Sentences with phrase «more electoral districts»

However, this doesn't always work out in practice because of something known as overhang seats: It is possible for a party to win more electoral districts than seats they are entitled to according to party votes.

Where the property on which a person's home is located is divided between 2 or more electoral districts, that person shall, --

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.

If and when Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley introduces amendments to the timeline, the government should also change other sections in the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act that would create a more fair process of drawing electoral districts.

... Clinton would actually have won a few more electoral votes in 2016 had all states used proportional allocation by district (though she'd still fall short of 270).

Plus, more - traditional mass outreach may still work in online social settings, since extensive advertising on MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn is still relatively untested, and campaigns with the resources to buy ads targeted at their particular electoral districts may find them an effective way to tap a politically active audience.

Any secretary of a political party listed on the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote may, instead of making 1 or more separate applications for recounts under section 180 (2), apply to the Chief District Court Judge for recounts of the party votes to be conducted in every electoral dDistrict Court Judge for recounts of the party votes to be conducted in every electoral districtdistrict.

Creating more regions, he contended, will lead to electoral demarcation, which may lead to more constituencies and that «more constituencies will probably lead to more districts, etc..»

In 2008, Barack Obama won a single electoral vote in the state's Second District against Senator John McCain, though he lost it in 2012 in his more closely fought re-election race against Mitt Romney.

Legislated quotas are more frequently used in PR List electoral systems where it is easier to combine quotas with lists of party candidates due to higher district magnitudes and more candidates per party in each constituency.

Based on analysis of these districts» electoral histories, these races had the potential to be more competitive than other races and could possibly have led to shifts in a chamber's partisan balance.

By the same token, his shambolic attitude is begetting other further shambolic acts from the Zambezi Street, Abuja headquarters of INEC, as the macabre dance steps in Kogi, Bayelsa, Gombe and the unfolding drama in Anambra Central senatorial district could have been avoided had Mr. President paid more attention to the need for an improved electoral process by obeying the Constitution regarding the composition of INEC.

Lifted by more than $ 1 million in outside spending from Republican groups determined to avoid another electoral embarrassment, Ms. Lesko defeated Hiral Tipirneni, a physician and first - time candidate, in a district President Trump carried by over 20 points.

The additional member system (AMS), also known as mixed - member proportional representation (MMP) outside the United Kingdom, [1][2][3][4] is a mixed electoral system with one tier of single - member district representatives, and another tier of «additional members» elected to make the overall election results more proportional.

«I saw Victor and told him I don't think he's a bad kid but he needs to be more attentive to the district,» Castro said, adding that Pichardo is seen by many constituents as a staffer who reports to Bronx Senator Gustavo Rivera, who has backed Pichardo in both of his electoral contests.

Their tremendous financial resources allow them to influence campaigns at all levels of government, and their huge memberships - more than 3 million total, spread across virtually every electoral district in the country - enable them to turn out armies of activists in support of union - endorsed candidates.

If this was within your electoral district, how would you take action to stop their use and request a more humane alternative (injection of sodium pentobarbital by a trained professional).

(c) an employee of the Chief Electoral Officer who is assigned on a temporary basis to provide support to returning officers in the administration of a general election or by - election under the Election Act within a region made up of one or more, but not all, electoral districts as determined under the Representation Act, 2015; («membre du personnel électoral»)

14 (1) Where an institution for the reception, treatment or vocational training of persons who have served or are serving in the Canadian Forces or who are disabled, a hospital, a psychiatric facility, a long - term care home or other institution of twenty beds or more, in which chronically ill or infirm persons reside or where a retirement home of fifty beds or more is situate in an electoral district, a polling place shall be provided in such institution or upon the premises.

(a) one or more special ballot officers for each electoral district, in consultation with the returning officer; and

(b) if there remains two or more candidates and only if the ballots have been printed, the returning officer, if possible, shall cause every deputy returning officer to be notified forthwith of the withdrawal, and notice of the withdrawal shall be posted in a conspicuous place in every polling place in the electoral district, and any ballots cast for such candidate who has so withdrawn are void and shall be considered as rejected ballots.

(7) At least three days before the first advance poll day, the Chief Electoral Officer or the returning officer shall cause one or more notices of the days, times and locations of the advance polls to be published in a manner that provides for coverage throughout the electoral district.