Sentences with phrase «hold its election at»

Add to this the fact that each constituency may hold its election at different times, and you have a blueprint for confusion.

The CWU held elections at its annual general meeting held yesterday, at the Bishop Sylvester Stadium in Belize City.

Not exact matches

Detailed reports and allegedly leaked audio paint a picture of an embarrassing defeat at the hands of the US military, and how the remains of dead Russian mercenaries are being held until after Russia's presidential election in March.

Politicians can be held to account at elections, but by then it could be too late.

Not so democratic, at least if your notion of democracy includes being able to hold elected officials accountable between elections.

The bloc is holding key elections in several member states at a time when rising support for anti-euro and anti-European parties threatens the current political system.

«This is the fourth general election in a row to be held while Britain is at war and our armed forces are in action in the Middle East and beyond.

The Arbitration shall be held either: (i) at a location determined by JAMS (or, if applicable, AAA) pursuant to the Applicable Rules (provided that such location is reasonably convenient for you and does not require travel in excess of 100 miles from your home or place of business); or (ii) at such other location as may be mutually agreed upon by you and NBCUniversal; or (iii) at your election, if the only claims in the arbitration are asserted by you and are for less than $ 10,000 in aggregate, by telephone or by written submission.

It's hard to tell how many do this — I know of a few politically engaged Liberals who periodically hold Tory membership cards too — but it's a fact of life for those of other political stripes in a one - party province like Alberta: the political direction of the province is decided at the PC leadership conventions, not in general elections.

We're here at Business Insider Greek Election HQ to watch the information come in, and to learn if the pro-bailout New Democracy party, and its leader Antonis Samaras, can hold off the upstart leftist Alexis Tsipras, and get enough votes to form a government.

Further, according to BofA - Merrill's analyst team at a midyear press conference on Wednesday in New York, any positive budgetary effect of the tax increases would be overshadowed by the growing burden of the U.S. debt ceiling as spending and hiring decisions are put on hold and the election heightens partisanship.

I hold out hope that at that time the new parliament will be able to address these important issues with more subtlety than is possible during the heat of an election campaign.

The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at Real Matters» Annual General Meeting of common shareholders held today in Toronto, Ontario are set out below:

To be completely honest, when I look at what is going on around the world, and the nightmare of a choice we are left with regarding the upcoming election... My gut is telling me to just hold tight for now and wait for the economy to come crashing down... then push all in!

Transfers to provinces have also held steady at about 3.2 per cent, also in line with their share before the election of the Conservatives, and higher than they were under Jean Chrétien's last mandate.

Greeks began voting at precisely 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT, 12 a.m. EDT) in their most critical - and uncertain - election in decades, with voters set to punish the two main parties that are being held responsible for the country's dire economic...

Public opinion polling during the summer of 2008 placed the Conservatives and Liberals in a virtual dead heat, leading most to speculate at the time that if an election were held there would be a third minority government.

Since the by - election was called, I suspect more federal Liberal MPs have visited the riding since the party held their leadership convention at the Saddledome in 1990.

MILESTONES: BURMA By Thomas Clouse Suu kyi: Free at last Burma held its first election in two decades in early November.

-LRB-...) The party in power has lost House seats in 9 of the last 10 congressional elections held at the midpoint of a president's first term.

The 2016 election will be held November 8, not news to anyone at this point.

These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

Glass Lewis hosted a Proxy Talk conference call with the nominees for a contested election at the annual meeting of Vale S.A., which is to be held on 20 April.

Vote to officially disband your group at the end of each year, make elections annual, and then start up your group and hold elections immediately so any outsiders coming in later will hold no influence.

But the kicker was, at one meeting, it was announced that elections would be held that evening.

One night at the beginning of the year, all over California, election parties were being held at candlelight dinners to gather signatures so that Eugene McCarthy would run for the presidency, and I had been among the minor - level instigators of the effort.

The only surprise yesterday was the GOP strangehold over the House being held — so we'll have to step up the vote at the next election to free the House from the poison too.

A grass - roots movement to abolish secret government, to bring the CIA and other illegal spying operations and private armies out of the closet of imperial power and into the light, to break the hold of the military - industrial complex, and to establish genuine public financing of elections may be at least theoretically conceivable.

He wrote: «Winning the presidential election is vitally important, but not at the expense of what we hold most dear.»

Social commentary on the broadcasters at the time of the elections reached close to a fever pitch, with fears being expressed that the broad - casters held such power as to hold the key to the election outcome.

With less than a month until the presidential election, what was said at this year's Pulpit Freedom Sunday could hold more sway than in previous years.

Presidential elections, after all, have worked fairly well in the U.S. Through war and economic crisis, they have been held at four - year intervals.

Offering prayers to today's election victors he added: «I encourage all Christians, and people of all faiths and no faith, to hold our political leaders in their thoughts and prayers at this time.

Jones himself will not be up for re-election until 2020, at which time he will likely be the Democrats» version of former Senator Scott Brown, the surprise Republican winner of a 2010 Massachusetts special election, who was unable to hold the seat under more normal conditions.

DR. LARRY J. SABATO The keynote address will be held on Sunday afternoon, March 1, at the Opening General Session, and will feature commentary from election analyst, Dr. Larry J. Sabato.

The election will be held February 15 - 28, 2018 online at the SNA Website.

Historically, the winners at the party - organized town meeting, which is held biennially in November, run unopposed during municipal elections the following spring, making selection by caucus voters tantamount to full election.

Flint held her seat at the general election despite a Tory challenge fuelled by former Ukip voters.

«The theory is that if the by - election results are good enough, surely she will be tempted to have a general election,» he said at last week's event, held by public affairs firm Westminster Policy Institute.

In a press statement made available to news men in Benin City Thursday, the National Commissioner in charge of voters Education and Publicity, Mr. Soyebi Solomon said the decision to postpone the election was reached at a security meeting held with security agencies.

Former Cabinet minister and adviser to Osborne Lord Forsyth called the decision to freeze the threshold at # 325,000 «unfair» and «very disappointing», especially considering the chancellor pledged to raise it to # 1 million before the election — in a move which scared Gordon Brown off holding a snap election.

They held on at the Eastleigh by - election partly because of this but also because Lib Dems flooded in from around the country to help out.

A by - election to replace Cox will eventually be held, but a party spokesman confirmed the Conservatives would give Labour a free run at the seat.

As things stand Labour, which campaigned at the election on holding a referendum on AV, is not going to support the bill because of what it sees as gerrymandering.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell and shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey both attended a private event held by the club in the run - up to the general election, and McDonnell also recently attended a private round table event at the London Stock Exchange.

He claimed 40 per cent of the vote at the 2005 election but is holding the country's most marginal seat - a 0.2 per cent swing would see it go to the Tories.

Clegg also revealed that he made an offer to hold a referendum on Lords reform at the time of the next general election but the offer was not accepted.

Elections must be held at least every five years but the actual date is set by the sitting Prime Minister who asks the monarch to dissolve Parliament.

Silver's term is up at the end of the year, and the speakership vote is generally held some time after the November election.

There is also the prospect of a slew of Tory held by - elections caused by the seeming systematic breach of electoral law at the last election, predominantly in places where Ukip were pressing the Conservatives hard.