Sentence examples for a challenged election from inspiring English sources

In identical language sent to all the counties, Ms. Harris cited various Florida election-law precedents to argue that she could apply the same standards used in deciding whether to uphold a challenged election in deciding whether to accept late returns or recounts.

There is concern over matters abroad with unrest in the Middle East, a new deployment of marines to Afghanistan and a challenged election in Zimbabwe, while at home there is an alarming rise in street crime and clamor over the decline in public services.

Some speak of creating a new nationalist block to challenge elections next year.

He was followed by a handful of colleagues on Thursday, including Representative Betsy Markey of Colorado, who sits on the other side of the spectrum and faces a challenging re-election.

Collins, who likely faces a challenging re-election campaign in 2020, was the only Republican to vote against Pruitt's confirmation.

In 2008, Obama for America was a plaintiff in a suit challenging an "election integrity" initiative in Michigan.

In East Africa, Kenya failed in its efforts to eliminate the EACJ and to remove some of its judges after a decision challenging an election to a sub-regional legislature.

Ron Lichtman, a businessman who lives in Boca Raton, said he planned to file a lawsuit challenging the election results and seek a new vote in Palm Beach County.

Even so, some of her political associates said they would prepare for a challenge before election regulators and the courts.

With Kentucky tea party leaders champing at the bit to take advantage of polling that has shown McConnell particularly vulnerable to a challenge this election cycle, Paul has decided to abandon the forces that helped propel him to victory.

In 2002, two political hopefuls who had failed to get onto the ballot filed a lawsuit challenging state election law.