Sentences with phrase «from electoral»

To date, the Occupy movement has kept an arm's length from electoral politics.

Using more than 400 volunteers selected randomly from the electoral roll, the study replicated a genuine trial environment in order to assess how attitudes, backgrounds and perceptions can impact on verdicts.

Unable to benefit from subsequent changes to the law that would have limited the length of the ban, he contested a decision removing him from the electoral roll on the basis of two provisions of the Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR)-- Article 49 on the application of a more lenient sentence in criminal matters and Article 39 on the right to vote in European Parliament elections.

Despite special status of Srebrenica and its exception from the electoral law this difficulty was evident even in last local elections 2012, confirming deep gap between the two ethnic groups and lack of willing to find a common solution, necessary for functioning of the community.

The National Election Committee (NEC) stated that it had not found any voting irregularities on election day, despite earlier accusations by the opposition in May that up to one million people were missing from the electoral register.

More specifically, 49 percent of men receive the suggestion to run for office from electoral gatekeepers versus 39 percent of women.

On 13 June 2015, alongside Murphy's resignation as Leader taking effect, the Scottish Executive Committee agreed to adopt the One Member One Vote system that the UK - wide contest is using, moving away from the electoral college system that was used up until December 2014's contest.

The names of 56,772 people who used the NHIS cards as a form of identity were deleted from the electoral roll by the EC in compliance with a Supreme Court order on July 5, 2016.

[12] Electoral Commission sources estimated as many as 10 million voters could disappear from the electoral roll under government plans, predominantly poor, young or black, and more liable to vote Labour.

Meanwhile, way too many on the left have equally rapidly immersed themselves in a ridiculously premature Labour leadership election that provides a handy duvet beneath which to hide from electoral and political reality.

Huge proportions of young people are also missing from the electoral register.

The Oyo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Mutiu Agboke, on Monday warned religious leaders across the country not to distance themselves from electoral processes so as...

While it is clear that lack of information is only one aspect of a much deeper problem of disengagement and alienation from electoral politics, it's nonetheless something that can be fixed, and removing barriers to participation can only help.

Burley's interview with Babbs, from the electoral reform campaigning group 38 Degrees, attracted complaints of bias and aggressive behaviour.

Although Mandelson's remarks are a commentary on the success of Blair, it is clear he wants Ed Miliband's team to draw lessons from his electoral success.

To win, he must divide the Republican nominee from her electoral base.

But who would benefit from electoral reform, asks independent political analyst Greg Callus.

[1] All councillors were be elected from electoral divisions by first - past - the - post voting for a four - year term of office.

The Rivers state government has described as false, the claims by the Police that it has recovered the sum of 111 million Naira from electoral officers allegedly bribed by the government to manipulate the Rivers rerun election.

He said; «Senator (Dr) Ken Nnamani, being the South - East regional leader of APC is incapable of rising above primordial and party sentiments to give Nigerians anything different from electoral inconclusiveness that we have at the moment.

Imagine someone of pensionable age who has paid 45 years of national insurance contributions having their state pension automatically suspended because they've disappeared from the electoral roll.

The Conservatives, then, face a double disadvantage from the electoral system, which favours Labour over them, and heavily favours the left - inclined SNP over the right - inclined Ukip.

Noting the millions of eligible electors absent from the electoral registers, McDonagh told the Commons:

Firstly, it has brought Tory and Lib Dem peers together; second, Labour has cementing its reputation for backing away from electoral reform at the last minute.

«If I win New York, the election is over from an electoral college standpoint.»

The Court of Appeal sitting in Ado Ekiti has nullified the election of Mr. Oyetunde Ojo, the ACN candidate and an in - law to the former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on the strength of the suit instituted by the National Reformation Party, NTP, alleging that INEC omitted both the name and logo of the party from the electoral papers

The party appears to have written off large areas of the country from its electoral calculus.

Only an economic recovery gives them even the slightest chance of an escape from electoral catastrophe.

Many of these people - from electoral administrators to aspiring candidates - are genuinely confused by the legislation, or find it inconsistent and, in some cases, inefficient.

Requiring 7 % of electors from the electoral college to be faithless is unprecedented.

It is the kind of cynical prevarication that turns people away from electoral politics and only the latest example of why Opportunity to Ballot and «fusion voting» should be abolished in New York State.»

Just to add to the problems, many of the Lib Dem MPs who developed a strong local presence in these areas have now either retired from electoral politics or are at an age where another election run seems unlikely.

However, other voting systems, notably the part - list system, can also create politicians who are relatively immune from electoral pressure.

[1] All 53 councillors were elected from electoral divisions which returned one county councillor each by first - past - the - post voting for a four - year term of office.

If it takes place after millions of people are removed from the electoral register we could see the biggest transfer of parliamentary representation and political power from urban to rural areas for more than a century.

Based on the analysis of this latest Sunday Independent - Millward Brown poll and other polls covered in this post, Labour would be in serious trouble if their national support levels fall below ten percent as the party is also facing a «perfect storm» from electoral geography and changed competition levels.

The party also distributed thousands of detailed surveys to voters in marginals, and merged all this polling data with information from electoral rolls and commercial market research to produce the most comprehensive picture yet of who might be persuaded to vote Conservative.

And yet he's the one has the most to gain from the electoral system he called a «miserable little compromise,» in most seats and whenever AV delivers another hung parliament.

If they oppose government policy they are excluded from the electoral slate at a local level.

Duverger's law draws from a model of causality from electoral system to a party system.

«Individual registration will be made compulsory in 2014, but that no one will be removed from the electoral register who fails to register individually until after the 2015 general election, giving people at least 12 months to comply with the new requirements, and ensuring as complete a register as possible for the election.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has erased a $ 19 million - plus debt months ahead of schedule, a major achievement for a party committee that was reeling from electoral disaster in November 2010.

Then, just as people were heading to vote on April 19, WNYC radio discovered that more than 60,000 Brooklyn Democrats had been removed from the electoral rolls in what turned out to be a major clerical error that has already led to one employee suspension and helped prompt the launch of multiple investigations by government regulators.

That would mean disengaging from electoral politics and focussing on how the party can become a movement for change, within society.

The Electoral Commission says names of persons who registered with National Health Insurance cards will not be deleted from the electoral roll.

The impending boundary review, the deliberate disappearance of Labour voters from the electoral roll, the hopelessness of Scotland — all of which currently could lead to up to 10 years more in opposition.

Through a series of tough - sometimes brutal - local campaigns, such as in Hammersmith, the party saved itself from electoral oblivion.

On Thursday, May 5, the Supreme Court ordered the Electoral Commission to delete from the electoral roll names of persons who have not established qualification to be on the register as well as deceased persons and minors.ghanapoliticsonkine.com

An analysis of the votes which did not contribute towards electing an MP confirms the Liberal Democrats» belief they would stand to benefit most from electoral reform.

Prior to the 12th, the candidate who got the most votes from the electoral college became president and the person with the second-most votes became vice-president.