Sentences with phrase «voting processes used»

«The Commission is charged with studying the integrity of the registration and voting processes used in federal elections,» Heastie wrote to the board in July.

Lawmakers often rush budget bills through the voting process using emergency legislation.

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Alongside this process, Agora used blockchain to trial tallying votes as an independent operator.

Under this process, which the GOP has used for its tax reform bill, a simple majority vote is required.

Levine has a colleague who used Instagram's Stories feature to show himself going through the voting process (his ballot arrived in the mail).

With a slim majority in the Senate, the party chose to use «budget reconciliation» — a process that allows a bill to pass with only 50 votes (plus Vice President Mike Pence) but comes with restrictions that make it less than ideal for complex policymaking — to pass their plan.

This review process provides sufficient time for issuer review, while allowing Glass Lewis to meet its publishing deadlines and its investor clients to use the completed reports to make informed proxy voting decisions.

Fake news was also a key issue in the 2016 vote, with special counsel Robert Mueller indicting 13 Russians in February for using bogus social media accounts to interfere in the election process.

The congregational vote was 4 to 1 to use a «professional vision finding» consulting company to implement a «visioning» process.

But when the balloting was repeated using fair electoral processes, slavery was voted down six - to - one.

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.

@user4012 about 2), the final election day is just the end of a lengthy electoral process; if voters are better educated and use that education all through the process a demagogue should be stopped earlier in the process (so, for a party supporter it would not be end as [My demagogue] vs [candidate from other party], because [My demagogue] would have been voted out in the primaries; in these primaries such a voter would have the option to vote for other candidates more ideologically acceptable).

«We know APC government does not obey court orders, they do not care about due process of the law, they are not moved by protest, and therefore, the best option is to use their votes to chase the governor out of seat when he comes out for re-election.»

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.

Election officials decided to resort to the older lever voting machines during Tuesday's primaries because the newer electronic machines used in 2012 confused voters, sparked long lines and caused problems during the tallying process.

The Governor got the Senate Democratic Conference and the Democratic Assembly Members to vote against their own community interests and against themselves, while on the other hand, the Governor created his own, private, HUGE Member Items — or should I say, Governor Items and Governor Capital Funds for his disposal, making everyone believe that he did away with the system — and in the process, using the Democrats as rubber stamps.

«The constituencies used in the 2010 general election vary widely in size and this process will make them more equal and ensure everyone's vote has a more equal weight,» a No 10 spokesman said.

Aside the extensive education on the voting process, Mrs Osei noted that two distinct ink colours will be used to differentiate the indelible ink and that of the thumb pad ink.

«We will be very clear on communicating a message on why people should be voting for Democrats and not for the Republicans if we focus on how we are building our bench and use this opportunity to get more people involved in the process up and down the ballot,» he said.

Disapprove BLM Land Use Planning Rule — Vote Passed (51 - 48, 1 Not Voting) The joint resolution would disapprove the rule issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Dec. 12, 2016, which modified the process under which BLM develops plans for the use of the public lands it manages, including by considering a wider variety of issues and possible impacUse Planning Rule — Vote Passed (51 - 48, 1 Not Voting) The joint resolution would disapprove the rule issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Dec. 12, 2016, which modified the process under which BLM develops plans for the use of the public lands it manages, including by considering a wider variety of issues and possible impacuse of the public lands it manages, including by considering a wider variety of issues and possible impacts.

There's still a long road ahead, including a vote by the full board tonight, the creation of a detailed plan for the development sites and the city's exhaustive land use process.

Government whips would have to try to get the bill through the Commons by using the closure motion process — having particular votes on whether to terminate a debate.

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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.

New York State used a different voting process than Florida, but the law found that lever machines were prone to several glitches and problems and required them, as well as all paper - punch systems like Florida's, to be replaced with either optical scanners or touch - screen machines.

While members of the Manhattan county committee will vote on Sunday afternoon, it remains unclear what process Brooklyn Democrats will use.

Since the equality vote Hoylman, Assemblywoman Deborah Glick (D - Manhattan) and a host of other Democratic legislators have tried to pass GENDA, a bill guaranteeing protections for non-gender-conforming individuals, and a bill to ban gay conversion therapy — a debunked process by which therapists use talk therapy, apply shock treatment or treat the individual as though they suffer an addiction akin to alcohol or drug dependence.

The non-binding community board vote to approve the project came on the heels of the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) setting in motion the public review process, known as the Uniform Land - Use Review Procedure (ULURP), on January 29 by officially obtaining permission to move forward with the initial project design and chosen developer, RAL Companies & Affiliates LLC.

At a recent Community Education Council meeting, Jamie Smarr, executive director of the DOE's Educational Construction Fund, reassured parents that the sale of the schools would be subject to public review under the Uniform Land Use Review Process (ULURP), which requires a vote by the City Council.

The City Council as a whole has the final vote to approve neighborhood rezonings, or single projects that require a land use approval process.

The whole process happens online and at any point you can retrieve a vote you've allocated to someone else and use it yourself.

We also wanted to use the technology as a force multiplier, in other words, as a tool that made it easier for people to [volunteer and] get involved in the campaign and made it easier for people to vote and made the entire process more efficient.

There is no nomination process; members meet, vote (using a weighted ballot), and announce all on January 3rd.

On occasion, they also use the initiative process to put their own bills on the ballot for a direct popular vote.

And it would not be surprising to see Alexander capitalize on bipartisan interest in these ideas, which would be needed to reach the 60 - vote filibuster threshold (unless the Republican leadership end the filibuster or use the budget reconciliation process to avoid it).

Voting for mascots teaches about elections, inspires fun Three schools have used a powerful process that mirrors the presidential electoral process to choose candidates and vote for a school mascot — a representative symbol that will encourage, inspire, and sometimes entertain them for years to come.

Make Classroom Connections to This Year's Elections Use these five activities to drive home the importance of voting, teach about the process of creating laws, track election results and voter turnout, and teach students what its like to make the tough decisions that elected officials make every day.

Beebe points to the March 6 primary, where on a non-binding ballot proposition 85 percent of Republicans statewide expressed their approval of a proposed change in the nominating process for House Speaker, using a secret ballot in a binding caucus before the vote on the open House floor.

The authors observed four shared strategies used by the groups in this process: 1) public conversations — open forums for deliberation among a range of stakeholders, leading to problem solving and commitments to action; 2) monitoring programs and policies — gathering and analysis of data to evaluate the effectiveness of improvement efforts; 3) participating in the public arena — building political will through get - out - the - vote campaigns and meetings with elected representatives; and 4) joint ownership and relational culture — developing «public» relationships that lead to collective action.

It used to be two stages, and all this feedback, and now it's just one, and it's optional feedback, so there's no greenlighting process, no voting, no weird stuff,» Boyes said.

In an editorial, WSJ comments on a bipartisan vote in the state assembly to defeat a ban on hydraulic fracturing:»... about one - third of the active wells now use this innovative drilling process... A moratorium would throw thousands of Californians out of work.»

A further problem was the process used to choose the name and bring the name change to a vote.

(2) The Chief Electoral Officer may, using any media or other means that he or she considers appropriate, provide the public with information about Ontario's electoral process, the right to vote and how to be a candidate.

4.5 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer may issue a direction requiring the use of vote counting equipment during an election and modifying the voting process established by this Act to permit the use of the equipment.

The equipment or the process used must allow the elector to verify his or her vote after the paper ballot is printed but before casting his or her vote.

Proceeds from the token sale will be used to expand globally and develop a suite of voting apps, bots, and a crowdfunding platform to help drive a new democratic process that is more convenient and relatable.

The crux of the matter is the practices that enabled Cambridge Analytica to get the data, but also how it may have been used to tip the outcomes of the US presidential election in 2016 and the «leave» vote that kick - started the Brexit process in the UK.

Requiring miners to use renewable energy will redistribute mining power and allow a more democratic voting process than currently seen in the Bitcoin ecosystem.

We propose a mathematical formalism for the voting process in BIP 100 that can be used to algorithmically determine the best block size limit that would be considered appropriate by all voting miners.

There is a number of Dragonchain use cases such as identity systems, ticketing, decentralized processing, computing, and storage framework, voting systems, smart contract, reporting and compliance, funding and accountancy, generic crypto - store, payments policy, organization inside currency, open source software project control, Intellectual Property marketplace, customer facing currencies — ecosystem exchange (physical or virtual, gaming), reservations (room, travel, table...), Internet of Things etc..