Sentences with phrase «voters at election time»

He said: «Forcing voters at election time to prove their identity at polling stations by producing official documents would have a disproportionate impact on people from black and ethnic minority communities.

(Not least because the governments of Poland, Lithuania, Spain and other countries with large flows of migrants to Britain will never accept having to go to their own voters at election time having made it harder for them to come to Britain to work.)

It did not recommend a ban on MPs taking outside employment such as journalism, but said that any such activity should be within «reasonable limits» and «transparent», with information available to voters at election time.

Not exact matches

Time reported on Thursday that the hackers successfully altered voter information in at least one election database and stole thousands of voter records containing private information like Social Security numbers.

Greeks began voting at precisely 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT, 12 a.m. EDT) in their most critical - and uncertain - election in decades, with voters set to punish the two main parties that are being held responsible for the country's dire economic...

At the same time, however, I think the NDP did get some support from (small c) conservative voters in the last election, who really wanted the PCs out but couldn't bring themselves to vote Wildrose.

However, the closing of polls at one time through Canada, as in the U.S., would help insure that all voters have an equal opportunity to vote before «election results» begin to be announced.

The big story this time around: an inside look at the role of Big Data in the 2013 Virginia election, including the all - important «voter data feedback loop.»

The Swiss hold elections four times a year because of this, which does create some voter appethy at times.

b) to be issued voters Identity Cards «to enable» them «to vote in public elections and referenda» while resident abroad and being outside the jurisdiction of the Republic of Ghana at the time of such elections, and doing so from / at their places of residence abroad or designated centres close to their places of residence abroad or from / at the Ghana Mission / Embassy within their jurisdiction abroad;

Opportunistically timed elections allow governments to ask voters to assess their performance at the most favorable time as far as the incumbents can forecast.

DVRs also illustrate a larger theme of this series: technology gives voters power at other times than just election day.

New British Election Study data gathered at approximately the same time that the Green membership surge started in the autumn of 2014 includes a decent sample of more than 1,000 voters claiming that they intend to support the Greens in the forthcoming general eElection Study data gathered at approximately the same time that the Green membership surge started in the autumn of 2014 includes a decent sample of more than 1,000 voters claiming that they intend to support the Greens in the forthcoming general electionelection.

Signature requirement is number equal to 15 % of registered voters in the municipality, based on the total number of registered voters at the time of the last general election

Ed Miliband clearly couldn't share a platform with Nick Clegg while at the same time pursuing a strategy in local elections of targeting past - libdem voters over their «betrayal».

At this age and time, the NDP insists «our voters register is not only compromised but also outmoded when there has been a global switch from this anachronism to electronic voting machines (EVMs) with the only requirement of a single definitive voter identity», citing India which has since 1998 been switching to electronic voters machine and perfected it in its 2014 general elections with what they described as «highly unprecedented efficiency.»

They also build war chests to bombard voters with advertisements at election time.

NEW YORK, NY — New York City voters can only make one choice at a time in local elections.

At the same time, Lib Dem voters were the only group to disagree that «what Phil Woolas was accused of was no worse than what goes on all the time in election campaigns».

«At a time in New York where our citizens experience too many barriers to participation, I am gratified that this opinion invites a new era of truly online voter registration, an incredibly exciting step that will help make the state election process more accessible and simpler for all,» Schneiderman said in a statement announcing the opinion.

Most constituencies are occupied by safe seat politicians who see little need to engage with the voters other than at election time or to get a front seat position in their parties.

«Cities that have adopted instant runoff voting to eliminate runoffs have not only saved millions of dollars but have also improved their democracies by making sure that we are electing our leaders in an election where the most voters, the most diverse voters, are at the polls at one time,» said Grace Ramsey, deputy outreach director for FairVote, a nonpartisan advocacy group, at the news conference.

A YouGov poll for The Times also suggested that 2.7 million voters who backed Labour at last year's general election would now vote for the Tories.

That would put Grimm's legal troubles front and center at a time when voters are beginning to pay close attention to the election campaign.

Cuomo said at the time that he refused, «to perpetuate the myth voter fraud played a role in our election,» and wouldn't share any voter roll information with the commission.

His presidential campaign view seemed fine for most gay voters at the time (despite its apparent political expediency), and he received their overwhelming support in the general election.

He made some good points but he also suggested that voters could have two boxes on their ballot papers at election time - one to vote as normal but another to award, if they chose, say # 3 in annual funding to that same party.

And really, by the 2004 election, they built what was by far the most sophisticated electoral effort at the time, driven by extensive micro-targeting, voter contact and turnout operation online.

When Dr. Nduom went for Miss Eva Lokko for Election 2012, we laughed him to scorn as a politically misguided «busy - body» because at the time, Miss Lokko had become so objectionable as a public figure that no serious politician would associate with to prevail over voters.

It was actually 62 % of labour voters voted to remain, and the labour vote, in 2015 was made up of many people who'd voted Libdem, or greens in 2010, labour having lost several of its supporters who'd voted for us in 2010 when Gordon was leader, and many who'd voted labour since the 60's, not voting for us for the first time, but the fact was, with our Scittish and inner London, Manchester, Liverpool vote, voting for us so heavily, ball areas called our heartlands, and Scotland aside, areas we increased our votes in, at the last election, without catching those swing seats, meant that many of our traditional areas Sunderland & Wales saw our core vote, massively vote leave,

Individual voters choose what they want to choose — whether or not the information and perspectives they hear were all actually correct information and fair perspectives (their job at the time to decide if they accept any information, whatever its nature, or whether they check it)... whether or not they later change their mind or wish they'd known other information (as happens to many people after most elections anyway)... and the democratic process respects their freely made choice as the result.

At the same time, Schneiderman wants to implement a system of permanent registration by having the state Board of Elections and local boards update registration when a voter who gives their consent moves.

It is true that each state will allow the voter to cast a provisional ballot if they did not have the ID with them at the time of voting, but they each require the voter to show proof of the photo ID within several days of the election in order for the ballot to be counted.

Counties used this time to count any absentee ballots or provisional ballots not yet counted, to reconcile the number of signatures on the roster of registered voters with the number of ballots recorded on the ballot statement, to count any valid write - in votes, to reproduce any damaged ballots, if necessary, and to conduct a hand count of the ballots cast in 1 % of the precincts, chosen at random by the elections official.

The only way to do this is to ensure that we do not only register for the 2019 general elections but we also jealously protect our voters» cards and put them to effective use at the right time.

It is often argued by the proponents of executive supremacy that a government effectively enjoys a direct democratic mandate because most voters in general elections believe they are voting for a party manifesto and a prime minister at the same time as selecting a constituency MP.

Opportunistically timed elections allow governments to ask voters to assess their performance at the most favourable time as far as the incumbents can forecast.

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In the 2014 general election, Cuomo collected 126,244 votes through the Working Families Party line, even though just 48,678 voters were enrolled in the liberal party at the time, according to state Board of Elections records.

«If Labour Ministers decide that protecting their dominance in County Halls is more important than voters being able to cast a fair vote at election time, the Welsh Lib Dems will have no choice but to vote down this Bill.

If separation is rejected, Mr Robertson's plan could cause widespread confusion for Scottish voters as the next Holyrood and Westminster elections would be scheduled to take place at the same time.

2 votes in the general election was the difference here between having a Liberal Democrat MP and potential resurgence next time around for the party as unionist voters flock to them in opposition to the SNP, which might have allowed the party to retain the seat even with boundary changes at the next general election, and what seems to be SNP representation for the foreseeable future as the unionist vote in North East Fife fractures off to the Conservatives.

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Each person, who at the time he or she applies for registration resides in the district in which he or she expects to vote, who will be of the age of 18 years or more at the next ensuing election, who is a citizen of the United States, and who, if he or she continues to reside in the district until the next election, will at the time have fulfilled all the requirements as to length of residence to qualify him or her as a legal voter, shall, unless otherwise disqualified, be entitled to be registered in such district.

Recent reports have revealed how Cambridge Analytica, a U.K. - based company owned by an enigmatic billionaire and led at the time by candidate Donald Trump's key adviser Steve Bannon, used psychographic data from Facebook to profile American voters in the months before the 2016 presidential election.

Thrust into the spotlight by last year's US presidential election, the launch comes at a time when voters across the world have been awash in divisive information - dissemination practices as diverse as trolling, clickbait articles and spam.