Sentences with phrase «other voting body»

Newbies do win — and the DGA, like every other voting body, leans towards Oscar — wants to be like Oscar — wants to influence Oscar.

You know you're in trouble when the Hollywood Foreign Press threatens to upstage all of the other voting bodies with its diverse choices, when 90 outsiders have their fingers on the pulse of changing American culture better than thousands of insiders who work in the industry.

The Ken Loach might take a few key awards but BAFTA, like all other voting bodies, tend to lean into the Oscars.

It probably won't be Arrival because it hasn't really won any significant awards leading up to the Oscars and the BAFTA, like all other voting bodies, tend to do what everyone else has done.

Not exact matches

Seattle's City Council voted on Monday to levy a special tax on sodas and other sugary beverages sold to consumers, becoming the latest of several local government bodies across the country to take such action for the sake of public health.

One of the most extraordinary aspects of this referendum was the extent to which bodies which had no business recommending a vote one way or the other took sides: the Industrial Development Authority called for a «Yes» vote, as did the Gaelic Athletic Association, as did the representative organisation of the Irish police in the Republic, the Garda Representative Association — a move which drew a sharp rebuke from Baroness Nuala O'Loan, the legal expert who oversaw the changes in Northern Ireland which improved the policing situation there immeasurably.

Instead, I voted to approve the draft standard because, without an established standard in place to regulate the headgear that has come on to the market in recent years (none of which, according to US Lacrosse, has been developed based on scientific testing, and none of which the organization - the governing body for both the men's and women's game - has endorsed), consumers are essentially «buying a pig in a poke»: in other words, without a clue as to whether the product they are buying has any safety value at all.

Vote in our pregnancy body changes poll and compare with other moms.

(Vote in this pregnancy body changes poll and find out what is happening to other pregnant moms» bodies.)

On the other hand, the presence of legislators in the chamber who have not received «positive» votes provides a check on the popular democratic legitimacy of the reformed body.

The ruling body also said that party members who had joined since 12 January would not have a vote, but had a two - day window in which they could pay # 25 to take part like other non-members.

Given that Rio Tinto and Mitsubishi Development in aggregate hold more than 20 per cent of Coal & Allied, in accordance with the requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), Coal & Allied shareholders (other than Rio Tinto and Mitsubishi Development and their respective subsidiaries) will need to vote to approve the relevant joint bid arrangements between Rio Tinto, Mitsubishi Development and Hunter Valley Resources and their respective related bodies corporate («Coal & Allied Shareholder Approval») before the Scheme can proceed.

«Article III, § 5 of the State Constitution, reads, in part, «An apportionment by the legislature, or other body, (emphasis added) shall be subject to review by the supreme court... (Amended by vote of the people November 6, 1945.)»

He said, «It is about the party invoking a clause in the constitution in recognition of a decision he had made by ceasing his membership of the party by going public to say he voted for a candidate other than the candidate of the party, and also saying that he was advocating to his constituents to vote against the decision of the congress which is the highest body of the party.»

The NYFCC nods, along with other critical awards like them, tend to kick Oscar prognostication into a higher gear, providing the first hard evidence of how a voting body might rank the year's cinematic offerings.

Apart from anything else, cis actors get an annoying «bravery» bonus from the other cis actors who vote on awards — just as able - bodied actors are rewarded for playing characters with disabilities, playing trans is seen as a demonstration of a cis actor's commitment to the craft.

Other critically acclaimed films like Creed, Spike Lee's Chi - Raq, and Sean Baker's Tangerine might have faced similar struggles, which makes it all the more important for Isaacs to try and recruit a younger, broader - minded voting body for the future.

The other thing that happened last year was that the SAG was the most diverse of all of the voting bodies.

State law specifically outlaws public bodies from using «any manner of proxy voting procedure, secret balloting, or any other means to circumvent the intent of this Chapter.»

• The right of local communities to approve or disapprove the establishment of charter schools in their communities, either through direct vote or through their school board or other locally - elected body.

Second, senators need to stop talking about «60 votes» as though it's in the Constitution that the U.S. Senate — unlike every other legislative body on the planet — has a supermajority requirement.

The standards bodies of eight other countries (Australia, Czech Republic, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Norway, Poland and Sweden) had Observer status entitling them to work as observers with the right to receive documents and submit comments but not to vote.

- The general court shall have the power to act in relation to cities and towns, but only by general laws which apply alike to all cities or to all towns, or to all cities and towns, or to a class of not fewer than two, and by special laws enacted (1) on petition filed or approved by the voters of a city or town, or the mayor and city council, or other legislative body, of a city, or the town meeting of a town, with respect to a law relating to that city or town; (2) by a two - thirds vote of each branch of the general court following a recommendation by the governor; (3) to erect and constitute metropolitan or regional entities, embracing any two or more cities or towns or cities and towns, or established with other than existing city or town boundaries, for any general or special public purpose or purposes, and to grant to these entities such powers, privileges and immunities as the general court shall deem necessary or expedient for the regulation and government thereof; or (4) solely for the incorporation or dissolution of cities or towns as corporate entities, alteration of city or town boundaries, and merger or consolidation of cities and towns, or any of these matters.