Sentences with phrase «many eligible voters»

With more than 80 percent of eligible voters turning out to vote, two - thirds of them were implacably opposed to the project, which would have lasted at least a decade.

That order followed a similar, non-binding independence vote that took place that year, in which more than 80 % of voters chose independence — although only 2.3 million out of the region's 6.3 million eligible voters took part, AFP noted.

The Quinnipiac voters» poll finds that the majority of eligible voters are pro pot for medical purposes and in general.

«A full 70 per cent of eligible voters in this age group cast their ballots in the 2004 election... Zoomers own the ballot box.»

That's an improvement from a historic low in the last provincial election in 2011, when 48.2 per cent of eligible voters went to the polls.

The 2008 election saw the lowest voter turnout in Alberta's history, with only 41 percent of eligible voters casting a ballot (CBC.ca, 2008).

Although many outside the US are drawing conclusions about Americans based on our presidential candidates, they might be surprised to learn that only 14 per cent of eligible voters chose either Clinton or Trump during the primary elections, (where both parties vote to nominate a candidate to represent them in the general election) and less than 30 per cent of eligible Americans voted at all.

Less than half the state's eligible voters bother to register, but Mormons almost always do, which gives them about a quarter of the likely turnout.»

The public seems to sense that, because in the 1974 elections only 38 per cent of eligible voters bothered to go to the polls and only 14 per cent were able to name the two candidates running for Congress in their district.

Many of those officials were not elected by the majority of the eligible voters in their districts.

Half of eligible voters didn't vote and the half that did was divided pretty evenly.

Even in a presidential year, only about fifty to sixty percent of eligible voters vote.

We can choose now to retreat once again into those echo chambers or begin to listen more attentively to one another — to love our neighbors by learning about them and their needs and perspectives whether black, white, Asian, or Latino / a; whether Christian, Muslim, or none; whether upper, middle, or working class; whether voter or one of the nearly half of eligible voters that sat out this election.

Too bad for those neanderthals, since only two - thirds of eligible voters were needed to allow women more than guest or visitor status.

It would be interesting to know what percentage of eligible voters vote in North Dakota as compared with the states in which registration is required.

It's the only direct defense against the purest form of ballot - stuffing (adding fake votes not associated with any eligible voter).

And as it turned out, no eligible voters were disenfranchised in the process.

The 2016 election may differ from polling results because a decisive numbers eligible voters were:

Your name is still attached to it at that point since they need to verify you are an eligible voter.

In 2014, 300 million eligible voters across the European Union (EU) will have the opportunity to cast their vote in the elections for the second - largest legislative body in the world: the European Parliament.

But instead the 5,716,026 eligible voters rejected the most talented and qualified candidate John Dramani Mahama, for the sweet talking Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, because he promised them heaven on earth.

London and other metropolitan areas have seen a decline in voter registration, and the report suggested 3.5 million eligible voters were not registered at the time of the 2001 Census.

In the 2000 Florida election, at least 1,100 eligible voters were wrongly dropped from voting rolls in an attempt to purge a list of felons

The voter register is the most important tool for making election outcomes credible, it is like a credible and reliable scientific research which relies on the «sample frame»; it is the touchstone that gives assurance to the fact that the ballot, as expressed in an election, arose from the physical presence of eligible voters at the polling unit who delegated part of their sovereignty temporarily to elected officials.

Election is about voters electing those they want to lead them, and a credible voter register helps to ensure that those who vote are the true eligible voters, the card reader, which authenticates the voter identity, helps to make the voter register more robust and resistant to moon - light and landslide bogus figures.

This can be done by way of a relative majority (more than 50 per cent of votes cast), an absolute majority (more than 50 per cent of eligible voters) or some form of a super-majority (60 per cent or two - thirds majority of voters).

If you pass a law restricting the ability of otherwise eligible voters to vote for no demonstrable benefit, that's a bad law.

I'm looking for a full sortable list of the results, for every constituency, ideally with as much information as possible: Turnout, # eligible voters, votes for each candidate (both # and %), winning majority (both # and %), etc..

Ineligible voters (including convicted felons) are included in these measures but the figures also indicate there is plenty of potential to engage new, eligible voters.

I urge all eligible voters to go to the polls in November to select their next Congressional representative, along with their next statewide and local officials.»

This is not true, given that huge numbers of eligible voters don't have strong opinions on issues and that even people with reasonably well formed views may not flip their vote (even in competitive primaries) based on those views.

He also thinks eligible voters should be automatically registered, and that they should be able to register to vote on Election Day.

For the sake of our democracy, we have an obligation to ensure that all eligible voters can freely and fairly participate in elections.

Senate Democrats conducted a survey of eligible voters in New York on their voting patterns.

Some 400 million eligible voters, 751 seats, 28 countries: a portrait of true democracy at work — unless they held an election and nobody came.

Kavanagh joined City Councilmember Rory Lancman, Congressmember Hakeem Jeffries, Jarret Berg of the New York Democratic Lawyers Council, and other public officials and organizations concerned about voting rights, to call upon New Yorkers, especially attorneys, to help ensure that all eligible voters can cast their ballots without the kind of intimidation and voter suppression activities that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been inciting in recent days.

Importantly, Corbyn won across all categories of eligible voters giving him what the BBC referred to as a «rock - solid mandate».

McDonald used voting - eligible population (VEP), or the number of eligible voters independent of their current registration status, to calculate turnout rates in each state on November 4.

Political scientist Michael McDonald's United States Elections Project studied voter turnout in the 2014 election by looking at the percentage of eligible voters who headed to the polls.

The state Republican Party has inserted itself into another party's contest on behalf of Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, sending out mailers urging eligible voters to support him in the Reform Party Sept. 12 primary.

Since the middle class comprise the majority of eligible voters, the Democratic Party has been targeting them in its message, while continuing to preserve and enhance the programs that target the poor.

Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, a Manhattan Democrat, and State Senator Michael Gianaris, a Queens Democrat, have sponsored the Voter Empowerment Act, which provides for automatic registration of eligible voters and online registration, and changes the deadlines for registration and party enrollment.

Only nine percent of eligible voters participated in the high - profile 2013 Democratic primary for Nassau County executive, when former County Executive Thomas Suozzi was seeking to reclaim his old job.

In 2004, as an accession country, Slovakia recorded the lowest turnout in the history of the European elections (just 17 % of eligible voters).

Gianaris estimated that automatic registration would expand New York's pool of eligible voters by more than 2 million people.

Shawn Bobb, president of the Epsilon Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity said, «Expanding opportunities to vote and making the process easier is crucial to ensuring eligible voters are able to exercise this vital right.

Zoe Davidson, Co-founder of Coalition Z, said, «As the basis for a functioning democracy, we must ensure that every eligible voter can cast a ballot with ease and efficiency.

Early voting would allow eligible voters to cast ballots in - person days, sometimes weeks, before an election.

The 2013 Democratic primary runoff for public advocate, for instance, cost the city $ 13 million and only drew 6.9 percent of eligible voters, according to FairVote.

Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said, «The easier we make it for eligible voters to participate the better it is for our democracy.