Sentences with phrase «vote threshold for»

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

One of the BCLI's key recommendations is to lower the voting threshold for BC Law Institute Releases Consultation Paper on Terminating a Strata Institute Seeks Feedback on Recommendations authorizing termination.

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Republican leadership reportedly needs the support of just one more GOP lawmaker to reach the 50 - vote threshold required for the Graham - Cassidy bill to pass.

Although Unifor again claims it has surpassed the 40 % threshold needed to call a vote, organizers are still trying to drum up enough support to comfortably meet the majority of the 7,000 workers required for victory.

Italian stocks fell at the start of this morning's trading, after populist parties won almost half the vote in Italy's Sunday elections, and early results suggested the country is heading for a hung parliament due to no party or coalition of parties meeting the 40 % threshold for stable governance.

This yielded electoral systems that seek to prevent extremist parties from coming to power, including mechanisms to raise electoral thresholds for parliamentary accession and multiple rounds of voting.

For CF, that represents a reduction from the current 25 % threshold — a level that was approved by shareholders under a binding vote in 2014.

Double digit ownership of voting shares certainly is a threshold most competent regulators set as requiring active assent for any bank investment.

If the thresholds for the drag - along are set at a level where various stockholder constituencies are protected against transactions that are not economically beneficial to them, the drag - along provision serves a good housekeeping function to make sure that minority shareholders vote in favor of the transaction.

Four boards (representing 15,000 members) needed to achieve the threshold counts for the amalgamation effort to move to a B.C. Real Estate Association (BCREA) board vote.

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

While Ataka's leader refused to back any government and claimed to become «a nightmare» for any government, the decision of some of its parliamentarians not to register for the government - related vote lowered the majority threshold, allowing the Socialist government to be appointed.

Specifically, a vote for anyone who didn't meet the 40 (b) threshold is not even reported in the final totals, as if they'd abstained.

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.

This can also lead to a spoiler effect, as in some elections, large parts of the population voted for parties that failed to reach the threshold and were thus not represented (both Russia 1995 and Turkey 2002 this was more than 40 %).

Later backbench revolts, not due to Tyne & Wear or Merseyside, added the requirements, first for a referendum on the Assemblies, then for a threshold for a «Yes» vote to become effective.

The Wilson Pakula threshold for anyone not enrolled in the party who wants to run on the line, as you'll recall, is just over 50 percent of the weighted convention vote — more than twice the 25 percent necessary for party members to get onto the ballot.

The party's September conference will vote on a proposed measure to reduce the threshold to 5 % and in theory, make it easier for figures on the left of the party to run for the leadership.

Pollsters use different lower thresholds for excluding people altogether, and some exclude people altogether if they say they're anything except absolutely certain to vote.

The threshold is 10 per cent of Labour MPs and MEPs, a higher level than those who actually voted for Corbyn in 2015.

The same effect is obtained by voting on a little party that obtains less than the required threshold (for example 4 % for the Italian Chamber of Deputies in the case of parties running outside of a coalition).

«The reason why we have not specified a threshold in the Bill is, as a number of hon. Members said, that we want to respect the will of the people who vote in the referendum, without any qualifications... People may choose to abstain, but the amendment would create an incentive for people who favour a no vote to abstain.

Votes for small parties could be from voters hoping the party would pass the threshold.

Cuomo's formation of the women - centric ballot line could hinder the party's efforts at achieving 50,000 votes, the necessary threshold to qualify for the ballot.

Ballotopedia points to an article by Nicholas Stephanopoulos and Eric McGhee, citing that «any vote for a losing candidate is wasted by definition, but so too is any vote beyond the 50 percent threshold needed (in a two - candidate race) to win a seat.»

The threshold level of votes had been set at 2.5 % (For the purposes of this example) Points to note include In an FPTP election, Party A, with 335 MPs would have a clear majority over all the other parties combined, and thus would be the single party of government, despite the fact that they only won 35.2 % of the popular vote, and almost 2/3 of voters voted for other partiFor the purposes of this example) Points to note include In an FPTP election, Party A, with 335 MPs would have a clear majority over all the other parties combined, and thus would be the single party of government, despite the fact that they only won 35.2 % of the popular vote, and almost 2/3 of voters voted for other partifor other parties.

Party F did exceed the threshold level for automatic representation (which had been set at 2.5 %) and so has one MP (the Party Leader) elected without constituency with a single vote.

Instant runoff voting, also known as ranked - choice voting, allows voters to rank primary candidates in order of preference so that if one candidate does not cross the required threshold for victory, the candidate with the least number of votes is eliminated and the votes are redistributed based on the second choice selected by voters who had selected the eliminated candidate first, and so on until a winner emerges.

A vote on whether to make a sitting MP fight his seat again should take place when local electors want it, assuming they can gather enough signatures (most systems that allow for recall votes set high enough thresholds to deter frivolous campaigns).

For a bill to be approved, it would need at least two Republican votes, a threshold Mr. Biondo thought would be passed this week.

The younger Cuomo will cross that threshold early next year — likely in January — when the state Senate is slated to vote on the governor's pick for the state Court of Appeals vacancy created by the departure of Judge Eugene Pigott, who has reached the mandatory retirement age of 70.

When referendums for Scottish and Welsh devolution were held in March 1979 the Welsh devolution referendum saw a large majority vote against, while the Scottish referendum returned a narrow majority in favour without reaching the required threshold of 40 % support.

For example, an absolute threshold in the number of votes (e.g. requiring a certain proportion of the whole population or of registered voters to be elected rather than a plurality of the vote) can seem intuitively appealing but has never, to my knowledge, been implemented for a national election, precisely because leaving an important office unfilled is a problem (unless, of course, you subscribe to radical small - government ideas, in which case the question seems moot and you might just as well do away with elections or democracy itselFor example, an absolute threshold in the number of votes (e.g. requiring a certain proportion of the whole population or of registered voters to be elected rather than a plurality of the vote) can seem intuitively appealing but has never, to my knowledge, been implemented for a national election, precisely because leaving an important office unfilled is a problem (unless, of course, you subscribe to radical small - government ideas, in which case the question seems moot and you might just as well do away with elections or democracy itselfor a national election, precisely because leaving an important office unfilled is a problem (unless, of course, you subscribe to radical small - government ideas, in which case the question seems moot and you might just as well do away with elections or democracy itself).

Amid continuing investigations of Nassau's contracting procedures, county Republican leaders have agreed to increase public scrutiny by dropping the threshold required for a legislative vote on county contracts from $ 25,000 to $ 1,000.

Legislator Lou D'Amaro (D - North Babylon) said before the floor vote that he didn't believe the appraisal rating system was designed to be considered a threshold for whether or not a particular parcel could ever be purchased.

In systems with a threshold, people who prefer a larger party may tactically vote for a minor party that is predicted to poll close to or slightly below the threshold.

Mangano and GOP lawmakers proposed the $ 1,000 contract threshold following reports that the administration has awarded hundreds of no - bid contracts since 2011 to politically connected firms for amounts just under $ 25,000 — the amount that currently triggers a legislative vote.

With broad support from the parliamentary parties, Philippe confirmed the intention of the government to prepare a draft law to change the voting system to that end in 2018, while still preserving the 5 % threshold for representation and 3 % for reimbursement of campaign expenses.

They include the introduction of a 50 % turnout threshold on strike votes, a change to allow employers to bring in agency staff to cover work during industrial action, and a requirement for strike leaders to wear armbands on the picket line.

Hawkins restored ballot status for the Green Party by receiving more than the threshold 50,000 votes during his first run for governor in 2010 — the year Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo was first elected.

While there's no way to prove with certainty that an independent WFP candidate would have crossed the 50,000 - vote threshold, Frase notes that the Green Party got 59,906 votes for its independent candidate, Howie Hawkins — suggesting that it was possible for a third party to hold a ballot line with a Left challenge to Cuomo.

Hawkins easily helped the third party achieve ballot access for this coming election by surpassing the 50,000 - vote threshold....

«But there is also section 134 (2), which talks about the threshold for declaration of results, particularly for Presidential Elections, in terms of the majority of votes and the spread, which requires a quarter of the total votes in two thirds of the states.

In the Ukrainian elections of March 2006, for which there was a threshold of 3 % (of the overall vote, i.e. including invalid votes), 22 % of voters were effectively disenfranchised, having voted for minor candidates.

Hawkins ran in 2010, hitting the 50,000 - vote threshold to achieve automatic ballot status for the Green Party this year.

Four years ago, when Hawkins first ran for governor, he garnered enough votes to pass the 50,000 - vote threshold and put the Green Party on the ballot.