Sentences with phrase «vote in a given district»

The Republican primary will hand out three delegates per district (plus 14 more for the statewide winner), but the math is more complicated: A candidate who pulls in more than 50 percent of the vote in a given district will take all three; if the winner gets less than a majority, one delegate will go to the column of the second - place finisher, as long as that candidate receives at least 20 percent of that district's vote.

Not exact matches

The district's commissioners voted 4 - 1 to give up land for a proposed road in exchange for more land and a cash donation.

City aldermen voted 6 - 1 in favor of giving the district the one - acre site, near Commercial Avenue and Wood Dale Road.

So it is not hard to draw districts that give you a prescribed percentage of votes: for example, getting 51 %, 51 % and 0 % would be a very good outcome for a party holding 34 % of the total votes in a three - districts area.

The map, according to the Encyclopædia Britannica, «consolidated the Federalist Party vote in a few districts and thus gave disproportionate representation to Democratic - Republicans.»

Gun rights groups claim a slim majority for their position in the Senate, given the two or three Democratic Senators representing rural districts who often vote against gun control — although there are also Republican Senators from urban districts who tend to waver.

(Democrat Aimee Belgard, a county legislator who's already got one of the best opportunities in the country to pick up a seat for the party this year, given the area's voting history, lives in the political heart of the 3rd District.)

Since there are approximately 146,311,000 registered voters in the U.S., winning this district with the single vote cast would give a popular vote percentage of 1 / (146,311,000 - 403,802) = 0.000000685367 %

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(c) False information in registering or voting; penalties Whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information as to his name, address or period of residence in the voting district for the purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $ 10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both: Provided, however, That this provision shall be applicable only to general, special, or primary elections held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the United States Senate, Member of the United States House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerdistrict for the purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $ 10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both: Provided, however, That this provision shall be applicable only to general, special, or primary elections held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the United States Senate, Member of the United States House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of PuerDistrict of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

THE ELIZABETHTOWN - LEWIS CENTRAL SCHOOL BUDGET HEARING, BUDGET VOTE & BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONNotice is hereby given that a Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (DVOTE & BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONNotice is hereby given that a Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (DVOTE & BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONNotice is hereby given that a Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Dvote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Dvote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Dvote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Dvote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (DVote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (DVote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (DST).

The district gave Bush 53 percent of the vote in 2004, but given the damage done to the Republican brand and the possibility of homestate Sen. Barack Obama somewhere at the top of the ticket, this should be a very close race.

But there will be 45 separate fields of information given to the commission by the elections board about every registered voter, including their names, date of birth, home address, voting districts, party affiliation and a list of every election they have ever voted in.

«Now that Judge Warshawsky has officially certified this election, I extend my congratulations to Jack Martins on winning the 7th District seat by 451 votes, giving Republicans 32 seats and a majority in the New York State Senate,» Republican Conference Leader Dean Skelos said.

It's simply inconceivable that the perpetually corrupt and mismanaged District would ever be given a voting voice in Congress.

Given the «funding roller coaster» the Library has been on since 2000, including in 2010 when budget cuts forced a reduction in service hours (98.5 total per week), plus cuts in programming and staffing, the Library System Trustees voted to pursue becoming a Special Legislative District Public Library (SLDPL) in September 2011.

I have the distinction of voting in the 15th CD (as well as the Harlem - centered City Council district), even though I live only four blocks north of 96th St.. This privilege was given to me thanks to the gerrrymandering skunks in that swamp called Albany!

Gillibrand was a hardworking lawyer (partner in David Boies» law firm); elected TWICE in a heavily Republican district; serves on the Armed Services Committee; ranks among the top ten fundraisers in the House; was hired by President Clinton to work at HUD; fought for the rights of abused women; is a genuine working Mom who gave birth to her second child just last March, making her only the sixth woman in the House to do so while serving in office; she has voted in every single election (unlike Kennedy who has missed even GENERAL elections); magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth... Need I say more?

The median district in the New Jersey legislature had given Obama a little less than 60 percent of the vote; Republican had a serious hill to climb there.

«In a district where Democrats will decide the next representative, Knight has given Democrats nothing to vote for, and instead, everything to vote against,» Rogers said in a statemenIn a district where Democrats will decide the next representative, Knight has given Democrats nothing to vote for, and instead, everything to vote against,» Rogers said in a statemenin a statement.

Some Democrats head - shakingly acknowledged that Republicans would come out ahead in both districts, including one where incumbent Sen. Michael Venditto trailed by 33 votes when the polls closed, which would give them a 32 - vote bloc in the 63 seat chamber.

Incumbent Sharon Belton - Cottman, who ran unopposed in the Ferry District, also had support from the BTF, giving union - backed candidates a supermajority of six votes on the board.

«You have to give them points for creativity but Democrats still far outnumber Republicans in those districts and the likelihood that voters in any major way are going to vote on a protest line is silly,» Thies said.

As has happened on many other occasions, Paul Ryan gave her and others in swing districts permission to vote against it.

Meanwhile about One Million New Yorkers are denied the right to vote in the primaries we pay for simply because we won't egister in the party in control of our electoral district and no one gives a dime about that!

Luckily for Brabanec, however, more than 80 % of the votes cast in the district came from Orange County, and he trounced Wieder there, beating him by 12,000 votes (65 % — 35 %), enough to give him 59 % of the vote district - wide and an easy re-election.

In a unanimous vote that surprised even some of the members, a Legislature dominated by representatives from the suburbs voted to end the longstanding practice of giving nearly one - third of the sales tax money to suburban towns, villages and school districts.

His first election in partisan politics wound up as a tie against an 18 - year incumbent...»... who was the majority leader of the county legislature and the committeemen - even though it takes place in a very public forum it's actually a party election, and so the committeemen broke the tie, gave it to the incumbent, and I wound up being elected in a write - in election with over 3,000 votes cast, just on a county legislative district, so, you can beat city hall.»

«But given the president's unpopularity and (Stefanik's) votes, the district is in play.»

The U.S. Department of Labor has asked a federal court to order a new election of officers for the Washington Teachers Union, alleging that irregularities marred the vote that gave the District of Columbia union its first elected officials since an embezzlement scandal toppled its leaders in 2002.

The Mississippi Senate has voted to give school districts the option of keeping children in class five fewer days for each of the next two academic years.

The state's School Budget Review Committee voted last month to give the 11,000 - student district authority to spend an additional $ 7.5 million in state education funds this school year — the state's largest school bailout ever.

«The Senate wanted Dem votes so they gave in to every demand, producing a bill that wasn't supported by a majority of GOP members that props up the new traditional district at the expense of charters and choice,» he said.

In response to these concerns, David Harris responded that, while he is open to different ideas about governance, that evidence suggests that districts under mayoral control perform better and are more accountable to voters by giving them a single line at the voting booth by which to express displeasure over educational issues.

They have already voted no to across the board teacher salary increases and continued the freeze on teachers» salaries that has been in place for 5 years (at the same time passed a tax break for the wealthy, and now, with reduced revenue can not give raises), increased class size, taken away additional pay for Masters degrees, eliminated most of the state's teacher assistants, gone after tenure and offered the top 25 % of the teachers in a district $ 500 to give up their tenure immediately, increased the number of charter schools (many funded by Republicans in the private school business) and finally, the most recent scheme pondered is to let kids go to any school in the state regardless of their home county.

Now factor in the school board votes slated for Election Day, the first to be held in November since a law enacted last winter gave districts the option to move to their ballots in return for not needing a public vote on the school budget.

LAUSD boardmember Steve Zimmer's resolution to give in - district teams preference in their Public School Choice applications for new schools goes to a vote on Aug. 30.

Conservatives insist the program gives children in struggling school districts an alternative, but opponents see it as vote of no confidence in public education and complain it pulls precious state dollars away from public schools.

Amid cries from opponents of «shame on you» and «gutless cowards,» the Township High School District 211 school board voted early Thursday to give a transgender student access to the girls» locker room, settling a case that thrust the district into the national spotlight and caused deep divisions in the coDistrict 211 school board voted early Thursday to give a transgender student access to the girls» locker room, settling a case that thrust the district into the national spotlight and caused deep divisions in the codistrict into the national spotlight and caused deep divisions in the community.

Changed votes by two Board members over the approval of two Aspire charter schools at this week's Board meeting gave the public a glimpse at a much larger debate over whether charter schools based in Los Angeles should be allowed to operate their special education programs through a partnership with a far - off district that costs...

Au contraire, it has led education policy makers to come up with ever - more - costly and damaging changes in educational practices to what is ultimately a non-educational problem — a problem that can not be solved by the schools no matter how much money Congress or state legislatures vote to give local school districts in the name of equity or compensation for the low - income students they happen to enroll.

Like the Bush Administration's lawyers two years back, lawyers in Obama's OLC agreed that giving the District voting rights is unconstitutional because the it is not a state.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top lawyer, overruled the opinions of his own lawyers within the Office of Legal Counsel on the question of the constitutionality of giving the District of Columbia voting rights in the House of Representatives, reports The Washington Post.

Not all school boards vote in favor of seatbelts in buses given the tough budget constraints facing our school districts.

However I can not find a clear definition of constituent - is it all people who live in a given district or is it all the people who are allowed to vote?

(2) Forthwith after the close of the poll each day, the deputy returning officer shall provide to the returning officer a list of the names, addresses and polling division numbers of all electors who have voted or forfeited their right to vote and, before polling day, the returning officer shall give every candidate in the electoral district a copy of the list and the Chief Electoral Officer shall give the registered party, if any, of the candidate a copy of the list.