Sentences with phrase «own electoral districts»

The eight - justice court is hearing arguments Monday in two cases that deal with the same basic issue of whether race played too large a role in the drawing of electoral districts, to the detriment of African - Americans.

The best you can do is to measure the actual result against one of these two handy rankings of the electoral districts (here and here).

Every one of Iceland's six electoral districts voted in the «No» column — by a national margin of 60 % (down from 93 % in January 2010).

Matt Grant slings lawn signs over his shoulder as his Liberal red sneakers roam the Calgary Confederation electoral district.

In this context, Canada has adopted a broad set of rules in relation to key political actors, including election candidates, political parties, electoral district associations, and third parties.

If and when Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley introduces amendments to the timeline, the government should also change other sections in the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act that would create a more fair process of drawing electoral districts.

This timeline would allow Elections Alberta enough time to prepare the new electoral districts for the 2019 provincial election.

In 2015, the technology exists to aid MLAs to communicate, converse, and represent Albertans in large electoral districts.

The government could reduce the 50 percent deviation to 25 percent and direct increased funding for MLAs representing large electoral districts for the cost of multiple constituency offices and an increased travel / outreach budget.

Alberta's Chief Electoral Officer Glen Resler spoke to the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices on September 24, 2015 about legislated timelines that require an Electoral Boundaries Commission be appointed to redraw the provincial electoral districts.

The government should also amend the section of the Act that lays out guidelines for the commission to redraw Alberta's electoral districts.

The open data movement is lagging in Canada as demonstrated by exorbitant fees for such basics as the data set of postal codes correlated to electoral districts.

A majority (153) of the targeted electoral districts — Prince George (20), Kamloops (16), Fraser - Nicola (1), Chilliwack and Hope (27), Abbotsford (31), Surrey (20), Burnaby (28), and Vancouver (12)-- are regions and cities along the pipeline's route.ii

Only in our time do we draw electoral district lines so that black representatives may be assured of election without the inconvenience of having to solicit white votes.

One of the simplest means of dealing with this even retains the electoral college: have the EC allocate its votes for each state proportionately to the vote, regardless of electoral district (which also renders gerrymandering almost irrelevant, since the state is considered as a whole).

The electoral quota is determined by dividing the total number of electors as at the relevant date by the number of electoral districts into which the State is divided.

In the last congressional election in Brazil (where all candidates run state - wide rather than in electoral districts) the candidate who received the most votes in the state of Sao Paulo was a television clown.

Plus, more - traditional mass outreach may still work in online social settings, since extensive advertising on MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn is still relatively untested, and campaigns with the resources to buy ads targeted at their particular electoral districts may find them an effective way to tap a politically active audience.

Interestingly, the Svoboda party came first in the foreign electoral district, gaining overwhelming majority of votes from Ukrainian residents living in the USA, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Sweden, Italy and Spain.

In an era of deep partisan division, the U.S. Supreme Court could soon decide whether the drawing of electoral districts can be too political.

The project will code and digitise census and electoral data from 1970 up to the 1990s, and geo - reference this to maps of historical electoral districts.

If the electoral districts are large enough (possibly nationwide), a party does get a weight in parliament roughly equivalent to the number of votes they received in the election.

State is divided into electoral districts, with one Elector chosen per district by the voters of that district

report to the Governor - General the names and boundaries of the electoral districts fixed by the Commission; and

has been carried by a majority of the valid votes cast at a poll of the electors of the General and Maori electoral districts:

If the Electoral Commission is satisfied that the name of a member elected to represent an electoral district is not correctly recorded on the writ, an Electoral Commissioner may, on behalf of the Electoral Commission, before or after complying with the requirements of section 185 (1), make any alterations to the writ necessary to ensure that the member's name is correctly recorded.

A person who is qualified to be registered as an elector of any electoral district and who is in New Zealand must apply to the Electoral Commission for registration as an elector --

the total number of persons registered as electors of the Maori electoral districts as at the close of that last day; and

The Deputy Registrar for an electoral district may, subject to the control of the Registrar for that electoral district, exercise or perform all of that Registrar's powers, duties, and functions.

the Maori electoral population of New Zealand shall be divided by the quota for General electoral districts in the South Island determined pursuant to section 35 (3)(b), and the quotient so obtained shall be the number of Maori electoral districts:

nominate a candidate for election for an electoral district for which no candidate was nominated in the schedule as originally lodged with the Electoral Commission.

the total number of persons whose names are shown on the dormant rolls maintained under section 109 for the Maori electoral districts; and

An election petition relating to the return of a member of Parliament representing an electoral district or the failure to present a return at an election for a member of Parliament representing an electoral district shall be presented to the High Court and determined in accordance with sections 230 to 257.

A person who is qualified to be registered as an elector of any electoral district and who is outside New Zealand may apply at any time to the Electoral Commission for registration as an elector.

if his or her dwelling is located wholly within one of those electoral districts, be deemed to reside in that electoral district; or

Any secretary of a political party listed on the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote may, instead of making 1 or more separate applications for recounts under section 180 (2), apply to the Chief District Court Judge for recounts of the party votes to be conducted in every electoral district.

It shall be the duty of the Commission to divide New Zealand into General electoral districts from time to time in accordance with this section and section 269.

Within each electoral district (constituency / ward / whatever) the first past the post system encourages a two - party position.

Copies of each index compiled under subsection (1)(b) in respect of an electoral district shall be sold at every office of the department within the meaning of section 2 of the Survey Act 1986 and at such other convenient places as the Electoral Commission from time to time directs.

the schedule must specify the electoral districts for which candidates are nominated in the schedule:

subject to subsection (7), the Maori electoral districts shall each contain an equal number of members of the Maori electoral population.

Where the property on which a person's home is located is divided between 2 or more electoral districts, that person shall, --

This section applies if, as a result of a comparison carried out under section 263A, the Electoral Commission believes that a person who has applied to be (but is not yet) registered as an elector of an electoral district is --

If, following an inquiry under section 89D, the Electoral Commission receives notice under section 89D (5)(b) that an elector has changed his or her place of residence and now resides in another electoral district, the Electoral Commission --

The maximum amount that a party may be paid in donations made to the Electoral Commission for the benefit of that party during a specified period is 10 % (excluding any interest paid under section 208E (2)-RRB- of the maximum amount of election expenses allowed under section 206C (1) to be incurred by a party that is listed in the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote and that has a candidate contesting every electoral district.

stating that the names and boundaries of the electoral districts fixed by the Commission are available for public inspection; and

stating that the names and boundaries of the Maori electoral districts fixed by the Commission are available for public inspection; and

But over 70 electoral districts showing up at zero?

And they draw the boundaries of the electoral districts in which you live, work, and vote.

the name of the electoral district that the member of Parliament represents or, if the member has not been elected to represent an electoral district, the fact that the member has been elected from a party list; and