Sentence examples for control the election of from inspiring English sources
"When they can't control the election of the mayor directly, the clans use threats to try to gain back influence," he said.
A coalition of civic groups is calling on county political leaders, who control the election of judges across the state, to open the selection process to public scrutiny and participation.
He could direct the deliberations of the Senate and the p159 Assembly, and control the election of magistrates.
China's determination to ignore its promises and to control the election of Hong Kong's next chief executive has created this dangerous climate".
The Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe still controlled the election of ten white Senators and Smith agreed to elect Van der Byl to one of the Senate seats.
After the censuses of 1990, 2000 and 2010, Republicans demonstrated superior skill in controlling the election of the state legislators who draw new district lines — and superior deftness in the mechanics of creating new districts.
After the Holy Roman emperor Otto II's death, their fortunes revived, and John (Giovanni) I, probably Crescentius' son, assumed the title of patricius of Rome and appears to have controlled the election of the new pope, John XV, in 985.
If the United States are desirous of controlling the elections of the people, they will in the first place, by virtue of the powers given them by the 4th sect. of the 1st art.
The system was stacked against any challengers: Hernandez and his party control the election court and most of the judiciary, having removed unfriendly judges and prosecutors last year in what is often termed here as a technical coup.
"It's absurd that in a 21st-century New York, we would go back and vote on machines first used in the 19th century when Tammany Hall controlled the elections," said Dick Dadey, the executive director of Citizens Union.
Insiders say that the government has long held de facto control over the election of university rectors, but that the new decree simply makes the government's control of academic leadership official.
