Sentences with phrase «runoff also»

The volume of runoff also increases, reducing the amount of water available during the dry summer months when water demand is higher and supplies are lower.

AK, But won't the runoff also contain the silica (tes)?

A FairVote analysis of the 2013 public advocate runoff also showed that the Democratic primary runoff electorate was older, whiter, and wealthier than Democrats overall, and only reflected a 7 percent turnout.

Not exact matches

Obama dubbed Sunday's presidential runoff as «very important» for the future of France but also to the entire world.

Yesterday's runoff vote was also too close to call, with Gaines receiving 49.96 percent of the votes and Greear receiving 47.8 percent.

The songwriter however failed to reach 40 per cent of the votes so will now have to compete in the runoff on 1st April against ex-government minister Carlos Alvarado Quesada, who was also once a singer in a rock band.

The honey CAN burn, it's true - but you're also correct that it's just the runoff.

«Better knowledge will also provide an understanding how pressures such as invasive species, polluted runoff and reduced vegetation cover affect the ongoing health of water - dependent ecosystems in the Basin.

«We're also committed to ecological efficiency in store landscaping, using drought - resistant native plants and, where possible, rainwater tanks to capture runoff and provide irrigation for landscaped areas,» says Mr Ward.

(If the penalty yardage is declined, the runoff is also declined).

It not only meant a loss of down and a loss of 10 yards, but it also necessitated a 10 - second runoff because of when it occurred.

There also was concern about the effect of runoff from the school on nearby Baker «s Lake.

In contrast, single member districts systemically underrepresent diffuse, politically extreme ideological factions which are minorities almost everywhere which tends to moderate the political system as a whole (something that instant runoff voting also does).

Let's try the instant runoff system, also known as alternative vote, transferable vote, ranked choice voting, or preferential voting

Texas also scheduled a primary runoff for July 31, 2012.

Digital ads have also played in the battle for Georgia's 6th House district, now down to a runoff between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel.

But the question is not only whether she will win, but also whether she will surpass the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff election on June 8.

«Cities that have adopted instant runoff voting to eliminate runoffs have not only saved millions of dollars but have also improved their democracies by making sure that we are electing our leaders in an election where the most voters, the most diverse voters, are at the polls at one time,» said Grace Ramsey, deputy outreach director for FairVote, a nonpartisan advocacy group, at the news conference.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. is a fourth likely Democratic mayoral candidate, and several others may also jump into the race, creating a crowded field more apt to produce a runoff.

Instant runoff voting, also known as ranked - choice voting, allows voters to rank primary candidates in order of preference so that if one candidate does not cross the required threshold for victory, the candidate with the least number of votes is eliminated and the votes are redistributed based on the second choice selected by voters who had selected the eliminated candidate first, and so on until a winner emerges.

Also known as «instant runoff,» the system allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference, a measure advocates argue helps voters better select a candidate that represents the majority of voters.

The state also will support efforts to conserve open spaces and prevent manure and road salt runoff.

The project also included the development of an initiative that collects water to help alleviate storm water runoff.

They weren't always on the same side: In 2009, Liu and Katz * were rivals in a four - way Democratic primary for controller that also included now - Assemblyman David Weprin and then - Councilman David Yassky, with the latter ultimately falling to Liu in a runoff.

I also looked at FairVote but that organization supports Instant Runoff Voting and not Borda Count.

For these people, ranked - choice voting includes not only instant runoff voting and the single transferable vote, but also Condorcet voting and the Borda count.

Of course, there's also instant runoff voting, where each vote counts once but is transferable.

Carroll also said the addition of Weiner to the race could result in a runoff, as it would be difficult for any candidate to reach the magic 40 - percent number needed to avoid a second round of voting.

Kellner, who also floated the option of a charter amendment petition, which would go to the voters, said if the city failed to implement runoff voting, then it should abolish runoff elections entirely.

It also moves the deadline for newly - qualifying parties (but not for independent candidates) from primary day, to 22 days after the runoff primary.

The Alternative Vote (AV) The Alternative Vote also known as Instant - runoff voting (IRV) is a preferential voting system used to elect a single winner.

Unfortunately, instant runoff — just like plurality voting — also immediately eliminates the candidate who is everyone's second choice but nobody's first.

Lankford could have an advantage in that runoff, as the race to replace him in his House district will also likely go into overtime.

And in the race for public advocate, there will also be a runoff between Bill de Blasio and Mark Green, who formerly held the position for seven years.

«We need a national movement to adopt the «top - two» primary (also known as an open primary), in which all voters, regardless of party registration, can vote and the top two vote - getters, regardless of party, then enter a runoff,» Schumer wrote.

Hawkins also supports proportional representation for legislative elections, instant runoff voting for executive offices like Governor, and an amendment the U.S. Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court doctrines of corporate personhood and money - is - speech that severely restrict regulation of corporations and election financing.

For example, instant runoff voting is considered to have less frequent IIA failure than First Past the Post (also known as Plurality Rule).

The Marist poll also included questions about a potential runoff election, in the event none of the candidates garner the necessary 40 percent of the vote to win the primary.

Brooklyn Councilman Antonio Reynoso, also pointed to the lack of diversity in voters in runoff elections compared to primaries.

The draft also features requirements for all new development to use more modern sanitation systems to prevent nitrogen runoff.

Republicans increased their Senate majority to 52 seats in the 115th Congress and also retained two House seats after Saturday's Louisiana runoffs, the final elections of 2016.

The poll also shows that in a Democratic primary runoff, de Blasio leads: 54 - 38 percent over Quinn; 50 - 41 percent over Thompson; 72 - 22 percent over Weiner.

Improved access for the disabled was also provided, and hardy new plantings were put in place, which will help reduce rainwater runoff into the city's sewer system.

By validating model results against geological observations, the study indicates that changes in runoff, sea level and wave energy have profoundly affected the past evolution of the Great Barrier Reef not only in regard to reefs evolution but also sediment fate from source - to - sink.

They also reduce storm water runoff, which is a huge issue in cities.

It can also cause water runoff leading to erosion.

They also used a physically based computer model of the hydrologic cycle, which takes daily weather observations and computes the snow accumulation, melting, and runoff to estimate the total snowpack in the western U.S.

How long this process takes depends not only on how fast plowing pushes soil downhill — and wind or runoff carries it away — but also on how fast the underlying rocks break down to form new soil.

The proposed budget would also get rid of the Chesapeake Bay Program — a regional partnership pollution cleanup effort that mainly targets fertilizer and other chemical runoff that enters the bay.

It is also experimenting with no - till and minimum - till agriculture, techniques in which farmers inject seeds into the ground, avoiding the plow and thereby minimizing nitrogen and phosphorus runoff.