Sentences with phrase «vote of the people»

We then look at the second preference votes of people who voted for one of the eliminated candidates.

The second preference votes of people who voted for one of the eliminated candidates are then looked at.

A simple vote of the people will not change the abortion laws.

«Article III, § 5 of the State Constitution, reads, in part, «An apportionment by the legislature, or other body, (emphasis added) shall be subject to review by the supreme court... (Amended by vote of the people November 6, 1945.)»

In accordance with the KC recommendation, voting of a person for inclusion on Judging Lists, by the ESSC Judges Sub Committee will be by secret ballot.

The city is made of three communities, Taylorsville, Bennion, and Kearns, and formed together after a favorable vote of the people.

Jury veto, or jury nullification, is the lawful vote of the People to prevent -LSB-...]

These are sincere votes of people who want a fully elected chamber, and who don't want to scupper 80 % on a best enemy the good principle.

Alaskans won't stand for any post-election foul play; the accurate vote of the people must stand.»

The money was required by the State Supreme Court to fund the «Clean Campaign» by the majority vote of the people)

Perhaps before the voters go to the polls Mr Livingstone might consider announcing that he does not want the first or second preference votes of people who support terrorism.

In accordance with the KC recommendation, voting of a person for inclusion on judging lists will be by secret ballot.

The city is made of three communities, Taylorsville, Bennion, and Kearns, and formed together after a favorable vote of the people.

Jury veto, or jury nullification, is the lawful vote of the People to prevent government employees from enforcing bad laws.

«My object was to get a vote of the people because the NRA kept killing everything we tried,» Silver said.

In every other instance, abortion arrived in Western societies not by a vote of the people but by edict of a court (as in the US) or a statutory instrument (as in the UK).

The vote of the people didn't matter.

He asked for the votes of the people of Dagbon.

Plus since they have votes of people they represent, with their upvotes / downvotes they would effectively act as moderators.

All without a vote of the people.

«If the PDCT wants genuine public backing for its plans, then it should put them out to a vote of the people.

The union is calling on the PDCT to come clean about their true intentions - and put their bid out to a vote of the people in the Dover constituency.

This means that if there are more than two candidates running, a third party candidate can «spoil» the vote for the viable candidate most similar in ideology to him by splitting the vote of people who share their ideology, making the winner the candidate whose ideology actually has less support in the electorate than an alternative.

«The challenger is getting the votes of the people who are unhappy with the way things are.

But AV will mean the votes of some people get counted more than others,» Mr Cameron said.

What I don't understand is how Labour are going to win back the votes of people who voted leave, by campaigning for a second referendum, and if we don't convince them to vote Labour we will not form a government in 2020.

This is a democracy and overturning the votes of people are more than enough to get her out!

Now, they can sit smugly for 20 years — when the state Constitution mandates another vote of the people — and they can mount another campaign scaring the bejeezus out of the electorate about daring to push for ethics reform.

He continued to say that the votes of most college - age people often do not have as much influence as the votes of people like the Koch brothers.

This is not necessarily a bad thing — part of his platform is that he can win the votes of people who don't currently vote Conservative — but if his support is confined to people who would never vote Conservative, while alienating those who currently vote Conservative, it would hardly be a positive.

The Swiss version of democracy is one of the world's most direct, meaning that the vote of the people is able to make laws rather than just elect representatives.

«The vote that matters to me is the vote of people moving into the city, versus out, for the first time since the 50s more people are moving into New York City than out of New York City.»

«Jay Townsend, an out - of - work political consultant who decided to run for US Senate, should not fear a vote of the people in the Republican Primary,» Caputo said.

(Amended by Constitutional Convention of 1938 and approved by vote of the people November 8, 1938; further amended by vote of the people November 7, 1961.)

But because they impact the park's forest preserve, which is protected by the state constitution, they require a vote of the people to move forward.

The Liberal Democrats will fight for Wales and the UK's place in the single market and a vote of the people on the final deal.»

However, if the proposed amendment is approved by a 75 percent or more vote of both chambers of the legislature, it doesn't have to be considered in two consecutive legislative sessions and can instead be put to a vote of the people at the next November general election.

Umahi emphasized that the State was a PDP State, saying «there is no opposition in Ebonyi State, if you want the vote of the people, you come and talk to them, it is not by staying in Abuja making noise.»

Initially you will need to get the vote of the people already present on the app.

Overturning the state's ban on gay marriage «takes two consecutive sessions of the Legislature and a vote of the people to change,» he said.

a statue enacted by a citizen's initiative except by either a three - fourths vote each of the House of Representatives and the senate, or a a vote of the people through a referendum.

Marin County Transit District (Marin Transit) was formed by a vote of the people of Marin County in 1964 and was given the responsibility for providing local transit service within Marin County.

Ultimately winning at politics does not depend upon actually being savvy about science, it depends upon winning the votes of people who may or may not want to believe in the basic truths of the universe so long as they can still play Nintendo and drive to work each morning by burning the remains of carboniferous period plants.

The votes of the people will have to be earned with solid platforms and performance in office.

To earn the trust and the votes of the people, businesses, and civic organizations and charities in your community, they have to believe that you are looking out for their best interest.

The money from the hotels versus the votes of the people.