Sentence examples for delegates of the second from inspiring English sources

This statement was conceived by the delegates of the second international conference of Evidence-Based Health Care Teachers anDevelopersrs held in Sicily in September 2003 ("Signposting the future of EBHC", [ 12]).

The platform goes to a full vote by the delegates on the second night of the Democratic convention next month.

Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy speaks to delegates on the second day of the Labour party conference.

Ms. Murphy finished with 40.1percentt of the 5,000 delegates on the second ballot, to 51.4percentt for Mr. Bellotti.

As for Kasich, even if he wins in Ohio, for him to be nominated in an open convention beyond the first ballot, the Republican National Committee would have to change the rules, and Trump is now preparing contingency plans for any rules change that could enable the kind of open convention that could thwart his nomination if he falls short of a majority of delegates on the first ballot.

Cruz is currently the only candidate besides Trump who has a mathematical possibility of obtaining a majority of delegates on the first ballot at July's Republican convention.

Johnson was unable to obtain the necessary 50-plus50-pluspercentnvention delegates on the first round of balloting.

If Democrats go to the convention without any candidate able to get a majority of delegates on the first ballot, then the superdelegates become super again and can vote on the second ballot, which would be chaotic and similar to conventions of centuries past with smoke-filled backrooms deciding the nominee.

An unidentified "GOP guru who'll be very involved in the convention" told Politico's Playbook that "the Rules require each convention to pass the specific rules that govern its proceedings," and that the term "majority" can be amended to "60% (or 66.6%) of the delegates on the first ballot and a majority of delegates on any subsequent ballots".

That means that if no candidate receives a majority vote of the delegates on the first ballot, a whole lot of delegates will be free to change their votes.

The latter almost derailed the Johnson/Weld ticket in fabulous fashion at the convention in Orlando, as neither of the governors won a majority of the delegates on the first ballots, but survived their opponents combining forces against them on the second ballots.