Sentences with phrase «eligible citizens»

In 2012, only about 126 million people voted, and some 93 million eligible citizens did not vote.

«Eligible citizens who interact with government agencies are registered to vote unless they decline, and agencies transfer voter registration information electronically to election officials.

But my basic, intuitive understanding of the term is that it is a condition, or a form of government or governance that enables eligible citizens to have equal rights to speak about and to make decisions regarding public policies affecting their lives.

Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida's Helpline is open Monday — Thursday 8:30 a.m. — 4:30 p.m. to serve eligible citizens in the following counties: Brevard, Citrus, Flagler, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Putnam, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia.

Democracy allows eligible citizens to participate equally — either directly or through elected representatives — in the proposal, development, and creation of laws.

Automatic registration works by ensuring eligible citizens are registered to vote unless they decline.

In June 2017, Rep. Robert Brady introduced a bill to automatically register eligible citizens to vote in federal elections when they interact with numerous state and federal government agencies; Sens. Patrick Leahy, Amy Klobuchar, and Dick Durbin cosponsored identical legislation in the Senate.

Currently, eligibility for participation in the program is limited to U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. lawful permanent residents, Mexican nationals, and certain eligible citizens of the Netherlands.

- One big question is about equal number of eligible citizens or registered voters, and whether there will be serious efforts to maximise the register before drawing the boundaries, and how long that takes.

a form of government in which all eligible citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives.

Dr. Salaam in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Goke Butika and made available to Nigeria Politics said obtaining the PVC is civic responsibility of every eligible citizen, urging people of the state to use the public holiday declared by Governor Rauf Aregbesola to register.

And we do this by supporting efforts in all 50 states to ensure that every eligible citizen can register and vote, and that each vote is accurately counted.

As a matter of fact, eligible citizens of the state will on Saturday file out to elect a successor to the outgoing governor, who is on the last lap of his constitutionally - allowed two terms of four years each.

We must continue fighting to protect voting rights and expand access to the ballot box so every eligible citizen will have his or her voice heard.»

They however appealed for the creation of additional registration centres to enable all eligible citizens of the state register.

More specifically, when you randomly select, but NOT from a «broadly inclusive pool of eligible citizens», but from a far smaller pool (often 2) pre-selected through other methods such as election.

According to her, the role of Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) like INEC in a democracy «is to conduct free, fair and credible elections as well as provide an enabling environment for all eligible citizens irrespective of sex, creed or tribe to exercise their constitutional rights and privileges to vote and be voted for during periodic elections.»

Finally, we urge all eligible citizens to get registered ahead of the general elections.»

«Every jury - eligible citizen is subject to participating in the process of delivering justice to others, meaning that the majority of people have a stake in better understanding how peripheral information like facial appearance can bias their ability to perform their civic duty.»

Add the GoalTrack Savings programs to any eligible Citizens Bank savings account and be rewarded for reaching your goals.

Additional 0.25 % interest rate deduction if you have an eligible Citizens Bank account when you get your student loan.

Every eligible citizen who joins the Atal pension plan between 1 June 2015 and 1 Dec 2015 will get 50 % of the contribution amount or Rs. 1000 / year, whichever is lower.