Sentences with phrase «vote for candidates of their choice in»

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«In their comments, some evangelical leaders suggested that voting for a third party candidate or abstaining for that office was futile or a vote for the winning ticket,» noted the NAE on the «lesser of two evils» choice.

In last fall's presidential election pro-life voters were faced with a difficult moral choice emblematic of the politics of abortion in general: Does moral principle demand a vote for a marginally pro-life candidate with a chance of winning, or does it demand a vote for a completely pro-life..In last fall's presidential election pro-life voters were faced with a difficult moral choice emblematic of the politics of abortion in general: Does moral principle demand a vote for a marginally pro-life candidate with a chance of winning, or does it demand a vote for a completely pro-life..in general: Does moral principle demand a vote for a marginally pro-life candidate with a chance of winning, or does it demand a vote for a completely pro-life....

For voters, that means if the eliminated candidate was your first choice, then your second - choice vote will be applied in the next round of counting.

If any of these voters cast a second choice vote for either of the two candidates still in the race then these votes are added to their piles.

This eliminates the costs of a second round of voting, in exchange for making the initial ballot more complex and denying voters a chance of additional deliberation if their first choice candidate doesn't win.

In this system, everyone votes for their choice of a candidate and the top two candidates enter a second round, even if one candidate gets a majority in the first rounIn this system, everyone votes for their choice of a candidate and the top two candidates enter a second round, even if one candidate gets a majority in the first rounin the first round.

Instant runoff voting would let New Yorkers pick their first choice for each elected office and rank the remaining candidates in order of preference.

However the choices of vote are limited in the southern states to the 2 parties due to barriers to entry for other parties or candidates.

A voter in the ongoing Anambra governorship election has said he voted for the candidate of his choice despite attempts by some party agents to persuade him otherwise.

This party bias in the voting system should be balanced by allowing voters the choice of a short vote - «Independent» - a vote for a raft of «official» (quality assured) independent candidates sponsored by an independent peers appointments commission.

Instant runoff voting, also known as ranked - choice voting, allows voters to rank primary candidates in order of preference so that if one candidate does not cross the required threshold for victory, the candidate with the least number of votes is eliminated and the votes are redistributed based on the second choice selected by voters who had selected the eliminated candidate first, and so on until a winner emerges.

Still, voters overwhelmingly preferred Cuomo to the unknown Woodstock in the poll, with roughly 56 percent of respondents saying they'd vote for Cuomo in the general election, given the choice between him, Woodstock and Rob Astorino, the Republican candidate.

Okeke, who said the youths in the state were rooting for Chief George Moughalu of the APC as their choice candidate for the election enjoined the people of the state not to vote for the All Progressive Grand Alliance in the election.

Given the extensive debates and candidates» hustings, GMB members will cast their votes for a candidate of their choice for leader in the normal way.»

If each person had a choice of voting +1 for a candidate, or -1 against another, would there be any significant change in outcome?

Besides, Governor Ambode urged Nigerians to keep alive the principles of June 12 by upholding democratic values and culture especially by participating in democratic processes such as voters» registration exercise, voting for candidates of choice during election and avoiding any act that could disrupt peaceful conduct of free, fair and credible election.

«Sometimes the supporters of the parties outside the agreement decry it as «undemocratic»» - what about the electorate who may feel cheated that they were not able to vote for their preferred candidate / party due to the artificial lack of choice in candidates?

Delegates may vote for the candidate of their choice whether or not the name of such candidate was placed in nomination.

For single - member executive offices, LaVenia added, instant runoff voting where voters rank their choices in order of preference is a system that eliminates the incentives for lesser evil voting while insuring that the most preferred candidate is electFor single - member executive offices, LaVenia added, instant runoff voting where voters rank their choices in order of preference is a system that eliminates the incentives for lesser evil voting while insuring that the most preferred candidate is electfor lesser evil voting while insuring that the most preferred candidate is elected.

Yet while tactical voting — casting one's vote for a second - choice candidate with a better chance of winning than one's first choice — can be both logical and desirable in plenty of ways, it is itself a second - best use of the right to vote.

With candidates vying for votes ahead of New York City's September primary and November general elections, many in and around campaigns know that the state's antiquated election laws will, in part, ensure that a small percentage of potential voters will cast ballots among limited choices.

In that process, an election is held where all those eligible can vote for the candidate of their choice, rather than have parties select candidates first.

LENOIR, (Dec. 26)-- Two of the major Republican presidential hopefuls are learning what third party and independent candidates have known for years, that ballot access laws in most states are rigged against offering voters any real choices in primaries and on election day, said Jordon Greene, president of Free the Vote North Carolina in a statement issued today.

Faced by a choice of Tony Blair, John Prescott, and Margaret Beckett, every major union recommended their memberships vote for either Beckett or Prescott, and every single union membership voted for Blair... (but) every single union in 2007 that recommended a candidate (for the deputy leadership) delivered between 40 and 50 % of their union's vote to their favourite son or daughter.

The 2016 presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, has admonished students across the country to be mindful of the choices they make in this year's elections, and stay clear off voting for President John Mahama for another four years.

What that means is if a Republican candidate is the better choice in an election, like thousands of Republicans who voted for Obama, I would vote Republican in a heart beat.

The notion that we have free will flies in the face of much modern neuroscientific research, which suggests an ever - increasing number of our «choices» are somehow hardwired into us — from which candidate we vote for to which flavor of ice cream tops our cone.

After all, the rectors at Turkey's 180 universities are chosen through a nominally democratic process in which faculty members at each university vote for their candidate of choice.

«It brings everyone together in a positive way to campaign for the candidates of their choice and to begin to exercise their right to vote, a right inherent in any democratic society.»

The candidate receiving the highest total number of points (a vote of first choice receiving 5 points, second receiving 4 points, etc.) in the votes cast shall then be declared the Futurity / Maturity Stake judge for that particular year.