Sentences with phrase «most public votes»

According to the rules, «the three games that receive the most public votes will form one «Player's Choice» ballot, which will join the 27 other ballots submitted by members of the International Selection Advisory Committee, a supporting group composed of journalists, scholars, and other individuals familiar with the history of video games and their role in society.»

The top 10 semi-finalists with the most public votes, along with their Alumni Mentors will advance to the Tech - I finals during the 2018 Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Istanbul, Turkey.

Not exact matches

In what is perhaps the company's most valuable public vote of confidence, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett called AmEx an «excellent business» with managers that are «talented and shareholder - oriented» in his 2016 annual report to shareholders.

Since most politicians» campaigns are largely funded by wealthy companies and individuals, it would give voters a better sense of who the candidate they are voting for is actually representing if the company's logo, or individual's name, was prominently displayed upon the candidate's clothing at all public appearances and campaign events.

They can't vote in this year's federal election, and they aren't allowed to contribute funds to federal political campaigns, but most Canadians would probably be surprised how heavily involved Canadian corporations are in the public policy realm.

The UK's Brexit vote is also one of the most potent signs that the public is increasingly dissatisfied with politicians and the current migration crisis.

It seems bizarre that the most reasonable understanding of why the 2008 bank crisis did not require a vast public subsidy for Wall Street occurred at Monday's Republican presidential debate on June 13, by none other than Congressional Tea Party leader Michele Bachmann — who had boasted in a Wall Street Journal interview two days earlier, on Saturday, that she voted against the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) «both times.»

Starting November 27th, we will be letting the public vote on the most innovative bots in the Bot Shop.

In the Public School Board races, Michael Janz was re-elected in a landslide in Ward F. With 15,671 votes and 71.4 percent of the total vote, Janz earned the most votes of any trustee and council candidate and the highest percentage of any candidate in this election except Don Iveson.

No Lutheran pastor in my childhood ever made — whether in or out of the pulpit — a public political comment (though it was generally assumed that most of them, if they voted at all, voted Republican), and while we occasionally talked politics at home (my father was a Robert Taft isolationist Republican), the true family passion was religion.

The public was then asked to vote on the flavor that they would most like to enjoy.

Ideas can be submitted until the end of the day tomorrow, when Helsinki Airport and Finnair will select a shortlist of the best and most practical ideas then put them to a public vote to decide the overall winner.

A poll carried out by The Sun newspaper recently has found out who the public have voted as their most hated footballer in the Premier League ever!

Most U.S. Olympians opposed Carter's decision, but the public rallied behind the President, and he pressured the USOC board to back him up, by about a two - to - one vote.

A poll conducted by France Football saw the public vote for whom they thought was the most overrated player in Ligue 1 during the 2014/15 season.

Most MP would have to believe that ignoring the public vote was more important...

The public can't vote for it, but, if they could, the most likely election winner next May would be... this Coalition.

«It's a bit rich for him to pontificate on what he calls populism, but what most would refer to as democracy, when he himself has never been elected by a public vote.

Symbols of the ruling party and the president — including pagnes (clothing fabric / tissue) decorated with RDPC insignia and the face of the president, campaign T - shirts from every campaign of the last 25 years (given free of charge to Cameroonians as an impetus to vote for Biya), official Biya portraits in every public office, campaign posters in private homes and businesses, billboards of Biya's grinning face at the entrances and exists of most towns — abound.

The most effective vote winning policies are ones which are popular on their own, but which also tell a bigger story about the party's values and are consistent with their other policies - opposing the Iraq war and top - up fees were both popular policies, but also clearly signalled to disillusioned Labour voters that the Lib Dems shared their values as a centre - left party of peace and public services.

«Despite Cuomo's wide, early lead over Nixon, among Democrats most enthusiastic about voting, she already attracts the support of close to what Zephyr Teachout got,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

In a set of proposals on a par with those introduced by Norman Tebbit in 1985, Sajid Javid, the business secretary, is also to require that at least 40 % of those asked to vote support the strike in most key public services.

Speaking on the same programme, Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes said he believed the Tories would suffer the most from Ukip as they are most obviously attractive to people who «want to vote on the right for less public expenditure».

Congestion pricing has died multiple deaths in public policy debates, most recently 10 years ago when the Assembly declined to take a vote on a plan backed by then - Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he spoke with Republicans in neighboring Iowa as they prepared to vote on a bill that would eliminate most collective bargaining rights for public workers there.

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has been slamming Quinn for failing to allow a vote on the legislation, which would guarantee some paid sick leave for most workers in the city.

«I wouldn't rule out rivalry, but what's also in play is that the governor sees how the public at large and those who vote in Democratic primaries are moving to the left on most of these issues,» said Kenneth Sherrill, professor emeritus of political science at Hunter College.

Without the votes to block Obamacare repeal, Democrats are turning to procedural moves they believe will underscore their most powerful argument: Republicans are hiding their repeal plan from the public and using Senate procedures to keep it a secret.

If councillors and MPs knew they would get votes by paying attention to what happens inside prisons, and most importantly what happens when people are released, they might be more likely to consider the effectiveness of this often neglected area of public policy.

Question topics included what he'll say to Rob Astorino if he bumps into him locally, what he has to say to the anti-fracking protestors, what was most surprising in the campaign, whether he'll be disappointed if he wins by 10 points rather the 20 points that public polls predict, for whom and on what line he and Lee voted, what he'll do to affect the state senate leadership should there not be any single majority conference, what he'll do in a second term concerning state mandates to local governments and what effect Republican control of the United States Senate will have on New York and his administration in a second term.

They go to a public place in their neighbourhood, and for most of them, especially in inner city constituencies, voting may be their only cause to visit their local school or community centre.

In Gallup polls since 1944, only about 20 % of the public has supported the current system of awarding all of a state's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who receives the most votes in each separate state (with about 70 % opposed and about 10 % undecided).

Perhaps most tellingly, $ 50,000 was spent on canvassing in «select Senate districts,» according to the report — a sign that the group was heavily involved in gauging public opinion in districts represented by lawmakers who were considering voting yes.

«Referenda would be most effective in the context of boosting public engagement if it's accompanied by good high quality public education campaigns that address the issues in a way that engages the public interest and sufficiently explains the pros and cons of the issue before them that they're being asked to vote upon,» she says.

Saying this when it eventually comes around to Australia having another referendum Australians will most likely vote to leave because almost every politician is in favour of it (because they just want the title and are happy to dismantle a good thing for their own selfish gains) and this means that there will only be arguments in favour of abolishing it from the politicians which will massively influence the public.

Whether it's in Albany or City Hall, allowing pols to dole out public funds to specific groups without any vote is a breach of the most fundamental responsibility of a democratic legislature.

Just as they did with Miliband they are convincing themselves that the public want far left socialism and Corbyn in particular when in fact the public in a poll today has voted him the most unpopular opposition leader for decades.

Michelle de la Uz — appointed to the City Planning Commission by de Blasio when he was public advocate, and reappointed by current Public Advocate Letitia James — has become one of the de Blasio administration's most ardent critics, often voting against the city's housing and development proposals because she believes they do more harm than good and that the housing is not at the levels of affordability it shoupublic advocate, and reappointed by current Public Advocate Letitia James — has become one of the de Blasio administration's most ardent critics, often voting against the city's housing and development proposals because she believes they do more harm than good and that the housing is not at the levels of affordability it shouPublic Advocate Letitia James — has become one of the de Blasio administration's most ardent critics, often voting against the city's housing and development proposals because she believes they do more harm than good and that the housing is not at the levels of affordability it should be.

But as in 2009, several senators are expected to disclose their position only in the floor vote, a dramatic moment rare in Albany where most issues are decided by majority conferences long before a public vote.

Most recently, the Public Safety and General Government Committee of the Kingston Common Council and the Kingston Conservation Advisory Committee voted on resolutions calling on DEC to assume lead agency status.

Most of the discussion during both special meetings took place in executive session with the Town Board then returning to public session to vote on the resolutions.

Most of the other commissioners, the majority appointed by Governor Cuomo, remained silent, but voted against Commissioner Jacob's motion to discuss the next phase of the investigation in public.

First, to do what he did, though in public rather than (as he supposed) in private - namely, make the most of their differences with the Tories, claim victories in the struggle for policy formation, and thus try to prop up their vote.

While records like committee votes or bill reports are public, most of the documents that reveal legislative activities — such as emails and correspondence between constituents and lawmakers, or phone logs — remains hidden.

Harry Wilson, the 39 - year - old political newcomer who received more than 1.8 million votes and carried most of the state's 62 counties, said he will remain active in public affairs, though he didn't say precisely how.

The entry that received the most votes from the public from June 28 to July 19, 2017 11:59 pm was given the People's Choice Award at the Principal Investigators» Meeting on July 24.

In the end the public decided, and the dating site with the most votes and thereby the recipient of the Singles's Choice award for 2007 is Match.com.

Voted by the public, the iDate Awards highlight the best and most innovative companies in the online dating and matchmaking industry.

This award is given to the female director's film that receives the most votes in public balloting at the Festival.

But most public - school union votes took place years ago.