Sentences with phrase «voting process at»

All members in good standing are eligible to attend and be a part of the voting process at the annual meeting in February of each year.

Not exact matches

By looking at hundreds of roll call votes and comparing them mathematically, the DW - NOMINATE process is able to figure out where each member sits politically compared to other members.

Spiker noted that, for now at least, the report's findings are merely suggestions, and that the RNC would have to vote on any specific changes to the primary process.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, asked the four other members of the commission to vote to kick off a process to decide if the nation - wide cap, set at 39 percent of television - owning households, should be eliminated or raised, the agency said.

States ensure that voting machines are not connected to the Internet, and there are numerous checks and balances as well as extensive oversight at multiple levels built into our election process.

The committee convened to draw up the rules for the race will meet Friday at Toronto's Albany Club to hammer out the date of the vote, the nomination deadline, spending limits, the entrance fee and the appeals process.

It is unclear when more countries will vote on the matter, or how long the process may take, but a European country has never failed to ratify a trade agreement at this stage.

These responsibilities include: (i) fostering processes that allow the Board to function independently of management and encouraging open and effective communication between the Board and management of the Company; (ii) providing input to the Chairman on behalf of the independent Directors with respect to Board agendas; (iii) presiding at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, as well as regularly scheduled executive sessions of independent Directors; (iv) in the case of a conflict of interest involving a Director, if appropriate, asking the conflicted Director to leave the room during discussion concerning such matter and, if appropriate, asking such Director to recuse him or herself from voting on the relevant matter; (v) communicating with the Chairman and the CEO, as appropriate, regarding meetings of the independent Directors and resources and information necessary for the Board to effectively carry out its duties and responsibilities; (vi) serving as liaison between the Chairman and the independent Directors; (vii) being available to Directors who have concerns that can not be addressed through the Chairman; (viii) having the authority to call meetings of the independent Directors; and (ix) performing other functions as may reasonably be requested by the Board or the Chairman.

A combination of bad luck, the legal architecture of the nomination process (which makes candidates getting in late difficult - to - impossible - and defines late as December of the year before at the latest), the center - right media environment and the mood of some center - right voting blocs has given us a terrible field and an even worse debate.

At the ABC meetings delegates and visitors may sit anywhere and everywhere, almost as though it were an intentional act of the executive leadership to render the policy - making and voting process as difficult as possible for the delegates, scattered as they are and mingled with the «visitors.»

Bishop Joseph Imesch, chairman of the pastoral's drafting committee, has made clear» most recently in his report on the status of the pastoral at the National Conference of Catholic Bishops annual November meeting» that the pastoral «process» will continue for several more years, if necessary, and yet another draft is scheduled to be presented to the bishops for voting in November 1991.

Jensen Meat, located in San Diego since 1958, has one of the newest, most modern meat processing plants west of the Mississippi and is proud to exceed USDA standards,» he said, noting that a local restaurant using a Jensen patty was voted «San Diego's # 1 Burger» at the 2016 San Diego Reader Burgers and Beer competition.

This spring meeting will begin the review process and final votes by the board will be made at the fall 2018 meeting.

Despite Belgium once again going out in the Second Round, he was voted Goalkeeper of the Tournament at USA» 94, becoming the first keeper to win the Lev Yashin Award in the process.

i do think the voting process for where to host the tourneys can be altered, so that there are specific monies that must be given unto governments at local levels rather than just a pile of money to the central government to be absorbed by pocket after pocket all the way down the chain with nothing to show for it other than a bunch of new cars in the pocketed ones driveways (or whatever).

Tuesday's vote triggers an assessment process aimed at negotiating fair market value with the land's owners, Gayle Homes Inc. of Glen Ellyn.

«I did not drop out of this process even as many reported various vote totals and withdrawn candidacies because I think, in this crisis, it is essential that all members of the state Legislature examine our rules and look closely at proposals for reform and openness,» Nolan said.

But despite the fine words, at this point — indeed at every point in the process — Salmond was acutely aware independence was not the settled will of the Scottish people, only around a third of whom consistently told pollsters they would vote Yes in the autumn of 2014.

The voting threshold necessary to prompt the exit process was never actually decided at all as such prior to the referendum, but assumptions were made by politicians and journalists about what would be politically acceptable to an emergent notion of popular sovereignty.

Tomorrow, we'll look at the voting process Britain would need to survive to get into Efta and the powers it would have to control free movement if it succeeded.

Automatic removal of the name of a registered voter, who lawfully and legally registered to vote, using an ID Card that the Supreme Court has confirmed was legal to use at the time she registered, is like a dictatorial government divesting citizens of their rights, in this case, the right to vote enshrined in Article 42 of our Constitution, without due process.

The head of the European Union delegation, Marietje Schaake, said her team had seen no signs of «centralised or localised manipulation» of the voting process but that there were concerns about the misuse of public funds at local and national levels by all parties.

If said areas have first - past - the - post voting, a minority opinion population of any given area is basically robbed of being a full participant in a democratic process - the votes of any Republican in NY, or a Democrat in Utah, don't matter at all in terms of Presidential election.

The entire process whiffs of gerrymandering when calculations by the House of Commons library found that at the 2017 general election the Tories got one seat for every 43,018 votes nationally compared with Labour's 49,152 per MP or Liberal Democrats» 197,665 and Green's 525,665.

The process seemed to be abnormally long (up to 3 days and 3 nights) in the areas where opposition enjoys strong support, and was marked with constant conflicts, strange power cuts in the polls and international observers or observers from opposition parties not being let into the polls at all: all symptomatic of possible attempts to alternate the results and change the voting papers.

Your average «swing» vote is as likely to laugh at any of them because they typically find the whole process laugh worthy.

DeFrancisco admitted that he, along with most lawmakers, voted to cut the comptroller out of the review process in 2011, but he said he did not realize the implications of the change at the time.

«He told me he was confused about the process, what he was voting for, and that's why at the end of the day I think he agreed to table the motion for further discussion,» conference leader Jeff Klein said.

At its September 17, 2014 meeting, the Port Authority board of directors voted to create a new Freedom of Information Code matching either New York or New Jersey and creating a novel, two - tiered, appeal process consisting of a Review Board and third party «dispute resolution provider.»

In his written judgment, Mr Justice Hickinbottom stated: «At the time each of the claimants joined the party, it was the common understanding as reflected in the rule book that, if they joined the party prior to the election process commencing, as new members they would be entitled to vote in any leadership contest.

Hills also accused Long of «railroading» the endorsement process by the executive committee at the expense of rank - and - file Conservatives who might not share the chairman's enthusiasm for Lazio, adding: «Nobody should anticipate the outcome of the votes at either party's convention; many of the largest - weighted Conservative counties are squarely behind Steve Levy.»

JCOPE commissioners voted to move forward in the process of implementing several regulations at a monthly meeting today, including broad lobbying guidelines that have been long in the works.

That's when Council is scheduled to vote on North District Common Council Member Joe Golombek's resolution that calls for a federal investigation of the environmental review process undertaken by the state Department of Transportation for its proposed project at -LSB-...]

«The Act has proved immensely successful at redressing racial discrimination and integrating the voting process.»

As Congress stares at a Friday deadline to fund the government, the reality that members will have scant time to actually read or process the $ 1.3 trillion fiscal 2018 omnibus before voting on it is starting to sink in.

However, if in the process of deciding not to vote at the next general election - as advised by Russell Brand - a whole new generation of young people become politicised then we could see the currently absent youth movement make a return.

Politicians and voters also need to be educated at the beginning of each election cycle about such laws and about the negative impact of selling and buying votes on the processes of democratic renewal.

A spokesman for Stefanik told The Sun the lawmaker voted to support the legislation because the measure would «restore transparency to the process of developing stream buffer zones near mining activities and require the Secretary of the Interior to work on a comprehensive study aimed at protecting streams.»

The complainants (who at the moment will remain anonymous) even alleged that they was willing to go to News 12 and the Journal News to expose the actions of Mr. Lafayette concerning the process to challenge the signatures, fraudulently having people on Democratic voter rolls and abusing his absolute power over the voting process as Westchester democratic chairman, Mount Vernon City Committee Chairman and Westchester County Democratic Commissioner of Elections which they felt was illegal in nature and the DA's office was against the complainants going public with their complaints.

Parliament should ensure that the process of individual voting is made fit for purpose - if not for the 2015 general election, then at least for all future ones.

Today, however, such a system is not commonly practiced and most parliamentary system parties» rules provide for a leadership election in which the general membership of the party is permitted to vote at some point in the process (either directly for the new leader or for delegates who then elect the new leader in a convention), though in many cases the party's legislators are allowed to exercise a disproportionate influence in the final vote.

Wednesday night at the New York Tech Meet - Up, the New York City Campaign Finance Board unveiled its own initiative to make participation in the voting process easier: a mobile web application with voter registration and candidate information.

Lancman and Avella said they will push legislation in Albany to reform the voting process, including allowing college students to be election inspectors even if they do not live in Queens, which is currently mandated, in order to get younger people who are more adept at technology working in elections.

Mr Farage said he was not questioning Labour's victory, but denounced the electoral process as «bent» after claims that people had arrived at polling booths carrying bundles of postal votes.

Another Labour frontbencher who backs intervention said: «We could have called a vote at today's meeting forcing the leader to support military action because we had the numbers, but we didn't because he told us it was a process and we would be meeting again on Monday.

«Rather than feel forced to cast their vote for a candidate they do not support, or choose not to vote at all, the «none of the above» ballot line has given voters the option to cast a protest vote, while encouraging continued participation in the electoral process.»

At his appearance with Skelos, Klein seemed content to delay the vote until the morning, saying it would allow members time to actually read the bill, and enable members of the public view the process.

At the end of that process there is a vote on the deal, by qualified majority, in the European Council and the European Parliament.

Under the current process, the Democratic - led Assembly virtually controls the appointments at the board due to its members being elected by a combined vote of the full Legislature.

Meanwhile, Governor Al - makura has promised to put new and extra measures in place to ensure a restoration of the integrity of the electoral process aimed at producing a credible Candidate with the highest number of votes.