Sentences with phrase «electoral rules»

It said there should be new, tighter electoral rules within six months.

As a doctoral student in Politics (DPhil), Raphael's current research examines the impact of electoral rules on legislative behaviour as well as determinants of MP - level party loyalty in European legislatures.

Although current electoral rules in Northern Ireland allow political parties to protect the identities of donors and funding, the government is expected to announce this will soon change.

The cash - strapped Labour party could be forced to hand back the donations if the Electoral Commission rules Mr Abraham breached electoral rules.

An independent inquiry, chaired by Canadian election official Ron Gould, found that Douglas Alexander's «self - interested» moves to change electoral rules in Labour's favour led to the debacle that saw nearly 150,000 votes wasted.

How a journo who accussed One Nation of breaking electoral rules came to be writing Pauline Hanson's book.

A high vote share doesn't mean much under First Past the Post electoral rules.

Under the Irish electoral rules, there is a ban on statements from all sides of the debate on the country's airwaves 24 hours before polling stations open.

The rows is the latest twist in the ongoing saga which has seen Brexit campaigners accused of flouting electoral rules in the EU referendum campaign.

The Green Party makes a point of never endorsing the candidacies of members of other parties, as is permitted by New York's unusual electoral rules, preferring to run «independent candidates» rather than make a living off of fusion voting, the general strategy of Working Families Party.

Now, a string of emails released under Freedom of Information laws to WhatDoTheyKnow and seen by openDemocracy demonstrate the full scale of the loophole in Britain's electoral rules which allowed Grimes and Vote Leave to spend this extraordinary sum — and the worrying implications it has for British democracy.

One of the reasons that may explain this negative outcome is the fact that many citizens are actually advantaged by the current majoritarian electoral rules.

They say that it is a breach of electoral rules, «there must be a zero tolerance approach to any breach of the rules that are in place to guarantee fair elections» they said

Since the current electoral system is the same to all candidates, and all candidates agreed to these electoral rules, it is better to talk about the «particularities» of the system and how these affect candidates; in fact all of the candidates try to use those rules to their advantage (by courting swing states, etc.).

Since these parties aren't strategic they aren't expected to have any meaningful impact on the election, and the electoral rules are capable of supporting multiple parties.

The electoral rules in Australia require that if you vote below the line you are required to give a preference ordering to every candidate on the list.

Chris» research interests revolve around elections and he has written on political behaviour, political psychology, political parties, the effects of electoral rules, electoral forecasting, referendums, and polling.

In one state after another, the electoral rule that allowed the workers (mostly Democrats) to unite with the farmers (mostly Populists), was changed.

However, writes Felicity Matthews, although their electoral rules have increased the proportionality of representation, the structures of the Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales have meant that a more consensual approach to policy - making has been more limited than might have been expected.

If we find out that you have offended the electoral rules you will be sanctioned,» he said.

According to the statement headlined: «Verification of Dr. M. Bawumia outside Designated Exhibition Centre» the investigative committee concluded the conduct of the two breaches the electoral rules.

She charged the youth to observe the electoral rules ahead of the November polls and desist from acts that will mar the process.

McKenzie said New York's electoral rules, like closed primaries and a requirement that voters register in a party six months before the ballot, had left many Sanders supporters shocked, disillusioned and determined to bring about a change.

The Director of Elections for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, however, disclosed that one of the issues that impressed him so well was the fact that even the police are going to be trained alongside polling agents in the electoral rules and processes.

He expressed appreciation to those that participated in the election for exercising their civic responsibility and complied with the electoral rules.

Technology is changing the electoral rules, though, inspiring reformers to envision a new and more open brand of politics, one built around online voting and Facebook - style campaigns.

Even then, those results might be less than decisive: By Iran's electoral rules, a candidate must earn more than 50 percent of the vote to seal a win in the first round.

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