Sentences with phrase «votes cast which»

As a replacement to Saaka Sayuti who was earlier rejected by members of the assembly, he polled 39 out of 42 valid votes cast which represented 93 %.

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During a surreal exchange, anchor David Muir grilled Trump over his continued spreading of the falsehood that millions of illegal ballots were cast in the 2016 election, which Trump had previously said was the reason for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton beating him in the popular vote by 3 million ballots.

Trump won 60 % of the votes cast in the 17 - county congressional district, which is home to the state's aircraft manufacturing industry and has some of the most productive farmland in the region.

As 31 states allow military and overseas voters to return ballots via email, hackers could intercept these emails and change the votes cast or bring down the email server to which the absentee ballots are sent.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani casts his vote during elections for the parliament and Assembly of Experts, which has the power to appoint and dismiss the supreme leader, in Tehran February Continue Reading

I can guarantee you this: if Santorum gets the nomination, and only if Santorum gets it, I will cast my vote for Obama, which would normally make me sick to my stomach.

@Howard — As a republic, which is a version of representative democracy, it means we do not have a true or direct democracy where each law would be voted on by each citizen, but an elected representative for larger groups of people that gets to cast the vote, which may or may not at times represent the will of the voters who elected the representative.

He then goes on to praise E. D. Hirsch's Cultural Literacy as a more useful critique of current educational practices because it works in «the framework of a Deweyan understanding of democracy» in which students are to be made better citizens by preparing them to «recognize more allusions, and thereby be able to take part in more conversations, read more, have more sense of what those in power are up to, cast better - informed votes.

And another thing, Greg Maddux, by any measure one of the greatest pitchers ever, got only 555 of the 571 votes cast, which means that 16 of the voters are idiots.

So a vote for or against Trump — and all the associated aspersions we cast on our opponents for their vote — becomes the test by which we decide whether to fellowship together as evangelicals.

For Christ's sake can we, an undisciplined people, begin to think in terms of a self - disciplined life, foregoing some of our transient pleasures for the deeper joy of helping humanity — to the point, even, of casting our votes for proposals which are contrary to our self - interest but which can help to alleviate poverty, promote peace, and confer dignity and self - respect on those less fortunate?

The biggest of which is that you are assuming that most students will even cast a vote, which is definitely not accurate.

And residents of Horatio Gardens cast 153 of those negative votes, voting more than 2 - 1 against the increase, which was to have paid for a community center and other facilities.

In 2003 residents in the double - taxed area held a non-binding referendum in which 98 percent of those casting votes favored de-annexation.

Consumers cast their vote when they decide which product to put in their shopping cart.

Other features they said made them cast their vote for the Nuna Pipa included the super-soft fabric, which means fewer tears and struggles to get baby into it, and the canopy, which gives little one great sun and wind protection when it's in use.

Are there any systems in which a single person can cast more than one vote?

According to them, by nullifying elections in 18 out of 31 local government areas, Section 179 (2)(b) of the Nigerian Constitution, which required that a candidate vying for the office of the Governor would be declared winner if he has not less than one quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two - thirds of the local government areas, has been breached.

The Presidential Advisory Commission on Elections is investigating claims initially made by President Donald Trump first made as a candidate that votes were cast illegally, which he later attributed to his loss in the popular vote tally.

However, not voting has the same effect of casting a blank or null vote, which renders the legitimacy arguement invalid.

Several foreign governments have refused to recognize the legitimacy of the votes cast in Crimea, which was annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014.

However, this makes higher demands of voters than simply casting a single vote, which in turn leads voters making mistakes on their ballot paper.

Felder ended up casting the lone «no» vote on the ELFA (education, labor and family assistance) budget bill, which included the minimum wage hike as well as key some education aid.

After attending a closed - door meeting where Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, of Long Isand, was re-elected as head of the GOP conference, (Felder said he did not cast a vote), the Brooklyn lawmaker suggested he might even wait until the IDC announced which conference it would be aligning with in 2017.

Nevada law allows those in line after the polls close to cast their votes, which is true in many states.

After the recount of roughly 5,100 voting machines and so - called «emergency» paper ballots used by those who could for whatever reason not cast their vote in the usual way, de Blasio's tally stands at 40.88, which is up from 40.33 percent via the unofficial results on primary night.

(That's the unofficial tally, but I was just informed by St. Lawrence himself that he had landed 60 percent of the vote, which is cast by secret ballot).

There's also their 187 cases of generic «Casting Ineligible Vote» by Voters, which includes some felon voting (not caught by voter ID), some non-citizen voting (which is included above), but mostly there isn't information on what type it was.

(Samuels also plans on running for the Senate president job, which the LG traditionally holds, presiding over the chamber and breaking ties, if necessary — although there's been some debate over when he can cast that vote).

President Trump said that voter fraud is widespread and again claimed that «millions and millions» of votes were cast fraudulently — a claim for which no evidence exists.

Eventually, the committee cast a vote on which Carlucci did vote with his fellow IDC members: It will take up the matter the next time it meets.

Evidently, Blunkett thinks there is nothing at all perculiar about a voting system in which the LibDems attract 23 % of the votes cast and get only 8 % of the seats in Parliament.

State Senate Republicans in the Elections Committee cast a vote on closing a campaign finance loophole, which has played a role in recent corruption trials of the former leaders of the legislature.

The act of casting millions of illegal votes, which is impossible, would amount to serious charges.

He would have cast a vote against lifting the military's «don't ask, don't tell» policy, which recently passed Congress, citing flaws in a recent report that found support among soldiers for a repeal of the policy.

An acrimonious vote on Friday ended with Mr. Ragusa capturing 52 percent of ballots, which are cast by district leaders and state committeemen.

In Connecticut, where they have the identical system, roughly HALF of the votes that were cast for the WFP in the two towns for which evidence was submitted were «double votes.»»

Eurovision is a kitschy and popular Europe - wide TV talent show in which one artist or band from every participating country performs an original song and viewers cast votes.

According to Dadey, «The consequence of this opinion will hopefully increase ease of access to casting a vote and encourage many New Yorkers not only to register, which has been an outdated and cumbersome process for many, but also exercise their civic duty to vote.

In this system, voters have a single vote, which they can cast for a single candidate in their district, in which only one legislative seat is available.

We elect people to represent us in parliament, not a bunch of has beens most of which are never wasers, collecting # 305 per day for having a kip at our expense, and casting their demented opinions and wake up for long enough to vote.

At some polling sites, local elected officials reported that all of the old - school levered voting machines — which were revived this year because of concerns with new electronic scanning machines — were down, forcing voters to cast affidavit ballots instead.

But Cox was right when he noted that New York was the first state to cast more than 50 percent of its votes for Donald Trump, which was a big contrast to Ted Cruz's 48 - 35 percent victory over Trump in Wisconsin April 5.

«We will push forward a pro-parks legislative and budget agenda in the City Council, which is part of what constituents voted for when they cast their ballot in favor of a progressive city government,» said Councilmember Levine in a statement.

Of course, there was no mention of Addabbo and the rest of his conference not casting a vote on one of the governor's most hard - sought proposals this year: the Tier Six pension measure which scaled back benefits for new state hires.

The AP reports that Sen. Hugh Farley, a Schenectady Republican, will vote «yes» on today's extender, which offsets the expected «no» vote Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., a Bronx Democrat, says he'll be casting.

I believe the correct generalisation is «vote which wouldn't change the result if not cast», i.e. the votes for the winner beyond the second candidate's vote plus one are wasted, but like you I can't find a reference.

A Sanders campaign spokesman said it was wrong of the Associated Press and NBC News, which made the calls on Monday evening, to count the votes of superdelegates before they cast ballots at the Democratic National Convention in July.

The ruling MPLA party won just over 61 percent of the votes cast on Wednesday and about 150 of the 220 seats in Parliament, according to election commission officials, which would put a Dos Santos loyalist, Joao Lourenco, in the presidency.

New York election law, in normal circumstances, only allows closed primaries in which registered members of a party can cast a vote to choose their nominee.