Sentences with phrase «on ballots»

As voters indicated their preferential ranking, you can eliminate the weakest candidate and redistribute the votes on his ballots according to the indicated second preference.

Only 36 percent of American voters between the ages of 18 and 29 marked Romney's name on their ballots.

With more than 10 qualified players on ballots lately but only 10 votes to give, this has been important: hopefully we'll continue to see ballots revealed publicly leading up to the announcement so Thibodaux can track them, with the full reveal coming after the results are announced to fill in the blanks.

The site of their ministry is not the institution but the house where they live, the place where they work, and the political communities represented on the ballots in their voting booths.

Oklahoma voters are considering an unusual question that will appear on their ballots this Tuesday: whether Islamic law can be used in considering cases in state court.

If I thought drafting Mitch Daniels would get him to run, and if I thought he could really be nominated given that he has missed a bunch of filing deadlines to appear on ballots (and then there is the reality that all candidates have warts and bad days), then I would be all for drafting him or Bobby Jindal.

Amar Nath speculated that these people had simply wanted to see their names on the ballots, or had hopes of being bought off at a good price by the dominant parties.

Karl Rove lamented having to resort to this in 2004, when gay marriage was put on ballots in swing states as a Pied Piper to religious robots who answered the call to action.

On the morning of November 3, 2010, for example, the day after Election Dight, Facebook announced that 74 percent of House of candidates with the greatest number of Facebook fans on their ballots won their contests, while in the Senate 81 percent of candidates with the most Facebook fans won seats.

And they enable employees to step forward — candidates must put their own names on the ballot — and showcase skills or interests colleagues and supervisors don't even realize they have.

«The NHS wasn't on the ballot paper, but it was on the Battle Bus.

Fourteen states have legal marijuana on the ballot in 2016, and a recent report showed that, under certain circumstances, legalization could generate $ 28 billion in tax revenue at the federal, state, and local levels.

The danger, Cook knows, is that he is now America's most high - profile gay, and there will be a desire for him to weigh in personally on ballot initiatives, speak at campaign events, and give time, talent and treasure to LGBT causes.

Prior to Pishevar's tweetstorm, organization Yes California Independence Campaign started laying groundwork in hopes of putting a referendum on the ballot in 2019.

Over $ 1 million was raised in pursuit of legalization in Maine, much of which was spent gathering the signatures necessary to get Question 1 on the ballot.

California's Proposition 64 was the most important of all the legalization initiatives on the ballot this November.

«Can somebody point to me the conservative on the ballot?»

Bocskor says the combination of an election year and marijuana on the ballot will bring people to the polls who are not usually politically active.

Cannabis legalization, an issue that 68 percent of Millennials support, will likely be on the ballot in at least seven key states.

«You put marijuana on the ballot, it's going to boost turnout from young people and that's going to help Democrats.

«Airbnb was not on the ballot yesterday, the hosts were on the ballot,» said Chesky, who says he got the idea for the company, now valued at $ 25 billion, when he couldn't afford to pay his own rent.

Another study by professors from Kent State University and the University of Denver found that Democrats did not benefit from marijuana being on the ballot four years ago.

'' [T] he character of our country [is on the ballot],» she warned.

Ladders of opportunity for our middle class are on the ballot,» she added.

«The hard - won rights of women are on the ballot.

One of the most significant factors to keep in mind this year is that no incumbent's name appears on the ballot.

Gonzalez was on the ballot as a candidate for the 2016 Robstown Municipal Utility Board runoff election.

Addressing a union audience gathered here for Labor Day, Mr. Obama said he was glad not to be on the ballot but then sounded like a candidate himself as he went after the Republicans who hope to succeed him in the White House.

I need your support as I find myself on the ballot alongside some excellent candidates this year, including former CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein, former Industry Canada executive Helen McDonald, community organizer Marita Moll, and current board members such as CNOC's Bill Sandiford and Bill Gibson.

That such a gun - friendly state adopted any firearm restrictions represents a sea change, even more so as the restrictions were drafted and approved in a matter of three weeks, after a bipartisan vote and the signature of a Republican governor likely to be on the ballot later this year as a Senate candidate.

The two parties already share many members and candidates are frequently seen listed on the ballot under both party banners.

Having limited resources does not stop any of the parties from putting a name on the ballot.

She has also been a strong voice for cooperation among progressive parties rather than for continued competition that mainly serves the interests of the Right (yes, yes, I know the argument that having many choices on your ballot is supposed to be a good thing, but the outcomes of Alberta elections suggest that in fact for progressives, it's just the opposite).

An AR - 15 — like the one used to kill 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — might as well be on the ballot right along with Scott and Nelson.

After of this week's fee payment deadline, four candidates will be listed on the ballot: Brian Jean, Jason Kenney, Doug Schweitzer and Jeff Callaway.

There is also political value in having a Liberal, NDP, or Alberta Party candidate on the ballot.

What about that bunch of MPs from Québec, you know, who were practically elected by having the luck to have had their names put on a ballot that was supposed to go... nowhere.

Probably not, but that has not stopped the speculation that the PCs would take advantage of changes in the electoral boundaries to put their top fiscal mallard Ted Morton on the ballot against Wildrose Alliance leader Danielle Smith.

The chief cheerleader is Gov. Rick Scott, who'll probably oppose Sen. Bill Nelson in the same November election where the issue would be on the ballot.

O'Malley pointed out that he was not on the ballot and, in an implied criticism of Brown's campaign, said candidates always have to defend their records.

The Legislature put that on the ballot, with a grudging nod from the NRA, to stave off a voter initiative calling for a seven - day ban.

However, some proponents do not believe the proxy access right goes far enough and a shareholder submitted proxy access proposal is on the ballot for the upcoming meeting.

Shane Claiborne, a founding pastor of The Simple Way, a church in inner city Philadelphia, believes that our hope should be found in an alternative candidate, one that's not on the ballot for 2008.

There was no measure on any ballot listed regarding abortion.

In the 2012 election, for example, in all four states that had marriage on the ballot, traditional marriage vastly outperformed the Republican presidential ticket.

Better yet, just write - in «god» on your ballot, and we'll see who shows up for inauguration if «god» wins the election.

to write - in on their ballot for «god»... let this «god» win the election..

It was dealing with specific election reults from 2008 that were actually on the ballot.

Our city council put that on the ballot last election but we couldn't get the levy passed.

Although federal law prohibits churches from endorsing or opposing candidates, they have the right to speak out on ballot referenda and on other issues, from abortion to zoning.