Sentences with phrase «more votes under»

You wouldn't claim people get more votes under other forms of runoff voting (two round system or exhaustive ballot for example).

Not exact matches

In 2012, the first election under those new maps, Republicans won a 33 - seat majority in the U.S. House even though Democratic candidates across the country received 1.4 million more votes than their Republican opponents.

Following completion of this offering, the Principal Stockholders will control more than 50 % of the combined voting power of our common stock, so under current listing standards, we would qualify as a «controlled company» and accordingly, will be exempt from requirements to have a majority of independent directors, a fully independent nominating and corporate governance committee and a fully independent compensation committee.

Although the Conservatives later replaced the Canadian Building Incentive Program with a similar program, the new one is more limited in scope with a smaller budget — typical of the cuts Harper made to many climate related initiatives that had been proposed and voted through in Parliament under the previous Liberal government.

OTTAWA — Nine million votes were wasted in the 2015 election under Canada's winner - take - all electoral system — that's more than the populations of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces combined, according to a new electoral reform primer outlining why the principle of proportionality must underpin the government's promise to bring in voting reform by the next federal election.

Under the 2017 Plan, a change in control is defined to include (1) the acquisition by any person or company of more than 50 % of the combined voting power of our then outstanding stock, (2) a merger, consolidation, or similar transaction in which our stockholders immediately before the transaction do not own, directly or indirectly, more than 50 % of the combined voting power of the surviving entity (or the parent of the surviving entity), (3) a sale, lease, exclusive license, or other disposition of all or substantially all of our assets other than to an entity more than 50 % of the combined voting power of which is owned by our stockholders, and (4) an unapproved change in the majority of the board of directors.

Under these rules, a company of which more than 50 % of the voting power is held by an individual, a group or another company is a «controlled company» and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements of the, including (1) the requirement that a majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors, (2) the requirement that we have a nominating and corporate governance committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities and (3) the requirement that we have a compensation committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities.

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And you may vote a certain way or not but that doesn't matter, you've got 27,000 employees and I think the fact is that you're operating under a Federal Trade Commission consent decree from 2011, that's a real thing and it goes for twenty years so when someone said «do we need more regulations, do we need more legislation?»

The day that Islam advocates all freedom for all women I will have no problem with more Mosques, in the meantime, because this belief / Creed / Religion as it is now (and has been over thousands of years under the world's noses) women are still not allowed to vote, women are not doctors, they do not study to become lawyers, owners of companies, presidents of countries.

They both belive when they die they well have, meet there 7 wives in heven u think that's not a cult?if america votes in a CULT member to run our country the gates of hell well open and we better be ready america.so america there is 2 of them I for one am not well to go back 150 yrs.6 on one off mentality.I grew up around those people and they r sick like the musliums they wear grab also but they hide there's under there clothes.what more r they hiding plenty.ask them how many times they r babtized not in there they take someone elses name everytime they get diped that is why there cult is so big ask one and they well lie or come up with even a bigger lie.they need to be fully investagated ppl.don't let the deep pockets and smile fool u.

Some other news about young people: 57 percent said that the primary reason they helped others was that it «makes them feel good personally»; 19 percent would not fight for their country under any circumstances, 24 percent were uncertain and 60 percent would not be willing to volunteer one year to serve their country; 17 percent could think of no famous person or celebrity they admired (only 1 percent admired Mother Teresa, and Donald Trump received a similar vote — indicating that religious and business leaders are among the least admired adults); 65 percent would cheat on a major exam in school, while 36 percent would lie to protect a friend who vandalized; 53 percent claimed that growing up for them is harder than it was for their parents (minority young people were more likely to say it was easier).

For every «under» vote, more than three «over» votes were cast.

Voting ends at midnight Pacific time on December 31 and the idea needs just under 600 more votes to make it into the second round.

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An understanding under which the Liberal Democrats would not vote down a Queen's Speech is much more likely than a formal coalition.

Let's be honest — there is no way in hell that the Democratic leadership is going to let the Republicans kill the programs voted on under YouCut, any more than a Republican leadership would let a Democratic minority get away with something similar.

«Under First Past the Post this would likely be disastrous for them, splitting the Labour vote and allowing the Conservatives or UKIP, or whoever, to gain more seats from them.

There's also the fact that under a more proportional voting system, Labour would probably be in power right now in a progressive alliance.

If United Russia were able to secure just under 50 per cent of the popular vote in the party - list competition, along with the lower estimate of seats in the singe - mandate district races, it would end up with over 270 seats, more than it now holds.

Either Lord Boateng really believes that AV departs from the principle of One Man One Vote and that under AV some votes are counted more often than others — in which case he hasn't given the matter sufficient attention: or he knows perfectly well that both assertions are nonsense, but he makes them anyway, in which case... well, you can finish the sentence.

To say that under AV some people get more votes than others is disingenuous.

Lord Ashcroft Polls found those aged under 50 were highly likely to have voted Remain, while those over 50 were much more likely to have voted Leave.

Under the banner of «Advancing the Democracy Agenda,» the governor's 14 - point plan lays out a familiar suite of reforms, including ethics proposals that «close the LLC loophole» in political spending, procurement reform that would more closely monitor how state contracts are awarded and voting reforms like same - day voter registration and early voting.

Under the Alternative Vote, they say, «your next MP would have to aim to get more than 50 % of the vote to be sure of winnVote, they say, «your next MP would have to aim to get more than 50 % of the vote to be sure of winnvote to be sure of winning.

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 district.

Under First Past the Post this would likely be disastrous for them, splitting the Labour vote and allowing the Conservatives (or UKIP, or whoever) to gain more seats from them.

Saying Ed M will take it is a hunch: YouGov showed DM stronger than is likely: ex-ForSec public name recognition means he will poll better among those least likely to vote, where turnout will be under 25 %; that the union endorsements, the campaigning efforts and union members response to campaign have probably helped EM more than DM.

«Our polling shows that significantly more Scottish people think the NHS would be worse under the union than if they vote for independence,» she says.

According to unofficial election night totals from the New York City Board of Elections, Vance received more than 90 percent of votes, with just under 10 percent of votes going to candidates on write - in ballots, which are still being counted.

Corbyn, who has rebelled against his party more than 500 times in his career, said MPs would not be «corralled» by whips into voting the same way as the leadership under a more consensual style of management.

Nearly 94 % of those who awarded him 8 or more out of 10 for his performance said they would vote Conservative at the next election, falling to just under two thirds of those who gave him 5 out of 10.

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) topped the poll once more with unchanged seats and 29.2 per cent of the vote, down just under 1 per cent.

The Conservative vote more than halved to under 10,000 but comfortably came second.

What I don't get is why did they win when under the party totals, Labor clearly had nearly 800,000 more votes in the party totals as compared to the Liberal National Party?

Curtice and Steven show that a switch from the d'Hondt to the Sainte - Laguë method of allocating list seats, a method that is already enshrined in other aspects of the UK's electoral arrangements, would have produced a more proportional result in which the SNP would not have won a majority despite winning well under 50 % of the vote.

In their favour I have to say that they are better than questions asking whether people are more or less likely to vote Labour if X was in charge, which people who would vote Labour anyway, or wouldn't vote Labour under any circumstance, still say more or less.

As the campaign for the next London Mayor officially gets under way, election organisers say people from the suburbs are more likely to turn out to vote than those from the inner city.

To secure a majority of votes under AV, candidates will need to be more honest about points of agreement.

The mass defection of the Ukip vote to the Tories in Leave areas could store up huge problems for Theresa May, placing the prime minister under even more pressure to deliver the kind of clean Brexit that her new backers, the ex-Ukippers, crave.

At the speech in Southport, Cable said that while 75 % of under - 25s voted remain at the 2016 referendum, 70 % of those aged 65 or more voted for Brexit.

One of the delicate negotiations currently under way is likely over whether supporters can find more than one additional vote for the measure, and to whom those votes might belong.

The County Committee shall be constituted by the election biennially in each Election District in the County of New York, at the Primary Election held in each odd - numbered year, of two members of the County Committee plus an additional member if 300 or more votes and less than 451 votes were cast in such Election District for governor under the Party emblem at the last preceding gubernatorial election, and an additional member if 451 or more votes were cast in such Election District at said time.

Ed Miliband is under increasing pressure to back an in / out referendum on Britain's EU membership, after a survey showed more Labour supporters are in favour of a vote on Europe than against it.

«We must find more ways to protect taxpayers and create good jobs, ensure access to quality, affordable health care for all New Yorkers, ensure voting rights, protect women's rights, ensure our education system receives the resources it deserves, repair and fully fund our decaying infrastructure and MTA, and stand up for vulnerable communities under attack by the Trump administration.»

In addition under the new boundaries it is more difficult for Labour than under the old, changes in voting patterns could eliminate notional gains or intensify them but at worst the new boundaries will be no worse for the Conservative Party and no better for Labour.

«Labour may think it's okay to use these powers as a carrot, dangling it under communities» noses to gather more votes at the Assembly election, but those communities who have had their heart torn out won't be at all thankful for Labour's dithering.»

Yet this is the policy position with which it is going into the Smith Commission, the group set up to fast - track more devolution to Scotland following the No vote in last month's referendum under the chairmanship of Lord Smith of Kelvin.

A yes vote on Issue 2 will make long overdue reforms to unfair and costly government practices in Ohio, while helping to get government spending under control and making government more accountable to taxpayers.

Putting the final deal to a vote in parliament is a compromise of sorts but if you operate under the assumption that the Conservatives believe they are electorally secure it more resembles a millionaire giving a pound coin to charity: «No skin off my nose.»