Sentences with phrase «electoral vote count»

The candidates will probably be close in the electoral vote count, with red and blue states assuming a distinctive pattern.

«That is a hard deadline and if a state were to miss that deadline, it would be technically in jeopardy of not having its electoral votes counted,» he said.

Not exact matches

Counting has not yet been completed but Trump has at least 289 electoral votes, more than the 270 minimum necessary to win the presidency.

Just have to mention the 2.5 million folks whose vote didn't count because of the ole electoral college.

The constitutionally tortious conduct is not subject to congressional immunity and would be the jettison of Article II of the Constitution by failure to stop and / or object to the counting of electoral votes for Barack H. Obama who has admitted that at the time of his birth his father was a Kenyan / British citizen and not a citizen of the United States of America.

Moreover, each and every member of Congress should be notified that he or she is personally liable (can be sued) for his or her own failure, or the same in conspiracy with other members, to perform what is a ministerial and constitutional duty, that is, to require and / or insist that Presidential electoral votes only be counted for candidates who are «natural born citizens» under Article II of the United States Constitution, the failure of which creates a cause of action for deprivation of claimants» constitutional rights (as allowed under the Bivens case) against employees of the Federal Government, in this case, to a lawful President and Commander in Chief, and therefore, for deprivation of adequate continuation of the United States as a Constitutional Republic.

Democratic Representative Gene Green from Texas expressed that «every citizen's vote should count in America, not just the vote of partisan insiders in the electoral college.»

Because every vote counts in proportional electoral systems, citizens are freer to behave according to their sincere preferences.

Ed Miliband subsequently won the election, the result of which was announced on 25 September 2010, after second, third and fourth preferences votes were counted, achieving the support of 50.654 % of the electoral college, defeating his brother by 1.3 %.

At the extreme end, Congress might refuse to certify an electoral college result, so only the other state votes would count.

Given how the First Past The Post electoral system works, concentrated support can translate into huge gains in seats (the PCs came third in the popular vote — in fact, they almost came second — but a distant fifth by seat count, which is all that matters).

The electoral commission and its agents must make sure that all votes are counted and that the parties will be sure that the process will not be manipulated.

Furthermore, please contact your local council (most likely the electoral registration department or Chief Executive's office) to discover when the votes for your constituency at the general election will be counted.

Despite losing the indirect but all - important state - by - state electoral college count, «I won three million more (popular) votes than the other guy,» she said.

Rest assured; once the polls have closed and the votes have been totted up, the coalition will no doubt count the political cost of these important electoral barometers.

If states fail to appoint electors due to a recount, those states» electoral votes will not be counted, but then it's as if those states» electoral votes don't exist at all because they failed to appoint electors.

To make one addition point, once the combined session of the United States Congress meets on Jan. 6th, and accepts or possibly objects to electoral college voters or how ever else the President and Vice President vote are counted, it's done.

While the voting and counting processes on election day were assessed positively overall, the tabulation of results was negatively assessed in nearly half of the electoral districts observed.

So, regardless of what happens, the election is certified after votes by the electoral college are counted.

Absent something like a candidate arranging to assassinate one or more rivals, bribe the electors, or committing fraud with the vote count (and no, some random crazy that voted 5 times doesn't count)-- a.k.a. election fraud — there's nothing to be done once the electoral vote is finished and certified.

The former commissioner stressed that the reform of the electoral system was very import as the people's votes would count, leading to the emergence of truly elected leaders.

Once votes have been counted, the results from each polling unit will be uploaded to the electoral commission's website.

A number of electoral systems use single - member districts, including plurality voting (first past the post), two - round systems, instant - runoff voting (IRV), approval voting, range voting, Borda count, and Condorcet methods (such as the Minimax Condorcet, Schulze method, and Ranked Pairs).

You proved that every vote does count and why it is so important that all Americans participate in our electoral process.

The «bottom line» was that the electoral commission had in place a «transparent process of voting, counting, reporting and securing the vote», Kerry added at a press conference in Nairobi.

And, with your help, we can ensure what's most important — preserving the integrity of our electoral process by sending to Congress the candidate with the majority of the votes after a full and accurate count.

The new leader is elected by an electoral college where the votes of MPs and MEPs count for a third of the total, the votes of Labour Party members count for a third and votes of trade unions and other affiliate organisations» members count for a third.

The national electoral council's vote counts in the past had been seen as reliable and generally accurate, but the widely mocked announcement appeared certain to escalate the polarization and political conflict paralyzing the country.

Our electoral system creates the ultimate postcode lottery, where your votes could count more or less depending on where you happen to live.

While all electoral systems have flaws and none can offer a «perfect» solution, having a higher number of political parties allows for wider representation of the community's views and could mean more voters feel that their vote counts, which may help engage younger voters.

Counting will not resume until Tuesday because postal votes, absentee votes and pre-poll votes need to be packaged up and returned to each electoral district to be processed.

Students also experience the electoral process through a complete sequence of electoral activities including candidate nominations, party platforms, campaign speeches, how to vote cards, a mock - election (including printed ballot papers) and a preferential vote count.

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(4) At a general election, the accessible voting equipment and related vote counting equipment shall be made available in every electoral district.

If someone alleges they've tampered with the electoral system, there is no «normal» or «before» state that can be checked to prove or disprove the claim (though the system could count numbers of votes cast from particular machines — but probably not who they were cast for, if the number of total votes is right).

Bitcoin prices have steadily risen since the counting of votes in the US presidential race began, climbing more than 3 percent as Republican Donald Trump appears close to pulling off an electoral upset.