Sentence examples for a half vote from inspiring English sources
Officials said that the delegates would be seated but with a half vote, not a full vote.
The Democratic National Committee's Rules Committee later restored Michigan's delegates and split them 69 for Clinton and 63 for Obama; each delegate would receive only a half vote at the national convention.
The Democratic National Committee's Rules Committee later restored Florida's delegates and split them 105 for Clinton and 69 for Obama; each delegate would receive only a half vote at the national convention.
With approval Saturday by the Democratic Party's rules committee to seat Florida's and Michigan's delegates, though with a half vote each, Mr. Obama had secured 2,047.5 delegates, according to a count by The New York Times, leaving him 70.5 delegates short of what he needs to win the nomination.
Lowe ranked 34th in the voting by the Veteran's Committee, trailing Nap Lajoie and Dan Brouthers by a half vote.
On May 31st, the ruling came down dividing the votes and assigning a half vote count to delegates of Florida and Michigan.
Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, the league's most valuable player, received one and a half votes, and Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers got one.
New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, who seemed to be Manning's primary competition until a lackluster performance in a late-season loss to Dallas, received seven and a half votes.
He was also voted onto the Associated Press's 2006 All-Pro team with 48 and a half votes, finishing fourth behind LaDainian Tomlinson, Champ Bailey, and Jason Taylor who all received 50 votes.
The fractured bones and lacerated flesh of the marchers in Selma were not simply a testament to the sclerotic souls of the bigoted South; they were a measure of Southern commitment to the principle of one-man, one-and-a-half votes.
All told, 22 Democrats Abroad delegates will attend the party's national convention this summer in Denver, each representing a half-vote when superdelegates and others are included.
