Sentences with phrase «registered voters select»

Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election.

Not exact matches

If those running for any office don't receive a minimum percentage of the available votes, say for example (I'll keep this small scale) 100 voters are registered, and each candidate receives 25 or less votes, the election would be void, and new candidates selected.

25 % of registered voters in the state say Governor David Paterson should select Kennedy to replace the senator if Clinton is confirmed as Secretary of State.

Select an election district committee membership (in some cases a ward — election district) in a municipality in the NYS Assembly District in which the voter is registered.

Where Labour is in third place or below, and perhaps also where it is in a sufficiently distant second place, then it should dispense with any requirement that its prospective nominees be party members (although they would of course have to join if they were selected), provided that they had been registered voters within the constituency's then boundaries for at least 15 years, and provided that they were recommended to the Constituency Labour Party by the public signatures of at least five per cent of the voters.

In the 2010 general election, not a presidential year, just 10,117 people — 1 - in - 5 registered voters in Assembly District 34 — selected DenDekker's name at the polls.

When asked what type of school they would select to obtain the best education for their children, nearly two - thirds of registered voters (66 %) would select something other than a regular public school.