Sentences with phrase «through ballot»

33 (1) The paper used for printing the ballots shall be as approved and ordered by the Chief Electoral Officer and shall be manufactured to contain a security feature so placed as to run through each ballot.

Whilst it can not be said that this would never be an appropriate course for the case tribunal to take it, in my judgment, where the matter complained of was, by inference, put before the electorate as an issue and they have delivered their verdict through the ballot box it can not be right to override that verdict.»

He saw that the only action likely to happen was at the state level, through the ballot, and that other states badly needed a proven template for what they could do on climate.

Nearly 1 million Missouri voters sent a powerful message through the ballot box to shed the stigma of being the puppy mill capital of the country by approving Proposition B, a statewide ballot initiative to establish basic standards for the care of dogs in large - scale commercial breeding facilities.

For the last two years, activists have regularly picketed the events, and there's been a healthy push to ban the auctions outright through a ballot vote.

Perhaps Jameson Rescue can help the Shelter with funding instead of trying to bully them through a ballot initiative?

Ohio citizens have a constitutional right to initiate lawmaking through ballot measures.

Note that Article 13A, Section 1 of the California Constitution restricts how a community college district can spend borrowed money obtained through bond sales authorized through ballot measures approved by 55 % of the voters under the criteria of Proposition 39 (2000).

The new law was approved directly by voters through a ballot initiative in November 2012.

Ballot - initiative procedures — which are a Progressive Era reform — were designed for situations like this: Through the ballot box, the electorate can circumvent special interest - driven legislatures and directly enact popular laws.

One way forward, she said, could be through a ballot initiative and appeal to the voters with the stories of students who are receiving an inadequate education in California public schools.

To be specific, the case will consider the constitutionality of Michigan's Proposal 2, a voter - approved ban on affirmative action policies in Michigan universities, which was passed through a ballot vote in November 2006 with a margin of 58 — 42 percent.

The Black Country MP said it was an unusual vote, held through a ballot, but he «no idea» what he was thinking when voting against his wishes, and backed the government.

Of the 15 states, it is the only state where term limits were imposed by the state's legislators, rather than through the ballot initiative process.

Democracy, he said, «is all about franchise and right to exercise same by vote and through the ballot without intimidation as choosing a leader.»

There, 80 count staff will have the huge task of wading through the ballot papers.

When asked about his famous quote that he would only leave his office in a box, or through the ballot box, he quipped: «I'm leaving because of the ballot box, because it will be hard to reelect me when I'm not running!»

«When it is time for election, they should be shown through the ballot papers that they are not wanted to go back to Abuja,» he said.

«Those who are true lovers of democracy and patriotic Nigerians should show the courage needed to confront those who want to subvert the will of the people freely expressed through the ballot.

County voters will decide the issue through a ballot referendum in November.

The other states legalized recreational use through ballot referendums.

Yet there is no other globally recognized way of changing a bad system or entrenching a good one besides going through the ballot box.

Voters determine in November whether to hold a constitutional convention through a ballot referendum held every 20 years.

«Unless we apply the break and uphold the rule of law and democratic conventions and practices in all ramifications, our greatest losses, moving forward, will not be economic recession, lack of critical infrastructure, among others, but an irredeemably deteriorated civilian rule where the decisions of the courts, letters and spirit of the law, resolutions of the legislature, electoral choices of Nigerians as expressed through the ballot no longer count.»

Voters approved the amendment through a ballot referendum in the fall.

Republicans, too, this week unveiled their effort to garner votes through another ballot line with the «Stop Common Core» ballot petitions being submitted to the state Board of Elections.

«On June 12, 1993, majority of Nigerians across all divides demonstrated through the ballot box that irrespective of class or ethnic sympathies, the Nigerian people are united and would always join hands to promote our unifying values,» he said.

The Labour rebels broke the party line to support an amendment forcing schools who hoped to become self - governing trusts to first gain approval of parents through a ballot.

Elected officials receive their mandate through the ballot box.

«First and foremost, President Akufo - Addo richly deserves the apology because he as President earned his legitimacy through the ballot box and not...

During the General Strike of 1926 the party opposed the general strike, arguing that the best way to achieve social reforms was through the ballot box.

Ruling out an electoral pact with the Tories at the next election, he said: «Voters tell politicians what they want through the ballot box.

Hell, in the US all full legalizations have been through ballot initiatives, which are entirely the voters» decision.

The longer the White House and Downing Street back Mubarak and negotiate behind closed doors in order to engineer a slow transition, which might impede the Muslim Brotherhood from immediately taking power through the ballot box, the more it antagonizes the protesters throughout all of Egypt and drives them toward the Islamists.

Indeed much energy has been invested into explaining why the apparent numerical majority of the poor has failed to produce socialist outcomes through the ballot (this is Przeworski's and Sprague's famous «paper stones» argument).

In the Senate, even he is tainted by the formation of an IDC Coalition, which usurped the voter's wishes as indicated through the ballot box count, to have a Democratic Majority in the house, when Sen. Jeff Klein went rogue and aligned himself with the Republicans in a leadership sharing arrangement that failed to deliver for the Governor this session.

Yet, examples from Eastern Europe, South America and Africa showcase that opposition victories and transitions through the ballot box do happen.

Cuomo has pledged this year to help Democrats win control of the Senate, either through cajoling Felder to switch conferences or through the ballot box.

He said such pastors should stop manipulating politicians by saying God has revealed to them and that they should allow the Lord to speak through the ballot adding that voting is a divine way that God appoints his leaders because God is democratic.

But why hasn't there been any change of policy through the ballot box?

The league passed the rule in early 2016 through a ballot measure that secured 95 % of votes from UIL - member school superintendents, the league said in a statement.

However, Colorado and Washington have legalized it at the state level through ballot initiatives and been successful in implementing it because the Justice Department has refused to intervene.

Unfortunately, Team Management / Coaching Role is not through the ballot system, you would have beaten Wenger, Morin, Poch and co hands down, with this analysis presented as manifesto.

Arizona, California and Florida have passed similar measures through ballot initiatives, and Maine, Colorado and Oregon have passed related laws in their state legislatures.

Although cow slaughter is banned in most Indian states, Kerala and West Bengal — two states long ruled by communists elected through ballot — have refused to enact legislation banning beef.

Unilateralism obliges Israel to employ force in a variety of ways, and that in itself motivates the Palestinians to respond, sometimes with terrorist attacks and sometimes through the ballot box.

Religious people are attempting to impose their beliefs through the ballot box.

Not exact matches

We shortlisted companies based on revenue figures supplied on a brief self - nominating ballot, then verified revenue claims and eligibility through detailed questionnaires and reviews of applicant - supplied financial statements.

The Senate speaker of the house is elected through a voting process that requires a simple majority in a run - off ballot.

A ballot measure, dubbed the Energy Choice Initiative, would enable companies to buy power on the open market rather than only through NV Energy.