Sentences with phrase «to vote in local elections»

Do votes in local elections actually reflect votes in general elections?

Furthermore, according to those same records, since she registered to vote back in 2006, she's never voted in a local election.

If you didn't own property, you couldn't vote in local elections.

People have been denied the right to vote in local elections for the first time due to a controversial new pilot of checks that force voters to prove...

It s perhaps useful to note the aggregate votes in the local elections on General Election day (excluding sundry independents)

New York would be the first major city in the U.S. to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections under a bill before a City Council committee.

Given that the polls are showing that around half of former UKIP voters are planning on voting Conservative this year, and given that the Conservatives clearly benefitted from the collapse of the UKIP vote in the local elections, surely UKIP dropout is a big advantage for Theresa May?

Many democracies allow local residents to vote in local elections regardless of the citizenship status.

The vote share won by Lorraine Higgins in Midlands - North - West was higher than the party vote in local election contests within that area though admittedly this may be down to the fact that Labour did not contest a number of electoral areas in the Midlands - North - West regions.

The defence relates to a case brought by five Ghanaians living abroad who insist their rights to register and vote in local elections while abroad continues to be violated by the non-implementation of the law.

And everywhere I have voted (which includes several countries because as EU citizen I could vote in local elections outside of my country of origin), this means I had to sign in a register or at least that someone checked that my name was on a list.

Labour did take the most votes in the local elections on the same day but lost seats due to the introduction of proportional representation for local council elections.

The only person named in One Boston's paperwork was a Roslindale woman who rarely even voted in local elections.

«Our aim is to get more people voting in local elections, and to make an informed choice.

[2] A person who has two homes (such as a university student having a term - time address and living at home during holidays) can register to vote at both addresses as long as they are not in the same electoral area, and can vote in the local elections for the two different local councils.

It seems disingenuous for a candidate to ask voters to come out and vote for them when the candidate has never voted in a local election themselves.

An area judge had stripped college students of their right to vote in local elections, and Sanders signed on with the ACLU to fight the ruling.

A few places in America allow non-citizens to vote in local elections, these citizens also enjoy an effective «plural vote» if they can vote overseas in elections in their home countries.

This is an estimate of the share of the vote that the principal parties would have won in a GB - wide general election if voters across the country as a whole had behaved in the same way as those who actually voted in the local elections.

The 1832 Reform Act extended the vote beyond the aristocracy in England and Wales, while the 1888 County Councils act extended the right to vote in local elections to female ratepayers.

The Green Party has long supported allowing non-citizens to vote in local elections.

Bournemouth council apologized after 100 people were unable to cast their vote in the local elections because an administrative blunder had led to the wrong ballot papers being issued.

British citizens in Europe will also lose the right to vote in local elections and European elections and some, who have been out of the country for more than 15 years, will not be allowed to vote in British general elections either.

They already know that Labour achieved a disastrously small share of the vote in the local elections, projected at around 23 per cent.

Just over seven million people were eligible to vote in the local elections, with 4,851 council seats up for grabs.

Giving 16 and 17 year olds the vote in local elections is a crucial first step in giving young people a say in the decisions that affect them and getting them engaged in the political process.

The proposal, which would allow certain non-citizens to vote in local elections, appears to have a veto - proof majority in the New York City Council — enough to overcome opposition by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

«I believe that we have a great opportunity to make New York City the first large city in the nation that would allow residents with green cards to vote in local elections.»

Buckinghamshire voters are asked whether local or national issues sway their vote in local elections.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over on polling day were entitled to vote in the local elections.

16 year olds will also be able to vote in local election — a long held Liberal Democrat policy.

And the party was estimated to have secured 13 % of the vote in the local elections — a huge fall in its support at the 2010 general election.

Researchers Denise DiPasquale and Edward L. Glaeser found that homeowners are 16 % more likely to vote in local elections than renters.

I voted in a local election but never got the ballot for...

I voted in a local election but never got the ballot for the primary election.

Realtors ® are also active in the political process with 94 percent reporting they are registered to vote, 89 percent voted in the last national election, and 77 percent reported that they voted in their local elections.