Sentence examples for achieve a vote from inspiring English sources

Johnson explains just how important that could be: the LP is confident that they will achieve a vote close to their 5% target, and they will do so having spent two million dollars.

If the reputation of both tasks is the same, the common portion of both results must be re-executed to achieve a voting quorum.

Although there was some thought of diluting the language to achieve a unanimous vote, diplomats said the main sponsors opted for a tougher line.

In short, President Bush failed to achieve a Senate vote for Mr. Bolton and had to resort to a cheap and embarrassing maneuver to install him.

The governor of the Bank of England has made it perfectly clear that he will implement what is agreed between the Scottish and Westminster governments, should we achieve a Yes vote in September - underling that a sterling area between an independent Scotland and the rest of the UK is entirely achievable.

"I hope we can then, with opposition support, achieve a massive vote for UK military intervention alongside our US and Nato partners to defend and protect our democratic and secular Kurdish friends and to stop the genocide of Christians, Yazidis and other minorities by Isis in Iraq and Syria".

Green MSP Patrick Harvie, a key member of the Yes Scotland campaign for independence, has said supporters need to reach out to more people to achieve a "Yes" vote in the 2014 referendum.

Neither major political party in Israel (the Likud and Labor Parties) could achieve a majority vote in the Knesset without support from the more religious parties.

The reference to civil rights felt ironic, since exit polls suggested that Proposition 8 had passed because of a higher-than-expected turnout from California's socially conservative black community – 70 per cent of black voters voted for a gay marriage ban, helping it achieve a 400,000-vote majority.

Three Senate races -- including those in Minnesota and Alaska with still-uncounted votes -- could help determine if the Democrats achieve a 60-vote, filibuster-proof majority.

Labour peers in the House of Lords are considering tabling a separate amendment that would achieve a lower voting age during the referendum through other means.