Sentences with phrase «minority voting power»

A fifth district was added last year following a federal court ruling that determined Albany had diluted minority voting power in its 2011 redistricting map.

The panel charged with redrawing the Albany County political map struck down by a federal judge last week will meet Tuesday for the first time — two weeks before a court - ordered deadline to draft new lines that don't dilute minority voting power.

Not exact matches

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.

Tyee's McMartin crunches the votes and concludes: «Canadians whose politics are to the left of centre won't like to hear this: Stephen Harper and his Conservative - minority government probably are going to be in power a long, long time.

Includes an examination of a possible vote of non-confidence against the Conservative minority government; a request to the Governor General to allow a Liberal - New Democratic coalition to form a new government; and the immediate tasks facing a possible coalition government once in power.

A clear example of this dependence of justice upon social power is the achievement of voting rights for such minority groups as Negroes.

Mr Nkansah added: «If he doesn't know, he should check the constitution and he'll realize that minority rules the country but they are voted into power by the majority of Ghanaians.

U.S. Senate Republicans voted to end the filibuster of Supreme Court nominations, setting the stage for the rapid elevation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the high court and removing a pillar of the minority party's power to exert influence in the chamber.

The ethnic minority vote could be decisive in the next general election, according to new research highlighting the enhanced power of Black and Asian voters in 2015.

As long as all parties pledge themselves to the democratic process, are willing to concede power when voted out, and respect minorities, they should enjoy the full support of Western powers.

The former is an attempt by a minority sect to cling to power when it has been voted out, the other (given likely seats and vote shares) is a democratic government.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi appears determined to remain in power, but her resolve is at odds with growing numbers of Democratic candidates who view her as politically toxic and are pledging to vote against her as their leader.

The Hastert Rule, also known as the «majority of the majority» rule, is an informal governing principle used in the United States by Republican [1][2][3] Speakers of the House of Representatives since the mid-1990s to maintain their speakerships [4] and limit the power of the minority party to bring bills up for a vote on the floor of the House.

When asked about the senator's attendance this year, his campaign spokesman, Richie Fife, had a three - point response: Perkins attendance record before this year is laudable; the votes so far this year have taken place outside the budget negotiations, when a bulk of the chambers» real action occurs; and frankly, legislators in the minority don't have much power, thanks to the way the Republican - IDC coalition runs the chamber.

Winning the largest minority of seats, or the most votes, does not guarantee a party power.

All rights reserved THE BRITISH electorate, to judge by the opinion polls, is about to vote into power either a minority Labour government or - just possibly - a Labour government with a tiny overall majority.

The phrase racial gerrymandering refers to the practice of drawing electoral district lines to dilute the voting power of racial minority groups.

Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 mandates that electoral district lines can not be drawn in such a manner as to «improperly dilute minorities» voting power.»

And Levi reminded me that Minority Leader Dean Skelos recently told the Log Cabin Republicans he would recommend that the marriage bill come to the floor for another vote if the GOP returns to power in the chamber.

One of the speakers, the Catholic Bishop of Gboko, His Lordship, Williams Avenya, had reminded Osinbajo of the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari's campaign promises that he would not Islamise the country and would protect the interest of all Nigerians including citizens of minority ethnic groups if voted into power.

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans voted to end the filibuster of Supreme Court nominations Thursday, setting the stage for the rapid elevation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the high court and removing a pillar of the minority party's power to exert influence in the chamber.

In at least 20 states, lawmakers have stripped locally elected school board members of their power in impoverished, mostly minority communities, leaving parents without a voice — or a vote — in their children's education, according to a News21 state - by - state analysis of school takeovers.

«Indigenous Australians are such a minority that our votes hold little sway at elections, which is why the people power behind National Close the Gap Day is such a vital force,» Commissioner Gooda said.

If «ABUSE of Dominant Position» is perceived by the public, the electorate has the choice of voting said party out of office, or at least curbing its power via reducing the offending party to minority governance status.