Not exact matches
Still, While Estonia could have easily been the world leader in e-voting
by introducing this as a regular feature already for the location elections
of 2002, probably genuine worries that technical problems would not be solved
by the Fall
of that year, as well as the skepticism
of individual
members of parties generally in favour
of e-voting, all
of them reasonable and appropriate, were among the reasons that prevented such an outcome.
There was a short - lived law passed in 1996 that granted President Clinton the power to «line - item veto», or only reject certain parts
of bill he didn't want to pass (interestingly it was
introduced by members of the rival
party).
In a package
of moves hailed
by Miliband's team as the most significant since John Smith's «one
member one vote» shakeup in the early 1990s, the Labour
party is set to
introduce a code
of conduct for prospective parliamentary candidates, strict spending limits and standard constituency agreements with trade unions.
And he has ended the practice,
introduced by Tony Blair,
of allowing unions to pay the first year
of subscriptions for new
members they bring to the
party.
One
party insider said there has been a fierce debate within the Miliband circle between those who believe that the reforms are a key test
of his leadership and that a failure to
introduce radical change would substantially damage his credibility - and those who feel he risks putting the
party's financial viability at risk
by allowing union
members to opt out
of their so - called political levy contributions to the
party.
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Historian Harold Holzer, author
of (among many other books on Lincoln) Lincoln at The Cooper Union,
introduced the evening
by outlining the events that led up to Lincoln's journey east to address New York
members of the Republican
Party.