Sentence examples for a legitimate election from inspiring English sources

Haiti needs a legitimate government chosen in a legitimate election.

Breckinridge may have lost, but he was not a man to usurp a legitimate election.

"Today's election is not a legitimate election," he said, with Yunus Qanooni, Mr. Karzai's main rival, at his side.

Republican zealots charge that Vice President Al Gore is trying to reverse the outcome of a legitimate election (front page, Nov. 24).

The definition of a legitimate election outcome is the same definition as pornography -- you know it when you see it, or you know it when you feel it.

A legitimate election, says that senior western diplomat in Kiev, will have a "very positive impact on all of its neighbours including the big guy in terms of democratic development".

A vital step in resolving the crisis is enabling Ukraine to conduct a free, fair and legitimate election on 25 May.

In 2010, it managed a legitimate presidential election, its first ever, after more than 50 years of authoritarian oppression.

John Kerry, who is shortly expected to be confirmed as the next US secretary of state, has warned that Afghanistan must hold a legitimate presidential election next year or risk being totally abandoned by western governments after the withdrawal of foreign combat forces is complete in 2014.

In 2007, after a legitimate Hamas election victory that rankled both the West and Fatah, the Islamist group took over Gaza — a move that led to strict Israeli blockades and the grinding cycle of conflict that is once more repeating itself.

Sanchez said Democratic leaders have favored Harris from the outset, and that they would rather have a "coronation" for Harris instead of a legitimate Senate election. .