Sentences with phrase «on electoral change»
He even pondered going further by supporting AV in the referendum on electoral change.
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Italy might have just become a smaller concern for investors after the constitutional court ruled on changes to the country's electoral law.
The alleged violation of our electoral system might not immediately change US policy on cyber espionage, but it will certainly change the way organizations approach and respond to the immediate threat.
Though Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reneged on his promise to change the country's voting system before 2019, his government didn't totally walk away from electoral reform.
Additionally, the election coincided with a provincial referendum on electoral reform, in which the proposed change to a BC - STV system of electing representatives was defeated.
Find information on Canadian federal electoral history from 2006 - 2008, including 2006 general election results, changes in party leadership, and political party standing prior to 2008 general election.
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 murder of Jesuit priests in El Salvador, the electoral defeat of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, the invasion of Panama, the «war on drugs,» and changing East / West relations add urgent weight to our need to confront the U.S. strategy of «low - intensity conflict» (LIC).
The Combining All Our Strength alliance for civil society organisations, in which OurKingdom is a key player, this week held a high - level seminar on the prospects for change, involving electoral experts and Labour and Lib Dem MPs.
Questions - electoral register and young people, Severn Barrage, European Development Fund Debate - local government finance settlement Debate - impact on families of changes to tax and benefits Short debate - use of online tools, including social media, to combat youth unemployment
She ended the session with a much less irritating attack on changes to the electoral register which will almost certainly see thousands of disadvantaged and ethnic minority voters fall off the list.
They claim boundary changes was introduced as a quid pro quo for the May 2011 referendum on electoral reform, in which the public rejected the alternative vote system by a ratio of two votes to one.
Labour should also introduce an amendment to the electoral reform referendum bill to change it from a referendum on AV to a referendum on STV.
The reforms were designed to change the nature of electoral representation (the referendum on the alternative vote), alter the composition of both Houses of Parliament (boundary review and House of Lords reform), and to reduce the power of the Prime Minister to time elections.
There are certainly several examples in Britain where people have rejected change, the most prominent examples include the referendums on Scottish Independence, the Alternative Vote electoral system, and, in 1975, the UK's membership of the European Community.
Nigel Farage suggests the predicted result will boost support for a change in electoral system because it does not deliver on stable government.
With their votes at the party conference, they could help to push through rule changes that assisted the centrists — perhaps to reintroduce the old electoral college for choosing leaders — and overturn the left's majority on the NEC, as they did in the early 1980s.
Four women Assembly Members are calling on Welsh Labour to change its electoral college system and adopt «One Member, One Vote»...
The issue of electoral reform for the National Assembly is back on the agenda after the Secretary of State for Wales indicated she may change how AMs are elected.
The Tories agreed to virtually all the Lib Dems» demands: fixed - term parliaments, scrapping ID cards, a referendum on electoral reform, measures to tackle climate change.
That would mean disengaging from electoral politics and focussing on how the party can become a movement for change, within society.
Furthermore, write David C.W. Parker and Caitlyn M. Richter, in the case of the Scottish Parliament, both the electoral system and the change implemented prior to the 2007 election, whereby candidate names were removed from party - list ballots, have an impact on how Members of the Scottish Parliament spend their time and resources.
This seems symptomatic of the worst excesses of Westminster politics: while we might be seeing changes in the parties» fortunes, there is continuity in their electoral practices — a problem exacerbated by the many media outlets putting pressure on party leaders to play that game.
Weah, a retired international footballer and standard bearer of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) was declared winner on Friday after the Boxing Day run - off polls by Liberia's national electoral commission.
We were given the opportunity to adopt the AV system in a 2011 referendum, yet it was decisively rejected, with 68 % of voters opting for No on a 42 % turnout, in part the result of the abject failure of electoral reform advocates to craft a convincing case in favour of change.
The first third consists of a series of short, informative essays on subjects such as by - elections, changes in electoral law since 2005, how the internet will shape the election and the expected demographics of the next House of Commons.
We have always been clear that we would consult on any changes to electoral arrangements for the Welsh Assembly which is what we are doing through this Green Paper
At present not every party is represented on every committee, when there may be only 12 members, and this would not change whether DPR Voting or any other electoral system is used to elect the lower House.
Fourthly, Lib Dem and swing voters especially will not forgive Lib Dems for precipitating the demise of the Coalition government, probably two years before it is due to end, not on a point of principle, such as on tuition fees, tax policy, social policy like gay marriage, Trident, the European treaty veto or the health or welfare bills but on... an issue of narrow partisan electoral self interest, i.e. unhappiness at boundary changes (which they had already voted for in February 2011).
But it is no coincidence that a Conservative administration, hardly famous for craving constitutional modernisation, has chosen as a matter of priority to enact changes that damage the Labour party's prospects of electoral recovery and lay the foundations for a long - term Conservative monopoly on government.
Based on the analysis of this latest Sunday Independent - Millward Brown poll and other polls covered in this post, Labour would be in serious trouble if their national support levels fall below ten percent as the party is also facing a «perfect storm» from electoral geography and changed competition levels.
«During the midst of that crisis, do you say «right, regardless of the fragility of the recovery, we will nonetheless, on the basis of pure electoral calculation, change horses in mid stream»?»
She said the talks have focused on environmental and climate change issues, not electoral politics heading into the governor's 2018 re-election campaign.
On May 17, 2005, British Columbians were asked to answer yes or no the following question: «Should British Columbia change to the BC - STV electoral system as recommended by the Citizens» Assembly on Electoral Reform?&raquOn May 17, 2005, British Columbians were asked to answer yes or no the following question: «Should British Columbia change to the BC - STV electoral system as recommended by the Citizens» Assembly on Electoral Reform?»n Electoral Reform?»
Alongside the next general election there should be a binding referendum on whether to change to a new more proportional electoral system.
His scriptless performance last year managed to change the prime minister's mind on whether to hold a general election, and is credited with turning the party's electoral prospects around.
We were pleased when the BBC banned the use of the phrase electoral «reform» in its coverage of the referendum on whether to change the voting system.
In the campaign for the Labour leadership, David Milliband suggested holding a referendum on both changes to the electoral system and the introduction of an elected second chamber on the same day.
In its first wave of constitutional reform for this session, the government will publish a bill on Thursday to change the way electoral registration is organised, moving it from a household basis to an individual basis.
Hopes of a better experience kindled by the offer of electoral change to the irredeemable past administration have, for many, crashed on the rocks of economic anguish, sectionalism and negative continuity.
Many constituency boundaries changed for the 2010 general election and this seat changed quite significantly which made the seat less of a Labour Party safe seat based on council results for electoral wards.
We are focused on getting more people involved in the electoral process and that's why voters will vote for Adriano and change on June 24.»
This training also seeks to support the FOISECON in order to build their capacity to conduct free and credible elections at the local government levels and how well - implemented electoral process can bring about peaceful change of power and improve their leadership skills and take on board means for preventing or mitigating the escalation of electoral violence and conflict throughout the respective electoral cycle.
The language in the Moreland Commission's report on legislative corruption is scathing, and validates what crusading journalists, watchdog groups and prosecutors have been saying for years: Albany is a place where laws are bought, and nothing will change until the «dysfunctional electoral and political systems» are reformed.
While this research is specifically about the impact of the Independence Referendum on the British party system, and more generally part of a narrative to be published next year in the British Election Study book (to be published by Oxford University Press) about the role of political events and shocks in explaining electoral change, it is interesting to speculate about possible lessons for the EU referendum.
Even if electoral reform is now off the agenda, progressives should reflect on this experience, and begin a new push for change
«Family reunion is increasingly politicised, with policies changed based on electoral promises, not robust evaluations.
Nigerian opposition parties on Friday called for a change in electoral laws to allow municipal polls to be overseen by the national election commission and not «partisan» state authorities.
He had offered an all - party committee of inquiry on political and electoral reform to look at possible changes.
Some reformers hoped the government might redeem itself with a bold move: holding a referendum on changing the electoral system on the day of the 2010 general election.