In order to be elected, a deputy needed more than 50 percent of the votes cast.
The vote for first minister and for his deputy needed a straight majority among both unionists and nationalists.
The sheriff's deputy needed to be fired, his supervisor decided.
Later in the afternoon, Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese fired back, saying his deputies need all residents to feel comfortable approaching local law enforcement without the fear of deportation.
■ Before the leadership result is announced, the matter of the deputy leadership needs to be dealt with.
The GDA will choose a deputy who needs to be ratified by the Policy Council.
The Mets' season reflected the tangle of issues Alderson and his deputies would need to address in the off-season.
Deputies therefore needed to win favours for constituents, which could include suitable pieces of legislation or pressuring ministers or managers of state enterprises themselves often political appointees.
If the programme of electoral reform is to have any chance of success, the deputy prime minister needs a fully functioning office, advisers and a department that can make things happen.
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