Sentences with phrase «other ballots which»

The top three games will form a ballot which will then be competing with 27 other ballots which will be voted on by experts on video game history and their role in society.

Not exact matches

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Here are some details about that November 2004 ballot proposal: 1) there was already in place a Utah law strictly banning same - sex marriage, which I fully supported; 2) all three candidates for the office of attorney general of Utah (the chief law - enforcement officer in the state) opposed the amendment, including the LDS (Mormon) Republican incumbent, Mark Shurtleff, mostly because they considered it a poorly drafted amendment; 3) I refused to endorse the amendment, but I did not urge people to vote «no»; 4) the leadership of the LDS Church, which has a record for being as strongly opposed to same - sex marriage as the Catholic Church, did not issue a statement urging its members to vote one way or the other; 5) inasmuch as two thirds of Utahans belong to the LDS Church, this means that the leadership of at least 80 percent of Utah churchgoers did not urge a «yes» vote on the amendment.

No Ohio State blog was foolish enough to put the Buckeyes No. 1 (that would have deserved a little Wack Ballot Watchdog action), but Eleven Warriors has them No. 2 behind Notre Dame, which... well, no other team's undefeated, I guess.

When the Delta Force were busy sacrificing their Physical strength to protect the Ballot Boxes, Hon. Kan Dapaah and others too were equally busy sacrificing their intellectual Strength to support the work of the grassroots organizations which subsequently led to the 2016 Victory.

In the wake of the latest bombshell corruption scandal, which netted two New York City GOP officials from Queens and the Bronx, other party leaders were quick to volunteer that knew absolutely nothing about the scheme to essentially buy a GOP ballot line in the NYC mayor's race for Democratic Sen. Malcolm Smith.

STV is the system of choice of groups such as the Proportional Representation Society of Australia (which calls it quota - preferential proportional representation), [2] the Electoral Reform Society in the United Kingdom [3] and FairVote in the USA (which refers to both STV and instant - runoff voting as ranked - choice voting, [4] although there are other preferential voting methods that use ranked - choice ballots).

See this story, which says that Montana hasn't printed up primary ballots for any qualified party, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, since 1996, when the Reform Party had a contested primary.

The city Board of Elections said the results available are unofficial and there will be a counting of all paper ballots, which includes affidavit, absentee and overseas ballots, among others.

Six and a half hours after Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt emailed MPs to say a secret ballot of the entire Labour parliamentary party would clear the air of doubts about Gordon Brown's leadership, Miliband — the foreign secretary and likely next Labour leader - made a statement which fell short of the full - throated backing offered by other members of the cabinet.

(b) Each Democratic organization shall have a written constitution which provides among other things (i) that the annual election of officers be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization; (ii) that membership in the organization be open to all enrolled Democrats residing in the political subdivision for which the organization is to function; (iii) that there be periodic financial reports to the membership, with at least one report each year and that the receipts and expenditures of the organization may be reviewed upon the written request of any member of the organization at a reasonable time and place fixed by an officer of the organization designated for that purpose; (iv) that endorsement of all candidates for party position or public office in the party primary be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization.

North Dakota is the only state in which there are no candidates on the November 2012 ballot for state legislature, other than the Democratic and Republican Party nominees.

The awards which went to individuals were voted for by a secret ballot of members of the Commons and the Lords, other than the political impact award, which was done by a public vote online.

New York now joins the ranks of 16 other states which have done so through resolutions and ballot initiatives.

«In a perfect world, you have more sort of negative types of news, more negative sentiment out of Washington and Republicans in a Trump White House — which makes them even more unpopular — coupled with both Donovan and Grimm on the November ballot... splitting into each other's votes and a strong Democratic opponent, one that's very well - funded,» he said.

Election Petition Tribunal which sat in Katsina after the by - election had on 15th November, nullified the election of Hon. Mansir Aliyu Mashi on the ground that election was marred with irregularities, ranging from ballot box snatching, failure of election to hold in some polling units among others and ordered fresh election in those polling units.

The winner needs 50 percent to avoid a runoff, which is likely because no other Democrat on the ballot boasts any serious money or campaign organization.

A community board member, Ms. Richardson's victory in a crowded field — including two other people who, like her, identify as Democrats despite the party's empty ballot line — represents a considerable win for the Working Families Party, which suffered some tough losses in November.

Other parties that are on the ballot in a single state, and which always nominate someone for President, and which haven't nominated yet, are: (1) Liberty Union in Vermont; (2) Independent Party of Connecticut; (3) Alaskan Independence Party.

West Virginia is one of eleven states in which a group must list a candidate on a ballot access petition; there is no other way to get on the Read more»

The judge didn't mention Bergland v Harris, nor Anderson v Celebrezze, both of which said states have a diminished interest in keeping presidential candidates off their ballots, relative to other office.

Others, however, are worried that voters won't be able to find the question, which appears on the back side of the ballot in small print.

In other U.S. House races, Jim McDermott of Alaska's At - large (only) Congressional District received 11,051 votes, or 5 %, in a 4 - way race, which retained ballot access for the state.

Voters in November approved the ballot measure, which applies to elected officials, governor's appointees and some other government employees.

THE principle of putting to the British people a voting system such as the Alternative Vote (AV) which violates the basic principle of the individual use of freedom to exercise choice at the ballot box, and not to have that vote reallocated in any other way, is indefensible and dangerous.

In other developments today, a leaked letter from the equalities and human rights watchdog warns new rules which require voters to prove their identities at the ballot box could disenfranchise ethnic minority communities.

Which leads to probably the other big factors shaping the race (beside whether Rangel is on the ballot):

Whether the principal goal of the campaign is to win the election, secure a ballot line, expand the scope of public discourse, force other candidates to adopt a more progressive platform, or expand and strengthen the party, the campaign is the means by which we submit the Green agenda to the voting public.

W.F.P. leaders have tried to remind voters in recent weeks to cast their ballots for the third party, which has received scant attention from Cuomo since he won the party's endorsement in May by promising, among other things, to campaign for Democratic control in the State Senate.

Nolan allowed the other ballot to be counted, which was objected to based on a discrepancy between the ballot signature and that adorning the voter registration card.

American citizens who are overseas, including active members of the military, are covered by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act that, among other things, provides for a Federal Write - In Absentee Ballot which may be used in place of absentee ballots provided under state laws.

Unlike other leadership posts, which are selected by secret ballot in the respective caucuses, the entire House must vote for the speaker in early January.

I do not have evidence that this is the case (other than past posts on this thread which I have read), but if somebody, or some people, are stuffing the ballot boxes with Labour postal votes it is not at all surprising that the Labour majority should be inflated.

«When U.S. voters complete their ballot, they are providing confidential information in the form of their candidate or proposition selections, which may — or may not — align with the majority of voters» beliefs and / or how other people want them to vote,» she said.

The statewide ballot measure, which provided $ 3 billion in funding for stem cell research at California universities and research institutions, was overwhelmingly approved by voters, and called for the establishment of an entity to make grants and provide loans for stem cell research, research facilities, and other vital research opportunities.

ON THE OTHER HAND... Tyldum has the DGA, which is also significant and would be more important IF the DGA had announced before Oscar ballots were turned in.

When creating my ballots for the Best of the Year, the are obvious categories that are stacked to the brim which would be inevitable for some omissions that in other years would either make the shortlist or be the clear front winner.

O.J.: Made In America likely would have made the cut if not for a (totally defensible) editorial decision to classify it as television rather than film, but I voted for three other docs this year: Tower (addressed in the «outlier» section of my ballot), Author: The JT LeRoy Story (which correctly recognizes that letting Laura Albert expand on her own «myth» makes for better cinema than any objective investigative alternative), and Weiner... which ranked lowest on my personal list, but is the one I'm most surprised not to see on the collective list.

The lack of any nominations for his films which are absolute classics and an integral part of cinemas genre history is much more shocking when other filmmakers have simply missed out at the final ballot stage whereas Leone didn't even get to hear the starting pistol fire.

KIDS VOTING MISSOURI... Kids Voting USA is a national non-partisan, non-profit program in which students in grades K - 12 study portions of special KVUSA grade specific citizenship activities and then go to special Kids Voting Missouri polls with their parents or other adults on or near Election Day to cast ballots for many of the same candidates and issues as the adult voters.

The California Charter Schools Association, which brought the lawsuit, said the agreement should send a message to other districts that have a parcel tax or are considering putting one on the ballot this year: Give charter schools a fair share to avoid possible litigation and do what's right for kids.

with a list of the membership, (iii) notify newly elected applicants of their membership and furnish them with a copy of the By - Laws and Standard of the Breed, (iv) issue notices of all meetings, mail lists and ballots to all members as required by these By - Laws and receive such ballots back from the members, (v) hold, as custodian, such books, records and correspondence which the Corresponding Secretary is required to keep or which come into his or her possession by virtue of the office and (vi) perform such other duties as the office may require.

All election or other ballots and all return envelopes, whether opened or not, shall be retained by the Secretary for a period of six months after the day of counting, during which time they shall be available for inspection, at the residence of the Secretary, by any Club member upon written request approved by the Board of Directors.

According to the rules, «the three games that receive the most public votes will form one «Player's Choice» ballot, which will join the 27 other ballots submitted by members of the International Selection Advisory Committee, a supporting group composed of journalists, scholars, and other individuals familiar with the history of video games and their role in society.»

Just as the secret ballot system relies on anonymity to prevent individuals from being pressured by others during the act of voting, the peer review system depends on anonymity to prevent reviewers from having to think about how their statements would be viewed by a much larger audience — an audience for which the review is not intended in the first place.

Debra Bowen, California Secretary states that the measure had been sponsored by Mercury Insurance, the auto insurance giant, who has managed to get adequate number of signatures required to qualify for the November ballot, which already has two other measures.

A latest car insurance proposal will be found on the Nov ballot in California, which allows chauffeurs to get a break on constant coverage also when they decide to go to some other company.