In many races, especially for City Council, the primaries are a de facto general election, because the winner faces no serious opponent and cruises toward victory in November.
Roman Lyagin, head of the de facto central election committee in Donetsk, said before the vote that nothing would change in terms of state borders.
In a city that has been dominated for generations by the Democratic party, which residents often describe as "the machine", the party's primary typically functions as a de facto general election.
Roman Lyagin, head of the de facto central election committee in Donetsk, said before the vote that nothing would change in terms of state borders as a result of the vote.
Any group of de facto Trump election monitors, not trained and certified by responsible party committees, should not be permitted on or near polling sites.
To remedy this, some state legislatures created "advisory elections" that served as de facto general elections, allowing legislative campaigns to focus on local issues.
It can de facto permit elections in the east and thus recognise the legitimacy of its "partners" in Kiev – or it can let the voting fail in a number of areas and continue with a policy of non-recognition of the "Kiev coup plotters".
In an effort to "do anything," the movement to permanently and legally unbind electors would create a de facto presidential (s)election system and may, as John Lumea states, in fact become the most un-democratic process possible, and open the door for consolidation of power under a type of Totalitarian regime we fear most from Trump. 1.
Problem was: for many countries (including not just former President Zelaya's allies in the Boliviarian ALBA alliance--that includes Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Cuba and Nicaragua--but Brazil and Argentina as well) the elections had been held under the authority of a de facto government rendering the election results illegitimate.
