Picking up on an earlier court's ruling that such an education leaves a citizen competent to vote and to serve on a jury, Justice DeGrasse elaborated: "A capable and productive citizen doesn't simply show up for jury service.
While many of these polls claim to accommodate Spanish speakers -- as the Latino population continues to mature politically -- when will mainstream polls move beyond "accommodating" and fuse methodology that is culturally competent for all voting Americans?
What's more, many Democratic leaders in Brooklyn describe Mr. Owens as a competent representative who votes along his district's heavily Democratic lines.
It is important for us to put partisan feelings aside and calmly think about who is the most competent candidate and to vote our conscience.
Legislators see no votes in assigning competent lawyers for poor defendants or giving lawyers the resources to do their job properly.
When Hammarskjold arrived at the United Nations in April 1953, most of the members of the Security Council were under the impression that they had voted for a competent Swedish civil servant who would not rock the boat or be particularly active or independent.
To remedy this Mill proposed two solutions: limit participation and provide the competent and educated with plural votes.
The researchers then asked "voters" which candidate was stronger, more competent, older, and ultimately would win their vote.
I uploaded my pictures into the business category where people vote on how competent, likeable and influential you look.
People were significantly more likely to vote for more competent looking male candidates [r (60) = 0.59, p<0.003], and female candidates [r (46) = 0.76, p<0.01].
But Judge Sauls's ruling also contained factual decisions, including his determination that there was no statistical "or other competent, substantial evidence" of the many voting machine and tallying problems Mr. Gore's lawyers claimed.
