Sentences with phrase «without majority support»

Like all winner - take - all voting methods, IRV tends to exaggerate the number of seats won by the largest parties; small parties without majority support in any given constituency are unlikely to earn seats in a legislature, although their supporters will be more likely to be part of the final choice between the two strongest candidates.

Not exact matches

Another holdup is whether Kalanick would be able to fill the board seats he controls without requiring the majority support of the rest of the board.

In effect, the majority concluded (but without using the term, see Reference re Upper Churchill Water Rights Reversion Act, [1984] 1 SCR 297) that the notice of reserve and the reasons given in support of the notice were colourable.

I might add that without the support of the majority of Americans, those laws against hate bias would not exist.

That proposal was supported by the majority of Football League chairmen, who voted in favour of a points sanction on the basis that the club emerged from administration without a valid CVA, despite the fact a valid CVA was unachieveable.

The majority felt that AIMSI must continue to support all women in choice and autonomy, not only in planned healthy pregnancies, but also where there are fatal foetal abnormalities, risk to life and health, and in terms of unplanned pregnancy, to continuing a pregnancy or to have access to safe legal abortion without travel.

Even though Republicans are in the majority, it's a very slim majority, and they just don't have the votes to make large changes to the Federal budget without Democrats support.

Many resented his choice to support the seizure of white people's land without compensation to the owners, which Mugabe insisted was the only way to level out the economic playing field for the disenfranchised black majority.

Paulina Lampsa, international secretary at Pasok, is clear contined austerity alone can not drive reform: «A large majority supports reforms that can guarantee more solid prospects for future generations but is not ready to accept more austerity without growth.»

Ministers at the DWP repeatedly claimed that the majority of people on disability living allowance (DLA) were given benefits for life without any supporting medical evidence.

But if it were necessary to appeal to the SNP support and SNP support was sufficient to give Labour a majority then a Lab - SNP deal would probably form without any other parties.

Another question (or pair of questions) is whether there even is a 55 % majority in the Commons to support this rule, and whether it's at all morally credible to create a supermajority requirement without having a supermajority in favour.

But if the Tories do not have a majority they might not be able to pass the necessary legislation without support from at least one of the bigger parties.

Paterson was referring to Skelos» insistence that his conference will continue to vote in a block against the extenders, even though two Democrats — Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. and Ruben Diaz Sr. — have said they won't vote «yes» any longer, essentially leaving the majority without sufficient support to pass anything and threatening a sMajority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. and Ruben Diaz Sr. — have said they won't vote «yes» any longer, essentially leaving the majority without sufficient support to pass anything and threatening a smajority without sufficient support to pass anything and threatening a shutdown.

In a call with NY1 yesterday, Cuomo said he supports the chairman's message, and he criticized the Senate arrangement that gives the GOP the de facto majority — albeit without actually naming the IDC.

These are priorities for the Assembly Majority and while we will continue to advocate for them, we can not achieve these goals without the support of our partners in government.

It is worth saying to colleagues on the Government Benches who support the Government's proposals and respect the coalition agreement that my hon. Friend's amendment is not compatible with what we set out in the coalition agreement, which was a simple majority referendum, without an outcome - specific threshold.

Party insiders concede that the Tories can not win an overall majority in 2015 without winning over significant support from blue collar workers.

They point to his passage of an on - time budget that cut spending without provoking political warfare — a modern miracle, by Albany standards; the governor's historically high approval ratings; and polling that shows, for the first time, that a solid majority of New Yorkers support legalizing same - sex marriage.

To no one's surprise the Blair - led Tories defeat Labour in 2010 but, without an absolute majority are forced to form a coalition government with the support of the Liberal Democrats.

When referendums for Scottish and Welsh devolution were held in March 1979 the Welsh devolution referendum saw a large majority vote against, while the Scottish referendum returned a narrow majority in favour without reaching the required threshold of 40 % support.

Stachowski, the majority — subverting holdout, essentially forced the Senate to go home without passing another budget bill — the one that reinstated taxes on clothing sales — and still won't declare public support for the last piece of the budget until something is done with the SUNY tuition.

Whenever Gov. Andrew Cuomo is periodically asked about whether he will actively support a Democratic majority of the state Senate, he says a lot, without saying much at all.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan in a statement Sunday said he would not support a «long - term» extension of mayoral control of New York City schools without a provision that also seeks to expand charter school growth in New York.

Both parties will whip their Parliamentary Parties in both Houses to support a simple majority referendum on the Alternative Vote, without prejudice to the positions parties will take during such a referendum.

If Labour support falls to 31 per cent and the Conservatives manage 35 per cent then the latter would still be around 15 seats short of an outright majority, but could manage to put together a coalition without the need to rely on the SNP.

Others are so innocuous or enjoy such broad support that they make it to the floor for a vote without any roadblocks, and pass by large majorities.

We will whip both Parliamentary parties in both Houses to support a simple majority referendum on the Alternative Vote, without prejudice to the positions parties will take during such a referendum.»

It should be clear to the Met Council, who singled me out, that even as a member of the IDC without the support of a majority of state Senators these bills will not pass.

By winning an outright majority, the party will now be able to rule without support from a coalition partner.

Immigrant advocates called Wednesday for Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan's support of a budget proposal that would give access to college financial aid to young immigrants without legal status.

Reform Party leader Curtis Sliwa has proposed filling the job via a citywide public vote, but that makes little sense: A speaker without support from a majority of the members can't run the council.

Nor do I know if she supports our goal of building an independent left party of the working class majority that is free to act without the compromising entanglements of the major parties with their wealthy corporate funders.

With a narrow majority in that chamber, Republicans may struggle to pass a bill without any support from Democrats.

Even without Mark - Viverito's support, the bill has 47 co-sponsors which would give it a veto - proof majority.

Citizens Union Executive Director Dick Dadey said that while the speaker does have a responsibility to manage bills that may have gained majority support without being fully vetted, the Right to Know bills have been debated at length.

The prime minister said it was «time to legislate» over industrial action being called without support of the majority of members.

A 54 % majority of U.S. adults believe that «government regulations are necessary to encourage businesses and consumers to rely more on renewable energy sources,» while 38 % support the notion that «the private marketplace will ensure that businesses and consumers rely more on renewable energy sources, even without government regulations,» according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

With the label, a majority of the public (51 percent) opposes Common Core, but without the label a majority (67 percent) supports common math and reading standards (see Figure 2).

Unfortunately, New York legislators ended the session without passing an educational choice bill, despite majority support in both chambers of the legislature and a promise by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to Timothy Cardinal Dolan that he would support STC legislation.

Austin, who has been working in education reform for two decades, said it is a unique time in LA Unified's history with the election of a pro-reform majority of the school board who won their seats without the support of an incumbent mayor.

Four of the seven members of the school board were elected with the support of charters, and they form a majority that could reject the staff's recommendations and approve the schools, even without the required language.

In contrast, teachers in stable and diverse learning environments — with or without a white student majority — report more positive student relations and more support from parents and the community (with some variation according to the race of the teacher).

It wanted to make the D.C. Public Schools district a national laboratory for school reform, and it had the support of the then D.C. mayor, Tony Williams (although Congress has many times imposed things on the District without the support of the mayor or the majority of D.C. residents).

Yet the majority (69 %) of dogs was able to walk without support at the time of discharge from the hospital — regardless of age or which limb was sacrificed.

Skyrim Special Edition is one of the first games to support PlayStation 4 Pro, with the code already included on the game disc., and unlike the majority of Pro enhanced titles, Bethesda's popular RPG runs natively at 4K resolution - that's a 3840x2160 framebuffer without utilising checkerboard rendering or upscaling from a lower resolution.

Although a strong majority of Americans do support addressing the issue, policymakers can delay action without facing political consequences because the denial movement has successfully planted the seed of doubt in the public consciousness.

Without consumer support for sustainable palm oil, including paying the slight premium that it fetches, the whole thing could come crumbling down, with potentially devastating consequences for the biodiversity of Borneo (where the majority of palm oil is produced) and the orangutan in particular, as well as climate change due to increasing carbon emissions when carbon - storing rainforest is turned into oil palm plantation.

Able to work independently to resolve the majority of contractual matters without support from external counsel;

Many spousal support recipients, the majority of whom are women, are bothered by the fact that their spouse can leave the marriage and pursue a new relationship without any repercussions, while they are restricted in moving on with their lives regardless of the duration of the marriage, the number of children, and their prior contributions to the marriage.