Sentence examples for authorized to vote from inspiring English sources

The New York delegation abstained once again, since they were still not authorized to vote for independence, although they would be allowed to do so by the New York Provincial Congress a week later.

Nevertheless, the Conference decided that all Member Nations in attendance be authorized to vote on 2 and 3 November 2001.

The people, Larson writes, were the election's "wild card," which is why "lawmakers in most states did not authorize them to vote for electors".

And House Code explicitly authorizes members to vote on matters that benefit them financially, so long as the legislation affects a class and not a single entity.

On Wednesday, she authorized her party to vote in favor of impeachment proceedings against Mr. Wahid.

It also gives lawmakers a pass in having to vote on authorizing a war they're otherwise happy to critique.

On April 12 , 1776 the revolutionary convention of North Carolina specifically authorized its delegates in Congress to vote for independence.

We didn't vote because we weren't asked to vote to authorize a strike date.

The union said it would begin an education campaign to encourage its 120,000 members to vote to authorize a strike.

Mr. McCain lobbied his Democratic friends to vote to authorize the invasion, even berating them, several Democrats said.

In recent years the union has had to vote to authorize strikes to compel PASSHE administrators to endorse fair contracts.