Sentences with phrase «eligible voting population»
The 2014 election had the worst voter turnout in 72 years, with less than one - third of the eligible voting population going to the polls.
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In Virginia, a court upheld 12 state legislative districts and rejected a constitutional challenge, even though lawmakers made sure that at least 55 percent of the eligible voting - age population in each district was African - American.
About 187,000 people — about a fifth of the population — were eligible to vote in the election, which was boycotted by some opposition parties.
McDonald used voting - eligible population (VEP), or the number of eligible voters independent of their current registration status, to calculate turnout rates in each state on November 4.
The Commons will debate the proposals this afternoon, when Mr David will point out the Electoral Commission has warned that the proposals could result in the percentage of the population eligible to vote being on the register falling from 92 % to as low as 60 %.
Also, you raise a good point re: Russia; I didn't make it clear enough in the question but IMHO elections of a tzar don't count - by «elections» I meant popular elections (e.g. majority of population is eligible to vote), not «10 boyars electing someone».
The overseas eligible population estimate is calculated from 2013 overseas civilian estimate from the State Department — which reports 7.6 million overseas citizens in FY 2013 and is deflated by 70.3 %, the percentage of the domestic citizen population that is of voting age according to the 2013 American Community Survey.
The Hispanic community in the new district contains a sizable immigrant population, which means that a number of the Hispanic residents — even those who are part of the voting - age population — aren't citizens, and therefore aren't eligible to vote.
Outdated elections are in part why only 29 percent of the state's eligible population voted in 2014, putting New York in the bottom third nationally.
All 50 states use total population as their basis for drawing district lines, but the challengers said the rural state Senate districts in which they lived had vastly more eligible voters than urban districts, making their votes count for less, in violation of the Constitution.
Also, over 80 - 90 % of the eligible population votes in their elections versus less than 50 % for us - we were thrilled that 110 + million made it to the polls in 2004 when we had such major issues confronting us.