Sentences with phrase «least number of votes»

Instant runoff voting, also known as ranked - choice voting, allows voters to rank primary candidates in order of preference so that if one candidate does not cross the required threshold for victory, the candidate with the least number of votes is eliminated and the votes are redistributed based on the second choice selected by voters who had selected the eliminated candidate first, and so on until a winner emerges.

New York's 3rd Congressional District's Republican primary had the second smallest margin of victory of any race in the 2014 primary season and the least number of votes separating the primary winner from the loser.

Not exact matches

But when NDP members decided by a narrow margin to show Thomas Mulcair the door, they ended up trading a leader who was considered prime ministerial by a significant number of voters for one who is not — or at least who may not be in time for next year's federal vote.

A number of near - term risks clearly exist for European markets, not least the potential for the United Kingdom to vote to leave the EU in June — particularly if data coming out of Europe deteriorates in the run - up to the referendum or if there is an escalation in the refugee crisis.

In a shot across the bows for a number of companies, LGIM said it would vote against British companies where women did not represent at least a quarter of the board, and wanted a full breakdown of any gender pay gap and plans to close it.

However, such esoteric hipster knowledge (esoteric, if only because it played on inside knowledge that was common knowledge and what everyone knew merely 15 years ago or so) comes across as mere pandering to an electorate of Gen Xers who in their indecisiveness are at best a vote on the margins — at least in terms of their actual numbers.

In this particular instance it is not very difficult to imagine scenarios in the not - too - distant future in which there might occur resurgences of socialist policies and ideals: the failure of neo-capitalist regimes in developing societies and / or the formerly Communist countries in Europe to achieve economic take - off; the insight granted to sundry dictators and despots that, while socialism invariably immiserates the masses, it is a very good recipe for enriching those who claim to hold power as the vanguard of the masses; the «creeping socialism» (still an aptly descriptive term) brought on by massive government intervention in the economy in the name of some societal good, e.g., there could be an environmentalist road to socialism, or a feminist one, or one constructed (perhaps inadvertently) with some other building blocks of politically managed regulations and entitlements; or, last but not least, the actual restoration of socialism, by coup or by voting, in a number of countries, beginning with Russia.

They say the specific number of clubs who voted in favour of the rule change is not yet clear but at least fourteen of the twenty clubs must have voted for the proposal in order for it to be sanctioned.

Barron, who hopes to receive at least 50,000 votes on the Freedom Party line, establishing a new third party that will have automatic ballot status in the 2014 elections, told me the vast number of signatures he has amassed should serve as the equivilent of a political «no trespassing» sign to any of his detractors.

It is too early to write him off, and at the very least he will continue to siphon off a considerable number of votes, undermining Santorum's challenge to Romney.

has not achieved a total that is at least 5 % of the total number of all the party votes received by all the parties listed on the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote; and

Conservative MPs I have spoken to since have remarked that they were surprised at how close the vote was, and that they felt that a number of Labour MPs were persuaded to defy the strong Labour whip - or at least abstain - as a result of listening to the debate.

That's more hyperbole, not least because the SNP's share of the vote and number of councillors was actually up slightly on the 2012 result - no mean feat considering local government budget cuts in the interim.

This petition must contain signatures equaling at least 2 percent of the total number of votes cast for United States Representative in the most recent general election.

According to Democratic consultant and numbers - cruncher Matt Isbell, this is the highest share of the vote received by any Florida Democrat in at least a decade.

A new political party must submit a written declaration signed by registered voters equaling at least 1 percent of the total number of votes cast for governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election.

1 A party is qualified if it meets one of three conditions: (1) in the last gubernatorial election, one of its statewide candidates polled at least two percent of the statewide vote; (2) the party's membership is at least one percent of the statewide vote at the last preceding gubernatorial election; or (3) voters numbering at least 10 percent of the statewide vote at the last gubernatorial election sign a petition stating that they intend to form a new party.

Specificially, it's looking at the case where Evan McMullin (or Gary Johnson) win at least one electoral vote (which likely means winning Utah or Nevada) and are thus in the list of «the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President» (as per the 12th).

Outsiders have suggested reforms, such as changing the number of votes one person can cast (currently, each voter casts three votes for three positions to be filled in their senate district) and prohibiting incumbent legislators from serving or, at the very least, banning them from increasing their pensions by doubling their salary for a year.

Well, if the proponents of the change looked at UK election results they would see there are large numbers of seats where the incumbents already receive at least 50 per cent of the votes.

Under instant runoff voting in New York City, if no candidate receives 50 percent of first - choice votes, then the candidate who gets the least number of first - choice votes is eliminated.

And the number - crunching 538 blog found Gillibrand the least likely of all 100 senators to vote in alignment with Trump.

For a statewide office, the petition must be signed by registered electors, which are defined as residents of the state eligible to vote for the petitioner, numbering at least 2 percent of the total number of votes cast for United States Representative in the last general election for the entire state.

If no plan gets seven votes, the plan with the highest number of votes goes to the legislature, but approval of such a plan requires at least 60 percent approval in the legislature.

However, the app did seem to reduce the number of mistakes made in voting, at least among people familiar with smartphones.

That leaves the field wide open for as many as four additional nominees, though if there's enough widespread support for Argo or Zero Dark Thirty the ballot could be restricted to only six or seven films (there can be anywhere from five to ten nominees, based on the number of films that achieve at least five percent of the votes.)

And my rationale for it is this: the films that are going to get the least amount of number one votes are films that are heavily driven by female performances.

Additionally, while the fact three of the eight Best Picture nominees (Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road and Room) focus on female protagonists, the lack of women in a number of major categories (notably directing, but also cinematography and original score) continues to be vexing, the overall demographic makeup of Academy membership (primarily Caucasian and over the age of 65) leading to voting trends that remain troublesome, to say the least.

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Worth remarking on is the huge number of votes that came in for McLachlin — at least triple the number of the person with the second - highest number of votes.

An affirmative vote of a simple majority of the members of the Management Committee and of at least two thirds of the Partners (voting in number and not by Points) is required to admit a new Partner who is not being admitted as an Equity Partner, upon such terms as shall be established by the Management Committee.

An affirmative vote of two - thirds of the members of the Management Committee and of at least two thirds of the Equity Partners (voting by Points and not in number) is required to admit a new Equity Partner under the recommended terms and conditions.

The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;

The higher the number of votes, the greater the chances to see some elements of concept at least being used in Windows 10.

The Code of Ethics may be amended by two - thirds of the number of votes cast by the delegates at the National Convention; provided the proposed amendment shall first have been submitted in writing and have been reported upon by the Board of Directors, and provided further, that written notice of the substance of the amendment has been sent to each Member Board who is qualified to vote individually at least 30 days prior to the National Convention at which the amendment is to be considered.

This Constitution may be amended by two - thirds of the number of votes cast by the delegates at the National Convention, provided the proposed amendment shall first have been submitted in writing to and been reported upon by the Board of Directors, and provided further, that written notice of the substance of the proposed change has been sent to each Member Board who is qualified to vote individually at least 30 days prior to the meeting at which the amendment is to be considered.

Special meetings of the National Association shall be called by the Board of Directors or by the President upon petition by at least twenty percent of its Member Boards or upon petition signed by the number of Member Boards who are qualified to vote individually representing at least twenty percent of the total REALTOR ® and REALTOR - ASSOCIATE ® Members.

If the number of non-owners outweighs the owner number then the non-owner trustee with the least amount of votes must be eliminated and the voting process is repeated until the correct owner ratio of trustees is reached.