Sentence examples for delegate only from inspiring English sources

One would be to seat the delegation as is, but give each delegate only one half a vote.

In United States v. Sprague,66 counsel advanced the contention that the Tenth Amendment recognized a distinction between powers reserved to the states and powers reserved to the people, and that state legislatures were competent to delegate only the former to the National Government; delegation of the latter required action of the people through conventions in the several states.

In a blow to Mrs. Clinton's candidacy, the committee voted to restore the delegations of both Florida and Michigan at the party's nominating convention, but gave each delegate only half a vote.

One emerging option is to seat Florida's delegates in proportion to the outcome of the tainted Jan . 29vote, but give each delegate only half a vote.

The committee reached essentially the same decision about Michigan, voting 19 to 8 to seat all the delegates while giving each delegate only half a vote.

Meanwhile, Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, a Clinton supporter, raised the possibility of seating his state's delegates based on the January vote — which Mrs. Clinton won 50percentto33percentcent — but awarding each Florida delegate only half a vote at the August convention.

The contest does not produce a single convention delegate but only begins the county and state selection process.

They may retain a limited form of this, where they'd be able to request being a "Smith delegate" or a "Jones delegate," but only up to the point that such delegates exist from their home states.

An Asian-American challenged the makeup of this year's Mississippi delegation, saying that when it came to male delegates, only blacks and whites had been chosen and a slot traditionally reserved for someone of another race had not been filled.

Yahoo has Obama at 942 and Clinton at 889 (pledged delegates only).

Of the 2,964 delegates, only two voted against the measure, three abstained and another ballot paper was deemed invalid.