Sentences with phrase «vote threshold in»

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.

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

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

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

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

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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

In rural ridings where NDP candidates were elected in tight races, the low 20 percent threshold in Ms. Aheer's Bill 206 would equal almost the same amount of votes received by Wildrose candidates in the recent electioIn rural ridings where NDP candidates were elected in tight races, the low 20 percent threshold in Ms. Aheer's Bill 206 would equal almost the same amount of votes received by Wildrose candidates in the recent electioin tight races, the low 20 percent threshold in Ms. Aheer's Bill 206 would equal almost the same amount of votes received by Wildrose candidates in the recent electioin Ms. Aheer's Bill 206 would equal almost the same amount of votes received by Wildrose candidates in the recent electioin the recent election.

The drag - along or bring - along provision forces a stockholder to vote in favor of a sale of company if a certain threshold of stockholders and / or the board of directors approve the transaction.

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.

The three boards that reached high thresholds numbers needed: B.C. Northern Real Estate Board (75 per cent needed and 89 per cent of agents voting were in favour); Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV)(67 per cent needed and 69 per cent of votes in favour); and South Okanagan Real Estate Board (75 per cent needed and 79 per cent of those voting favoured a merger).

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).

This might have brought the Democrats in the House of Representatives below the two thirds super majority threshold on some votes.

Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, who locked down early endorsements from his local county committee and that of neighboring Suffolk County, has already surpassed the 25 percent threshold, assuming all the counties that have endorsed him hang together and vote in a bloc.

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.

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 %).

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.

Are there any elections that use party - list proportional representation, but also include an option in which voters can express their 2nd / 3rd / 4th preferred party lists, to which their vote would be transferred in the event that their preferred party would fail to reach the threshold?

Secondly, it was perfectly possible to broadly predict the shares of the vote, and that is why a threshold was chosen well over any likely two - party coalition in a four - party plus election.

The party scraped 5 % in my second poll of the by - election campaign a month ago; on the day itself they failed to reach that threshold by a handful of votes.

A «Celtic yes vote» is more likely to overwhelm an «English no» if turnout in England is low - vindicating those like Lord Lamont who said there should be a 40 % threshold.

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.

Colety's endorsement pushed Molinaro over the 75 percent threshold of the weighted nominating vote, assuming Republican committee members vote with their county leaders at the party's convention in May.

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

Another tax cap flash point has been the minimum override threshold of 60 percent of school districts residents voting in a referendum, or 60 percent of a municipal or county governing board.

Liu led the pack of four candidates in Tuesday's primary, finishing with 133,986 votes, or 38 percent, narrowly missing the 40 percent threshold needed to avoid a run - off election, according to NY1.

Israel has a closed list proportional representation electoral system with a single nationwide constituency so, apart from the 3.25 % threshold, changes in seats are pretty much perfectly sensitive to the changes in the share of the vote.

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).

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 yeaIn 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 yeain order to remain on the ballot next year.

«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.

But Steve Levy did get over the 25 percent threshold, so assuming he gets more than 50 percent in an upcoming Wilson Pakula act vote, he will be on 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.»

When no candidate candidate achieves the 270 threshold, the 50 state delegations in the House are to choose between the top three electoral vote winners which would include the winner of the single district.

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 parties.

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.

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.

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 itself).

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.

MPs should maintain the gateway vote on who goes forward, but there should be a lower threshold (10 % seems fair), and in the final ballot an MP's vote should be equal to any member / affiliate / levy payer.

Malpass and Blakeman polled fairly even in the first round of balloting, but on the second vote Blakeman surged over the 50 percent threshold needed to be the party's formal designee.

* except in the case of «Automatic election», where a party does not get any constituency MPs elected but still manages to get enough Party votes to exceed the agreed threshold.

DPR Voting — Party voting strength in Parliament is proportional to votes cast in the election (but small parties may fail to achieve the threshold)

If a party has no MPs elected but achieves a popular vote that exceeds a predetermined threshold the party would be represented in the House by reason of the «Automatic election» provision by a single MP with a single vote.

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.

In this case the tactic maintained some proportionality by bypassing the 5 % threshold, but is largely disfavoured by the public due to it awarding smaller parties extra list seats while parties with a higher party vote percentage that don't win an electorate receive no seats; this occurred in 2008 when ACT was awarded 5 seats on the back of one electorate seat and 3.7 % of the party vote, while New Zealand First with no electorate seats and 4.1 % of the party vote were awarded nonIn this case the tactic maintained some proportionality by bypassing the 5 % threshold, but is largely disfavoured by the public due to it awarding smaller parties extra list seats while parties with a higher party vote percentage that don't win an electorate receive no seats; this occurred in 2008 when ACT was awarded 5 seats on the back of one electorate seat and 3.7 % of the party vote, while New Zealand First with no electorate seats and 4.1 % of the party vote were awarded nonin 2008 when ACT was awarded 5 seats on the back of one electorate seat and 3.7 % of the party vote, while New Zealand First with no electorate seats and 4.1 % of the party vote were awarded none.

Paladino's win on the Republican line was more than shocking to state Conservatives: It imperiled the party's chances of winning 50,000 votes in the general election, the threshold required to maintain its regular ballot line.

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.