Sentences with phrase «possible voting districts»
Michael McDonald, a political scientist at the University of Florida in Gainesville, questions the validity of all these quantitative metrics, however, because they rely on creating a random sample of all possible voting districts.
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But possible improvements will be detailed in the district's budget, which is expected to be voted on this week.
Trustees voted to begin discussions on a possible sale of the property to the Park District.
WAUKEGAN TOWNSHIP — The Waukegan Township Board of Trustees has voted to work with the Waukegan Park District on a possible deal to provide additional parking for each other's popular properties.
Say, it is possible to get elected from two districts at the same time or perhaps certain districts have a bigger vote share for their representatives.
It is possible for Candidate A to win the first district and receive one Electoral vote, Candidate B to win the second district and receive one Electoral vote, and Candidate C, who finished a close second in both the first and second districts, to win the two at - large Electoral votes.
But in competitive districts the new targeting scheme makes it possible for campaign assemblages to leverage their considerable resources to actually expand the electorate in significant ways, both in terms of persuasion efforts and get - out - the - vote efforts — and when the stakes are high enough, even through voter registration efforts.
«Due to serious concerns over the rollout of new electronic voting machines in several counties within the district, the local financial burden of holding a special election so close to the regular election cycle, as well as the possible disenfranchisement of overseas military voters who would not be able to participate, I will call for a Special Election to be held on November 2, 2010.»
Gerrymandering is when a partisan committee moves around the borders of voting districts to favor their own party, squeezing the maximum amount of electoral votes possible out of a certain area of land.
But the district was drawn four years ago specifically to be as advantageous to Republicans as possible, and they've since performed well there: Republican Mark Grisanti got over half the vote in a four - way race in 2012, and outgoing Democrat Marc Panepinto won with only 33 percent of the vote in 2014 when three registered Republicans and Conservatives split the remaining 67 percent.
ALBANY — State Senate Democrats again called for Gov. Cuomo to veto any legislative districts redrawn by the Legislature — but this time ensured they could block a possible override vote.
However, this doesn't always work out in practice because of something known as overhang seats: It is possible for a party to win more electoral districts than seats they are entitled to according to party votes.
John O'Hara, the longtime opponent of Brooklyn District Attorney Joe Hynes and the Brooklyn Democratic machine, and the only person since Susan B. Anthony convicted of registering to vote, said that his attorney got a phone call today about a possible pardon from Peter Kiernan, the counsel for Governor David Paterson.
However, two states (Maine and Nebraska) award an electoral vote to the winner of each district in the state in addition to one for the overall winner, so it should be possible for every numeric combination to happen.
In the months to come, LGBT New Yorkers and our allies will be working in districts across the state to build the support that will allow us to bring these bills to the Senate floor for a vote as soon as possible.»
When school levies come up for a vote, don't districts want as many taxpayers as possible to have a direct stake in the outcome?
64 Immediately following polling day, the Chief Electoral Officer shall determine the number of electors that were entitled to vote in each electoral district and, as soon as possible thereafter, shall furnish a certified statement thereof to each candidate in the electoral district.