Sentences with phrase «voters in runoff elections»
Brooklyn Councilman Antonio Reynoso, also pointed to the lack of diversity in voters in runoff elections compared to primaries.
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That would prevent voters from having to go to the polls again in expensive, low - turnout runoff elections.
«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.
(CNN)- Hillary Clinton applauded efforts in a Republican Senate runoff election in Mississippi to reach out to voters outside its usual voting bloc.
«The first is something that is really in your lap, and that is dealing with the runoff primary election,» he said, calling on the Council to quickly implement instant runoff voting in which voters get to rank multiple candidates in order of preference.
do away with so - called «winner take all» elections in which the «winner» does not have the support of most of the voters, and replace that system with instant runoff voting and proportional representation, systems most advanced countries now use to good effect;
This paperwork must include signatures of voters who have not participated in the primary election or the runoff primary election of a party that has nominated, at either election, a candidate for the office the petitioning candidate seeks.
In the 2009 runoff elections for public advocate and controller, less than 8 % of Democrats - representing 5 % of all registered voters - participated.
Kerry just returned from Afghanistan and Pakistan, where he played a key role in persuading Afghan President Hamid Karzai to accept a runoff election after Karzai's recent election victory was found to be the result of widespread voter fraud.
«The runoff is a good opportunity for voters to decide who they think can beat a Republican in the general election,» he says.
An unusual runoff election with what is expected to be an extremely low voter turnout is taking place today, with potentially far - reaching implications for education in the state's largest school district, Los Angeles Unified.
Louisiana's Senate race is headed for a Dec. 6 runoff election, and Landrieu — currently the Senate Energy and Natural Resources chairwoman — saw the pipeline as a final chance to demonstrate her clout to voters in an energy - rich state.