Sentence examples for effectively elected from inspiring English sources

Rebecca Fairley Raney (NYT) THE MIDWEST OHIO COMEBACK -- Back from political oblivion, Mary Rose Oakar, an Ohio Democrat who in the 1992 elections lost her seat in the United States House after eight terms and later pleaded guilty to election law abuses, was effectively elected by Democrats to a seat in the Ohio House in the balloting of Super Tuesday.

SAN FRANCISCO — After weeks of debate — and often open verbal combat — the San Francisco Board of Supervisors effectively elected Edwin M. Lee, the city administrator, as its new mayor on Friday, making him the first Asian-American to lead the city.

Under cross-filing, if the same candidate won both major party endorsements, he would be effectively elected, with only minor party candidates to stand against him.

Both then express sympathy for a National Popular Vote that would effectively elect presidents based on the national vote (via an interstate compact among states with at least 270 electoral votes).

Without transparency in election spending, voters can't effectively hold elected officials accountable, and special interests with money to spend can manipulate the government to boost their bottom line.

They'll effectively be elected when filing closes.

This effectively gives elected officials the means of gathering feedback from their constituents through Facebook directly, using either posts or polls that are targeted only towards those who actually live in their particular district.

Moreover, Rousseff and Silva need to win over not only religious voters, but also congressional power blocks that will allow them to govern effectively if elected.

Malthouse, to whom Johnson delegated the day-to-day role at the now defunct Metropolitan Police Authority, later assumed the role for the mayor's office for policing and crime – effectively the first elected police commissioner role – in January.

In late 2011, as Flint's finances continued to worsen, Snyder appointed an emergency financial manager with vast powers to oversee the city's finances – and effectively rendered local elected officials powerless.

All of this is Pentagon bureaucracy-speak, of course, for using taxpayer dollars to fight a propaganda battle at home against war opponents (or, in this case, some 60percentt of the American people) to prevent them from effectively pressuring their elected officials to end this misbegotten war.