Sentences with phrase «eligible voters when»

How about moving deadlines for registering to vote and for changing parties closer to election dates, automatically registering eligible voters when they do business with state agencies, early voting, and making candidates» access to ballots easier?

Sixty - six percent (66 %) of voters agree with the legal challenge and say states should only count eligible voters when setting the size of legislative districts for voting purposes.

Not exact matches

That's an improvement from a historic low in the last provincial election in 2011, when 48.2 per cent of eligible voters went to the polls.

This is a big issue when just over one in two eligible American voters turn out.

Only nine percent of eligible voters participated in the high - profile 2013 Democratic primary for Nassau County executive, when former County Executive Thomas Suozzi was seeking to reclaim his old job.

When a poll worker couldn't find Democratic mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner's signature alongside his name in the book of eligible voters, they tried to give him an affidavit ballot, his campaign said.

More voters — Deadlines for registering and for switching parties must be closer to election dates, eligible voters should be automatically registered when they conduct business with various state agencies, and early voting is a must, perhaps starting the weekend before Election Day.

Also, there are countries where you don't have to register per se, you are either automatically added to the election roll when you turn 18 or the list of eligible voters is based on a (mandatory) population register.

«I urge all eligible voters to make use of this resource so when the time comes, they can let their voice be heard at the polls.»

When only 30 % of eligible voters show up to cast a ballot, that tells us there is something fundamentally wrong with our election system.

«We are pleased that the district has agreed to terms that will ensure that all public school students are eligible for their fair share of funding in the spirit intended, and as voters mandated» when they passed the parcel tax, said Jed Wallace, president and CEO of the charter schools association.