Sentences with phrase «to hold elections»

Three states held elections for six state executive seats in 2013.

This is certainly good news for the legitimacy of the institution, and highlights the value of holding the elections on the same day as other polls.

In 2016, 86 out of 99 legislative chambers held elections.

Add to this the fact that each constituency may hold its election at different times, and you have a blueprint for confusion.

She will teach the slaves to vote, and then hold elections.

New labor law regulations shorten the time period for holding an election after a petition is filed.

She could hold an election tomorrow, or as planned in 2020.

The students and alumni association quickly held elections for their working group representatives.

If you are licensed at a brokerage in a district holding an election this year, I urge you to think carefully about nomination.

2007 was the last year that the state senate and state house held elections.

And by that I don't mean to say he isn't holding secret meeting about when to hold an election if the polls remain the same - he almost certainly is.

If you don't elect a running mate on the back of the leader, you must at least hold an election for each whenever there is a vacancy for one.

The county will hold elections today in a pair of primary races for county court judge and a state assembly seat.

Why waste time holding an election when children can look at pictures and pick the winners?

Multiple members of the commission have hands - on experience in maintaining accurate voter rolls, or holding election officials accountable for doing so as required by federal law.

There was no guarantee of winning another quickly held election.

In 2000's Rice v. Cayetano, the justices held that «ancestry can be a proxy for race,» and thus the state of Hawaii may not hold elections in which only Native Hawaiians are allowed to vote.

However, Louisiana did not hold elections for its state senate or state house in 2012.

Then there's the idea of holding Election Day on a weekend, something government officials determined is a costly alternative, according to a study from the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) assessing the cost of a two - day voting weekend.

The 1st Congressional District of New York held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.

The 59 - year - old said she would not hold an election before 2020, nor trigger the legal process for leaving the EU before the close of the year.

For starters, turnout was low and the question must be asked, did holding Election Day on a Thursday impact the vote?

Traditionally, many villages hold their elections in March.

Prior to 2018, the California State Senate last held elections in 2016.

New York could dramatically boost voter participation by holding elections on weekends, according to a new field survey by state Senate Democrats.

NSBA's 150 school board member Delegate Assembly held elections during NSBA's Annual Conference, April 8 - 11, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Lord Prescott's criticism of the shadow Cabinet comes one year after the party held elections to decide the makeup of its frontbench team at its autumn conference.

All legislators should oppose SB280 since it completely removes your right to hold a local election for County Superintendent of Education, and SB280 prevents other districts from holding elections in the future.

Maryland is one of 36 states holding an election for governor in 2018.

Mr Mahama who lost the 2016 presidential election in his home country Ghana is heading the Commonwealth Observer Mission in the East African country which held elections on 8 August.

But how does this fit in with the official Cabinet Office guidelines about holding election events on NHS premises, which state:

Louisiana and Mississippi also typically hold elections in odd years.

Krueger said she supports holding the elections in early March, before the budget is due.

American Television Network, Cable News Network (CNN) has succumbed to pressure from Ghanaians and amended the misleading parts of its story on Ghana's recently held elections.

Eight villages in Erie County held elections Tuesday.

It showed on Election Day when the GOP, for the first time in memory, didn't hold an election night victory party.

The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is holding elections Saturday, July 2 to choose its parliamentary candidate for the 2016...

9 January 2016 — Seismological Society of America held its election on January 6, 2017.

Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia hold elections in odd - numbered years.

Virginia also held an election for attorney general.

New York City held elections for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, and all 51 seats on the city council in 2017.

So, for example, if Pakistan, Myanmar, or Cuba held elections next week, political turmoil would likely erupt.

If he goes, he'll be in good company: Almost every crisis - hit European country that has held an election since disaster struck in 2009 has thrown out its...

Vote to officially disband your group at the end of each year, make elections annual, and then start up your group and hold elections immediately so any outsiders coming in later will hold no influence.

In 1985, after President Marcos invalidated a freely held election in the Philippines, Christians began gathering in prayer groups.

For example, USSR held elections every N years, and called itself a democracy, despite «the people» having virtually no power.

(In the end, all they could agree on was moving the primary from Sept. 11 to Sept. 13 to avoid holding the election on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks).

Authoritarian regimes hold elections for a variety of reasons.

Amid the chaos, the NTC held elections to the General National Congress (GNC) in July 2012.