Sentences with phrase «of voting system»

Though reform of the voting system was not promised there have more recently been indications that proposals are in the pipeline.

The Liberal government is aware that referendums to change our type of voting system have been recently lost in the United Kingdom, Ontario, and British Columbia.

NetherRealm should have put some sort of voting system in place to punish the cheesers somehow.

That council, which Villaraigosa will dominate by virtue of a voting system weighted by each city's population, is also supposed to review the district's annual budget, though final control would still rest with the school board.

One of the main requirements of any voting system is that people have confidence that the votes counted match the...

He believes the brain uses a kind of voting system: different brain areas weigh up the various attributes of apples, pears and plums, say, and compete with each other to have their preference chosen.

One type of voting system avoids such circular paradoxes entirely: proportional representation.

Since our launch, NO to AV have embarked on a nationwide poster campaign - and have had several stories in the media - all pointing towards the huge cost of the voting system that no - one wants.

Home Secretary Alan Johnson has signalled that Labour would be prepared to open up discussions with the Liberal Democrats on reform of the voting system in the event of a hung Parliament.

But a persistent myth of Britain as a right - wing country persists because of the inadequacies of our voting system and the mood music created by tabloids.

Further clarification on Commons supremacy will be necessary — getting rid of bishops» automatic entitlement could be negotiated, with care — and the type of voting system might be up for grabs.

Cameron's comments suggest the Tories may now be prepared to put reform of the voting system on the table in coalition talks, rather than allow the issue to be a «deal breaker».

I am convinced that it is down to the good work of many Labour MPs in the previous Parliament, objecting to a full blown version of PR, which prevented Gordon Brown from pursing complete destruction of our voting system.

Speaking to the BBC, he said the review of the voting system would be part of a fundamental examination of the political system.

It is a bitter irony that Miliband's introduction of a voting system widely applauded by Blairites threatens an outcome that will drastically curtail the influence of this part of the party, potentially via means that imperil the integrity of the whole process.

The aim of this voting system appears to be to find the candidate who is the least unpopular.

It is focused on a referendum to vote for a change of voting system.

So, by some form of voting system — I think it's closer to propawtional representation than furs past the post — the politicians get their constituents to vote online for their canine running mates, and then they have to do the «Doggy Dash» where they are forcibly raced through one of two narrow tubes.

Considering that the choice of voting system to the most powerful legislature in the country is of fundamental importance to the very fabric of society, I believe that, if there is anything close to a majority of the electorate in favour of changing the voting system, whether that be to PR or not, then the question must be put to the electorate.

As with any change of voting system, it's hard to game the results without stating other parameters that have been assumed, but there are a few key cases that are fairly obvious.

In other words, he simply failed to take on board the point that the kind of voting system affects the kind of policies we get in a systematic way.

Here, I use the phrase eligible candidate to mean that the candidate is actually in the image of the voting system (if three candidates exist but you accept that one of them can not be elected in any situation, then you can consider the simple majority rule on the other two candidates, which is neither dictatorial nor manipulable).

Were you really the shadow chief secretary to the treasury without being able to grasp the simple facts of a voting system?

To suggest that reform of the voting system was a panacea for the corruption of British MPs was inane.

ERS: Equalizing isn't about equality: Reluctant Reformer Cameron sidesteps main problems of voting system

One of the desirable qualities of a voting system (according to Kenneth Arrow) is independence of irrelevant alternatives — the introduction of a new candidate shouldn't change the winner unless it's to that candidate.

However for these players, the set - up of the voting system may go against them with voting ballots being handed out in December.

The drafters of the voting system for its election tried to ensure that no party would ever have an overall majority, though it was assumed that unionist parties would be dominant.

And, the Government will propose changes to Canada's elections laws to uphold the integrity of our voting system.

I get less excited by reform of voting systems, Europe and bills of rights.

I am tabling an amendment that would rewrite the referendum question to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems, including properly proportional options such as the additional member system (used in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Greater London Assembly) and the single transferable vote (used in Northern Ireland).

That's why, as MPs start the second reading of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill on 6 September, I am tabling an amendment that would rewrite the referendum question to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems, including properly proportional options such as the additional member system (used in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Greater London Assembly) and the single transferable vote (used in Northern Ireland).

In an apparent softening of its line last week, it welcomed a review of voting systems in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and European elections as a contribution to an ongoing debate on the issue.

-- every country in the EU is allowed to pick from a list of voting systems to choose their EU parliament representatives, and First the Past Post is not amongst them.

Voting machine manufacturer ES&S is facing new questions from a prominent US lawmaker regarding the security of its voting systems.

Not exact matches

Senate Republicans came out of 20 hours of debate with a stunning failure in their efforts to overhaul the US healthcare system — and Sen. John McCain of Arizona cast a decisive vote.

McCain joined two other Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who voted against the bill and quashed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's plan to upend the US healthcare system after 20 hours of debate.

Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban called President Donald Trump «s time in office so far «political chemotherapy,» suggesting that supporters of the President knowingly voted for a «poisonous» leader in hopes of shaking up America's political system.

Strikes and riots in Greece, Spain and Portugal have found a new political expression in one - fourth of the vote obtained by a three - year - old Italian party that wants to tear down the political system.

The Republican - controlled U.S. Congress will begin voting on Tuesday on the biggest overhaul of the U.S. tax system in more than 30 years.

In 2014 — seven years after the suspected Russian hack — engineers at the University of Michigan studied Estonia's online - voting system and concluded that determined hackers — such as Russian operatives — could feasibly penetrate it, creating fake votes or altering the totals in order to rig elections «quite possibly without a trace,» they wrote in their report.

CalPERS, the California Public Employees» Retirement System, which voted in favor of the climate change proposal at Exxon's shareholder's meeting Wednesday, also released a statement.

Anne Sheehan, head of corporate governance at California State Teachers» Retirement System, which backs the additional climate reporting, said Exxon's letter suggests the voting is at least very close and may be going against the company.

IBM shareholders CalSTRS and The State Board of Administration for the Florida Retirement System (SBA FLA) each voted against Rommety's proposed pay package at the company's annual general meeting.

Leading up to the election, questions were raised about the security of state computer systems that protect voting data.

Doing so will significantly diminish the likelihood of electoral fraud, which is a huge issue despite the prevalence of electronic voting systems.

And now MI Developments, a real estate company carved out of Magna's assets to support horse - track acquisitions in 2003, has struck a deal with Stronach to move to a one - share - one - vote system.

That people's capitalism, the system that we have, depends on the age - old system of one - share - one - vote....

The report also gave details about a two - year - old warning from the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, a bipartisan organization, that described the state of America's aging voting system as an «impending crisis.»

One share, one vote is a «psychologically important part of the free enterprise system,» which helps to encourage market participation, Whitehead says.