Sentence examples for abstaining from voting from inspiring English sources

He even appeared to reverse his stance on abstaining from voting.

The PSOE also said it would not smooth Rajoy's path to re-election by abstaining from voting if he sought approval from parliament next month.

There was sort of a connection between the resignation of Frank Cousins, the Minister of Technology, (who has returned to his old role of general secretary of the Transport and General Worker's Union), and the action of 32 left-wing M.P.s in abstaining from voting with the Government in the Commons debate on Vietnam.

Lots of people regretted abstaining from voting altogether because that led to Morsi's victory.

As a result, no real opposition candidates were permitted to run in the elections, but in theory the Polish voters could have stripped the communists from their claimed legitimacy by abstaining from voting.

Therefore, for Christians who struggle with marriage equality as a matter of conscience, perhaps they should have allowed God to be the judge by abstaining from voting in that political election.

Both abstained from voting.

China abstained from voting on the resolution.

Fellow Oklahoma Senator Inhofe abstained from voting.

Nineteen Turkish lawmakers abstained from voting.

Non-Catalans often abstain from voting in regional elections.