Sentences with phrase «electors representing»

The Electoral College consists of a total of 538 members, one for each U.S. senator and representative, and three additional electors representing the District of Columbia.

My impression is that such an election would have to take place before any electors representing Wisconsin could participate in the electoral college.

Just as with Senators originally, the Electors represented the State governments and the procedure for electing them varied.

Often the electors represent different organisations and bodies, with each organisation or body represented by a particular number of electors or with votes weighted in a particular way.

Not exact matches

But if an election by plebiscite is ruled out, we are again faced with the question which body of electors would represent the actual people.

It is because I object to the new - fangled idea that an early election would result from a motion, perhaps proposed by the Opposition, any MP or even the Government themselves, that requires — this is contrary to all constitutional precedent and history since our Parliament first sat representing the electors of this country — the support of two - thirds or more of those eligible to vote as Members of Parliament.

Therefore, the electors officially represent a sovereign polity with a federation.

They can be removed by electors, which is of course democracy, but they should also be regularly re-endorsed (and if necessary removed) by their local Party bodies if they are no longer seen as properly representing the views of members and affiliates or for that matter if they are judged to be useless.

The key principle of first - past - the - post is that the electors of each geographical area («riding») send one person to represent them in Parliament.

Electors will typically vote along with the district they represent, although they are not bound by law to do so.

Running for election risks creating the false belief among some law society directors that their role is to represent their electors, which may result in election platforms designed to be attractive to that group.

If there are countervailing concerns raised by permitting Canadians living abroad to vote as electors in the last Canadian riding they lived in, alternative solutions exist: e.g. the Italian approach of having members of parliament specifically representing expatriates.