Sentences with phrase «voting members into»

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It's a mammoth feat to have an individual join a club who has nothing in common with the members and then those members vote that individual into leader of that organization so I think it's a moot point.

He questioned the way the NALC describes the LWF to its members, subsequently calling into question the ratification process by which the church voted to join the LWF.

Thanks to Professor Braithwaite, I can tell you a little about them; a little, because the minutes are not records of the discussions, but only of titles of papers read, of stands taken in a vote at the end of each meeting, and of such very short comments as members chose to write into the book as they voted.

In 1947/48, Albion finished bottom of the Football League for the only time and had to be voted back into the competition by their fellow members, but the average gate was over 11,000, a record.

Denver, CO: This morning, National WIC Association (NWA) Board of Directors Chair, Donna Bister, announced during NWA's 2016 Nutrition Education & Breastfeeding Promotion Conference the Association is ending its relationships with infant formula manufacturers, putting into effect a resolution passed in May 2015 and reaffirmed in May 2016 by voting members of the Association.

This is in stark contrast to non-poupulist parties and camps which usually come with an agenda and whose members gain their legitimation from being voted into an office.

For example, suppose that voters are evenly split between two political parties, but the nine equal population single member districts are drawn so that the favored party wins by just 5 percentage points in eight districts, while the disfavored party wins by 40 percentage points in another district, you've converted a 50 - 50 division of the population vote into 8 seats for the favored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error in its favor in the eight districts it wins and a 0.1 seat rounding error against it in the one district it loses), and 1 seat for the disfavored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error against it in the eight district it loses but only a 0.1 seat rounding error in its favor in the one district it wins).

When the Democrats cut a deal to bring Espada back into their conference they very carefully crafted it so none of their members would have to cast a formal vote in favor of the turncoat senator, who was being investigated at the time for various infractions (one of those probes came to fruition today; others are yet unresolved).

The man who secured over a quarter of a million votes from Labour Party members supporters and trade unionists as recently as last September is seamlessly elided into a deranged sect leader, ordering small numbers of isolated followers to top themselves in the fastnesses of a Latin American jungle.

After Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a $ 153 billion deal late Friday night, the Assembly worked into Saturday to pass it, with some members jetting out of the chamber even before the final vote tally was read.

After finally managing to get all 32 members into the chamber, the Senate Democrats just passed the bill that will re-open state parks without a single GOP vote.

Assembly Democratic majority members were scheduled to go into conference just prior to 10 p.m. and they had requested a «message of necessity» from Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would let them vote on at least two noncontroversial budget bills without the customary three - day «aging» period that is supposed to provide time for actually reading the bills members will vote for.

Going into the May, 2015 election the Green Party of England and Wales membership had grown to over 60,000 members, they ran 571 candidates and received over 1,157,613 votes.

Heading into the primaries, Saland was believed to be the safest of the three GOP senators who had voted «yes» on same - sex marriage and were being challenged by more conservative members of their own party as a result.

In last year's election for chairman, he was among the committee members who called for a delay in the vote because of reports that the FBI had interviewed Zellner as part of its investigation into a 2014 State Senate election.

As noted in a previous post, this follows rule changes turning the Labour leadership contest into a fully «one member one vote» process, and giving voting rights to «supporters» who signed up for just # 3.

Former Memphis Superintendent Kriner Cash was voted into the post todaywith the support of all seven members of the usually - divided School Board who attended the meeting.

The governor, a Democrat who is seeking a third term this year, has singled out Republicans members of Congress from New York who voted in favor of the plan, launching him into a collision course agains GOP lawmakers like Reps. Chris Collins and Tom Reed.

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Amendments to the present Charter shall come into force for all Members of the United Nations when they have been adopted by a vote of two thirds of the members of the General Assembly and ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional processes by two thirds of the Members of the United Nations, including all the permanent members of the Security CMembers of the United Nations when they have been adopted by a vote of two thirds of the members of the General Assembly and ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional processes by two thirds of the Members of the United Nations, including all the permanent members of the Security Cmembers of the General Assembly and ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional processes by two thirds of the Members of the United Nations, including all the permanent members of the Security CMembers of the United Nations, including all the permanent members of the Security Cmembers of the Security Council.

Prior to going into the chamber, Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson appeared with key members who had been been balking at voting «yes» to announce he had finally convinced them to stick with the conference.

Spitting out Spitzer picks (2007): Rather than let his members vote on one of three nominees Eliot Spitzer put up to replace Alan Hevesi, Silver spirits Tom DiNapoli into the job.

As mayor - elect de Blasio jumped into the race for city council speaker, lobbying council members and pushing his preferred choice of Melissa Mark - Viverito to an anticipated victory well before the scheduled city council vote.

As Campaign Director of Vote Leave, Cummings was questioned and criticised by MPs at the Treasury Select Committee in April 2016 for creating leaflets for the campaign which could mislead members of the public into believing they were created by the NHS.

Labour's electoral «college» is split into three sections — MPs and euro MPs, union - affiliated members and ordinary party members, all of whom can vote for more than one candidate in an order of preference.

By introducing an alternative to Mr. Paterson's budget, Mr. Sampson and Mr. Silver are hoping to avoid the situation their members have faced a dozen times since the fiscal year began on April 1 without a budget deal: vote for the governor's emergency bill or vote to shut down the state government, an unprecedented act that officials believe would plunge the state into chaos.

But an enrolled W.F.P. member would not, and could force Cuomo into a primary if they won the support of 25 percent of the weighted vote.

Ghanapoliticsonline.com «What I know is that two of the four Serbians (the older ones) the NPP invited into the country in July 2014 to give special training to some of its members played active role in the deadly clashes between anti-government protesters and the police in Ukraine which culminated in the country's parliament voting to oust President Viktor Yanukovych in early 2014,» a diplomatic source revealed.

The Times has more details on the Office of Congressional Ethics probe into eight House members, including two New Yorkers — Reps. Joe Crowley and Chris Lee — who held fund - raisers in the days leading up to the Wall Street reform bill vote, collecting checks from lobbyists prior to weighing in on this key initiative.

Up until this point, Democratic members of the panel haven't been part of the committee's investigation into the climate change case, nor did they vote to subpoena records related to the efforts by Schneiderman's office and other attorneys general around the country.

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In 2013, the 150 - member board voted unanimously to endorse de Blasio's candidacy, in the hopes of pushing other labor groups into backing de Blasio.

(Worth noting: While fewer than 300 state committee members voted in the presidential straw poll, 421 members cast ballots in the race for state party chairman — a reminder that it's wise not to read to much into the straw poll results.)

Other council members are not as sure the 17 budget votes will translate into votes to keep the project alive.

In the crucial weeks before Election Day, the UFT and its members stepped into high gear to spread the word about why New Yorkers should vote «no» on holding a state constitutional convention.

According to councilwoman Laura Walls, Boylan's vice-chair, Paul Colucci, will «step into the void for now,» serving as chair pro tempore until the planning board officially votes on its recommendation for which of its members should be appointed to replace Boylan as chair.

Not long after Essex County lawmakers cast a vote of «no confidence» in North Country Community College leadership, members of Ti - Alliance and NCCC officials brought the idea of a trades school back into the picture in a meeting last week.

They will vote on May 20 and will likely determine the next member of Congress from the heavily Democratic district, which begins in the working - class segment of northeast Philadelphia and fans out into the wealthy Montgomery County suburbs.

From September 2015 to March 2016, community members will exchang ideas, work together to turn ideas into project proposals, and vote to decide what proposals get funded.

Since some leading trade union members of the NEC are known to favour circulating ballot papers to all levy papers — as was the previous practice — with votes being counted provided that levy - payers tick the box to opt into affiliated supporter status, the union influence may in fact not change so much from the process that selected Ken Livingstone.

The 20 - year speaker has the power to decide unilaterally what initiatives make it into the Assembly's budget, what pieces of legislation come up for a floor vote, what resources each member receives for his office and even how much money representatives get from the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee for their re-election bids.

Presidential hopeful of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), for the December 7 polls, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has assured the leadership and members of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), of his party's commitment to job creation when voted into office to govern the country.

He ran DSCC into the ground, gambled to elect members who would vote for him as leader, and it all finally caught up with him.

At the end of the August meeting, board members voted to go into executive session, «guided by» the state Open Meetings law.

«I commend Assembly member Aubry for the hard work and dedication he put into drafting and advancing the legislation and I thank all of the Assembly members who voted in favor of it,» the Borough President added.

Several council members praised Ms. Mark - Viverito in Spanish, citing her victory as a milestone for Hispanic politicians, and a group of drummers and maracas players broke out into a salsa - inflected song when the vote was over.

Town Board members also voted to reconvene the fallow Recreation Committee and to change the former Public Access Committee into the Communications Committee.

The 506,438 votes cast were split into full members, # 25 «registered supporters» and affiliates who got a vote through their union.

The vote capped months of intense, behind - the - scenes jockeying influenced by de Blasio, who took the unusual position of inserting himself into the process, calling members personally to lobby for Mark - Viverito.

The 506,438 votes cast were split into full members, # 25 «registered supporters» and union affiliates - and they ALL picked Jeremy Corbyn