Sentences with phrase «of the registered voters voting»

32.5 % of registered voters voted.

In the 2017 general election, less than 22 percent of registered voters voted, compared to 55 percent in 1993, according to WNYC.

The measure will require approval by at least 55 percent of the registered voters voting on the measure.

But, given that only 25 percent of registered voters voted, * it's clear this was not an issue that energized most people either way.

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).

A Monmouth University survey released on Wednesday — conducted by telephone, and with a plus - or - minus 3.5 % margin of error — found that 51 % of registered voters said they would vote for or lean toward a Democratic candidate if the 2018 elections were held today, compared to just 36 % who said they would vote or lean Republican.

«At that time, nearly three - quarters of white evangelical Protestant registered voters said they planned to vote for Romney, including one - quarter who «strongly» supported him.

Rodriguez joined assistant editor Morgan Lee and editor - in - chief Mark Galli to discuss why the church should not retreat from culture, what led 60 percent of Latino evangelicals to vote for Trump, and why Christians should register as independent voters.

With 40,000 residents, 20,000 registered voters and 4,000 who actually vote, she said, the binding referendum could be the decision of 2,001 residents.

As IPPR's new report into political inequality shows, less than half of 18 — 24 - year - olds voted, compared to nearly four - fifths of the over-65s, while three - quarters of «AB» individuals cast a ballot, against just over half of «DE» registered voters.

For instance, if you're running a candidate's site, be sure you have the kind of resources that potential voters and donors are looking for, including the candidate's positions on issues, his or her bio, instructions on how to register to vote (it never hurts), speeches or audio / video clips if you have them and easy and obvious opportunities to volunteer or to give money.

Each voter casts one vote for an individual candidate of a registered political party or for an independent.

The man who lost an eye in a Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) demonstration to demand a new voters» register has revealed that he wept uncontrollably after the Electoral Commissioner declared Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo as President - elect of Ghana.

If those running for any office don't receive a minimum percentage of the available votes, say for example (I'll keep this small scale) 100 voters are registered, and each candidate receives 25 or less votes, the election would be void, and new candidates selected.

Int he US, in the small number of states that use Open primaries, all voters that register to support your party and those that have not registered to support a different party get to vote in the selection.

When voting «day of», the check is made against a per - precinct «book» of registered voters that includes their «has already voted» status.

The Let My Vote Count Alliance, Movement for Change and Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) joined forces to draw a massive crowd in the streets to back calls for a new voters register ahead of the 2016 election, insisting the current album is flawed with lots of anomalies.

The opposition NPP and pressure group «Let My Vote Count Alliance» have accused the EC boss of bias after several calls for a new voters» register were rejected by the EC.

Automatic removal of the name of a registered voter, who lawfully and legally registered to vote, using an ID Card that the Supreme Court has confirmed was legal to use at the time she registered, is like a dictatorial government divesting citizens of their rights, in this case, the right to vote enshrined in Article 42 of our Constitution, without due process.

By urging tribunals to strike down the use of the card reader, the implication is a return to our prior election system, going back to the 2003 and 2007 era where Mike Tyson, dead people and ghost names on the voter register produced huge votes recorded on election day to declare people winners of election.

Each challenge shall be made separately, in writing, under oath and on forms prescribed by the State Board of Elections, and shall specify the reasons why the challenged voter is not entitled to register, remain registered, or vote.

Even assuming that only 125,000 (1 / 4th) of those are actually registered voters, and there's only 10 % turnout, that's still 12,500 votes cast.

The groups; Let My Vote Count, Account for Accountable governance and the Youth wing of the biggest opposition party, New Patriotic Party (NPP), wrote to the Police, seeking permission to march through some principal streets of Accra and end up at the Electoral Commission (EC) and Parliament House to present a petition on the need to have a new voters register for the 2016 elections.

If identification was not provided at the time of registering to vote or if the identification information could not be verified, a voter must show identification at the polling place.

The «yes» option won with 90 % of the votes with 43 % registered voters participating.

23 % Is probably about the percentage of people who voted in the last US presidential election relative to those who were not legally prohibited persons (Less than 60 % of registered voters actually voted and there are a bunch on non-registered persons).

Additionally, the analysis found 155,692 registered North Carolina voters whose first and last names, dates of birth and final four Social Security number digits match voters registered in other states but who most recently registered or voted elsewhere.

One complication was that the authorities changed voting laws so that every voter could cast their vote at any polling station (i.e. not necessarily where they are registered) with the inevitable consequence that many polling stations ran out of ballot papers.

f) A Declaration that each of the Applicant's «right to vote and entitle [ment] to be registered as a voter for the purposes of public elections and referenda» in light of the Act 699 and said various laws and legal instruments is not subject to any condition precedent aside the article 42 age and sanity of mind criteria;

Primary: Texas has an open primary system, in which any registered voter can choose which party's primary to vote in, without having to be a member of that party.

So with Messer out, the «primary vote» will be safe for Senator Stavisky putting S.J in a perpetual uphill climb: registering new voters and pulling them out on election day, which is not as easy as it sounds epecially when voters doubt a challenger's ability to trounce an incumbent of this magnitude.

New Yorkers looking to register to vote, or to change their enrollment information, can do so easily by using the state's online voter registration service on the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles» website.

Polanco, a former president of the city's Board of Elections, has long championed reforms to make it easier to register and vote, including having voters check in using iPads to shorten lines on Election Day.

Democrats had a 5:3 advantage in the number of voters registering with their party, a ratio that was likely to increase as more immigrants and minorities came of voting age in the state.

Primary: Wisconsin has an open primary system, in which any registered voter can choose which party's primary to vote in, without having to be a member of that party.

And yet some states make it a crime for registered voters to vote unless they are already associated with the party - sometimes up to six months in advance of an election.

SurveyUSA interviewed 3,200 New York adults 07/12 through 07/14 for this poll, 2,777 of whom were registered to vote; of the registered voters, 501 were identified as likely to vote in the Sept. 14 primary.

The elections could consolidate the voting process as part of a gesture of unity for the 32 million registered voters, and despite its contestation, offering a landmark for the DRC, in building a track record after the 2006 elections.

At this age and time, the NDP insists «our voters register is not only compromised but also outmoded when there has been a global switch from this anachronism to electronic voting machines (EVMs) with the only requirement of a single definitive voter identity», citing India which has since 1998 been switching to electronic voters machine and perfected it in its 2014 general elections with what they described as «highly unprecedented efficiency.»

Your ballot can't contain your name because your vote is supposed to be secret, so to ensure that each voter votes only once and only registered voters can vote, each polling place has a list of the people eligible to vote there and can cross people off as they arrive.

The method in which their new Chief Executive has been appointed is a poignant example of this problem and a source of a great deal of the ire of the protestors: elected by 689 votes from a 1,200 - seat committee of business elites, the three and a half million registered voters of Hong Kong had no say over who should lead them for the next five years.

Leaders of the Let My Vote Count Alliance say they are heading to court to sue the police following brutalities at a demonstration to demand a new voters» register.

The de Blasio Administration is fighting to ensure every vote counts this Election Day by streamlining the process, engaging voters and making it simpler for voters of all languages to register.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 32 states and the District of Columbia have an early voting system that allows registered voters to cast their votes in person before Election Day.

James Freedland, a spokesman for attorney general candidate state Sen. Eric T. Schneiderman (D - Manhattan), who voted in 20 of 24 years since registering said: «It's up to Ms. Rice to explain to New York's Democratic primary voters why they should choose a longtime Republican who never participated in the civic process until it served her own political self - interest.»

In one of the key swing districts in the nation, country voters who register to vote in our district could easily be the votes that turn NY19 blue and stop Trump in his tracks.

Furthermore, provisional ballots, which are usually given to voters who mistakenly think they're registered or accidentally vote from outside of the district, are unlikely to significantly affect the vote, but every little bit matters at this point.

In an age of instant communication, advocates for changing the voting rules say there's no reason to require voters be registered at least 25 days before the next election.

• The NPP will embark on house - to - house campaign under the pretext of canvassing for votes where unsuspecting registered voters would be tricked into surrendering their voter ID cards.

Despite winning the primary, Dr Rawlings was unable to vote in last year's polls because her name could not be traced on the register of voters.