Sentences with phrase «elections get underway»

Since 2004, Canada has elected two successive minority governments: first, a minority Liberal government, helmed by former Prime Minister Paul Martin, and then the Conservative minority government helmed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper that fell when the Prime Minister asked Canada's Governor General, Michaëlle Jean, to dissolve the last Parliament and Canada's 40th federal election got underway.

The start of the secret election got underway earlier in the day, as the heavy wooden doors to the chapel swung closed on the 115 Roman Catholic cardinals charged with selecting the next pontiff.

Accreditation and voting have commenced simultaneously across many polling centres in Oyo State as the local government election got underway amid low turnout.

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Rosenstein was asked about investigations that go on for months or even years; if there is a precedent on how long an investigation should last and when would the American people get to know the results of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election that has been underway since May of 2017.

Just as the 2014 election season is getting underway, the Senate Democrats have finished paying off a debt from the 2010 election cycle.

Last night saw David Cameron and Ed Miliband appear on the same programme (but not head to head) to put their case to the nation as the election campaign gets underway in earnest.

Whoever replaces Carl Kruger in today's special election will have all of eight months to savor the win before the disgraced legislator's district disappears — but the real challenge for the candidates is just getting underway, political insiders say.

Fair Elections for New York, an umbrella coalition that's pushing for an extensive public matching system based on the New York City model, was already getting underway in the post-budget session.

An attempt to send global poverty up the agenda for the forthcoming general election campaign has got underway in St Paul's Cathedral.

As the general - election campaign against Sen. John McCain has gotten underway, Obama's aides have made the smears a top target.

► «The 2016 presidential election season [got] underway in earnest [on Monday] as voters cast their first ballots at the Iowa caucuses,» Puneet Kollipara wrote at ScienceInsider that day, which means that it's time for «an overview of where the candidates stand on some select science - related issues.»

The 2016 presidential election season gets underway in earnest today as voters cast their first ballots at the Iowa caucuses.

Note, however, that it could take several weeks to get all heads of state and government round the table again so soon after a previous European Council meeting, particularly if campaigns for national elections are underway.

Just as Dr. Kogan's efforts were getting underway, Mr. Mercer agreed to invest $ 15 million in a joint venture with SCL's elections division.

As a new president takes office in the US, preparations get underway in Britain for «Brexit» and general elections take place in Europe, geopolitics could make for a turbulent ride across the financial sector this year.

As a new president takes office in the US, preparations get underway in Britain for «Brexit» — an exit from the European Union that is unlikely to be a smooth process — and general elections taking place in Europe: geopolitics could make for a turbulent ride across the financial sector this year.

The Urban Land Institute's Fall Meeting got underway this Tuesday in Dallas, and between Brexit, Asian capital inflows and of course the upcoming U.S. Presidential election, there was plenty to talk about...