Sentences with phrase «system by popular vote»

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

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ATHENS, Greece (AP)-- Greece's parliament has approved plans to lower the voting age by a year to 17 and adopt a proportional representation system, after years of economic austerity have hammered popular support for traditionally dominant political...

Numbers can't be established for a «national popular vote» (even one based on a fiction) under a state - by - state system like ours unless all the states have their act together.

So such a result might put the Head of State in a difficult position — would she go with the seat split spat out by the first past the post system, or break with established practice and ask the popular vote winner?

Likewise, one of the defects of a popular vote system (corrected by the Electoral College) is that rural votes don't get a lot of attention for the same reason.

Given how the First Past The Post electoral system works, concentrated support can translate into huge gains in seats (the PCs came third in the popular vote — in fact, they almost came second — but a distant fifth by seat count, which is all that matters).

Note that federal constitution has systems for preventing popular states from dominating congress or the white house by the great compromise or electoral voting system.

In the race to win the popular votes over the next few weeks, we should guard against exploiting the nationalist concerns (or nationalist pride), by repatriation rhetoric of post-Brexit powers, which could cause a genuine issue for the cohesion of our legal system.

Because the Tezos system is built for continuous updates implemented by popular vote, these smart contracts will be able to keep updating to keep up with business trends and companies» needs.