Sentences with phrase «vote threshold»

Some thought to delay the vote from 75 % for 6 months to get a lower vote threshold unethical.

New strike ballot voting thresholds of 40 % will make most industrial action illegal — this from a government backed by less than 25 % of the electorate.

It is key to note that not all candidates who run for office will receive electoral votes, as they will need to meet a popular vote threshold specific to each state.

Three Democrats and two Republicans crossed sides in the 52 - 48 vote, preventing the bill from reaching a required 60 - vote threshold for passage.

But Unite said no Tory Cabinet member achieved a 50 percent voting threshold in the last general election.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing for the 60 - vote threshold needed to advance confirmation in the Senate, which would require more than one Democrat to also vote in favor of Gorsuch.

By virtue of the other nominations, one can only assume that Carol ended up ninth on the list, likely just shy of that 5 % of first place votes threshold that is the difference between making the cut and looking on from the outside.

«I think because it is a 51 vote threshold most of these nominees will pass.»

In that email, Cuomo said he wanted the newly created ballot line to achieve the 50,000 - vote threshold next week in order to remain on the ballot next year.

WFP allies insist the party won't miss the crucial vote threshold, but admit it's possible another minor party — perhaps even the Greens, whose gubernatorial candidate, Howie Hawkins, is putting in a strong performance this election season — could surpass them in the final tally and bump them from Row D.

However, changes to the tax code such as 529 or Coverdell accounts could be passed through a broader tax reform package that only requires a simple majority for passage, not the 60 vote threshold normally required.

Because Democrats can block appropriations bills in the Senate, given the 60 - vote threshold there, the two parties need to reach a deal to raise limits on defense and nondefense spending enacted in 2011.

It would be a devastating blow to the historical 60 - vote threshold for advancing most bills in the Senate and an unacceptable step for senators who pride themselves on tradition and deliberation.

Some Republican lawmakers hope that this new health reform law will get Democratic support and pass the 60 - vote threshold in the Senate.

First, just four Republicans joined the majority of Democrats in a 54 to 46 vote for the Manchin - Toomey background - check proposal, leaving supporters short of the 60 - vote threshold required for approval.

It's an item thanking women who voted on the line for nudging it past the 50,000 vote threshold needed to become a real political party.

Even though that plan failed to surpass the 60 - vote threshold, the filibuster was irrelevant in that case as the Trump administration had already rejected the deal.

In a vote held Dec. 6 by six real estate boards, only three reached the required vote threshold either set out by their bylaws (75 per cent) or through B.C.'s new Societies Act (67 per cent).

The law hastens the process for bringing legislation to the floor and removes the hurdle of a 60 - vote threshold in the Senate.

If there are a total of, let's say 99 seats, and 50 are needed to pass a measure, not seating 7 still won't help the majority to reach that 50 vote threshold.

The voting threshold necessary to prompt the exit process was never actually decided at all as such prior to the referendum, but assumptions were made by politicians and journalists about what would be politically acceptable to an emergent notion of popular sovereignty.

Unlike the governor's race, the WFP does not need a 50,000 - vote threshold to retain ballot status with its attorney general candidate.

Former New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn on Thursday celebrated the Women's Equality Party reaching its 50,000 - vote threshold to become a permanent line through the next election cycle.

Hawkins crossed the 50,000 vote threshold in both elections, guaranteeing the Green Party automatic ballot status in the next election cycle.

Party G failed to get any constituency MPs elected and failed to exceed the vote threshold for automatic election, and so has no representation in the parliament.

If a party does not win a constituency but does exceed the voting threshold it is limited to one MP with a single vote (Automatic election).

Under Hawkins, the Green Party has been able to meet the 50,000 - vote threshold in both 2010 and 2014 to receive automatic ballot status the next election cycle.

The Green Party's gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins ran in 2010, landing the party official ballot status by surpassing the 50,000 - vote threshold.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo won his re-election with support from four different ballot lines, all of which cleared the 50,000 - vote threshold to automatically pop up again this election cycle.

However, even if they do meet the 50,000 vote threshold, they will probably be below the Democrats, Republicans, Greens, Conservatives, Independence Party, Women's Equality Party, and maybe even the Libertarians.

Private Members» Bills might well be allotted more time to have a chance of being seriously considered, but it would be to little or no avail if the timing and voting thresholds were still decisively stacked against them.

Blake, a 34 - year - old a veteran of former President Barack Obama's presidential campaign and White House, received the most votes — 171 — for the remaining position, open to a male or female out of 411.5 ballots received, but a second round was held because all contenders fell short of the 206 - vote threshold.

Out of 814 votes cast with a 211 - vote threshold for election for two female at - large vice chair positions, Meng received 216.5 votes, while Maria Elena Durazo — a prominent Californian labor leader endorsed by Mayor Bill de Blasio — received 228.5 votes.

Given the 16 - vote threshold, legislators didn't even try to override an executive veto on a far more controversial topic, free county charges on electric vehicles.

Democrats took a similar step for most political and judicial nominees in 2013, but the 60 - vote threshold for Supreme Court appointees was left intact until today.

«By having that low 50,000 - vote threshold to get on the ballot it's created a situation where you see these major parties creating these false lines, which are basically cross endorsement lines for the major parties,» said Dustin Czarny, an Onondaga County Board of Elections commissioner.

These also include pre-announced measures including a 50 % voting threshold for union strike ballot turnouts, and a requirement that 40 % of those entitled to vote must back action in essential public services - health, education, fire and transport.

It's not clear that Collins» measure could cross the 60 - vote threshold for passage in the Senate, given that Democrats may have the votes to block it if the measure got that far.

In addition to the 50,000 - vote threshold, parties are ranked on the ballot in order of their gubernatorial vote.

Alexander spent December huddling with lawmakers, including Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the committee's forthcoming ranking member, to begin hammering out a strategy for a bill that could clear the Senate's 60 - vote threshold.

Local parcel taxes are one way that communities may supplement state funding for education, and lowering the vote threshold will make passage of these measures more likely.

Of particular importance on the legislative agenda this year, is Senate Constitutional Amendment 3 (SCA 3) introduced by Senator Mark Leno, which would lower the vote threshold for local school district parcel tax measures from 2/3 to 55 percent.

On the floor, the bullying and school choice amendments will face the Senate's 60 - vote threshold, which helps neutralize the possibility that they'll derail Alexander and Murray's carefully crafted compromise bill.