incorporated into the state constitution takes at least four years: two separately elected state legislatures must first vote to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot; then the majority of New Yorkers must vote on it and pass it by referendum.

a constituency candidate for a component party of that party (being a component party that is not listed on the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote but is, in accordance with the details held by the Electoral Commission under any of the provisions of sections 127 (3A) and 128A, a component party of that party) has his or her name endorsed on a writ under section 185 as a person declared to be elected as a member of Parliament.

a) The National Party Chairman, elected at the Annual National Conference (2 Year Term) b) Ten National Council Members, elected at the Annual National Conference (2 Year Term) c) Ten Area Chairman or their Appointed Deputy, elected by Postal Ballot by Membership in the defined area (2 Year Term)

Two other state senators are also trying to jump ship in Albany by seeking local elected office, and they're on the primary ballot today, too.

The six constituency NEC places are also being elected this year, with nominations by local Labour Parties being made up until 24 June and ballot papers being sent to all members around 7 July.

As Select Committee chairs are already elected by secret ballot at the start of every Parliament, they believe they can sell it as part of the wider reforms programme which it will be difficult for the Speaker to object to.

It is chaired by the party president, currently Sal Brinton, and includes members of the party - at - large elected every three years in an all - member ballot, as well as representatives from the state parties, MPs, peers, MEPs, and councillors.

Keir Hardie, who had taken a leading role in getting the party established, was elected as Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (in effect, the Leader), although only by one vote over David Shackleton after several ballots.

These ballot propositions have been voted on by two consecutively elected state legislatures, so they started several years ago, they've wound their way through, and now they're before voters.

This time, the 62 - page ballot measure was crafted by political professionals and has the backing of many elected officials, including Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is running for governor in 2018.

The elections for Regents has not been by a «JOINT BALLOT» therefore the Regents not not been properly elected & maybe changed in court.

It can do only so because the 5 year fixed term has allowed the Committee to plan its work, and because MPs elected for the first time to select committees by secret ballot can think and propose public debate without anxiety about the Whips.

We can do this by using our existing Reform Party ballot lines, petitioning our candidate onto a handful more, and by petitioning for our potential nominees at Americans Elect (www.americanselect.org).

[46][47] Ossoff benefited by being one of only five Democrats on the ballot paper, with only one of those having previously participated in Georgia politics (former State Senator Ron Slotin), whereas Handel was one of eleven Republicans, four of whom had run for elected office on previous occasions, among them two former State Senators and one City Councilman.

«The people of Queens and the Bronx have elected Joe Crowley to represent them in Congress by an overwhelming majority each and every time his name has appeared on the ballot,» Chaudhuri said in a statement.

«The news that a duly elected judge — who is also a county employee — has suddenly decided not to complete his term as part of political deal to vacant a name from the ballot on Nov. 7 is troubling,» Smyth said in a statement issued by her campaign.

The Speaker of the House of Commons is elected by the exhaustive ballot.

Until now, I've honored their request to abide by a press embargo and not write about Americans Elect until it was ready to go public, though as the group has been openly working to obtain ballot lines in several states since last fall (including Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Nevada, and Rhode Island, its existence hasn't been a complete secret — you just needed to know where to look.

To the chagrin of the formerly hugely influential party whips, most committee chairs are now elected by a secret ballot of all MPs, and committee members selected by their parties through internal ballot.

Since last year, Americans Elect, a non-profit 501c4 organization led by investor and activist Peter Ackerman, has been quietly laying the foundation for a 2012 Internet - based political convention to pick a «centrist» ticket that will, if all goes to plan, get on all fifty state ballots and compete in a serious way with Barack Obama and whomever the GOP nominates next year.

While write in ballots totaled an impressive 453 (it is unclear how many of them belong to Samuels because the Board of Elections does not tabulate them on election night unless they are numerous enough to be a deciding factor) Samuels found himself swamped on election day by the expected Democratic tidal wave, carrying appointed incumbent Richard Heppner to his first elected term with 1580 votes, and Lorin Rose into office with 1338 votes.

After the membership ballot I will stand down as First Minister to allow the new leader to be elected by due Parliamentary process.

A SoP reader forwarded this sample ballot being handed out in Kiryas Joel, the Orange County village of Hasidic Jews that is routinely courted by elected official and candidates due to the ability of its leaders to deliver large blocs of voters on Election Day.

Hawkins restored ballot status for the Green Party by receiving more than the threshold 50,000 votes during his first run for governor in 2010 — the year Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo was first elected.

The Wright Reforms mean Select Committee Chairs are elected by all MPs in a secret ballot, not appointed by the very Government they are meant to hold to account.

The 2008 Labour group leadership election was the first time Labour had elected its Scottish leader with the participation of its members, using a system similar to that used at the time by the UK - wide Labour Party (the system had been adopted in 2007, but no ballot had taken place as Alexander had been unopposed).

Select Committees are elected in a secret ballot by their respective parties.

Stec congratulated Stefanik and said he would work hard on behalf of both election reform and continue to fight against corruption in Albany, specifically seeking to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot by next year that would call for stripping elected officials convicted of crimes of their public pensions.

By getting involved in your local Green chapter and online, we will elect more officials, run more ballot initiatives, be visibly in solidarity with justice movements, achieve ballot access quickly, and be a network of communities resisting two - party electoral oppression.

Any attempts to keep Jeremy Corbyn, elected just 10 months ago with an enormous mandate, off the ballot paper by legal means risks a lasting division in the party.

GA: I wouldn't know because I'm not on the front bench, I'm a parliamentarian, elected for the first time ever by all parliamentarians to be a Select Committee chair, and to chair a Select Committee of people elected in a secret ballot by their parties for the first time.

Once elected, incumbents have helped redraw their own districts to their and their party's advantage and regularly pass legislation benefiting the people and interest groups that help them stay in office (redistricting will be done differently in New York next time thanks to a constitutional amendment passed at the ballot by voters in 2014).

From June 2010 chairs of select committees have been directly elected by a secret ballot of the whole House of Commons using the alternative vote system.

«By retaining the ballot line, we can elect more Greens to local office.

The Committee on Nominations shall annually present to the Members for election by mail ballot, or by electronic means, at least two nominations for the position of President - Elect and for each additional position to be filled on the Board.

The officers of the Association shall be (a) general officers elected from among the Fellows by ballot of the Council, and (b) administrative officers elected by the Board of Directors as prescribed in Section 3 of this Article.

The officers of the Association shall be (a) General Officers, elected from among the Fellows by ballot of the Council, and (b) Administrative Officers, elected by the Executive Committee as prescribed in Section 3 of this Article.

In the event of a vacancy in the office of president - elect, the Board of Directors shall make a pro tempore appointment to hold until the vacancy shall have been filled by ballot of the Council.

It shall (i) prepare the agenda for meetings of the Council; (ii) receive or initiate, coordinate, and advise the Council on reports of Council committees, resolutions, and proposed actions submitted for consideration by the Council; (iii) review applications for affiliation with the Association and petitions to terminate affiliation, and make recommendations thereon to the Council; (iv) at three - year intervals, review the process for nominating and electing Fellows, and make recommendations thereon to the Council; (v) annually present to the Members of the Association for election by mail ballot, or by electronic means, at least two nominations for each position to be filled on the Committee on Nominations through election by the Members.