Sentences with phrase «number of votes as»

The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two - thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice.

In fact, the game that came 11th in our list had the same number of votes as Alpha Protocol (our 10th pick), and was relegated to the annals of failure purely down to a complex system of weighting and analysis we won't go into here.

But it will get a significant number of votes as it is beloved and the best reviewed film of the year.

Mr Hayward said that, on one scenario, the Tories could win the same number of votes as Labour and the SNP combined, but the Tories and could have 280 seats and Labour and the SNP 320 or more between them.

But the board was dismantled for giving the populous borough of Brooklyn the same number of votes as sleepier Staten Island, and the Council became a larger player in land use debates.

In the Cheshire County Council elections held at the same time Conservatives got nearly exactly the same number of votes as in the Westminster election, but Labour did not.

Trump got around the same number of votes as Mitt Romney.

The Labour vote held up in the election, with the party receiving a similar number of votes as in 1974.

Party F got the same number of votes as Party E but failed to get a constituency MP elected.

The 104.7 March reading, down from 107.6 in February, remains among the highest in survey history and for the first time since 1982, taxes received the fewest number of votes as the number one problem.

Not exact matches

A potential deal for Tribune, first reported by Reuters, could come as soon as Monday, just weeks after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted to reverse a 2016 decision that limits the number of television stations some broadcasters can buy.

As Northam cruised to his nine - point victory over Gillespie, I couldn't help but think that maybe it's time for newspapers to stop telling their dwindling number of subscribers how to vote.

They have also demanded a new vote on the budget for next year after the government approved the spending plan by not putting it though parliament, but holding the vote in an nearby chamber, with a high number of government supporters — something that the country's opposition deemed as «illegal.»

But that wasn't all that depressed Clinton's vote: Hansen said a far lower number of provisional ballots than typical for a presidential election played a role, as did a recent strict voter - ID law that was in effect for its first presidential election in the state.

In fact, one - third (35 percent) of survey respondents voted «Happy Holidays» as the number - one phrase that warms their heart.

These losses stabilized to single digits for a number of months, but as primary voting season hit full swing in March 2016, share losses grew again.

As they enthusiastically did in 2008 and 2012, black voters should turn out in massive numbers this November in states where their votes can determine the margin of victory for the Democratic nominee — Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida.

For example, if one of the areas you want to say you have experienced and impacted within the time - frame you have chosen is around U.S. voting numbers, you would probably want to have worked with your local representative's office or powerful and politically influential organizations such as the League of Women Voters or AARP.

Under applicable TSX rules, the transaction also requires the approval of Loblaw shareholders by majority vote, as the number of Loblaw common shares to be issued in the transaction exceeds 25 % of the total number of outstanding Loblaw common shares.

For stockholders of record: The proxy card you received covers the number of shares to be voted in your account as of the record date, including any shares held for participants in the IBM Investor Services Program and Employees Stock Purchase Plans.

The company's management team usually votes as proxy for a large number of shareholders, because most shareholders, especially if they only own a few shares, do not attend the annual meeting.

If your Shares are held in the name of a broker, bank, or other nominee and you want to vote in person, you will need to obtain (and bring with you to the 2015 Annual Shareholders» Meeting) a legal proxy from the record holder of your Shares (who must have been the record holder of your Shares as of the close of business on April 10, 2015) indicating that you were a beneficial owner of Shares as of the close of business on April 10, 2015, as well as the number of Shares of which you were the beneficial owner on the record date, and appointing you as the record holder's proxy to vote the Shares covered by that proxy at the 2015 Annual Shareholders» Meeting.

And for the politicians: as shown, the number of farms (and therefore voting influence) has dropped dramatically.

Satoshi Nakamoto's idealistic vision of «one CPU one vote» has been superseded by a reality where the manufacture and distribution of mining equipment have become dominated by a very small number of entities, some of which have engaged in abusive practices against individual miners and the Bitcoin network as a whole.

However, such esoteric hipster knowledge (esoteric, if only because it played on inside knowledge that was common knowledge and what everyone knew merely 15 years ago or so) comes across as mere pandering to an electorate of Gen Xers who in their indecisiveness are at best a vote on the margins — at least in terms of their actual numbers.

Given the number of MPs who voted in favour of recognising IS» actions as genocide in March, it is likely the EDM will gather a significant amount of signatures.

Liberal Boomers, who seldom if ever seriously criticize the legions of conservative - demonizers in your midst, for this post I will mostly join Mr. Druckenmiller in accusing you outright, that is, I will act as if this was your premeditated plan motivated by selfish interest, and not a pattern of political self - delusion that you fell into, given the drip - drip - drip of Democrat talking points over the years, given your gleeful listening to those who dismissed conservatives as hateful dunces, so that you ceased to even consider the NUMBERS conservatives kept pointing to, and just kept on doggedly voting D.

The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the PresNumber of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the Presnumber be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the Presnumber of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President.

CNN: Survey: Catholics divided on political issues, as adherent numbers decline As important as the Catholic vote is in the 2012 election, a new survey finds that the group is far from monolithic and is not largely focused on the issues that get a lot of attention from church leaders — abortion and gay marriagas adherent numbers decline As important as the Catholic vote is in the 2012 election, a new survey finds that the group is far from monolithic and is not largely focused on the issues that get a lot of attention from church leaders — abortion and gay marriagAs important as the Catholic vote is in the 2012 election, a new survey finds that the group is far from monolithic and is not largely focused on the issues that get a lot of attention from church leaders — abortion and gay marriagas the Catholic vote is in the 2012 election, a new survey finds that the group is far from monolithic and is not largely focused on the issues that get a lot of attention from church leaders — abortion and gay marriage.

In order to get a large number of people whom they regard as undereducated, easily led sheep to vote against their own best interests, they push emotional buttons, invoking images of Jesus and helpless babies, to make voters think this is what they stand for and want to protect.

One might argue with their angle of vision, as a number of my conservative Jewish friends do, but no one would label it, as Frank describes the Republican votes of the less well - off, a «species of derangement.»

My duty to act in love to try to secure for them justice, insofar as my voice or vote or influence extends, is not limited by the fact that my personal acquaintance extends to only a small fraction of this number.

This point is underscored by the entrance poll, which found that 42 % of caucus - attenders list the economy as the number one issue in determining their vote, and 34 % cite the budget deficit; only 14 % listed abortion.

Considering that achieving the greatest good for the greatest number is kind of the point of democracy and any other coercive form of government, I guess you can say that Rand is opposed to the Republic as well, although in public she essentially gutted her own philosophy and said that she was only opposed to people being allowed to vote on matters of private enterprise.

Total APA members eligible to vote: 17,905 Number of APA members that actually voted: 10,555 Number of members that Abstained 367 Number of No votes to keep h0m0 in the DSM as a mental disorder: 3,810 Number of Yes votes - votes to remove h0m0 from the DSM as a mental disorder: 5,854.

As they constituted such a large number and always voted in a block, Smith used this power to wrest from the Illinois legislature unheard - of powers for his town.

In this particular instance it is not very difficult to imagine scenarios in the not - too - distant future in which there might occur resurgences of socialist policies and ideals: the failure of neo-capitalist regimes in developing societies and / or the formerly Communist countries in Europe to achieve economic take - off; the insight granted to sundry dictators and despots that, while socialism invariably immiserates the masses, it is a very good recipe for enriching those who claim to hold power as the vanguard of the masses; the «creeping socialism» (still an aptly descriptive term) brought on by massive government intervention in the economy in the name of some societal good, e.g., there could be an environmentalist road to socialism, or a feminist one, or one constructed (perhaps inadvertently) with some other building blocks of politically managed regulations and entitlements; or, last but not least, the actual restoration of socialism, by coup or by voting, in a number of countries, beginning with Russia.

As The Nation pointed out after the election, «One out of every four Trump voters voted with the Supreme Court in mind, and it's a safe bet that a very substantial number of those see the Supreme Court through the lens of abortion politics... If you can rally voters around abortion, few other issues matter.»

«As there were a number of pig producers who voted against this decision, we have justifiable concerns at their willingness to comply with this voluntary phase out even by 2017.

«Zero Hunger» was selected as the most important to our employees, and «Responsible Consumption» was seen as an area where the business could have the greatest impact, with 73 percent of employees voting for food waste as their number one issue to tackle.

He also helped his country to win the under 21 European championships back in 2002, being voted the Golden Player of the tournament to boot, and it is that sort of experience that the Czech's need from the Arsenal number one tonight, as they are precariously placed in third position, with Spain and Croatia above them in group D.

, the number of players who were either voted to the Pro Bowl or added as an alternate had reached 133 as or Tuesday afternoon.

I'm not saying McGwire doesn't have Hall of Fame numbers; I'm saying that Jon Heyman has not voted for many pre-Steroids Era players who won just as many games as Mark McGwire.

That's limiting and one - sided, as we've discussed in this space before: Limiting the number of votes that can be made on a single ballot leans too heavily in the favor of small - hall advocates, whereas large - hall supporters have to put a stop to their support after 10 votes.

After all, the judging criteria is as varied as the number of judges, and with every fellow professional in the Premier League getting a vote, their reasons range from friendship to loyalty to an international team - mate, first - hand experience and the usual influence of the media, team - mates and general perceptions.

His exploits in Liverpool red — whether as a graceful winger, deadly frontman or deep - lying midfield general — made «Digger» one of the most popular players in LFC history and in 2013 he was ranked number a number seven by supporters in LFC's 100 Players Who Shook The Kop vote.

To be fair, the finalists will be judged on the number of votes they receive as well as the judging criteria (personality, charm and reader appeal)!

We are four days away from Election day, and with that, a number of celebrities have come together star in an anti-Trump parody to urge people to get out and vote — and not for the «orange talking STD» as they so call Trump in the song.

Surprisingly, the contest appears to run on number of votes, as opposed to player testimonies, so that anyone's vote counts.

In the NHS, Wollaston points to official figures showing the number of nurses from the EU registering to work in the UK has dropped by 96 % since the Brexit vote as evidence of a «collapse» in recruitment from the continent.