Sentence examples for draw election from inspiring English sources

"I doubt that one can expect a body of incumbents to draw election restrictions that do not favor incumbents," Justice Scalia said.

They should act quickly to improve campaign finance laws and to make elections more competitive by establishing a nonpartisan commission to draw election district lines.

Later in her presentation, Justice Scalia again interrupted, to remind her that there are reasons to be suspicious of Congressional regulation of campaigns: "I doubt that one can expect a body of incumbents to draw election restrictions that do not favor incumbents," Justice Scalia said.

(One explanation for this is gerrymandering: Sophisticated software enables professional pols to better draw election district lines that protect incumbents.

Munger's first $100,000 donation was to back a Schwarzenegger proposal to take away state lawmakers' power to draw election maps.

But in late June, the high court gave the House lawsuit an apparent boost when it ruled the Arizona Legislature had standing to sue in federal court to defend its power to draw election districts.

He was especially impressed by a series of Supreme Court rulings in the early 1960s that made one person, one vote a cornerstone of the civil rights movement, ending the use of unfairly drawn election districts to disenfranchise black voters.

If he will approve their new gerrymandered districts for the next decade, Assembly and State Senate leaders will propose a constitutional amendment they promise will improve the way the state draws election districts — in 2022.

Under the state's broadly drawn election laws, the group will be able to spend as much money as Mr. Golisano desires on whatever he wants, including advertisements that advocate for or against candidates.

He voted against gay marriage, in favor of weakening a federal law against racial bias in housing and for the Arizona Republicans who challenged the state's independent panel that draws election districts.

Although parties continue to draw up election manifestos, they are wary of being too specific.