Sentences with phrase «in electoral districts»

In the last congressional election in Brazil (where all candidates run state - wide rather than in electoral districts) the candidate who received the most votes in the state of Sao Paulo was a television clown.

if his or her dwelling is located wholly within one of those electoral districts, be deemed to reside in that electoral district; or

Any secretary of a political party listed on the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote may, instead of making 1 or more separate applications for recounts under section 180 (2), apply to the Chief District Court Judge for recounts of the party votes to be conducted in every electoral district.

If, following an inquiry under section 89D, the Electoral Commission receives notice under section 89D (5)(b) that an elector has changed his or her place of residence and now resides in another electoral district, the Electoral Commission --

The House of Assembly, in the exercise of its historic right to expel a member in appropriate circumstances, hereby expels from the Assembly the member last elected before the coming into force of this Act for the electoral district of Inverness South by reason of his conviction on four counts of using forged documents in respect of money received by him in his capacity as a member, and the seat of that member is and is deemed to be vacant until an election is held in that electoral district according to law.

The Vancouver Centre Conservative Association is the riding organization in the electoral district of Vancouver - Centre for the Conservative Party of Canada.

There are polling stations in each electoral district.

35 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer or the returning officer shall cause to be printed on the approved paper a sufficient number of ballots for the election in the electoral district.

(3) On the abatement of an action, notice of the abatement shall be given by the local registrar of the Superior Court of Justice in the prescribed form in the electoral district and any person who might have been a plaintiff may apply to a judge of the Superior Court of Justice or, during the trial, to the trial judge to be substituted as the sole plaintiff.

14 (1) Where an institution for the reception, treatment or vocational training of persons who have served or are serving in the Canadian Forces or who are disabled, a hospital, a psychiatric facility, a long - term care home or other institution of twenty beds or more, in which chronically ill or infirm persons reside or where a retirement home of fifty beds or more is situate in an electoral district, a polling place shall be provided in such institution or upon the premises.

55.0.1 Before the first advance poll in every election, every returning officer shall ensure that all electoral officers in the electoral district receive training in understanding the needs of electors with disabilities.

64 Immediately following polling day, the Chief Electoral Officer shall determine the number of electors that were entitled to vote in each electoral district and, as soon as possible thereafter, shall furnish a certified statement thereof to each candidate in the electoral district.

(b) if there remains two or more candidates and only if the ballots have been printed, the returning officer, if possible, shall cause every deputy returning officer to be notified forthwith of the withdrawal, and notice of the withdrawal shall be posted in a conspicuous place in every polling place in the electoral district, and any ballots cast for such candidate who has so withdrawn are void and shall be considered as rejected ballots.

(2) Within twenty days after notice is given in the electoral district under subsection (1), any person who might have been a plaintiff may apply to a judge of the Superior Court of Justice or, during the trial, to the trial judge to be admitted as a defendant to oppose the action, or so much thereof as remains undisposed of, and may be admitted accordingly, either with the defendant, if there is a defendant, or in place of the defendant, and any number of persons not exceeding three, may be so admitted.

(3) The returning officer shall provide a copy of the official polling list to each candidate in the electoral district in which the polling division is located, and the Chief Electoral Officer shall supply a copy of the official polling list to the registered party, if any, of the candidates.

(2.1) For the purposes of subsection (2), it is sufficient that the scrutineer is entitled to vote in another electoral district or would be entitled to do so if an election were being held there.

(3) If any of the events mentioned in subsection (1) happen during the trial, the court shall adjourn the trial in order that notice may be given in the electoral district.

69 Notice in writing of an application to be made under subsection 71 (1) shall be given forthwith by the applicant personally or sent by registered mail to the Chief Electoral Officer, the returning officer and election clerk, and each candidate in the electoral district.

(4) At a general election, the accessible voting equipment and related vote counting equipment shall be made available in every electoral district.

notice of such event shall be given by the local registrar of the Superior Court of Justice in the prescribed form in the electoral district.

In the case of a by - election, they shall be electors, or persons who would be electors if an election were being held in their electoral district.

(9) A returning officer or election clerk or any other delegate of the returning officer may visit and consult with the deputy returning officer and poll clerk at any polling location in the electoral district.

(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.

(1.1) Despite clause (1)(d), a person who ceased to reside in the electoral district within the two years before polling day is entitled to vote there if,

71 (1) For the purpose of determining the candidate who obtained the highest number of votes and within the four days, Sunday being excluded, following the official tabulation made by the returning officer, a judge may appoint a time and place to recount the votes cast at the election in the electoral district upon the application of a candidate or elector if it is made to appear by affidavit that,

45.13 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer shall establish and maintain a register of electors who are temporarily resident outside Ontario but entitled to vote in an electoral district in accordance with subsection 15 (1.1) or (1.2).

(2) The returning officer shall cause the prescribed notice of poll to be printed and the notice shall be posted in conspicuous public places in the electoral district and at least one copy shall be posted at each polling place on the days of the advance poll and the general poll.

31 (1) If a candidate dies after being nominated and before the close of the poll, the returning officer shall suspend the election and the Chief Electoral Officer shall fix new days for the nomination of candidates and for polling in that electoral district but any certified nominations may, at the option of the candidate nominated, remain valid.

(7) An elector to whom subsection 15 (1.3) applies may make a request for a home visit to the returning officer in the electoral district where the elector is temporarily living, whether the elector wishes to vote in that electoral district or in the electoral district where his or her residence is located, and subsections (1) to (6) apply with necessary modifications.

15 (1) In an electoral district in which an election to the Assembly is to be held, every person is entitled to vote who, on the general polling day,

«No person shall transmit the result or purported result of the vote in an electoral district to the public in another electoral district before the close of all of the polling stations in that other electoral district.»

According to relevant Elections Law, in case of vacancy, if for example, one of the elected Members of the Parliament were appointed as Attorney General of the Republic, the next in line was of the same party in the electoral district and is automatically «elected» as a Member of the House of Representatives.

Not exact matches

The eight - justice court is hearing arguments Monday in two cases that deal with the same basic issue of whether race played too large a role in the drawing of electoral districts, to the detriment of African - Americans.

Federal judges found more problems in Texas» voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minorities, who former President Barack Obama set out to protect at the ballot box before leaving office.

Every one of Iceland's six electoral districts voted in the «No» column — by a national margin of 60 % (down from 93 % in January 2010).

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If and when Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley introduces amendments to the timeline, the government should also change other sections in the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act that would create a more fair process of drawing electoral districts.

In 2015, the technology exists to aid MLAs to communicate, converse, and represent Albertans in large electoral districtIn 2015, the technology exists to aid MLAs to communicate, converse, and represent Albertans in large electoral districtin large electoral districts.

The open data movement is lagging in Canada as demonstrated by exorbitant fees for such basics as the data set of postal codes correlated to electoral districts.

Only in our time do we draw electoral district lines so that black representatives may be assured of election without the inconvenience of having to solicit white votes.

The vast majority of electoral races are foregone conclusions: Only 90 of the 435 congressional districts up for election in 2014 were considered «competitive,» and even these were decided by a vote margin up to 5 percent.

The win by Democratic Senate candidate Shelley Mayer in the 37th Senate district showed the power of anti-Trump fervor in the New York City suburbs, the usefulness of a united Democratic state Senate for the party and that the suburbs themselves are highly engaged right now electoral politics.

Under the country's electoral laws, voters are required to vote in the districts where they registered.

This assurance was given by the heads of the security agencies in the state following the announcement of the electoral umpire to conduct the bye - election into the vacant seat of the district next month.

... Clinton would actually have won a few more electoral votes in 2016 had all states used proportional allocation by district (though she'd still fall short of 270).

Plus, more - traditional mass outreach may still work in online social settings, since extensive advertising on MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn is still relatively untested, and campaigns with the resources to buy ads targeted at their particular electoral districts may find them an effective way to tap a politically active audience.

In 2015, attempts by the Chairperson to stop district electoral officers from inserting ghost names on the list of officials recruited for the 2015 district level elections, to enable them appropriate the allowances for the officials resulted in the Chairperson being reported to the BNI for investigatioIn 2015, attempts by the Chairperson to stop district electoral officers from inserting ghost names on the list of officials recruited for the 2015 district level elections, to enable them appropriate the allowances for the officials resulted in the Chairperson being reported to the BNI for investigatioin the Chairperson being reported to the BNI for investigation.

Interestingly, the Svoboda party came first in the foreign electoral district, gaining overwhelming majority of votes from Ukrainian residents living in the USA, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Sweden, Italy and Spain.

In an era of deep partisan division, the U.S. Supreme Court could soon decide whether the drawing of electoral districts can be too political.

If the electoral districts are large enough (possibly nationwide), a party does get a weight in parliament roughly equivalent to the number of votes they received in the election.