Sentences with phrase «months after polling day»

(b) in the case of a by - election, begins when a warrant for the issue of a writ for the election is received by the Chief Electoral Officer and ends three months after polling day.

(a) in the case of a general election, begins when a writ is issued and ends three months after polling day;

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In 2015, the UK Parliament was projected to come out about even between the top two parties, but the conservatives won by over 5 %, ending up with the majority (which was considered to be a near 0 % chance possibility as the day began), this summer Brexit passed (considered almost certain to fail as the day began, ended up passing by 4 %), and last month the Colombian Peace Referendum failed (after being consistently polled to pass by about 10 %).

Heading into the final days of the presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton is holding an edge over Donald Trump after a month of tumult, with most voters saying their minds are made up and late revelations about both candidates made no significant difference to them, according to the latest New York Times / CBS News poll.

The strong poll numbers for Cuomo come more than a month after lawmakers approved a state budget that was 10 days late.

Yet the timing of the announcement — two days after a Marist poll showed Abuse-gate and Free Ticket — gate dragging Cuomo's approval rating down for the first time in months by an eye - catching thirteen points — is mighty suspicious.

Washington (CNN)-- Only one day of campaigning remains before Florida primary voters go to the polls, and with time running out a new poll reveals that massive numbers of voters remain undecided even after months of tough politicking.

The IPPR think tank - which as recently as eleven months ago still believed that «AV is not the answer» - has commissioned a YouGov poll of its own, claiming there is a 12 - point lead for the Yes campaign just a day after the regular YouGov poll found a 7 - point lead for the No campaign.

The Prime Minister did not object last month when Sir John Chilcot, with all the caution of a retired Whitehall mandarin, suggested that he appear after polling day to keep politics out of the process.

[16] Under the Fixed - term Parliaments Act the prime minister may schedule polling day up to two months after 5 May 2022, subject to approval by both Houses.

This was at a press conference about providing more free meals to school children during the summer months, on the day after a Wall Street Journal - Marist poll was released which put him about five points ahead of Council Speaker Christine Quinn.