Sentences with phrase «for lack of votes»

Many individuals and groups propose improvements in voting access such as early voting period, same day registration, and even Election Day held on weekend as remedies for the lack of voting participation.

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Wisconsin Democrats staged a similar, and similarly unsuccessful, boycott of their chamber for a time but also lacked the votes to ultimately kill the measure.

In a conference call with analysts on April 12, Google CEO Larry Page took credit for a similar lack of voting rights at other companies.

But the stock quickly turned lower, with analysts flagging widening losses, slowing user growth and lack of voting rights for outside investors.

True, shares with inferior voting rights may cost less (the market's way of compensating owners for their lack of control).

For outside shareholders, this lack of voting control means they will be unable to effectively participate in the election of the board of directors or the appointment of auditors.

Mobile voting has been near and dear to Tusk's heart for some time and he has recently been promoting one company as a potential solution to the challenge of the lack of participation, particularly when it comes to local elections where turnout is often in the range of 10 to 15 percent.

Having lived in Ottawa for a number of years and a federal public service employee for neatly 30 years, I like the Wildrose but maybe lack the necessary experience which might cause the voters to split the vote, hence a minority goverment.

CEO Randall Stephenson's $ 85 bln offer for Time Warner lacks strategic rationale, has politicians of all stripes criticizing it and has destroyed shareholder value while denying owners a vote.

No, but apparently you might be in need of someone to tell you who to vote for, since it seems that you lack the intelligence to do so on your own.

You go ahead and keep the tradition of intolerance and lack of community, I am going to vote for the man or woman who can make a difference because they know what they are doing and not because they have a belief I don't agree with.

if people don't like his lack of affirmation for following christ then vote otherwise.

Here's hoping that the real Americans out there really get to the voting booth and for lack of a better term (just don't care) select a backlash vote against this evangelical crap.

The dilemma for Republicans is that the undereducated and scientifically ignorant used to be such a large voting bloc that the GOP came to depend on them, playing to their lack of knowledge to capture their votes, to the point that they now have nobody else to vote for them.

Some popular TV shows even seem to promote meanness — people are «voted off,» shunned, or ridiculed for their appearance or lack of talent.

Weprin is up 56 - 35 with Jewish voters — a hotly - contested voting bloc, thanks in part to former NYC Mayor Ed Koch's endorsement of Turner and his desire to make this race into a referendum on President Obama's support — or lack thereof, in Koch's mind — for Israel.

I mean 51 % voters picked 20 electors who supports candidate A, and 49 % of them voted for 20 electors supporting candidate B. Which one electors will be chose to «final» voting (sorry for lack of specialist vocabulary)?

For example, the public votes for a significant reduction to public spending, then blames politicians for the lack of public servicFor example, the public votes for a significant reduction to public spending, then blames politicians for the lack of public servicfor a significant reduction to public spending, then blames politicians for the lack of public servicfor the lack of public services.

tactical political reasons (progressive atheists aren't likely to vote for a Republican even if he's an atheist so no votes to be picked up there; a far smaller # of people who are conservative atheists similarly wouldn't require politician to be atheist to vote for him in the first place; and non-atheists wouldn't be more likely to vote for an atheist over his professed lack of belief and may be more likely to NOT vote for the person if they are deeply religious).

Buffalo Comptroller Mark Schroeder, who vacated the 145th in January to take his current job, routinely voted against Silver for speaker — often casting the lone «no» vote — and regularly criticized him publicly, particularly on his perceived lack of support for UB 2020.

What are the some of the major differences between the amended Republican American Health Care Act (AHCA) which was released on Apr 22 to the original one which voting was cancelled due to the lack of votes for it to be passed?

The same is true for complaints about a lack of democratic movement in a progressive direction when one doesn't vote (see the «Bernie Bro» movement of 2016).

«New Yorkers are frustrated with the lack of progress on issues like voting reforms, gun violence prevention, women's rights, and so many more that have been held up by the Senate Republicans for far too long.»

Tory veteran John Redwood pointed out in a blog post that the motion's lack of detail was an attempt by Baron to «maximise support», because it allows both MPs who want a referendum in 2017 and one immediately to vote for it.

However, what is puzzling, is why do women (or any other identity - politics aficionados who care more about gender than a person's individual qualities) who complain about lack of women being elected, don't actually put their money where their mouths are and support and vote for those women who DO run for office?

Protest the lack of a vote on offshore drilling for oil and gas.

The Working Families Party is still scrambling to find a placeholder candidate for governor in advance of its June 5 convention, and is looking for someone who will not only attract 50,000 votes but also might exploit the fact that the statewide Democratic ticket lacks diversity, a source with knowledge of party leaders» thinking said.

While she supported the Iraq War, during the Deputy Leadership campaign, she said that she would not have voted for it had she been in full possession of the facts, specifically about the lack of concrete evidence of weapons of mass destruction.

Lawmakers spent a lot of time talking about meaty issues, including establishing a system of paid family and medical leave, reinstituting tolls on state highways and setting up new measures to address police accountability, but in the end, a lack of consensus scuttled chances for a vote.

And that lack of notice, they say, cost them: None of 29 sitting Republicans voted for the bill, and one potential Republican supporter, Phil Boyle of Long Island, was absent from the chamber that day.

The intent of giving Electors two votes was the expectation that, with a lack of knowledge of candidates outside his state, a typical Elector would cast a vote for a «favorite son» from his own state, so a second vote was added to require a vote for a more nationally - known candidate.

Clinton depicts a president lacking a majority (only 43 % of the vote) and thus a mandate for governing in a particular way.

What Cuomo's executive budget lacks is funding for the adoption of early voting.

Indeed, de Blasio's campaign Twitter account pledged a fight for election reform: «We're going to reform NYS» voting access laws, because lack of early voting & same day registration is disenfranchisement, plain and simple,» read a tweet from the account sent out Tuesday morning.

Our state's lack of early voting, makes it challenging for voters like me, juggling college and work schedules, to cast a ballot.

Vice Chairman of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has urged Ghanaians not to make a mistake of voting for the largest opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Flagbearer, Nana Akufo - Addo, in the upcoming December 7 election because he lacks the strength and mental capacity to govern Ghana.

The Senate has a threadbare majority and an utter lack of consensus brought about by the voters of this state deciding to vote for who they wanted where without regard to party or who needs enough votes to pass bills.

In the statement from Executive Director Geoff Berman, Republicans are blamed for a lack of success on issues like early voting, bolstering abortion rights, the Dream Act and the Child Victims Act.

«CIDNY is calling for systemic changes to ensure that voters with disabilities are no longer disenfranchised by lack of training on disability access and voting technology, locked doors and blocked pathways, and lack of coordination by City agencies charged with providing facilities for voters,» CIDNY executive director Susan Dooha said in a statement.

The final night of voting included some mini-drama — Democrats from Westchester fought for a sales tax increase in Yonkers as well as new hotel levies, and chamber leaders took the rare step of calling off a bill during voting because it lacked support — but was mostly spent approving an omnibus bill for outstanding housing and education issues.

We'll go vote and pull the Democratic lever and re-elect him Governor, but we've made it impossible for him to run for President in 2016, because we'll flat out back Hillary Clinton, so in effect we've exacted a price on the Governor for his lack of Democratic zeal in supporting other Democrats candidates.

Yet the liberal Democratic mayor ardently insisted that it would be «irresponsible» for him to curtail his fiscal ambitions at this point, given Trump's political impetuousness and his lack of «popular vote mandate.»

James further raised concerns about the party's requirement that campaigns pay for the email addresses for the 1,927 convention delegates who will vote on the endorsement for governor, as well as what she said was the lack of diversity among the rules committee members in attendance at Saturday's meeting.

I think one of the reasons there was a lack of enthusiasm around alternative vote was that it was a poor choice for a voting system.

«However, he would be happy to comment on the campaign of «Don't take me literally» Schneiderman, specifically his 12 years in the Albany cesspool, his lack of any law enforcement experience, his radical social agenda, his ranking as one of the worst senator for jobs, his 12 votes to raise taxes, his votes against civil confinement for sex offenders, and his attempted cover - up of a hit and run....

Until the party and its leadership can admit to the mistakes made in government, or to the lack of courage shown in not tackling the clear problems that prevent ordinary people from enjoying the sort of life that the middle classes take for granted, then I fear a whole swathe of Labour supporters will simply choose not to vote Labour, whatever promises are made at the next election (this is essentially ditching the last vestiges of New Labour I suppose).

«Sometimes the supporters of the parties outside the agreement decry it as «undemocratic»» - what about the electorate who may feel cheated that they were not able to vote for their preferred candidate / party due to the artificial lack of choice in candidates?

«Our lack of self confidence and our willingness to be defined as being a party of timid centrists rather than bold liberals means people look at us and may be reassured that we will be a brake on the other two, but that's hardly a reason to vote for us,» he said.

As the Rokita court noted, voters who lack Photo ID undoubtedly exist somewhere, but the fact that Plaintiffs, in spite of their efforts, have failed to uncover anyone «who can attest to the fact that he / she will be prevented from voting» provides significant support for a conclusion that the Photo ID requirement does not unduly burden the right to vote.

The bill still lacks many of the basic religious protections I thought were vital, and for this reason, and as I did in the Assembly, I will be voting «no.