Sentences with phrase «electoral votes maintains»

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Although it is not regarded as truly proportional by campaigners for electoral reform, AV is favoured by some because it maintains the constituency link, ensures elected MPs have the support of at least 50 per cent of voters and allows supporters of minority parties to express opinion through their first vote while giving their second preference to a mainstream party.

Trump NY honorary co-chair Carl Paladino, who has long maintained the Republican candidate will win New York, took things one step further, insisting the state is indeed «in play, alive and well, and will send its electoral votes for its favorite son, Donald Trump.»

Prior to this decision there was an assumption that Parliament already had the power to unilaterally change our electorate model, as long as the system maintained relative parity of voting power, played a meaningful role in the democratic process, and promoted the right of each citizen to participate in the electoral process.

45.13 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer shall establish and maintain a register of electors who are temporarily resident outside Ontario but entitled to vote in an electoral district in accordance with subsection 15 (1.1) or (1.2).