Sentences with phrase «more electors»
Of course 270 or more elector votes are needed to win the presidency but there are scenarios that exist where one candidate could win 269, another 268, and then a third candidate win one of the districts above and be awarded a single elector.
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In the three centuries since the prince - elector of Hanover became George I of Great Britain, few power brokers have been more detached from the populace they affected than Rabbi Menachem Shach (1898 — 2001).
Define a coalition as winning if the total number of electoral votes of the state in that coalition is 270 or more (let's ignore at first that two small states make things more complicated by allowing a mixed elector group).
I'd like to play a lot more, and were the electors of Birmingham Yardley to dispense with my services then I would.
Second, the electoral college was set up to weed out «unacceptable» candidates not by dividing fringe voters in different states per se but by giving the electors the power to elect the candidate who lost the popular vote in the event that the more popular candidate turned out to be unacceptable for whatever reason.
However, if a more isolationist or nationalist US president emerges from the 2016 electoral process in America, and European electors give ever higher levels of support for nationalist - oriented parties, then we have little reason to expect partnership on foreign policy issues, and even fewer reasons to expect multilateral responses to global problems.
A legislator is to make laws for the good of his polity, not to play politics to inflict more pains on his electors.
These multiple ballots offered electors the obvious opportunity for split - voting: one for their MP or national government, and another more personal, local or protest vote.
(c) Vacancies occurring in nominations where candidates are to be voted for by the electors from more than one county, shall be filled in the manner prescribed by the State Committee.
The intent of giving Electors two votes was the expectation that, with a lack of knowledge of candidates outside his state, a typical Elector would cast a vote for a «favorite son» from his own state, so a second vote was added to require a vote for a more nationally - known candidate.
In the early 19th century, most states did not hold popular elections for presidential electors and the legislature just chose them directly; as time went on, more and more states changed to doing popular vote for them, but as recently as 1876, the Colorado legislature appointed its electors rather than hold an election because it was newly admitted and didn't have the time to do so.
It is because I object to the new - fangled idea that an early election would result from a motion, perhaps proposed by the Opposition, any MP or even the Government themselves, that requires — this is contrary to all constitutional precedent and history since our Parliament first sat representing the electors of this country — the support of two - thirds or more of those eligible to vote as Members of Parliament.
Sir Christopher says that this «is the equivalent of only about 50p per elector per year — little more than the current cost of a first class stamp.»
Even in 2004, when the number of seats in Scotland was reduced, this was to reflect a political decision that the new seats, unlike the old ones, should have more - or-less the same number of electors as English constituencies.
That's where the number 385 comes from, but that's not the end of it, some states will have more than 1/385, and even be close to 2/385, so they may be awarded an elector at the expense of a more populous state.
In a multi-member constituency, parties tend to select a more diverse slate of candidates in order to appeal to the widest possible range of electors.
Idaho: A precinct which contains no more than 125 registered electors at the last general election may be designated by the board of county commissioners a mail ballot precinct no later than April 1 in an even - numbered year (Idaho Code § 34 - 308)
Hopefully someone with more expertise than I have can provide more details but having a list of all electors is in any case useful to ensure the integrity of the process.
But if one or more Trump states fails to vote at all, fewer faithless electors are required to throw it to Congress.
Recounts taking too long makes the unlikely prospect of faithless electors more feasible.
Many electors know they were misled: many more are beginning to realise it.
(c) False information in registering or voting; penalties Whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information as to his name, address or period of residence in the voting district for the purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $ 10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both: Provided, however, That this provision shall be applicable only to general, special, or primary elections held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the United States Senate, Member of the United States House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Absent something like a candidate arranging to assassinate one or more rivals, bribe the electors, or committing fraud with the vote count (and no, some random crazy that voted 5 times doesn't count)-- a.k.a. election fraud — there's nothing to be done once the electoral vote is finished and certified.
However 2010 was one of the closest elections in living memory, yet no more than two in three electors could be bothered to turn out; and if registration rates are as low as 80 %, that means only half the potential electorate care enough to even turn up at the polls.
The final three columns are taken from a separate survey of more than 10,000 electors.
Virginia law regarding petitions for the presidential candidates of unqualified parties, and independent presidential candidates, says that these petitions must carry the names of presidential elector Read more»
A Labour MP has a right to seek selection in any seat that contains 40 % or more of the electors in their existing seat.
However, in 2004, the State Supreme Court ruled in favor of Ralph Nader, and said there is no need for a residency requirement for presidential elector candidates, other than that Read more»
Instead, research suggests the more prosaic, but costly, exercise of registration teams visiting households where electors have not registered would produce better results, especially if backed by a reminder of the existing legal requirement to register.
When a party submits no presidential elector candidates, it is admitting that it is certain it won't carry Read more»
Convincing the Michigan legislature that at least 7.21 % of the third party voters would've voted for Clinton if they knew that Trump would win otherwise, and that Clinton «should've won» might make it possible for them to flip their electors, giving Clinton 16 more electoral votes.
These are the two weaselling formulations trotted out time and again to body swerve the issue that looms large in the concerns of electors — particularly those who still vote Labour — and millions more who the party needs to win back if it ever has a hope of governing again.
The party substituted a new candidate on the same day, but the Board of Canvassers rejected the new elector but said that Anderson would still be on the ballot, but if he won the popular vote, he would be Read more»
«How can we go back to our constituencies and look our electors back in the eye who are paying more for their food, rail fares...» he's talking exclusively to his Tory colleagues, ignoring the opposition benches completely.
After 1910, the Liberal Government was intent on passing a Plural Voting Bill that sought to prevent electors who appeared on the electoral register more than once from voting more than once.
The electoral register would become progressively more out of date during its period of validity, as electors moved or died (also people studying or working away from home often had difficulty voting).
Last week YouGov questioned more than 32,000 electors in order to understand not only the people who voted Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat, but those who backed the Greens, Ukip and the BNP.
As far as I know, only politicians can make this kind of miracle staying more than 30 years of their entire life lying or hiding from the electors what really happen behind the political curtain of our status quo.
More Flexibility: The Chief Electoral Officer, in his last report to the Speaker, recommended more flexibility in setting the maximum number of electors in a polling divisMore Flexibility: The Chief Electoral Officer, in his last report to the Speaker, recommended more flexibility in setting the maximum number of electors in a polling divismore flexibility in setting the maximum number of electors in a polling division.
The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President.
We elected benchers are, I suspect, more impressed with our own importance having been elected than are our colleague electors.
The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.
(1.1) Subsection (1) also applies, with necessary modifications, to an elector who could vote more conveniently in another polling division because his or her mobility is impaired by disability or by some other cause.
(a) write on the ballot the given name and surname, or initials and surname, of the candidate for whom the elector is voting, and the candidate's political affiliation if two or more candidates have the same name;
(4) No person shall be allowed to act as the friend of more than one elector mentioned in subsection (1) at any polling place, other than a polling place established under section 14.