Sentences with phrase «third of eligible voters»

And she says school board votes routinely attract just one quarter to one third of eligible voters.

Too bad for those neanderthals, since only two - thirds of eligible voters were needed to allow women more than guest or visitor status.

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With more than 80 percent of eligible voters turning out to vote, two - thirds of them were implacably opposed to the project, which would have lasted at least a decade.

This can be done by way of a relative majority (more than 50 per cent of votes cast), an absolute majority (more than 50 per cent of eligible voters) or some form of a super-majority (60 per cent or two - thirds majority of voters).

About a third of the roughly 51,000 eligible voters participated in the election, which was conducted by mail - in ballot.

The 2014 election had the worst voter turnout in 72 years, with less than one - third of the eligible voting population going to the polls.