Sentence examples for demanding voting from inspiring English sources

King, who was not in town for many of these disturbances, called for a 50-mile march from Selma to Alabama's state capital, Montgomery, demanding voting rights.

The council and local advocates had hoped to lead a group of marchers from Selma to Montgomery, the state capital, and to serve Gov. George C. Wallace with petitions demanding voting rights for blacks.

She proposed, among other things, a then-controversial resolution demanding voting rights for women.

Liberals are even demanding votes for women, but in a recent poll, 57% of candidates rejected that idea.

And he sees signs that the Palestinians are beginning to adjust to the "total victory of the Jews" and use the power of the weak: demanding votes and human rights may prove more effective than violence, he suggests.

Three weeks before the Games opened, a "monster meeting" demanding votes for women took place in Hyde Park and the pressure applied by the suffragettes may have resulted in Lord Desborough becoming a vocal advocate for more "ladies' events" in future Olympics.

He chastised them for valuing political theater over actual negotiation, and insisted they were demanding votes only on their proposals.

In addition to the Lewis-led sit-in, aides said to expect lawmakers to file repeated motions to adjourn and parliamentary inquiries demanding votes.

Despite bipartisan support for the efficiency measure, it was held hostage by DirtyDenier$ demanding votes to add controversial fossil energy measures to the bill.

Where is our courage?" Lewis asked, before serving notice to the other party that Democrats, this time, were more than serious in demanding votes.

A senior French official raised similar concerns at a meeting with the editorial board, and nationalist leaders in France and the Netherlands are already demanding votes in their countries about leaving the EU.