Sentences with phrase «vote on the alternative vote»

The Yes to Fairer Votes campaign has announced the first appointments to the team that will lead the call for a «Yes» vote on the Alternative Vote (AV) in next year's referendum.

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For participants in the IBM Stock Fund investment alternative under the IBM 401 (k) Plus Plan: In order to have the Trustee vote your shares as you direct, you must timely furnish your voting instructions over the Internet or by telephone by 12:01 a.m. EDT on April 25, 2016, or otherwise ensure that your card is signed, returned and received by such time and date.

THIS CARD WILL ALSO BE USED TO PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TRUSTEE FOR ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION HELD IN THE IBM STOCK FUND INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVE UNDER THE IBM 401 (k) PLUS PLAN ON THE RECORD DATE, AS SET FORTH IN THE NOTICE OF 2016 ANNUAL MEETING AND PROXY STATEMENT.

Moreover, short - term investors betting on the sale — who perhaps now hold a quarter of all Dell's shares — will mostly vote for the bird in hand if the alternative is the stock returning to earth with a thud.

These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

The alternative route needed more study on both the state and federal level, she said before the final vote, and it failed to give landowners along that different path the ability to address the commission.

Most importantly, church assemblies should reclaim their role as representative assemblies chosen to deliberate thoughtfully on significant matters of Christian faith and life, rather than continuing to act as legislatures that reduce everything to stark alternatives and then make hurried decisions by forced choice majority voting.

However, a year ago, after helping to convene a seminar at which I spoke he wrote on Our Kingdom that he was convinced of the case for an (imperfect) compromise around AV: «I am a convert to the idea that the ice - breaker has to be the Alternative Vote (AV), even though it is even more disproportional than FPTP.

They claim boundary changes was introduced as a quid pro quo for the May 2011 referendum on electoral reform, in which the public rejected the alternative vote system by a ratio of two votes to one.

Then there's the idea of holding Election Day on a weekend, something government officials determined is a costly alternative, according to a study from the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) assessing the cost of a two - day voting weekend.

In South Carolina, Gingrich was able to build on his strong debate performances, «earned media», i.e. news coverage playing up alternatives to the front - runner, and the self - reinforcing momentum generated as more and more people came to see him as the most credible challenger to rally a plurality of the non-Romney vote around him.

And as yet another alternative, voting could also be on Sundays like first Sunday in November for example.

Indeed they made clear that they couldn't guarantee that all Labour MPs would even vote for a referendum on the Alternative Vote.&ravote for a referendum on the Alternative Vote.&raVote.»

Both the «no» and «yes» to campaigns hosted cross-party events as the referendum on the alternative vote looms ever closer.

But Jeremy Corbyn hoovered up Remain votes and held on to Leave voters who were looking for an alternative to May's drudgery and gruel.

But the votes are there and many people are on the prowl for an alternative to Romney.

The reforms were designed to change the nature of electoral representation (the referendum on the alternative vote), alter the composition of both Houses of Parliament (boundary review and House of Lords reform), and to reduce the power of the Prime Minister to time elections.

There are certainly several examples in Britain where people have rejected change, the most prominent examples include the referendums on Scottish Independence, the Alternative Vote electoral system, and, in 1975, the UK's membership of the European Community.

Efforts to reform the house of lords have foundered on disagreement on questions of scale - how big, what proportion should be elected and on what basis - first past the post, single transferable vote, alternative vote... a fresh start would make almost anything possible.

Though Labour remained officially neutral, he in a personal capacity supported the ultimately unsuccessful «Yes to AV» campaign in the Alternative Vote referendum on 5 May 2011, saying that it would benefit Britain's «progressive majority».

The Tory tactic of focusing all of their resources on defending their most vulnerable seats worked because Labour did not inspire the working class vote with a real alternative.

The Liberal Democrats lost the referendum on the alternative vote electoral system and proposals for House of Lords reform were defeated in the House of Commons.

Interestingly Stuart Weir himself wrote an OpenDemocracy piece saying «I am a convert to the idea that the ice - breaker has to be the Alternative Vote» in June 2008 after a seminar with MPs and campaigners on this issue at which I spoke http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/ourkingdom-theme/stuart-weir/2008/06/20/should-supporters-of-electoral-reform-back-av having written a post which was hostile to considering AV before that http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/2008/04/01/av-is-not-the-solution

BY NATHAN RILEY One member of New York's Republican congressional delegation with a big target on his back is John Faso, who provided a key vote when the House of Representatives, in May, on a 217 - 213, passed its version of a «repeal and replace» alternative to President Barack Obama's signature Affordable Care Act.

(a) Hold a referendum on voting reform, giving the electorate a choice of the following four alternative voting systems: Additional Member System; Closed Party List; Open Party List; Single Transferable Vote.

It was widely understood at the time that Labour were prepared to legislate to secure a shift from the first - past - the - post system to alternative vote, while offering a referendum on a shift to proportional representation.

The alternative would be to end the coalition and run as a minority administration, but press the Lib Dems to vote on individual measures, a system known as confidence and supply.

The actual text of the agreement says: «We will whip both Parliamentary parties in both Houses to support a simple majority referendum on the Alternative Vote», so while it does prevent a PR option in the same question, it doesn't preclude separate questions being asked, such as:

The Tories may secure a referendum on the alternative vote (AV), although the opposition in the Commons and the Lords makes this highly questionable.

For them to survive on English votes alone they must return to their socialist roots to offer a viable alternative to the Tories advocacy of aggressive capitalism.

It can be argued that Cameron has double - crossed Clegg on democratic reform before — taking a more active role in the no campaign in the alternative vote referendum last year than he had promised in private.

If Labour had won, its referendum would have included questions on whether to elect MPs by the Alternative Vote (AV) system and whether to introduce a fully elected upper chamber in stages.

annual conference would for the first time have the opportunity to debate and vote on alternative positions within policy statements.»

Having failed to achieve a change in the voting system for the House of Commons — with the loss of last year's referendum on the alternative vote — Nick Clegg's party is determined to push ahead in order that his party can boast having forced a major constitutional change on the country as a result of being in government.

Last year's referendum on whether the UK should adopt the alternative voting system for general elections cost the taxpayer # 75 million, according to a report out today.

Peter Mandelson has joined the fray as the struggle for Labour voters» support on the alternative vote intensifies.

Members will cast their ballots under an alternative vote system and the winner will be announced on 16 July.

It was the price they demanded, this time last year, for allowing their junior coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, a referendum on the alternative vote.

«With just days to go, it is more important than ever that we put aside party differences for the good of the country and that everyone comes out to vote against the unfair and expensive alternative vote system on May 5th,» she said.

The Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaders face a tough challenge to hold the coalition together if the Lib Dems do not succeed in winning the alternative vote poll, which will take place on May 5th.

The research undermines a key approach of the Yes to Fairer Votes campaign in next month's referendum on whether or not to introduce the alternative vote system.

The members will cast their ballots under an alternative vote system and the winner will be announced on 16 July.

They reckoned that their best hope of holding their seats was for the coming referendum on the voting system to produce a majority for the Alternative Vote (AV).

A referendum on the Alternative Vote was the most extraordinary of many surprising parts of David Cameron's «big, open and comprehensive offer» to the Liberal Democrats.

Indeed, when Danny Alexander, Chris Huhne, David Laws and I met Adonis and the rest of the Labour team, they wouldn't even commit to supporting legislation on alternative voting, despite Labour being the only party that had such a proposal in its manifesto.

He is sincere about keeping links open to the Liberal Democrats, as he will demonstrate by campaigning hard for a Yes vote in the May referendum on whether to replace the first - past - the - post system with the Alternative Vvote in the May referendum on whether to replace the first - past - the - post system with the Alternative VoteVote.

The long - awaited report by the Independent Commission on Electoral Reform - chaired by Liberal Democrat peer Lord Jenkins - backed a mixed system described as the «Alternative Vote - Top Up» (AV Top - Up).

Labour's leader - in - waiting, Alan Johnson, yesterday restated his proposal for an election day referendum on the alternative vote plus system — the one recommended a decade ago by a commission headed by Roy Jenkins, but then shelved by the Blair government.

Mr Clegg is «confident» the Coalition will run its full five - year course and that the Yes campaign will win the referendum due next May on bringing in the alternative vote at general elections.