Sentences with phrase «new voting system»

It makes clear the proposed new voting system could not be introduced until the election after next.

OTTAWA — The Broadbent Institute cares deeply about renewing Canada's democracy and we welcome the launch of a special parliamentary committee to study new voting systems.

«New York's new voting system raises as many questions as it answers, and we need to smooth out the kinks in the system now before we end up with our own Florida 2000 debacle in some future election,» Lancman said at a Tuesday press conference he held with Avella.

Our commitments for an new voting system for the Commons and a new election for the House of Lords are clearly part of this.

«Although the combination of the votes of the other parties (Democratic Unionists, SNP, Plaid Cymru, the Social Democratic and the single Alliance Party, Green and Independent MPs) would provide a total which gave a majority if they all voted with all Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs, more and more Labour MPs were going public in the media saying that they would not vote for a referendum on the new voting system and calling on Labour to go into opposition.

We had an election with a new voting system which was created by the governing party.

«This measure makes sure that villages can properly carry out their local elections and gives them the extra time they need to transition to the new voting system.»

The agenda should include a referendum on a new voting system, a reduction in the number of MPs, thorough reform of the House of Lords, legislation for fixed - term parliaments, stronger civil liberties, an enhanced Freedom of Information Act, and extra powers for the Welsh and Scottish executives.

«The new voting system — paper ballots with tiny ovals that the voter uses a pencil to fill in — makes it much more likely that a voter might mistakenly or even deliberately fill in more than one oval for the same candidate.»

Anything that stinks of shennanigans might be rejected in a referendum on a new voting system, especially if it involves keeping a third - placed Labour near, if not in, power.

Mr Cable insisted that electoral reform would be back in the picture quickly in the shape of the House of Lords, which would need a new voting system once coalition plans are followed through.

Ukip's arrival as a significant force meant that the new voting system actually rewarded the Conservatives.

New voting system?

While there were fewer problems with the new voting system in last week's general election than in the primary, complaints about the ballots and machines were still widespread and the city and state need to address the small font size and privacy issues, state Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D - Fresh Meadows) and state Sen. - elect Tony Avella said this week.

State Sen. - elect Tony Avella (l.) and state Assemblyman Rory Lancman discuss problems with the new voting system during last week's election.

b. Trigger a snap general election using the new voting system.

In an article for the Guardian, Brown writes: «I am determined to do everything I can to take on and persuade those who want to deny the people the chance to decide [on a new voting system] at a referendum, and I will build support across the Commons, the Lords and the country.

The disconnect between people and politicians that was so palpable in that angry year before the last election will not be bridged by a new voting system alone.

Nat le Roux argues that a one - off electoral reform pact between Labour and some or all of the minor parties in 2020, with a common manifesto commitment to introduce a new voting system, would likely result in a broad - left coalition government.

At his party last night, Diaz suggested his opponents in the gay community might try to use the State's new voting system — a scanning machine that debuted yesterday, to a fair amount of complications — as a reason to dispute his victory.

«This abrupt shift raises considerable questions about the new voting system in Suffolk County,» said Bishop aide Jon Schneider.

The county unrolled a new voting system with the primary elections in September, more than three years after it lost a lawsuit against the state to challenge the implementation of a federal law requiring an end to all voting by mechanical lever machines.

Matthew Elliott, director of No to AV, said: «The British people will be staggered to learn that our politicians are considering squandering # 250million of taxpayers» money on a new voting system at a time when they are being told to tighten their belts.

The board «has taken steps to address lessons learned from Primary Day and believe today's general election will include a smooth implementation of the new voting system,» Board of Elections spokeswoman Valerie Vazquez said in an e-mail.

In 2007, the Holyrood and Scottish council elections took place on the same day, and saw the introduction of a new design of ballot paper for the parliament vote and a new voting system for the council seats.

Academy screenings of «The Wolf of Wall Street» have reportedly been mixed but there's an element to this new voting system that some pundits too often ignore — the system encourages films that have loyal, devoted fan bases to be nominated.

This is why I hate this new voting system.

I loved the new voting system online and I was very happy with the new weapons.

This new voting system was initially applauded as Facebook's step to a more democratized social network system.

According to a leaked video, a new voting system isn't all that far off.