The ease of altering a constitution differs from country to country but almost always fails without the support of at least
half of the major political parties; preferably all.
A former senator and US scretary of state, Clinton would be the first woman to ever be the presidential candidate
of a major political party in the country's 239 - year history.
He would become the longest - serving
leader of a major political party in Canadian history and the only Prime Minister to win four consecutive federal elections by backing up his pledge of real change with real action.
In the wake of Hillary Clinton's historic nomination as the first woman presidential
candidate of a major political party in the U.S., women continue to face obstacles in politics and the workplace, according to a national poll conducted by The Associated Press - NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
While the details of how that pressure should be applied are sure to be the subject of debate in the coming months, Mr. Bush's plan has struck a chord among
members of both major political parties who believe that federal funding should be tied to student performance.
When public sector unionists succeed in getting the
support of a major political party even to the point where that party will violate the law, it is a sign their power has exceeded all reasonable bounds.
The transhumanism of Humanity 4.5 is thus an extreme expression of the libertarianism that is spreading through American society, increasingly bankrolling and driving the
agenda of both major political parties.
She claimed «broken promises» left the consultation invalid as a 500,000 - name petition was «relegated to an appendix» while support from abroad for gay marriage was being counted on the plans which were not in the
manifesto of any major political party.
With at least one
of the major political parties likely to include an intention to leave the Convention in its 2015 General Election manifesto, this argument will potentially be undermined.
[4] He thus achieved the feat of having stood for election to Parliament on behalf
of a major political party on three occasions before his 28th birthday, at a time when the minimum age for candidates was 21.
Confirming the incident, Onogun said it must have been masterminded by
thugs of a major political party which felt intimidated by the large turnout of supporters.
The Council of African Political Parties (CAPP) was formed in 2013, as an umbrella
organisation of the major political parties in democratic African countries for promoting rule of law, democratic participation, transparency and accountable governance.
Bill Clyde has never held political office, has not raised much campaign cash and does not have the backing and organizational
help of a major political party — yet he's one of two third - party candidates running in the 2nd Congressional District.
«We know that the keys of the secretariat are still with the BoT but Sheriff entered by breaking the doors in an action totally unbecoming of a person who had been governor of a state, Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and also claiming to be a national
chairman of a major political party.
The pair were the first brothers to serve together in cabinet since Austen and Neville Chamberlain in 1929, and are now the first brothers in history to run against each other for the
leadership of a major political party.
One Starr associate is «a former national
official of a major political party» whose connection to the firm Marose LLC suggests that he is Marvin Rosen, a telecom executive who was finance chairman for the Democratic National Committee from 1995 to 1997.
Stuart Weir (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): Electoral reform is another of those democratic issues where the
interests of the major political parties (or more correctly, their perception of those interests) and the personal interests of MPs block any realistic chance of delivering a properly representative and modern democracy in Britain.
This article provides a summary of the 2004 Alberta General Election, including information on pre-election standing and polls, key issues in the election, leaders and
platforms of the major political parties, and the election's final results.
Clinton's resume was sent to us before she clinched the nomination, so it doens» t mention her history - making achievement of being the first woman to land the presidential
nomination of a major political party.
The experience of his two consecutive failed bids, should have taught him that it was the measure by which the electorate judged the cosmopolitan outlook of the presidential
nominee of a major political party.
Under the 2011 legislation that created JCOPE, the governor appoints six of its 14 commissioners, «at least three of whom shall be enrolled
members of the major political party that is not that of the Governor.»
Ben Walsh, an independent who ran without the
support of any major political party, defeated Democrat Juanita Perez Williams late Tuesday night, garnering about 54 percent of the electorate.
Access to Justice — affordable resolution processes, defence of core rights, legal protection of the vulnerable, and access to effective representation — is nowhere to be seen on the
agendas of the major political parties.
«In fairness, I'm not what you'd might consider the most likely of candidates, to have gone from food stamps to the gubernatorial
candidate of a major political party in one of the greatest places on earth,» he said.
London About Blog This blog is now acknowledged as a hub for thought - leading debate, and a number of ideas originating here have found their way onto the statute books as well as the
Manifestos of both major political parties.
Sanders, who turns 75 this month, said nothing about Teachout in an AP interview, but called Donald Trump «the worst candidate
of a major political party in my lifetime.»
And one
of the major political parties is about to nominate a gentleman who believes that the angel Moroni handed Joe Smith some plates with a supplement to the Bible recorded on them.
Whether or not the amendments are made official, its a significant move for the LGBT community, which has never had its cause officially supported by
either of the major political parties...