Sentences with phrase «new electors»

(6) The Chief Electoral Officer may use the information in the provisional register for the purposes of sections 114.1 (public education and information) and 114.2 (information packages for new electors).

The government is trying to reduce the number of MPs and disenfranchise (largely young) new electors because it gives them a better chance of winning the next election.

In a head - to - head, the new electors prefer Corbyn to Burnham by 60 - 40 whereas pre-2010 members prefer Burnham by 54 - 46.

Also, if the Republican state committee feels a particular elector is faithless, they can appoint a new elector.

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»

Not exact matches

By its famous non expedit decree it forbade Catholics to be electors or elected in the new nation.

What advantaged Trump seems to be the majority - take - all system with the way his electors were shared among states, with a short majority in many of the major swing states (nothing new or surprising, in other words).

A person who is qualified to be registered as an elector of any electoral district and who is in New Zealand must apply to the Electoral Commission for registration as an elector --

A person who is qualified to be registered as an elector of any electoral district and who is outside New Zealand may apply at any time to the Electoral Commission for registration as an elector.

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.

The Independent article showing that a substantial majority of electors oppose Osborne's cuts programme contrasted with New Labour «s failure to join the majority.

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.

Thanks to the narrow permitted range of electors required for each seat, between 72,810 and 80,473 voters, the commissioners have been forced to propose 16 new constituencies which cross council boundaries.

But on such matters as the importance of the family, the need to clean up Westminster - and, yes, until yesterday on Europe - his gut instincts have been far closer than New Labour's to the views of ordinary electors.

New York's 29 Democratic electors may have been heartbroken while casting their votes for Hillary Clinton after her bruising loss to Donald Trump last month, but they made sure to send a final riposte to the president - elect's anti-immigrant rhetoric — by donating their Electoral College salaries, a total of $ 435, to a prominent immigrant policy and advocacy organization.

«I now move that the electors of this College unanimously agree to forego their compensation as electors and have the money designated to an organization which assists the brave men, women and children wishing to make United States their home: the New York Immigration Coalition,» Heastie said during the vote yesterday.»

The 29 members of the New York Electoral College unanimously voted to consign their compensation to the New York Immigration Coalition in a motion put forward by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and seconded by New York State AFL - CIO President Mario Cilento.Those electors included former President Bill Clinton, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate Letitia James and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

Under the new proposals laid out today by the Communities and Local Government Department, any local authority that sets its council tax increase above a fixed ceiling, approved by Parliament each year, would trigger an automatic referendum of all registered electors in their area.

Just two days ago, Mark - Viverito and New York's 28 other Democratic electors donated their Electoral College salaries — a total of $ 435 — to the New York Immigration Coalition, a well - known immigrant policy and advocacy organization despite feeling discouraged as they cast their votes for their preferred candidate Hillary Clinton following her bruising loss to Donald Trump last month.

In a final gesture that seemed aimed at the person who won the election, the electors announced that they were donating their fees for the day to the New York Immigration Coalition.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner heads to Albany Monday, one of 29 New York state electors who have pledged to vote for Hillary Clinton, when the Electoral College meets to validate the November presidential election.

New York state law requires ballot - qualified parties to choose their presidential elector candidates no later than September 10 this year.

Latendresse pointed out that in 2011 electors could use the voter card most of us receive in the mail, which includes the residential address as corroborating ID, but the new Act will forbid that.

The transformation in elector behaviours and service preferences is significant, and a new baseline must be set in terms of meeting, and hopefully exceeding, electors» service needs.»

The key provision at issue was s. 148.1 (1) which provided that an elector was not entitled to vote if the elector was unable to prove identity and residence in accordance with the new provisions of the...