Sentences with phrase «voting process called»

Steam is perhaps best known for its unparalleled selection of indie games, many of which it vets through a crowdsourced voting process called Steam Greenlight.

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Writing in Catalan on Twitter, he called for a peaceful political process ahead of the vote on October 1.

Why he could vote no: McCain was an opponent of the Obamacare repeal push due to its hasty process in the Senate, and he called for regular order on any legislation going forward.

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.

Under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, about 800 counties with histories of racially - discriminatory voting laws — going back to poll taxes and literacy tests — had to get the Justice Department's approval beforehand (a process called pre-clearance) before such laws could take effect.

The two bickered earlier this week about the so - called «nuclear option» Reid is considering that would dramatically change Senate rules in confirming Cabinet appointees, shifting the approval process to a simple majority vote in the Seante.

Asset managers and hedge funds typically determine their research budgets through a process called broker votes in which portfolio managers rate the value of equity research analysts.

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.

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.

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-...]

Under the New York State Constitution, bills must «age» three days before they can be voted on, unless the governor calls for a message of necessity to bypass the aging process.

Angle has alleged voting irregularities before: she quit a 2011 special elections for the US House, calling the process a «mockery» of voting rights.

Shortly before the vote, Niou withdrew from the process, calling it undemocratic.

«Mr. Grimm must have trouble understanding the legislative process because I voted against the bill not once, but twice despite calls from colleagues and organizations on the left to vote in favor of it,» McMahon said.

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.

The former minister called for a smaller, elected chamber, and also criticised the voting process on this matter.

«Smith said he spent «like 50 or 60» thousand dollars in payments to other members to buy their votes for majority leader in 2008, a process he again called putting them «on the payroll,»» prosecutors wrote.

You should also know that in the near future, Senator Dean Skelos will be allowing the Minimum Wage Bill and the so - called Reproductive Health Bill to come to the Senate Floor, knowing that the Democrats will be voting for both, and in the process, bringing legalized late - term abortion to New York State.

A few dozen «hardcore» residents, as City Councilman Mark Levine called them, braved the rain to have their say in the process, which asks locals to weigh in on how they think funding should be allocated, followed by a community - wide voting process to select the best ideas.

The League of Women Voters is hosting a debate for the four candidates: Republican Lester Chang, Green Party candidate Dennis Levy, Democrat Alice Cancel and Working Family Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou, who withdrew from the Democratic party vote, calling the process «flawed» and instead chose to run as a Working Party Family candidate.

DuWayne Gregory, presiding officer of the Suffolk Legislature, which is tasked with a confirmation vote on the commissioner pick, said he thought Bellone's resistance to calling his process a nationwide search means «he probably has someone in mind.

In response to a question from the audience asking Quinn what she was doing to move the process on paid sick leave along, former city Councilman Sal Albanese, one of several candidates to call for a vote on the bill, accused her of «quelling debate.»

With 6,500 signatures, the group's petition called for three bills that would not only introduce a two - week voting period «to ease long lines on Election Day and give voters flexibility as they juggle work and family obligations,» but modify ballots to make them more comprehensible and streamline the voter registration process.

Republicans who controlled the redistricting process as part of a task force called LATFOR always said their lines were based on demographics, and insisted they complied with the state and federal constitutional as well as the federal Voting Rights Act, which was enacted to protect the voting rights of racial minorities.

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.

On December 15, Townsend Harris» Parent Teacher Association voted on a resolution calling for the DOE to take several actions, including a restart of the C - 30 process and the immediate removal of the Interim Acting Principal.

The Board hears presentations from City officials and others and, as part of the land use review process, is sometimes called upon to vote on land use questions that impact more than one Community Board District.

[96] Meanwhile, House leadership weighed in on the process, with Speaker Steven Tilley calling it an overall «positive» process and Minority Leader Mike Talboy instead labeling the negotiations as, «a textbook example of how not to [redistrict]...» [97] Talboy also said he felt he had the votes to block an override, something that would require Democratic unanimity plus four Republican votes.

And this is the problem with this process,» Dick Dadey of Citizens Union, who has called for the vote to be delayed, said.

Even with the new Republican - led Senate, lawmakers will not have those 60 votes — but House Speaker Paul Ryan has already sketched out a blueprint for sidestepping those obstacles in the next Congress by employing a budgetary process called reconciliation.

With Darwin Dating you can't officially join the fray until you're voted in by all the other beautiful people, a process they call (predictably enough), natural selection.

When Oscar voters fill out their ballots, they don't just select the film they like best; they rank all nine nominees in order, a process called the preferential ballot that makes the best - picture voting process different from any other.

The news was that our school district had hired a new principal and assistant principal for our Intermediate school, which the board had approved the night before, but the reason for my colleague's call was my comment to the reporter, though I had voted for the hires, that the selection process had been flawed.

The 6 - 1 vote marked the end of a tumultuous and seemingly directionless process that led to the resignation of Deputy Superintendent of Instruction Jaime Aquino, an LA Times editorial calling the Board «dysfunctional,» and finally to Mayor Eric Garcetti wading in to Board...

It's a process where first - time developers pay $ 100 to place a game on a community voting subsection of Steam, called Greenlight.

We have avoided that sort of politicization of the voting process in Canada, where elections are not, as a rule, occasions to call out battalions of lawyers.

The committee had been expected to vote in May on a motion calling for the federal Auditor General to audit the awarding and management of the relocation contracts, but indications now are that any vote will be delayed until the judicial review process has been completed.