Sentences with phrase «vote by ballot»

The Constitution requires: Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress... and by the Twelfth Amendment: The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for...
(The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not lie an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves.
The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;
The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves
The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not lie an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves.

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During a surreal exchange, anchor David Muir grilled Trump over his continued spreading of the falsehood that millions of illegal ballots were cast in the 2016 election, which Trump had previously said was the reason for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton beating him in the popular vote by 3 million ballots.
Google partnered with law firm Perkins Coie to get the information for the new in - depth search tool, which lets users sort by state for info on ID requirements, deadlines, mail - in ballots, and early voting.
He told a congressional committee that there are several proposals designed to drive up wages in Mexico, including the right of workers to vote by secret ballot on collective agreements.
But the story is bigger than vote tallies — by how much did these ballots pass?
Moore, whose campaign filed a last - minute «election fraud» complaint on Thursday just before the results were certified just after 2 p.m. EST, claimed that widespread voter fraud had contributed to his more than 20,000 vote loss to Jones, a number that was not significantly altered by the inclusion of military and provisional ballots that were later counted.
In a final ballot, which was first reported by National Review, more than three - quarters voted to back Cruz.
You may vote in person at the Annual Meeting by requesting a ballot from an usher when you arrive.
If dollars were votes, big pharma would be beating California's controversial drug - price control ballot measure Proposition 61 by a margin of about 7 - 1.
Over 6 million Floridians have already cast their ballots in early voting, more than the total 5.9 million cast by registered voters in 2000.
ISS's own metrics show that, collectively, an ISS recommendation on a shareholder ballot increases votes for a proposal by 15 % on average, while a thumbs - down from ISS leads to a 17 % decline.
If you attend the meeting and vote your shares by ballot,
In a secret ballot on 23 June 2015, Yindjibarndi people throughout the State voted by an overwhelming two - thirds majority for change in the management and leadership of Yindjibarndi Native Title business.
Butcher confirmed that the investigation found voting irregularities in the leadership contest that resulted in Clark defeating Kevin Falcon by 340 points on a regionally - weighted preferential ballot.
South Dakota voters approved a ballot initiative in 2016 by a 75 percent vote to cap rates for payday, car title and installment loans at 36 percent annual interest.
The former federal minister campaigned for eight months, grabbed an unfamiliar delegate selection system by the lapels, and shook free 1,113 votes of 1,476 ballots cast at the weekend convention.
Mr. Kowalski and a cadre of rural MLAs mobilized rural Alberta Tories to vote for Mr. Klein on the second ballot of the 1992 PC leadership contest after Nancy Betkowski placed first by one vote on the first ballot.
This new Speaker will be selected by sitting MLA's through a secret ballot and because this election is traditionally not a whipped vote, it can sometimes lead to interesting and unexpected results.
«It has been found that 4 ballots were cast by individuals ineligible to vote.
The submission calls for the vast majority of the Labour Relations Code's provisions to be sustained, including the current approach to union certification by secret ballot vote.
The snap ballot came only days after Mrs Merkel changed her long - held stance on the issue by allowing members of her conservative coalition a free vote on the matter.
The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President.
Catharine Beecher, sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher, argued against women's suffrage on the grounds that «women could influence public affairs very satisfactorily without recourse to the ballot box, by the simple expedient of influencing the opinions and outlook of those who did have the vote — their husbands and sons» (Reay Tannahill, Sex in History, [Stein & Day], 1980, p. 389).
Contra John Yoo, Romney will likely surpass McCain total popular vote when all the ballots are counted and do so by more than a million votes.
But in November 2004, regardless of claims about voter fraud, Bush actually won the popular vote by over 3.5 million ballots, making his regime and his wars ours.
Local media in the state, tonight, is reporting that ballot initiative SQ755, which bars state courts from using Islamic or international law, is on the path to approval — Yes votes outweighing Nos by more than two - to - one, with about 40 - percent of the precincts in.
Off topic but I am posting here... by taking voters off the voter roles, it not only disenfranchises them on election day, it takes them off the direct mailings that remind people to vote, including sample ballot, polling places, etc..
What if Slavery was put on the Ballot for a Vote, state by state would it of passed???? You can vote on civil rights, and the Supreme Court will finally have to legalize it, just like they did when Blacks could not marry out of their race as recent as 1971 in some staVote, state by state would it of passed???? You can vote on civil rights, and the Supreme Court will finally have to legalize it, just like they did when Blacks could not marry out of their race as recent as 1971 in some stavote on civil rights, and the Supreme Court will finally have to legalize it, just like they did when Blacks could not marry out of their race as recent as 1971 in some states.
This vote will be by closed ballot.
Alabama stays No. 1 comfortably, receiving 64 of 87 first - place votes and outpacing No. 2 Oregon (four first - place votes) by more than a point per ballot, 24.37 to 23.20.
The reason is the vote about Catalan independence that had already been ruled as an illegal and illegitimate ballot by the Spanish government.
Barry Larkin, a 12 - time All - Star and lifelong Cincinnati Red, was the only player on the 2012 ballot voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers» Association of America.
The ballot contains 11 categories to be voted upon by members of the National Turf Writers Association, Daily Racing Form staff and members of the Thoroughbred Racing Association.
As All - Star voting comes to a close this week, Cozart leads the ballot for National League shortstops by almost 300,000 votes.
He added that there was no discussion by the board — either before voting to place the issues on the ballot or since — about any of the three issues.
Last March, when the same issue was on the ballot, it lost by only 62 votes out of 6,628 cast.
Nominee's names are then put on the mail out ballot and voted on by the membership.
Approved ballot language for the Education SPLOST renewal vote called by the School Board for Nov. 8;
In California, you must request a vote - by - mail ballot for each election unless you have permanent vote - by - mail voter status.
Keane explains the origins of government by public assembly, votes for women, the secret ballot, trial by jury and press freedom.
(The rumor was being pushed by the Turner camp, and would be very helpful to the congressman's quest to get 25 percent of the weighted convention vote to get onto the ballot as it would free up two vote - heavy counties now backing Maragos: Nassau and Suffolk).
After counting absentee ballots, Slaughter claimed victory by less than a thousand votes.
The voting places do not sort the ballots by voter party, they all go into a common lockbox and when the box is opened all the ballots in that box are counted together at the same time.
My understanding is that in - person voting is the default in California, and one must specifically request a Vote By Mail ballot.
At this point, only Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice is certain to have sufficient support (25 percent) to get on the ballot, and, at the rate things have been going, it was possible that by the time the vote rolled around on Wednesday, she would be the only one to make the convention cut.
Not surprisingly, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot line.
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