Sentence examples for abstain from votes from inspiring English sources

Indeed, the playwright A. R. Gurney, who resigned from the nominating committee this year because he was not allowed to abstain from votes in which he felt ill equipped to take part, said he felt frustrated by the fruitlessness of the nominators' attempts to make their concerns heard.

City Council members with financial stakes in local stores have been asked to abstain from votes on the project because of their financial interest in expansion.

Non-Catalans often abstain from voting in regional elections.

(The only minister to abstain from voting was Avi Dichter).

Lawyers for Daisy asked Ms. Brown yesterday to abstain from voting.

The Alliance will abstain from voting against the government's budgets from spring onwards.

I am becoming an independent and will probably just abstain from voting in the presidential election.

Jeb Bush announced his plans to abstain from voting in a Facebook post on Friday.

Dr Solava Ibrahim, of Manchester University, many will choose to abstain from voting in the runoff.

"I'm not supporting her, and I'm not going to abstain from voting".

Of those questioned in several polls, more than 30 percent said they were undecided or would abstain from voting.