Sentences with phrase «voting system before»

Tony Blair has sparked a major political row by effectively ruling out a referendum on changing Britain's voting system before the next general election.

Though Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reneged on his promise to change the country's voting system before 2019, his government didn't totally walk away from electoral reform.

The decision comes in time to secure the state's voting systems before its upcoming state and governor's races on November 7.

Not exact matches

The report was bolstered by a leaked NSA document published by The Intercept earlier this month detailing how hackers connected to Russian military intelligence had attempted to breach US voting systems days before the election.

The FCC announced that it will not delay its repeal of net neutrality despite the controversial public comment system done before the vote.

I vote for a low key servant leadership in a democratic system, structures that help us focus on the right stuff without dictating what should happen, and conserning norms, I prefer values before rules.

We could get a different kind of tactical voting, where people try to send messages through the voting system by voting for single - issue candidates first, then the candidate they want second, on the assumption that the single - issue candidate will be knocked out before the candidate they want.

If you start them from when the selection is announced, then it gives a massive advantage to insiders (who will have been able to use the previous months or even years before the selection is announced to sign people up, campaign with unlimited resources etc.) As for the current system - you don't need 50 votes to bag a safe seat.

In several of these cases (1951, 1966 and Oct 1974) the parliament was either hung, or the Prime minister had a majority of less than 10 (which is not considered to be a «working majority» in the UK's parliamentary system) and so you can say that they «jumped» to call an election before they were «pushed» by losing a vote of no - confidence.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 32 states and the District of Columbia have an early voting system that allows registered voters to cast their votes in person before Election Day.

There is no vote before all this on the choice of Prime Minister - unlike many in many other parliamentary systems.

«There is an amendment to the Electoral Act that President Jonathan signed a few days before he left office which legitimize the use of the card reader and other electronic systems for voting.

Carroll views early voting as a first step in modernizing our voting systems, but feels that there is so much more to do, «from allowing same day registration, no fault absentee voting, allowing for party enrollment changes to take place 10 days before an election and more.»

Oct. 17, 2013: As part of the fiscal 2014 continuing resolution that reopened the federal government, the House voted to require that accurate income verification systems be put in place before the law's exchange subsidies are dispersed.

Whether legislating for a five - year fixed - term parliament, or changing the voting registration system, or redrawing the electoral map, this is a government which has not stopped to think twice before meddling with the rules of the game.

Legislator Lou D'Amaro (D - North Babylon) said before the floor vote that he didn't believe the appraisal rating system was designed to be considered a threshold for whether or not a particular parcel could ever be purchased.

Sadly, some people can't seem to put partisan instincts to one side — as this report commissioned by the Yes campaign just before Christmas showed - you may also like to read this blog from the very same author who, a year ago, wisely said: «At a time of economic crisis, when people are calling for clear leadership and direction, it would be foolish to abolish a [voting] system that carries out these functions.»

The disconnect between people and politicians that was so palpable in that angry year before the last election will not be bridged by a new voting system alone.

On - topic questions included the timing of the effectiveness of the laws signed today and when ICE will close it's office on Rikers Island, how many people currently on Rikers Island will be covered by these laws, details of Carlos Rodriguez (who was held on Rikers Island for eight months on an ICE detainer) path to this country and his thoughts during his eight month detention, what Mayor de Blasio would like to see the federal government do about immigration and what he will do absent such action, what he would tell Republicans who think his approach is a dangerous precedent, de Blasio and Melissa Mark - Viverito's positions on municipal IDs and voting rights for non-citizens, the number of people arrested on misdemeanors and then subject to ICE detainers and whether persons arrested on felony charges must first go through the justice system before being subject to an ICE detainer.

Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green party, told the Observer that the current voting system meant there was always one guaranteed loser even before voting began.

It will be able to change its name, which it intends to do — it will likely become the Welsh Parliament before the 2021 elections — increase or decrease the number of Assembly Members (AMs) elected, change the electoral system used for Assembly elections and reduce the voting age.

An evening vote on a bill to establish a single - payer healthcare system dragged on when a number of supporters who had left for dinner needed to be brought back to the chamber before it could receive a majority.

He promised a consultation on changing the voting system - but he said there were «no plans» for a referendum on this issue before the next election.

Jeremy Corbyn has signalled he could give his MPs a free vote on renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system when the issue comes before the Commons this month.

But the SNP has formally asked for the Electoral Commission to investigate whether Labour abused the postal vote system after 1,100 postal votes were applied for less than three days before the deadline.

On Monday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo proposed adding money to the state budget to provide for a statewide early voting system, in which some polling stations would be open during the 12 days before an election.

Her two years as health secretary were turbulent and she survived a no - confidence vote in the Commons that was brought because of criticism of the applications system introduced to reduce the time taken by junior doctors to train as consultants not long before she quit.

A whole generation now of political analysts and reformers have pointed out to Labour that the first past the post voting system becomes incredibly unstable in any multi-party context, and your best bet is to change to proportional representation before you get overtaken.

the first past the post voting system becomes incredibly unstable in any multi-party context, and your best bet is to change to proportional representation before you get overtaken.

In the remaining time before the election, Mr Clegg said MPs should instead focus on reforming Parliament, the voting system and party funding to begin restoring public trust after the expenses scandal.

Before the UC postdocs voted to unionize, the UC system engaged in a difficult and ultimately successful effort to provide decent, uniform benefits to all UC postdocs.

There is a voting system for users who want to browse recently uploaded apps, so you can know if an app works before you sideload it.

When asked about the range of tablets available and its target audience, Bobby Watkins, Acer UK managing director, informed us: «we're going to stay in the wide - awake club», when it comes to sizes and operating systems, before saying that market research had indicated that «the females were voting for a 7 - inch product».

The people who have been working and voting and being a part of the system since before we were alive, they're the ones who put us in this position.

before the steam refund system customer had to risk for trying a new game because if it turns out sucky you can't get your money back now they're trying to give more power to customer by saying vote with your wallet.

If someone alleges they've tampered with the electoral system, there is no «normal» or «before» state that can be checked to prove or disprove the claim (though the system could count numbers of votes cast from particular machines — but probably not who they were cast for, if the number of total votes is right).

In addition, Joel has advised on a range of rate and regulatory matters relating to electric energy markets administered by independent system operators (ISOs), including: representation before the FERC and as a voting representative for a client, at New York and New England ISOs management committee and subcommittee meetings; representation before NEPOOL and litigation before the NEPOOL Review Board; litigation on energy market prices in ISO administered markets; electric transmission access and pricing; and RTO formation.

DRE systems can be distinguished generally by the interface through which the voter indicate her selections... Some DREs can be equipped with Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) printers that allow the voter to confirm their selections on an independent paper record before recording their votes into computer memory.»

The FCC announced that it will not delay its repeal of net neutrality despite the controversial public comment system done before the vote.

Ensure the meeting information and voting objectives provided by the client are consistent with our internal online system and the voter ballots before they are printed and mailed out to shareholders.