Sentences with phrase «voting exercise in»

The Member of Parliament for Tema East Constituency, Daniel Kwatei Titus - Glover says he has uncovered a scheme by the Electoral Commission (EC) to rig the special voting exercise in his constituency for his opponent, the National Democratic Congress (NDC's) Kempis Papa Nii Ofosu - Ware tomorrow [Thursday].

It may also suggest that Ukip support is in part a protest vote exercised in relatively unimportant local elections and that this support dissipates once the protest has been registered.

Not exact matches

Last quarter the bank said it would slash 3,000 jobs and closing 200 branches as part of a cost - cutting exercise in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

Friday's opposition vote to defeat the Conservative government for «contempt of Parliament» was an exercise in self - delusion, testosterone and faulty logic that will surely result in Stephen Harper returning after the May 2 election as prime minister — and likely with a majority.

At that time I wrote: «Friday's opposition vote to defeat the Conservative government for «contempt of Parliament» was an exercise in self - delusion, testosterone and faulty logic that will surely result in Stephen Harper returning after the May 2 election as prime minister — and likely with a majority.

as to Shares deliverable on the exercise of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, or in settlement of Performance Units or Restricted Stock Units, until the delivery (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of Walmart of a duly authorized transfer agent of Walmart) of such Shares, give the Recipient the right to vote, or receive dividends on, or exercise any other rights as a stockholder with respect to such Shares, notwithstanding the exercise (in the case of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights) of the related Plan Award;

Provided, however, that an incentive stock option held by a participant who owns more than 10 % of the total combined voting power of all classes of our stock, or of certain of our parent or subsidiary corporations, may not have a term in excess of five years and must have an exercise price of at least 110 % of the fair market value of our common stock on the grant date.

In answer to a question on regulatory capture at the Federal Reserve banks, Conti - Brown said «the very idea that bankers are selecting their regulator — not through Congress but directly through the exercise of vote should give us all pause... How could the Reserve Bank presidents do anything but dance with the one that brung them.»

Greenawalt concedes that citizens of a secular liberal state have a legal right to vote their religious convictions, but he is more concerned with when and whether they ought to exercise self - restraint in the interests of good citizenship.

The facts which our incipient, embryonic democracy must face are more staggering than the old tyrants were — for example, that at the last presidential election almost twenty - eight million people who were qualified to vote did not exercise that privilege; that an accredited estimate is possibly true that in the United States four million people are living in destitution.

Ideology grown in denominational hothouses is really unhelpful, both to Christians and American civic life, and especially» from a Lutheran view» to a theology of the priesthood of all believers, believers called to exercise part of their priesthood in the voting booth.

In urging blacks to exercise their constitutional right to vote, he made a move toward King and the civil rights movement.

We have more sway in numbers, it is time to start exercising that in the vote.

Happy or not with the outcome, I feel so proud to live in a country where people are willing to stand in line for 9 hours in order to exercise their right to vote.

as an exercise in «hey we're listening to our shareholders and their concerns», and in a lot of cases, those shareholders can bring things to the floor for a vote, or at least feel like they're being heard and on some level paid some respect.

For the vote - counting exercise a statistically significant (p ≤ 0.05) difference in favour of the intervention was considered a positive outcome, a statistically significant difference in favour of control was considered a negative outcome and no statistically significant difference was considered a neutral outcome.

In order to look at the evidence from all relevant studies a vote - counting exercise was undertaken to assess the results of included studies that had not used one of the predominant child - behaviour measures or had not provided enough statistical information to be included in the meta - analysiIn order to look at the evidence from all relevant studies a vote - counting exercise was undertaken to assess the results of included studies that had not used one of the predominant child - behaviour measures or had not provided enough statistical information to be included in the meta - analysiin the meta - analysis.

Or all across the country are running guys in suits Who say that they are one of us, just everyday galoots Who when they're at the country club martinis knocking back Bemoan the bad economy and whine» bout what they lack And say «We're all together in the self - same leaky boat» And hope we'll all remember that when we exercise our vote.

Until now a simple rule has prevailed — that an MP can only exercise their right to participate in a Commons vote by actually showing up.

Our inability to coexist in my views may not be the only hurdle against 2019 general election as the age - long underage registration / voting challenge mooted above raised its ugly head in a recent but still trending video captured during a registration exercise and a local council poll in some states.

BTW, voting's also going on in the Superheroes for DC mayoral race today; I ain't officially taking sides [cough] Wonder Woman [/ cough], but go exercise your Democratic rights — it'll sure count more than most votes do in DC.

Perhaps it's not because they can't get the time off to vote, but rather they don't believe voting would do them any good if they did, making the exercise not worthwhile in their eyes.

«We are concerned about violations of our terms of service and US law with respect to interference in the exercise of voting rights,» the statement said.

Sturgeon has launched what she describes as «the biggest listening exercise in our party's history»: a three - month consultation with more than two million Scots from September to 30 November — St Andrew's Day — to try and build a consensus view on Scotland's post-Brexit vote future.

But it's an important exercise in small - d democracy to ensure that every vote is counted — if for nothing else than to assure an already disaffected electorate that voting is indeed important.

Nixon said she voted for Cuomo eight years ago in hopes of his being a «real Democrat» but that «New York's eight years under the Cuomo administration have been an exercise in living with disappointment, dysfunction, and dishonesty.»

The 2007 vote, contingent upon a much - ballyhooed community benefits agreement, allowed Columbia to exercise eminent domain over a number of coveted properties that were in the way of its plans.

«We are sad, to witness, how youths and unarmed people of Bayelsa State, particularly in the Southern Ijaw Local Government, were harassed, abused and assaulted as they went to exercise their fundamental right to vote, as provided for by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

It has even been argued that along with the decline in royal power should come the right to vote: if our new King lacks special constitutional powers, why shouldn't he at least enjoy the ordinary constitutional power the rest of us exercise?

The Electoral Commission is preparing to roll out a limited registration exercise in March for those who have turned 18 years, the legal voting age or who do not have their names in the electoral roll.

Although the Liberal Democrats also envisage the CC considering the question of English votes on English laws in the UK Parliament, the CC they propose sounds to me a lot like a tidying up exercise once the main lines of constitutional settlement have been determined.

«You have no right to complain about who is in the office if you don't actually exercise the franchise and go out and vote.»

«Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy, and no one should have to choose between exercising their sacred right to vote and going to work, school or personal commitments,» Cuomo said in a statement.

De Blasio, speaking outside the library after traveling from the mayoral mansion in Manhattan, said he wished more people would exercise their right to vote.

State Senator Daniel Squadron said, «Too often, Albany stands in the way of common - sense voting and election laws that allow more New Yorkers to exercise their right to vote.

In the opinion of CADA, election threats come in different forms and may include intimidation, registering minors and foreigners, multiple registration, etc. during voter registration exercise or targeting of election officials, intimidation or harassment of journalists, incitement to violence in the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas», attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction of ballot boxes, armed clashes among political parties, violent clashes among groups of rival supporters, vandalism and physical attacks on property of opponents, targeted attacks against specific candidates or political parties, attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violencIn the opinion of CADA, election threats come in different forms and may include intimidation, registering minors and foreigners, multiple registration, etc. during voter registration exercise or targeting of election officials, intimidation or harassment of journalists, incitement to violence in the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas», attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction of ballot boxes, armed clashes among political parties, violent clashes among groups of rival supporters, vandalism and physical attacks on property of opponents, targeted attacks against specific candidates or political parties, attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violencin different forms and may include intimidation, registering minors and foreigners, multiple registration, etc. during voter registration exercise or targeting of election officials, intimidation or harassment of journalists, incitement to violence in the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas», attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction of ballot boxes, armed clashes among political parties, violent clashes among groups of rival supporters, vandalism and physical attacks on property of opponents, targeted attacks against specific candidates or political parties, attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violencin the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas», attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction of ballot boxes, armed clashes among political parties, violent clashes among groups of rival supporters, vandalism and physical attacks on property of opponents, targeted attacks against specific candidates or political parties, attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violencin elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violence.

Caroline Lucas as the only Green MP would exercise a «heavy» vote of between 5 and 6 for the Green Party (on party political issues) which reflects the total vote share for the Green Party in the country.

Given that M Ps were to be given a free vote on the issue, correctly in my view, there could be no question that this would set party policy on the topic — and it is doubtful whether this could ever be legitimate as this form of exercise is not one that appears in the rules as part of the policy making process as far as I can see.

Rather than exercising a block vote, the party vote is shared out equally amongst the representatives of the party in the chamber.

The special voting exercise ended yesterday [Sunday] amidst more reports of registered voters, mostly security personnel, being turned away because their names were missing from the special voting registers in their constituencies nationwide.

In order to exercise this power, the parliamentary party distributes (shares out equally) this voting power to its MPs.

In Parliament, the number of votes that the MPs of each party can exercise, not the number of MPs, is proportional to the number of votes each party wins in the electioIn Parliament, the number of votes that the MPs of each party can exercise, not the number of MPs, is proportional to the number of votes each party wins in the electioin the election.

Getting yourself involved in the governance of your country is an individual right that must be well expressed and voting during an election must be well exercised with moral and civic responsibility as a citizen of a State.

«Every voter must be given equal opportunity to exercise their right to vote,» Quinn said in a statement.

The PVV system extends this influence to the vote that Caroline Lucas would exercise on behalf of her party in the House.

Independent Candidates elected as MPs will exercise a vote value of one in all parliamentary votes.

Welsh Secretary David Jones will today exercise his right to sit and speak (though not vote) in the Assembly for its debate on the Queen's Speech, including changes to devolution that involve giving income tax raising powers to the Welsh Government, subject to approval in a referendum.

From the Upper East Region, Citi News» Frederick Awuni reported that, a total of 1,480 persons are expected to cast their votes in the exercise.

In the Greater Accra Region, Citi News» Lawrence Segbefia reported that, the exercise has been peaceful at the Nungua Police station, where special voters in the Krowor constituency were casing their voteIn the Greater Accra Region, Citi News» Lawrence Segbefia reported that, the exercise has been peaceful at the Nungua Police station, where special voters in the Krowor constituency were casing their votein the Krowor constituency were casing their votes.

With DPR Voting there is an imperative for every party to win at least one constituency in order to exercise its full Parliamentary Votes.