Sentences with phrase «over the voting system»

16:40 - Constitutional reform minister continues the frontbench offensive over the voting system.

He tells Sunday Live he believes the Conservatives and Lib Dems will «cobble together» an agreement but that stable government is «much, much more important than some squabble over the voting system.»»

There are related questions about the second chamber of Parliament and the election itself is likely to raise again questions over the voting system.

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The news of Greek finance minister Varoufakis» resignation is being perceived as an incremental positive for negotiations, but we think the «No» vote in Greece over the first weekend in July, the precarious position of the Greek banking system, and eurozone policymaker distrust of the current Greek government have clearly raised the chances of a Greek eurozone exit.

This selective «colorblindness» is a mighty convenient approach to race in America for white people, for it allows us to paper over America's troubled (and decidedly anti-Christian) history, to discount racism as a thing of the past for which we are no longer responsible, and to ignore persistent racial injustices like mass incarceration, police brutality, voting rights issues, white flight, and economic inequality, all while consistently benefiting from an oppressive system we claim we can not even see.

Last year in the Tap City an outfielder who spent nine years in the farm systems of three other teams wound up second in the National League Rookie of the Year vote (Scott Podsednik); a 29 - year - old reliever released by the Rangers in March 2003 became a lights - out closer (Danny Kolb); and a journeyman discarded by Texas in April and then Toronto in July became one of the league's most effective starters over the final two months (Doug Davis).

In short, we shouldn't worry too much about whether or not a voting system is perfect; picking one that's pretty good would be a vast improvement over the current situation in most elections

«So when you see settlers all over the country trouping to vote for the NDC, it is not about tribalism, it is about they moving to a system which will give them their civic rights.»

Theoretically this system might result that a single 5 % party could take 100 % of the seats over 6 alliances with result of 14.99 % of votes which will be ignored by the system.

In its place will be an arguably more democratic «one member, one vote» system, which — had it been in place for the last leadership election would have almost certainly chosen David Miliband over Ed.

For all these reasons, I think AV is actually a very good voting system and I would put the referendum result down to several things — an ineffective Yes campaign (if you typed AV into Google, they didn't even come up on the first page of results), lies and smears spread by the No campaign, the association with Nick Clegg, the split in Labour over AV and finally, and not insignificantly, the fact that the Electoral Commission sent leaflets to every household containing an overly complex explanation that made AV look more complex than the insides of a nuclear reactor.

Having elected Ed Miliband as leader less than two months ago, now may seem an odd time for Labour to re-open the debate over its arcane voting system.

Consider his interactions with the Working Families Party, a homegrown New York third party of unions and liberal groups that, because of the state's unique fusion voting system, has become an electoral powerhouse over the past decade.

Because Louisiana uses a blanket primary system, a candidate can be declared the overall winner of the seat by garnering over 50 percent of the vote in the primary.

Given the loss of the AV referendum on the voting system and the deadlock over House of Lords reform, this may be unsurprising.

«Throw as much mud as you can, don't let the issue be discussed openly and frighten the public over the next three weeks into voting to preserve the power the present first - past - the - post system has given you.

Labour has done very well in the London Assembly proportional system with well over a million votes.

Shortly afterwards former energy secretary Ed Miliband announced his intention to stand in the leadership race and under Labour's electoral college voting system was narrowly elected over his brother David in the fourth and final round of voting.

Cuomo says by not voting to extend the Bill de Blasio's authority over the public schools, they essentially voted for a return to the dysfunction of the old system of multiple community school boards.

Review Federal Regulations for Repeal — Vote Passed (240 - 185, 4 Not Voting) The measure would establish a commission to review existing federal regulations and identify those that should be repealed in order to reduce costs on the U.S. economy — including those that should be repealed immediately and those that should be repealed over time through a new regulatory «cut - go» system under which agencies could not issue new rules unless the cost of a new rule was offset by repealing existing rules identified by the commission.

This morning Ukip leader Nigel Farage claimed that «effectively the electoral process is now dead» and said he would file a formal complaint over alleged «abuses» of the postal vote system.

On voting reform, some 34 % (41 %) said they favoured PR over the current first - past - the - post system for Westminster, with the Alternative Vote system coming top of the second preferences at 37 % (41 %).

Specifically, the theorem states that there's no way to design a voting system such that all three of these criteria hold: If every voter prefers alternative X over alternative Y, then the group prefers X over Y.

Golden Globes host Jimmy Fallon mocked Trump several times during his opening monologue, comparing the president - elect over the course of four minutes to the menacing and murderous King Joffrey from «Game of Thrones,» and joking about Trump's difficulty finding inauguration performers and said the ceremony, unlike the U.S. electoral system, still valued the popular vote.

In a speech setting out how Labour would move on from an election defeat that remained «very raw», Ms Harman stressed that the influence of the unions over the decision on leadership had been altered by the move to a «one person, one vote» electoral system.

The board makes decisions using a weighted vote, a system that is not carried over to the committee level.

When in power as part of the Tory - led coalition from 2010 - 15, the Lib Dems voted through a raft of benefit cuts including the bedroom tax, cuts to council tax benefit, housing benefit and tax credits, as well as presiding over a disability benefit testing system that wrongly denied benefits to thousands of people, and a job centre sanctions system that saw benefits docked for hundreds of thousands of jobseekers.

The Primary System It is at least conceivable that there are House districts where a majority of voters would vote for a Libertarian Party, or a Green party candidate, or some other non-mainstream party, over a typical Republican or Democrat.

Technology CAN however, allow for the general improvement in voting in terms of designing and implementing a system fully transmittable and calculable and verifiable over the internet.

The electoral system in this country makes the main difference between us and the USA, they vote for their leader we only get to choose the party they come from and have no control over who sits at the top.

That system has spawned complaints of patronage that has led to the BOE's failures over the years, including the inability to upgrade to electronic voting machines required by the 2002 Help America Vote Act by the deadline years later.

* Voters all over Long Island are questioning whether our new system for voting works.

In a first past the post system, the Tories can't simply rely on boosting their votes in the South of England, something they've been getting quite good at over the last two or three years: they need to win seats in other regions if they are to form a government.

The Deliberative Poll drew up a shortlist of 29 ideas to reform British politics and to renew British democracy, these ideas are now open in a public vote where a move to a more proportional voting system is currently in the lead with over 5,500 supporters.

YouGov President Peter Kellner delves into the debate over Scottish independence and argues that the outcome of the coming referendum will depend on the voting system used

Over time, towns and villages would be able to «opt - in» to the unified system by popular vote.

He continued: «over the last two electoral cycles (2010 -2015 and 2015 - 2019), the Commission has deliberately and purposefully embarked upon far - reaching reforms of the electoral system, in terms of changes in voting procedures and enhancing the security features of ballot papers, ballot boxes and result sheets.»

Common Cause joins with over 30 organizations from across the state in urging the legislature to include funding for early voting in the final budget and bring New York's antiquated system of elections into the 21st century,» said Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause / NY.

If Britain does remain in the EU, Labour's divisions will be exposed once again over the summer: the Conservatives will twist the knife over the Chilcot report on the Iraq war, due to be published early next month, and the future of the Trident nuclear weapons system, on which the government has said it will call a vote soon.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Corruption and a rigged political system are battle cries of both sides in a debate over whether New Yorkers should vote this fall to rewrite the state constitution.

It is also becoming evident, on the basis of votes cast, how skewed the electoral system is: for the Conservatives, 2m more votes than Labour translates into 48 more Tory seats, while Labour's similar 2m vote advantage over the Lib Dems means 200 more seats.

David Cameron came under fire from the right of the Conservative party over any compromise on the voting system and Europe.

Nick Clegg stoked up the Cabinet row over electoral reform by denouncing claims that switching to the alternative vote system would cost # 250m as «complete and utter fiction».

In August a 424 - person vote by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Prague settled the long - standing debate over how many planets our solar system contains, bumping Pluto and fixing the number at a modest eight.

Over 5000 members have been sent back to the rating system for fresh voting and slightly above 2000 made it back to the site.

Over the course of five hours, lag never once reared its ugly head, and the voting system for courses is fantastic — once everyone selects a preferred event, a roulette wheel gives it a little touch of random chance.

«It's a popularity voting system,» Masahiro Ito told us over Twitter.

For the final two spots, I expect the preferential voting system, which rewards films with a small, passionate following over milder consensus favorites, to help «Whiplash» more than «Gone Girl» and «Unbroken.»

This is a winner - take - all system, whereby the candidate who wins the popular vote within a state garners all of the electoral college votes, even if one candidate wins a razor - thin popular vote victory over his or her rival.

The report strengthens the positions of teachers in Chicago should they vote to strike, should be considered in deliberations over the Friedrichs case, and must help shape ongoing debates about the importance of unions in the nation's public education system.