Sentences with phrase «through election of»

The intended function of these forms of local government is to administer certain aspects of the specified area through the election of local representatives.

Even in cities with mayoral control, there is some limited voice through the election of a mayor.

To my knowledge DADT repeal was never put in front of voters other than vicariously through the election of Obama and a liberal Congress.

First, in explaining the role of the general populace in the election of the president, Hamilton argues that the «sense of the people», through the election of the electors to the college, should have a part of the process.

And the only way that will happen is through the election of complete - streets supporters to the Senate and Assembly.»

Through the election of Bush and Cheney, the oil companies virtually took over the administration of the country pressing for policies that are in no way sustainable.

If you have already started repaying your loans, you may still have the opportunity to change amounts, loan terms and payment methods through election of special repayment options or loan consolidation.

They gained power through the elections of Senator Alfonse D'Amato in 1980, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in 1993, and Governor George Pataki in 1994.

Not exact matches

If McConnell can fend off his conservative challenger on May 20, guide four of his fellow incumbents through a thicket of Tea Party primary challenges, and survive the November election — a difficult hat trick — he is likely to emerge as the one Washington Republican who can return the Grand Old Party to the grand old political center and put an end to Tea Party extremism.

Attracting small donors through digital channels resembles the presidential campaign fundraising strategy of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (D), but Harris insists she's just focusing on this year's midterm elections.

«Of the 282 accounts with non-zero karma, more than half (145) were banned prior to the start of this investigation through our routine Trust & Safety practices» said Huffman in the announcement, referring to an internal investigation that began last month, in response to «recent reports about the integrity of Reddit» regarding the scope of Russian election influence on various social media platforms, according to a previous announcemenOf the 282 accounts with non-zero karma, more than half (145) were banned prior to the start of this investigation through our routine Trust & Safety practices» said Huffman in the announcement, referring to an internal investigation that began last month, in response to «recent reports about the integrity of Reddit» regarding the scope of Russian election influence on various social media platforms, according to a previous announcemenof this investigation through our routine Trust & Safety practices» said Huffman in the announcement, referring to an internal investigation that began last month, in response to «recent reports about the integrity of Reddit» regarding the scope of Russian election influence on various social media platforms, according to a previous announcemenof Reddit» regarding the scope of Russian election influence on various social media platforms, according to a previous announcemenof Russian election influence on various social media platforms, according to a previous announcement.

A new study from researchers with Harvard's Berkman Center and MIT tracked the increasing influence of sites like Breitbart, the Daily Caller, Infowars and Truthfeed through the election.

As Donald Trump assumes the mantle of 45th president of the United States, much of the mainstream press is going through a soul - searching process, trying to understand how it got the outcome of the election so thoroughly wrong — and also how to survive under what is likely to be one of the most media - hostile administrations in recent memory.

In the 2016 election cycle, the average winning Senate candidate had spent $ 10.4 million through October 19 of that year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

After each round of elections, those newly elected would go through the same pattern.)

British Columbia Premier Christy Clark asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ban shipments of thermal coal through B.C. ports less than two weeks before the May 9 provincial election.

«That would be the way to think about it... at this stage, there is a lot of uncertainty in the consumer's mind as we work through the election,» said Penegor.

«Though it came halfway through the debate tonight, I think the definitive moment of the evening, of the election, of the American experiment came when Chris Wallace asked Donald Trump if he would accept the results of the election on November 8,» Colbert said.

Now, he is tipped in the polls to go through to the second round of the elections, and face - off with Marine Le Pen for the presidency.

Facebook is facing its worst privacy scandal in years following allegations that Cambridge Analytica, a Trump - affiliated data mining firm, used ill - gotten data from millions of users through an app to try to influence elections.

While no charges have been officially announced, the three arrests came after U.S. intelligence agencies publicly accused Russia of interfering in the U.S. presidential election through computer hacking, an allegation Moscow denies.

The indictments described the internet tactics of several Russian - based operatives who sought to interfere in the 2016 presidential election through various social media operations that encouraged voters to support Trump, independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and Green Party nominee Jill Stein.

At a similar panel in New York earlier in January that was dedicated to technology and media in the 2016 election, top journalists from legacy media organizations like the Associated Press and new media organizations like the data - journalism website FiveThirtyEight picked over the carcass of the election, pondering why data analysts misjudged Trump's electoral strength and how readers themselves often didn't necessarily possess the media literacy to sift through fake and poorly reported news.

Republican leaders have scrambled to push through major tax changes and earn a legislative win ahead of next year's midterm elections.

Since the U.S. election system operates through a patchwork of different systems in each state, Graff believes it would difficult to pull off a large - scale breach.

«It was just deemed too difficult to get through all of the hurdles that they would need to get through, and the level of support they were likely to receive on it was thought to be too low to generate such controversy, particularly at a sensitive (time) in an election cycle,» the source said.

However, he said, more clarity was needed on how Washington will force the implementation of the political process and how it «will force the Assad regime into accepting a political settlement that leads to establishing a safe and neutral environment that leads to a transition through free and fair elections.»

«Responsible change may not come as immediately as some hope for, but rather through an incremental process of constitutional reform and U.N. - supervised elections.

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If a strike is made during election day that prohibits voting or redirects the focus off the democratic process through fear and spectacle though, leaked documents are likely the least of the culprit's worries.

Each of the other proposals, including the election of directors (Proposal No. 1), the advisory resolution approving Apple's executive compensation (Proposal No. 3), the proposal to approve the amended and restated Apple Inc. 2014 Employee Stock Plan (Proposal No. 4), and each of the shareholder proposals (Proposals No. 5 through No. 8), are considered non-routine matters under applicable rules.

Since the 2016 election, Facebook has paid unusual attention to the reputations of Mr. Zuckerberg and Ms. Sandberg, conducting polls to track how they are viewed by the public, said Tavis McGinn, who was recruited to the company last April and headed the executive reputation efforts through September 2017.

Cambridge Analytica, which rose to prominence through its work with Mr. Trump's 2016 election campaign, has found itself confronting a deepening crisis since reports this past weekend in The New York Times and The Observer of London that the firm had harvested the data from more than 50 million Facebook profiles in its bid to develop techniques for predicting the behavior of individual American voters.

This was a very painful election with all of the email things and all of the foundation things and all of the everything that they went through and the whole country went through.

Also, if a majority of the Board is comprised of persons other than (i) persons for whose election proxies were solicited by the Board; or (ii) persons who were appointed by the Board to fill vacancies caused by death or resignation or to fill newly - created directorships («Board Change»), unless the Committee or Board determines otherwise prior to such Board Change, then participants immediately prior to the Board Change who cease to be employees or non-employee directors within six months after such Board Change for any reason other than death or permanent disability generally have their (i) options and stock appreciation rights become immediately exercisable and to the extent not canceled or cashed out, generally have at least six months to exercise such awards; (ii) restrictions with respect to restricted stock and RSRs lapse and generally shares are delivered; and (iii) performance shares and performance units pay out pro rata based on performance through the end of the last calendar quarter before the time the participant ceased to be an employee.

J&J spokesman Ernie Knewitz told CNBC, «As we have learned through the 2016 election campaign, personal attacks do not serve the interests of the American public or foster a balanced discussion on the substantive issues facing the nation.»

As much as many people want to drive a stake through the heart of this ugly political beast, it will keep coming back to life every time there is an election until we somehow get proportional representation.

Staff from SCL's elections division, which through a convoluted corporate structure was interchangeable with Cambridge, discussed what they were doing at a meeting in July 2014 with another contractor for the Bolton PAC, according to an agenda of the meeting obtained by The Times.

on his ability to push through other items on his agenda, such as tax reform, infrastructure spending and deregulation — the promise of which has helped propel stocks upward since his election.

Halfway through the election, BC Liberal candidates have ducked debates in about half of BC's ridings.

The big question is whether the use of such databases and the algorithms that sift through them change the outcome of elections.

In addition to the election of directors (Item 1), the NYSE does not consider any of the stockholder proposals (Items 5 through 8) as routine matters, so your broker may not vote on these matters in its discretion.

As Mueller digs into CA's political ties, and Facebook promises to restructure itself to better handle the maelstrom of problems that formed through its platform and factored into the election results, both companies are experiencing an intense amount of scrutiny, from more eyes than ever before.

Finally, Rodriguez calls for a grand fiscal compact in 2013 after the election, and failing that the arduous task of effecting these structural changes through Constitutional amendment.

With Facebook facing a wave of public backlash over how it has handled user data over the years — a backlash that was kicked off two weeks ago with the revelation that data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica had worked on targeted election campaigns using personal and private Facebook data — the company today announced a new set of changes to help users find and change their privacy settings, as well as download and delete whatever data has been collected through Facebook's network of social media services.

The NYSE does not consider the election of directors (Item 1), the advisory resolution to approve the named executives» compensation (Item 2) or any of the stockholder proposals (Items 4 through 7) to be routine matters, so your broker may not vote on these matters in its discretion.

Through 2015 Facebook had actually been ramping up its internal focus on elections as a revenue generating opportunity — growing the headcount of staff working directly with politicians to encourage them to use its platform and tools for campaigning.

In other words, over the next five years, this government is planning to spend more money on income splitting for a small number of well off families, a promise made during the 2011 election, than on supporting economic growth and job creation through new spending on research and infrastructure and lowering taxes on investment.

«But it's also pulled back nicely, offering an inexpensive entry point, which increases risk and reward for the investor... With that all said, assuming DOC can hold on through Election Day, I think this could be a good position to own — especially through the end of the year.»