Sentences with phrase «votes cast for»

For statewide partisan offices (including congressional offices), petitions must contain signatures equaling 3 percent of the total number of votes cast for the party's candidate for the same office in the last general election.

Each person who requests to have all votes cast for him or her as a write - in candidate counted must file an application for candidacy together with the appropriate filing fee with Wyoming Secretary of State no later than two days after the election in which the person desires to have the write - in votes counted.

For a statewide office, the petition must be signed by registered electors, which are defined as residents of the state eligible to vote for the petitioner, numbering at least 2 percent of the total number of votes cast for United States Representative in the last general election for the entire state.

Furthermore, in a paper just published in Renewal, I show that in terms of votes cast for parties at general elections, the Lords is already more representative than the Commons.

On election night, the BBC calculates percentage turnout by dividing the number of valid votes cast for all candidates by the number of people eligible to vote (known as the electorate)

[8] This is 25 % of the 31,091 votes cast for his seat in the November 2, 2010 Arizona State Senate District 18 section.

A candidate of a new political party must file signatures equal to at least one - tenth of 1 percent of the total votes cast for the winning presidential or gubernatorial candidate at the last general election in the district the candidate seeks to represent.

Volta Region, the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) voters «world bank» has promised to widen the gap between the votes cast for the party in the 2016 election as against that of the opposition New Patriotic Party.

He needs to find a way to secure the Independence line as the votes cast for that party in 2010 decided the election.

As a result, the popular vote totals reflect the total number of votes cast for that party, and do not indicate the level of turnout, which is shown below.

Political parties whose principal candidate received less than 5 percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for Michigan Secretary of State at the most recent general election are considered non-major parties and can not nominate their candidates by primary election.

Not much, given that the 120,000 votes cast for Mr. Cuomo on the WFP line, while well clear of the threshold of 50,000 needed to assure that it remained on the ballot, resulted in its being dropped from the fourth to the fifth position, behind the Green Party, which got three times as many votes for Mr. Hawkins this time as in 2010.

Candidates need to collect valid signatures by mid-July from 5 percent of party members based on the votes cast for that party's candidate in the last gubernatorial election.

According to results from the Westchester County Board of Elections, Latimer won 66.79 % of the vote in Scarsdale, getting 2,561 of the 3,834 votes cast for county executive.

Initiative statutes require valid signatures from at least 5 percent of the total votes cast for governor at the last gubernatorial election, while initiative constitutional amendments require at least 8 percent.

And according to Ballot-Access.org, Trump also ran in some Reform Party primaries in 2000, including the California and Michigan contests, receiving 2,120 votes in Michigan, beating the 630 votes cast for an uncommitted slate.)

The District of Columbia Board of Elections has counted the write - in votes cast for Roseanne Barr in the April 3 Green Party presidential primary.

So when voting as a member of the parliamentary party, the authority and magnitude of the vote each MP has depends on the votes cast for the Party in the election.

Even though more than 52 % of the votes cast for Nevada Assembly races in 2008 were for Republicans, fewer than 1/3 of the seats were represented by Republicans.

To place an initiated constitutional amendment on the ballot, proponents must collect valid signatures signatures equal to 10 percent of votes cast for governor in the last gubernatorial general election.

For an initiated state statute or veto referendum, signatures equal to 5 percent of votes cast for governor in the most recent gubernatorial election are required.

If a petition is circulated after redistricting and before the next gubernatorial election, the number of qualified electors in each district is equal to the total number of votes cast for governor statewide divided by the total number of districts.

The number of qualified electors in any district, for the purpose of the distribution requirement, is equal to the number of votes cast for governor in that district in the last gubernatorial election.

Most seats in the Commons would be filled with locally elected MPs, but the remainder would be allocated by proportional representation according to the number of votes cast for each party.

Party MPs are elected by pooling all the votes cast for the unsuccessful candidates in all the constituencies and dividing them proportionally among all the parties which fielded candidates in the election.

Electoral data is based on three indices: the percentage of votes cast for the big two (the only parties ever to form government - let's ignore 2010 for now), turnout, and voter registration levels.

Ben Carson provided Trump with a last - minute boost in the New York primary by declaring votes cast for him will be voided.

In the first primaries these parties conducted following California's implementation of Proposition 198, the total votes cast for party candidates in some races was more than double the total number of registered party members.

Lost votes are defined as all votes cast for the losing party.

(New York is one of six states that permits «fusion voting,» or permitting votes cast for a candidate appearing on multiple ballot lines to be counted for that one candidate; thus, New York is home to several minor parties — the Independence Party on Row C, the Conservative Party on Row D, and the WFP on Row E — that «cross-endorse» major party nominees for office).

A new political party must submit a written declaration signed by registered voters equaling at least 1 percent of the total number of votes cast for governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election.

A political party in South Dakota is defined as a «party whose candidate for any statewide office received at least two and one - half percent of the total votes cast for that statewide office in either of the two previous general elections.»

The number of votes cast for Warren decreased from 18,794 to 17,751, though it's likely this year's total will tick up a little bit once more ballots are counted.

If the boundaries of such Election District have been created or changed since the last preceding gubernatorial election then the above formula shall apply based on the votes cast for member of Assembly under the party emblem at the last preceding General Election.

On May 12, 2015, Governor Mary Fallin (R) signed into law a bill that reduced the petition signature requirement for newly - qualifying political parties to 3 percent of the total number of votes cast for governor in the last general election.

In a multi-way, pick two race, Hagen and Herzman won with eighteen percent on the Reform Party line, and a minority of votes cast for them on other ballot lines.

This petition must contain signatures equaling at least 2 percent of the total number of votes cast for United States Representative in the most recent general election.

Of votes cast for the 64th Assembly District, Malliotakis», she did receive 98.8 percent, not quite the 100 percent she claims.

It is the total value of the votes cast for the different parties that determines the number of parliamentary votes for each party and therefore which party or parties can form the Government, or which bills are passed.

During his local races, he was the top vote - getter in the town of Yorktown and received the highest ever number of votes cast for a town council member in 2013.

The U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. circuit, has set a briefing schedule in Libertarian Party v D.C. Board of Elections, the case over whether election officials must count the votes cast for a declared write - in candidate for President.

In Minnesota, the winner of a primary election is the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes cast for that office, even if he or she does not win an outright majority.

When adding Smith's 5,775 Arizona votes to Browne's 384,431 votes nationwide, that brings the total presidential votes cast for the Libertarian Party in 2000 to 390,206.

When adding Smith's 5,775 votes to Browne's 384,431 votes nationwide, that brings the total votes cast for president for the Libertarian Party in 2000 to 390,206, or 0.37 % of the vote.

I was thrilled to be elected your Assembly Member for the Fifth Assembly on May 5, 2016 with 16,766 votes — the highest number of votes cast for any Assembly Member in Wales.

In the Synod of Bishops that followed there were 87 votes cast for a position that would encourage the pope to allow the priestly ordination of «married men of mature age and proven life» (ibid p. 250 fn.52).

In a statement after the vote, Ackman said he had received 31 percent of the votes cast for either himself or director Eric Fast.

If my proxy solicitation results in Mr. Hagenbuch's failure to receive over 50 % of the votes cast for his election, then I believe the failure of the board to accept his resignation would be an egregious violation of proper corporate governance and in direct opposition to a clear shareholder directive.

Independent candidates must submit a petition containing the signatures of at least 1 percent of the total votes casts for all candidates in the previous presidential election.

2 % of the largest entire vote cast for an elected candidate in the last election within the district