Sentences with phrase «voting against the other candidate»

Not exact matches

In other words, shareholders would follow a common procedure to vote «for» or «against» a candidate, and only those candidates who receive majority support would serve as directors.

A brief history lesson - whenever 2 candidates go against each other in our country, about half vote for one candidate and about half for the other.

Moreover, each and every member of Congress should be notified that he or she is personally liable (can be sued) for his or her own failure, or the same in conspiracy with other members, to perform what is a ministerial and constitutional duty, that is, to require and / or insist that Presidential electoral votes only be counted for candidates who are «natural born citizens» under Article II of the United States Constitution, the failure of which creates a cause of action for deprivation of claimants» constitutional rights (as allowed under the Bivens case) against employees of the Federal Government, in this case, to a lawful President and Commander in Chief, and therefore, for deprivation of adequate continuation of the United States as a Constitutional Republic.

Whereas some NDC members in constituencies «boiling» since the primaries are in court challenging their outcome, others are said to have decided not to take any action but will remain noncommittal or possibly, vote against the party's elected parliamentary candidates in the November 7 elections.

Supporters of some of the defeated parliamentary candidate aspirants, particularly those living along the coastal belt like Kokrobite and others have vowed to vote against the incumbent, Bright Edward Kodzo Demordzi.

The race saw the government's coalition partners pitted against each other, but Tory candidate Anne McIntosh won the delayed fight with 20,167 votes.

Competing against 16 others, he won 48 % of the votes in the first round of that election, but was given a unanimous endorsement in the second round, making him the party's presidential candidate.

He ran against five other candidates, including veteran Councilman Vincent Gentile, who lost with 9.5 % of the vote.

Jeremy was the only candidate to vote against the plans, along with 47 other Labour MPs — myself included.

Democratic operatives warned that female voters voting against Boyle thanks to the abortion attacks could split among the three other candidates, and ultimately help Boyle gain the nod.

SNP supporters have been having a field day on social media mocking Labour for its mass abstention on the welfare bill, but Corbyn did vote against it and that will mean he will have gained some respect where the other leadership candidates will have certainly lost it.

In 2010, Hawkins received 59,906 votes, more than any other 3rd party candidate who ran against Democrat Andrew Cuomo.

He said, «It is about the party invoking a clause in the constitution in recognition of a decision he had made by ceasing his membership of the party by going public to say he voted for a candidate other than the candidate of the party, and also saying that he was advocating to his constituents to vote against the decision of the congress which is the highest body of the party.»

When compared with Cuomo supporters, fewer Paladino backers report they are voting for their candidate rather than against the other candidates for governor.

The election pits members of all political parties against each other on one ballot, a format that Democrats hope will help their candidate by splitting the Republican vote.

Sarwar won the deputy leadership contest very comfortably when he stood in 2011, winning 51 % of the vote against two other candidates.

Initially, the odds of him winning were around 100 - 1, but his campaign was boosted when he won the support of two of the biggest unions, Unite and Unison, and became the only candidate to vote against the Conservatives» welfare bill while the others abstained.

Moreover, receiving half of the votes against two other statewide incumbent Republicans and a sitting Congressman speaks volumes of her strength as a candidate and bodes very well for her in the General Election.

Unlike a coalition formed after an election, the partners in an electoral alliance usually do not run candidates against one another but encourage their supporters to vote for candidates from the other members of the alliance.

The two state legislators face off against each other, and against more than a half - dozen other candidates, in voting booths across upper Manhattan and the Bronx today.

It's also hard to see how an «awful candidate» won the popular vote by almost 3 million votes when running against three other parties.