Sentences with phrase «giving electors»

«The People's Pledge is giving the electors of Thurrock the chance to lead the way towards a national referendum.»

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.

Second, the electoral college was set up to weed out «unacceptable» candidates not by dividing fringe voters in different states per se but by giving the electors the power to elect the candidate who lost the popular vote in the event that the more popular candidate turned out to be unacceptable for whatever reason.

It is just to give the electors a guide line in to in the elector vote, is it correct?

If this is the case, it seems the only reason of the existence of elector vote is to give the electors a chance to be faithless, is it correct?

Not only does this give electors a few extra days to consider their options based on the first result, it ensures that they are not forced into making a «saccharine» second choice (which AV would force them to do), before they know whether or not their first preference candidate will get over 50 % of the vote.

to give electors a wider freedom in the choice of representation 4.

if the elector does not wish to vote at that time, give the elector a special ballot kit to take away.

Not exact matches

The Congress may determine the Time of chusing [sic] the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.

While the exact rules vary from state to state, essentially a voter is voting for a set of electors chosen by the party, and the most votes for a given party / candidate selects that set of electors, so where there is winner takes all, the set of electors is equal to the total number of electors for that state

Specifically, state level California Republicans had been pushing an effort in the legislature there to assign California's 55 electors by proportion of the popular vote to give them an opportunity to win some votes in a state with 12 % of the national population that they haven't had success winning in a generation.

However, if a more isolationist or nationalist US president emerges from the 2016 electoral process in America, and European electors give ever higher levels of support for nationalist - oriented parties, then we have little reason to expect partnership on foreign policy issues, and even fewer reasons to expect multilateral responses to global problems.

The simplest system would be that each voter would be voting for a specific elector but let's assume a round - half - even approach to splitting up each states electors gives us a approximation of that.

In theory, it would better match the popular vote... but given the limited number of electors, you'd could still have huge discrepancies from the actual popular vote given demographics (as small populations states still have an advantage over high population states).

If the Electoral Commission believes that a Māori applicant is prevented, by the manner in which the applicant last exercised the option given by section 76, from being registered as an elector of the district to which the application relates, the Electoral Commission must notify the applicant of its reasons for refusing the application.

Maori elector means a person registered as an elector who has given written notice to the Electoral Commission that the person is of Maori descent

Direct election means that the electors vote directly for representatives of their constituency by giving their vote to an electoral list.

If a notice returned to the Electoral Commission under subsection (5)(a) is received by the Electoral Commission by post after the end of the option period but not later than noon on the day after the last day of that period, the notice is deemed to have been received in that option period, and the elector must, if the notice is otherwise in order, be deemed to have exercised the option given by section 76 (1) in that option period.

Where any officer of a body designated by notice in writing pursuant to subsection (9D) wishes to obtain, for the purpose of compiling a roll of electors for an election and for no other purpose, any specified information, the Electoral Commission may, in accordance with regulations made under this Act, give that officer, on payment of the prescribed fee, a computer - compiled list or electronic storage medium containing that information.

must give the Electoral Commission any information the Electoral Commission requests relating to the qualifications of any person for registration as an elector.

If an electoral official of a local authority (as defined in section 5 of the Local Electoral Act 2001) wishes to obtain, for the purposes of compiling a roll of electors for the local authority and for no other purpose, any specified information, the Electoral Commission may, in accordance with regulations made under this Act, give that electoral official, on payment of the prescribed fee, a computer - compiled list or electronic storage medium containing that information.

While the Irish Speakers also give up their party membership and are elected automatically at general elections, much like Westminster, their local electors still get the chance to vote for party candidates to fill the constituency's remaining seats.

So even in the event of an Elector «flipping» the election, given death threats have been made to electors this would be grounds to use this code to nullify said elector's vote.

--RRB- The winner - takes - all - electors in a state system is also a means by which smaller states gain disproportionate representation and it also helps create a mandate for the President by giving the winner a big majority in the electoral college.

(c) False information in registering or voting; penalties Whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information as to his name, address or period of residence in the voting district for the purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $ 10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both: Provided, however, That this provision shall be applicable only to general, special, or primary elections held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the United States Senate, Member of the United States House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

The Electors were originally elite political leaders collected from all over the country to give a final vetting of the candidates.

It's a tougher sell in Pennsylvania (32.00 % of third party voters) but still maybe possible, giving Clinton another 20 elector votes, bringing us to the exactly 36 scenario above.

Convincing the Michigan legislature that at least 7.21 % of the third party voters would've voted for Clinton if they knew that Trump would win otherwise, and that Clinton «should've won» might make it possible for them to flip their electors, giving Clinton 16 more electoral votes.

And even if they could get enough electors to give the election to Hillary Clinton, the Republican controlled House of Representatives votes to accept or reject the report of the electoral college.

... it is organisation which gives birth to the dominion of the elected over the electors, of the mandatories over the mandators, of the delegates over the delegators.

The government is trying to reduce the number of MPs and disenfranchise (largely young) new electors because it gives them a better chance of winning the next election.

I'm especially drawn to Virginia Sullivan, an aging, unwell elector who has given much of her life to getting people elected, with little gratitude and respect in return.

The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.

(c) give, procure or promise or agree to procure an office or employment in connection with the exercise or non-exercise of an elector's vote;

(a) write on the ballot the given name and surname, or initials and surname, of the candidate for whom the elector is voting, and the candidate's political affiliation if two or more candidates have the same name;

57 (1) Immediately after the close of the poll, the deputy returning officer shall count the number of electors who appear by the poll record to have voted and on such record shall enter that number and draw a bold double line immediately below the name of the elector who voted last, and shall sign his or her name thereto, then, in the presence and in full view of the persons entitled to be present, as set out under subsection 42 (1), the deputy returning officer shall open the ballot box and proceed to count the number of valid ballots cast for each candidate and all other ballots therein giving full opportunity to those present to see each ballot and observe the procedure.

(3) Upon the request of a candidate who has been nominated, the returning officer shall give the candidate a list of electors with respect to whom the returning officer has received a notice under subsection (1) or (2) up to the time the request is made, and on the request of a registered party the Chief Electoral Officer shall give the party a copy of the list.

(2) Forthwith after the close of the poll each day, the deputy returning officer shall provide to the returning officer a list of the names, addresses and polling division numbers of all electors who have voted or forfeited their right to vote and, before polling day, the returning officer shall give every candidate in the electoral district a copy of the list and the Chief Electoral Officer shall give the registered party, if any, of the candidate a copy of the list.