Sentence examples for ballot majority from inspiring English sources

"One of the most rewarding elements of teaching undergraduates in particular is the opportunity to help them critically assess institutions they know quite well the use of elections, the secret ballot, majority rule etc.," she said.

A ballot majority should be "considered a good enough majority" he said, adding: "We have been asking this and previous governments for 10 years to make it easier for people to participate and vote.

The two groups could still fall short of the ballot majority required in a standard referendum, however, though plans for a traditional plebiscite within a year have been announced should they pass the first hurdle and manage to form a government.

If no candidate receives a first-ballot majority, the convention becomes open to bargaining, and all delegates are free to support any candidate.

The bosses still hoped to deny McKinley a first-ballot majority at the convention by boosting support for local favorite son candidates such as Quay, New York Governor (and former vice president) Levi P. Morton, and Illinois Senator Shelby Cullom.

The FN was hurt in the snap 1988 legislative elections by the return two-ballot majority voting, by the limited campaign period, and by the departure of many notables.

Of the self-identified Democrats who said they would have voted for Mr. Giuliani were he on the ballot, a majority said they intended to vote for Mr. Bloomberg.

There are currently two ways to form a union: secret ballot and majority sign-up.

After the Employee Free Choice Act passes, there still will be two ways to form a union: like now, secret ballot and majority sign-up.

During last December's balloting, a majority of the voters in his district marked "none of the above" and the election was voided.

The absence of a single standard for counting ballots, the majority explained, plus the exclusion of some counties from the recount process, violated the right of all Florida voters to equal treatment.