Sentences with phrase «vote on a delegate»

In Liquid Democracy / Delegation, each citizen can either vote on an issue or vote on a delegate to vote on an issue.

The vote on delegate selectin would be held in November of 2018.

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A Republican National Convention delegate screams as the Chair announces that the convention will not hold a roll - call vote on the Republican National Convention Rules Committee's report and rules changes and rejects the efforts of anti-Trump forces to hold such a vote.

This weekend when Liberals are voting on policy resolutions, delegates should ask themselves a series of questions:

It is now up to the delegates of the convention to vote on a series of policy proposals that — if done correctly — will enhance the vision laid out by Mr. Trudeau.

The House voted to go to conference with the Senate on Monday, and Republicans named nine conference delegates.

Speaking to 1,000 people at the sold out conference, Broadbent called on delegates to seize this «once - in - a-generation opportunity for progressive change, an opportunity to ensure we have a fair voting system in which every voter counts, in which every citizen has a real opportunity to elect a candidate according to his or her values.

The other delegates debate and vote on the other issues on the agenda.

From reading Canadian newspapers, you'd hardly have known Habitat existed — until a group of pro-Palestinian voting delegates forced a vote on their concerns.

The change, proposed by Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland immediately after the convention was gaveled into order on Wednesday, required a two - thirds voice vote, but was declared as adopted after three voice votes which brought delegates to their feet, shouting their yeas and nays.

In turn, that group would draft a final petition for all the delegates to vote on.

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If the ENVI Committee votes FOR Keith Taylor's Objections at their meeting on 14 January, then the full Parliament will be able to vote and hopefully send the Delegated Acts back to the Commission for improvement.

UK Green MEP Keith Taylor tabled three objections to the delegated acts — part of the Food for Specific Groups (FSG) regulation — in December, which were voted on by the European Parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) today (14th January).

In a one - on - one - interview, the former Trades Minister refuted assertions that, he has no «constituency» in NDC and that will affect his chances of getting delegates to vote for him to become the presidential candidate ahead of 2020 national elections.

12:24 - Delegates have overwhelmingly voted against a motion that would insist on the government being fairer to the poor when cutting the deficit.

On investigation, three hundred (300) delegate tags were indiscriminately issued to non-delegates, two designated buses were provided to convey known non-delegates to the voting centre and voted to give undue advantage to one of the aspirants.

«I am one hundred percent confident that I would have received the 25 % of the Republican delegate vote necessary to get on the ballot, but I am now comfortable that my party is well represented.»

And have the ability to override that delegated vote on issues they disagree.

Two cases in point from the Obama side: super.del.egates.us is a wiki - based contact list for voters to use to reach the precious unpledged delegates to the Democratic Convention, while Yrmomma4obama aims to help young voters (and those too young to vote themselves) to use text messages to persuade their friends and family to jump on the Obama bandwagon.

Since 16 (a)(2) prevents any delegates from offering their support to other candidates prior to voting, 40 (b) prevents names from being added on the fly, and 40 (e) requires repeated votes until someone wins, there are only two possible outcomes: Either the front - runner picks up enough delegates on the second vote (once they're unbound) to push them over the majority, or the convention is deadlocked.

The former National Publicity Secretary of PDP stated that Fayose allegedly coerced the delegates to same on local government basis to monitor how they voted which intimidated many of them.

Adeyeye condemned Fayose for standing up at a stage during the primary to monitor how delegates voted adding that he complained on the matter to the Chairman of the Electoral Panel, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.

One delegate who told me she supports Sen. Eric Schneiderman, (who was expected to get onto the ballot if the party went the one - vote route), was downright furious over Jacobs» flip - flopping on the AG vote.

Delegates voted for two separate motions yesterday — one calling on the government to drop the health and social care bill altogether and the other arguing enough amendments had been made for the Liberal Democrats to now support it.

But the broader state committee — some of whose members are supporting Senator John McCain and Rudy Giuliani in the presidential primary — rejected it, 31 to 17, this week, saying it was unfair and that delegates should be apportioned based on the share of the vote each candidate wins.

Instead, Massachusetts Republicans will sprinkle delegates to candidates who win at least 15 percent of the primary vote, based on their proportionate share.

Although timetabled for discussion, on the day of the debate this composite was mysteriously dropped from the agenda, in an effort to prevent a vote and even the mere broadcasting of the issue to delegates at the conference and to the wider media.

He gave a speech on the floor while delivering New York's delegate votes at the 2012 convention in Charlotte.

The vote on convention delegate rules was no small matter for the state GOP because it determined how many of the state's 43 delegates will be committed to each presidential candidate.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy is engaging in some last - minute delegate - wrangling prior to the vote for governor this morning, and insisted in an impromptu mini-gaggle with reporters he's «confident» about getting on the ballot.

Before a primary, candidates need to secure the support of the all - important Republican and Democratic delegates, who will vote on their party nominees at state conventions in May.

Levy, a Democrat, made an aborted run for governor in 2010 on the Republican line, but failed to get the necessary delegate votes to qualify for a Wison - Pakula.

«The Governor is voting no on a constitutional convention because the current delegate system does not offer enough protections to prevent the status quo and special interests from governing,» said spokeswoman Abbey Fashouer.

Delegates at the 600,000 - member union's New York City confab on Saturday had supported an Iannuzzi - backed measure that declared a vote of no - confidence in state Education Commissioner John King and called on him to resign.

The group tells CNN that their convention will be held on September 24th in Greenfield, Indiana and that it will include both a convention style format and a straw poll, with two delegates each from 55 tea party groups from across the state voting.

Labour delegates asked by Daily Politics to «vote» on whether there should be a referendum in the UK about EU membership

Delegates on April 13 voted unanimously to send donations to aid relief efforts in Japan following the powerful earthquake and tsunami that hit on March 11 and the nuclear damage that followed.

The UFT delegates voted overwhelmingly on March 20 to support the 60 - member UFT Task Force on School Governance's recommendations to scale back mayoral control of the school system.

The UFT delegates voted overwhelmingly on March 20 to support the 60 - member UFT Task Force on School Governance's recommendations to limit mayoral control of the school system to give more say to parents and communities.

The coming together on reducing the number of party insiders who get to cast votes as delegates without being bound to election results tracks well with the news reported by CNN that Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is expected to no longer have a leading role on the convention stage.

Candidates garnering at least 15 percent of the delegates» votes at the convention will automatically be placed on the August primary ballot.

The formula used by Republicans for allotting delegates is based on municipal vote totals in the last gubernatorial election for the GOP candidates.

You will have three opportunities to exercise your vote — on Tuesday, to vote for a convention; next year, to select delegates; and in 2019 or later, to decide whether to approve the proposed amendments.

If Trump falls short on the first ballot at the convention, many delegates will be free to ignore their states» popular vote and switch from him to another candidate.

James further raised concerns about the party's requirement that campaigns pay for the email addresses for the 1,927 convention delegates who will vote on the endorsement for governor, as well as what she said was the lack of diversity among the rules committee members in attendance at Saturday's meeting.

For the first time, delegates will be able to vote electronically on motions in the debates, and also text in their comments to appear on the main conference screen.

I therefore want to call on the delegates who would be selecting a candidate for our party in tomorrow's primary to vote massively for me to enable me contest and bring back the glory that the NDC is noted for in the 2016 elections.

Presidential candidate Donald Trump can count at least on Western New York's votes at the Republican National Convention following the appointment of several local delegates pledged to the Manhattan billionaire.

Baltimore mayor and secretary of the Democratic National Committee Stephanie Rawlings - Blake holds state delegate vote totals during roll call on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in Philadelphia.