Sentence examples for districts to elect from inspiring English sources
By contrast, district elections offer the opportunity for voters within different electoral districts to elect their own representatives.
A referendum that would create six districts to elect the Town Council won narrowly last night in the sprawling Long Island Town of Brookhaven, according to unofficial results.
He called the prosecution a political vendetta by Democrats in the local district attorney's office, and revenge for his role in orchestrating the 2003 redrawing of Congressional districts to elect more Republicans.
As a result, fewer minority voters are required for a district to elect their favored candidate.
The Democrats defended their plan by assuring to the court that minority voters no longer needed to predominate in a district to elect a minority candidate.
And Mr. Ramirez and other Democrats have long seen an opportunity, in tinkering with the boundaries of his overwhelmingly minority district, to elect a black or Latino representative.
Congress voted in 1973 to allow the District to elect its own mayor and council but retained ultimate control over the local budget and legislation.
Among other things, the court prohibited a then-common practice among some states of spreading minorities across voting districts, leaving them too few in number in any given district to elect their preferred candidates.
District magnitude (i.e., the number of members per district) varies from country to country; for example, the Netherlands uses a single national district to elect the 150 members of its Tweede Kamer (Second Chamber), and Chile elects members of its legislature by using two-seat constituencies.
I am honored to represent the 13th Senatorial District, and I look forward to working with Senator Obama, each of you, and every Democrat in the 13th District to elect Democrats this November.
"It remains the prerogative of each congressional district to elect who they wish". There was no immediate comment from Condit aides, who indicated Wednesday that the congressman was preparing to sit down with FBI agents and District of Columbia police investigators this week.
