Sentences with phrase «national election system»

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The Special Counsel's office indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies in February for committing federal crimes while trying to sow discord in the U.S political system, including during the 2016 election.

Those in Cyrenaica clamoring for a return to the decentralized federal system are a minority in their own region, and the sheer outpouring of voters during the recent election shows that the majority of the Libyan people are willing to give the new National Assembly a chance.

To address why Wandsworth is described as a key target, it's necessary to summarise the electoral system for UK national elections, as well as local elections in England and Wales.

Which countries in Europe use a non - «winner takes all» election system for their national offices?

Fair Elections for New York, one of the groups pushing for establishment of a public campaign finance system, is hosting a free screening tonight of «Pricele $ $,» a documentary that looks at the pervasive nature of political cash and its power in shaping policy at the national level.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 32 states and the District of Columbia have an early voting system that allows registered voters to cast their votes in person before Election Day.

As one of the highest - profile countries in its adoption of the internet, Estonia intends to use the e-voting system for its European elections in May, and already uses it for national parliamentary and municipal elections.

But even if you do make that assumption, could you say Dems would have won a national election in a winner - take - all system, Electoral College system?

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday said the commission was poised to build a functional electoral system ahead of 2019 general elections.

The German election system is overly complicated, involving three levels (national, the states and the election districts).

In May, alongside the local and (in Scotland and Wales at least) national elections, there is the small matter of a referendum to change our voting system to consider.

A former Minister of state at the Presidency, Rashid Pelpuo, has claimed that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) collation system broke down completely at the most critical moment of the 2016 election.

«So what happened to the system after May 29,2015 that this present government took over?How did we get to this level of inconclusive and questionable elections in which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies appear to have become part of the ruling party?»

Given the unpopularity of PP and PSOE, the fact that EP elections are often considered of «second - order» and the specificities of the electoral system for European elections in Spain (proportional representation in a large national electoral district of 54 seats with no electoral threshold), one would expect that this election will threaten the stability of the two - party system (or «bipartidismo», as it is called in Spain) that has dominated Spanish politics during the recent democratic era.

There were also representatives of other International Observer Groups, including the European Union (EU), Carter Center, Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), U.S. National Democratic Institute (NDI), International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA), West Africa Network for Peace building (WANEP), Mano River Union (MRU), and the Women's Situation Room, working for peace and non-violent elections in Africa.

As national parliaments appear to bring greater legitimacy than the European Parliament, he argues that the EU should consider returning to a system in which MEPs are appointed by national politicians rather than through European elections.

National Commissioner and Chairman, Election Observation & Party Monitoring Committee (EOPMC), Prof. Anthonia Okoosi - Simbine (standing), delivering her remarks during the Train the Trainers workshop on Campaign Finance, Monitoring and Tracking for the EPM staff, organised by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), in Owerri, Imo state recently.

The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), in conjunction with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recently organised a Train the Trainers workshop on campaign finance, monitoring and tracking for the Commission's Election & Party Monitoring staff in Owerri, Imo State recently.

Vice President of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), Mr. Michael Svetlik (IFES) has said that the foundation's main objective was to assist the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) organize a successful 2019 general elections.

«The national interest is in having a system where you can say to a government - you're out, and first past the post helps that most,» Conservative MP Peter Bottomley, who received 51 per of the vote in his Worthing consituency at the last election, told Channel 4 News.

The price of such a deal would almost certainly be an agreement to hold a national referendum to change the voting system for elections to the Westminster parliament.

Mixed member proportional representation (MMP), also called the additional member system (AMS), is a two - tier mixed electoral system combining a non-proportional plurality / majoritarian election and a compensatory regional or national party list PR election.

As the system stands at the moment, the people have no real possibility of (at a national level) commenting at on the Coalition that very few people really voted for until the next general election.

But democratic systems also have the downside of high cost of periodic elections, the influence of special interests on elected leaders and the general lack of a sharp national focus, in some cases, because of the frequent changing of leadership and change of national development plans anytime such changes happen, and also the generally slow nature of the decision - making process.

With further seat reductions possible if further member states join the European Union, there may be a need to consider whether the rules shaping the redrawing of European election boundaries needs to be revised (to possibly allow for larger constituencies — even a national constituency) or to also consider whether there may be scope for using an alternative set of electoral rules (e.g. a List system) in the specific case of European elections, especially if the option of having one single constituency for the entire State was to be pursued at a later date.

With the fragmentation of the party system, combined with the First Past the Post electoral system, this election will be less of a national election, and more a complex series of local battles.

Cortland / Ithaca Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton says she supports a recount of national election results — if only to restore trust in the electoral system.

Indeed, the inherent unfairness of the current system was made clear at the last election when Cameron's Tories were 20 MPs short of a Commons majority even though they won 36 per cent of the national vote.»

Even though we all applauded the decision to go biometric in the last two elections, every objective observer knew we have already collected biometric details of citizens for the following purposes: national passports, the e-Zwich payments platform and the national identification system.

Even with narrowing polls, it is as well to remember that this general election, like all others, will be decided in the marginals; calculations based on broad swings in the national vote - share have inbuilt inaccuracy in a first - past - the - post system.

In a statement signed by Mr. Reuben Abati, Special advicer on media and publicity to the president, Jonathan also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, its personnel and the nation's security services for ensuring that the elections were free and fair in keeping with his administration's commitment to continually strengthen democracy in Nigeria through the establishment of a more credible electoral system.

So what will I do when I finally vote in the referendum on May 5th where on the one hand we have the incumbent First Past the Post System which we know at a national level to be unrepresentative and unfair as it returns governments with overwhelming majorities in the House of Commons even though they only have forty per cent of the vote or less, or AV which is not a representative system but more complicated with it's opaque results making it more open to election fraud or the suspiciSystem which we know at a national level to be unrepresentative and unfair as it returns governments with overwhelming majorities in the House of Commons even though they only have forty per cent of the vote or less, or AV which is not a representative system but more complicated with it's opaque results making it more open to election fraud or the suspicisystem but more complicated with it's opaque results making it more open to election fraud or the suspicion of.

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday said the commission was poised to build a functional electoral system ahead of 2019 general elections.

Only two members of the National Executive Committee opposed the «one member, one vote» system for leadership elections, with one abstention.

This is a three part module designed for KS2 explaining democracy in straightforward terms, including: - what democracy means - how the system of voting and elections works in the UK - the way that local, national and European government works - an overview of how an idea becomes a law This includes a PowerPoint presentation and an activities sheet.

With a national election and campaign finance system spiraling out of control and increasingly under the control of special interests, Connecticut actually stood up and took an action that would serve as the national model for what can and should be done to promote true democracy.

Citizen identification and elections: Several countries across the world rely on biometry software and system to identify its citizen and also for conducting the national activities such as elections, allotment of driving license and issuance of passports and many others.

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Some «critics and dissenters immediately predicted it would alter elections in 2010 and beyond by unleashing a new flood of corporate and union money into a system already awash with special - interest funds» wrote Tony Mauro in The National Law Journal.

During his tenure with the Attorney General, Mr. Levy was responsible for the investigation and trial of organized crime and corruption matters with statewide and national significance, including investigations into allegations of voter suppression in the 1993 gubernatorial election and the «computer gate» investigation involving the infiltration of the New Jersey Assembly Democratic staff's computer system.

Fellow, ICIT & Drew Spaniel, Researcher, ICIT On September 26, 2016, the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) released an Open Letter to Congress that urged for the informed communication of facts about the security of election systems with the American public.

At their national convention on 20 - 23 April 2017, the Norwegian Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) will discuss and — if there is support — adopt a draft decision for its 2017 election manifesto that proposes Norway initiate and pursue a new legally - binding instrument «to regulate the development and use of fully and semi-autonomous weapons systems and other new technology that could challenge the fundamental principles of the law of war.»

In mid-February, 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies were charged with interfering with the U.S. political system, including the 2016 presidential election.