Sentences with phrase «of referendum voting»

It showed the average share of the vote for Yes and No recorded by the last six polls of referendum voting intentions.

The power of agenda setters to manipulate the outcome of referendums helps to explain a frequently observed paradox of referendum voting: high levels of public support for general change frequently don't translate into support for specific change.

The two best countries to see this are Switzerland, which has referendum voting at the Federal Level and The United States, which has some system of referendum voting at the state level (The most common being referral voting, where the legislature can opt to pass a law by citizen vote, which is available in all 50 states.

First, because age and education are the biggest demographic correlates of referendum vote choice, we have weighted the YouGov respondents in each local authority so that their age and education profile matches that for that council as measured by the 2011 Census.

And a review of a referendum vote must obviously be through a new referendum.

The foreign secretary will call on remain and leave voters to unite, insisting that Britain can take advantage of the referendum vote for economic gain but only if it is ready to diverge on regulations.

That's as much information as we get: some cursory mentions, a footnote stating that no - one knows what on earth is about to happen, and a couple of reluctant references to the negative effects of the referendum vote.

There is no reason why continued support for the single market need be inconsistent with acceptance of the referendum vote to leave.

The news comes as Powell, along with 15 other shadow cabinet members, have resigned in protest to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership in the wake of the referendum vote to leave the European Union (EU).

This has been an exceptional year for Britain — and the consequences of the Referendum vote will echo through the decades.

All Out War states that the decision to change the question on the EU referendum ballot paper might have been worth 4 % of the referendum vote (p 91, All Out War).

With many years» experience in EU law, and her political and commercial awareness, Harini is also available to advise on both predictable and novel Brexit / EU law issues arising in the aftermath of the referendum vote.

Whatever the motives of those who initiated the litigation in the aftermath of the referendum vote last June, by the time it reached the Supreme Court, it was clear that it would achieve neither objective.

Not exact matches

Last October, Catalonia's leaders defied the Spanish government by holding an independence referendum; 90 % of Catalans voted sí (although only 42 % of registered voters went to the polls).

According to Catalonian authorities, 90 percent of people voted in favor of independence on Sunday, but the national government said the referendum was illegal.

While Carney said he was not making any recommendation about how to vote in the June 23 referendum, he gave a positive assessment of reform promises that Cameron extracted E.U. leaders ahead of the referendum.

Mike Garland, executive director of corporate governance for New York City Comptroller John Liu's office, which has a $ 550 million investment in JPMorgan Chase, said «it was a disservice to shareholders that the vote became a referendum on Jamie Dimon.

On June 30, the last day the old provincial sales tax remained in effect, a coalition fronted by former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm presented a petition of 557,383 valid signatures to the province's chief electoral officer, which forces a bill abolishing the HST to be either voted on in the legislature or put to a referendum.

Ahead of the referendum, analysts across Wall Street circulated research on what they thought would happen in the event of either a «Remain» or «Leave» vote.

The odds of Britain voting to leave the European Union in a June referendum narrowed on Tuesday as attacks in Brussels were seen boosting the Out campaign.

Last year, the governing coalition broke its campaign promise to hold a referendum on Iceland joining the European Union, prompting thousands of Icelanders to protest and sign petitions demanding a parliamentary vote.

Leader of the UKIP and Vote Leave campaign Nigel Farage arrives to speak to the assembled media at College Green, Westminster following the results of the EU referendum on June 24, 2016 in London.

«The fact that we have seen over # 1 billion worth of venture capital investment into London fintech companies since the EU referendum vote offers further proof that global investors still believe London will remain a leading fintech hub for many years to come,» Rajesh Agrawal, London's deputy mayor for business, said in a statement Thursday.

It is among at least 4,000 signatories of the National Agreement on the Right to Decide and the Referendum Agreement, a group comprising of political parties and civil society organisations in favour of the independence vote.

Most of the region voiced support for the July 16 referendum convened by the opposition against the assembly, and the EU and the US have suggested they could level sanctions on the Maduro government should the July 30 vote go ahead.

Leaders of the campaign stress that this wouldn't be «a second referendum,» or, in other words, a mere repeat of the June 2016 vote.

The failure of coalition talks is unprecedented in Germany's post-war history, and was likened by newsmagazine Der Spiegel to the shock election of U.S. President Donald Trump or Britain's referendum vote to leave the EU - moments when countries cast aside reputations for stability built up over decades.

Angel Gurria, the secretary - general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), warned on Wednesday of the risk of other EU countries following the U.K.'s lead in holding a referendum and voting to leave.

May formally notified the EU on March 29 of Britain's intention to end its 44 - year - old membership, following the shock referendum vote for Brexit last June.

If you need divine guidance on which way to vote in the forthcoming U.K. referendum on European Union (EU) membership, the Church of England has released a prayer to help that could help you decide.

The Church has published a «Prayer for the EU referendum campaign» on its website that can be used by churches and individuals ahead of the vote on June 23, the church said.

While fundamentally the consolidation of power could cut Turkey's structural growth potential, cyclically the destructive focus on short - term votes to win the referendum should give way to a more pragmatic focus on returning to growth,» the bank said.

«There are a number of material uncertainties arising from the Scottish referendum vote which could have a bearing on the bank's credit ratings and the fiscal, monetary, legal and regulatory landscape to which it is subject,» RBS said in a statement.

GLASGOW, Scotland — The British political establishment descended on Scotland Wednesday to plead for a united United Kingdom, after polls suggested the once - fanciful notion of Scots voting to break from Britain has become a real possibility in next week's referendum.

In the run - up to the referendum, chief executive Jamie Dimon warned that up to 4,000 UK jobs out of 16,000 could be lost as a result of a Brexit vote.

Joseph Biden was the first top American leader to make a statement, saying the U.S. wished Britain had voted to stay in the European Union but respected the result of the Brexit referendum.

«I jumped more than I was pushed,» said Mr Varoufakis, describing his resignation in the immediate aftermath of the «no» vote in the July 6 referendum on bailout terms similar to those accepted on Monday.

She said the vote would be a referendum on legacy directors at Wynn, following the allegations of sexual harassment that led to the resignation of her ex-husband Steve Wynn as CEO.

«The President of the Republic shall by decree proclaim a referendum on crucial national matters following a resolution voted by an absolute majority of the total number of Members of Parliament, taken upon proposal of the Cabinet.»

Victory for the «Yes» vote in Metro Vancouver's upcoming transportation referendum will benefit people from all walks of life, according to the broad - based Better Transit and Transportation Coalition, which calls the referendum «one of the most important decisions facing our region for the next generation.»

Facebook announced that it would only consider the referendum binding in the (extremely unlikely) case that 30 percent of its global users voted.

Tsipras is campaigning for a no vote in the referendum on Sunday, which is officially on whether to accept a tough earlier bailout offer, to impress on EU negotiators that spiralling poverty and a collapse in everyday business activity across Greece has meant further austerity should be ruled out of any new rescue package.

The referendum results showed a majority of those voting in favour of leaving the European Union, although the next steps remain highly uncertain.

The documents were presumably provided by Wylie (pictured below), who has also handed email and other documentary evidence to the DCMS committee investigating online disinformation in political campaigning, as well as to the UK's data watchdog and Electoral Commission — both of which are also probing digital political campaigning issues (including around the UK's 2016 Brexit referendum vote, which Wylie alleges CA also worked on).

Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United States.

In a polarising referendum called by the radical leftist government of Alexis Tsipras at only eight days notice, Greeks voted by more than 60 % to 40 % in support of the prime minister, spurning the extra austerity demanded mainly by Germany and the International Monetary Fund in return for an extension of bailout funds.

The pointlessness of positioning a portfolio for a particular news event couldn't be clearer than it is in the strong stock market performance following the June 23 referendum vote in Britain to leave the European Union.

Both houses of the Maine State Legislature voted Wednesday to overturn Gov. Paul LePage's (R.) veto of marijuana legalization legislation, putting the state on the path to finally implementing a 2016 referendum calling for legal recreational weed.

LONDON — Two of the biggest investors in Scotland on Wednesday warned of the consequences of a «Yes» vote for independence there amid opinion polls showing next week's referendum has become too close to call.

A second whistleblower from the firm also emerged at a parliamentary hearing in April claiming Britons» personal data may have been misused by a pro-Brexit campaign ahead of the 2016 referendum in which Britain voted to leave the European Union.