Sentence examples for elected commission from inspiring English sources

Some American cities and towns are administered by an elected commission, usually consisting of three, five, or seven commissioners.

Claiming that the council has more democratic legitimacy than either the parliament or an elected commission is nonsense.

Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, speaks of a future "political union" with a strong parliament as well as a directly elected commission president.For others, the parliament is not the solution but part of the problem.

In Europe a triumvirate of Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy and Cameron – backed by José Manuel Barroso, the newly elected commission president – should ensure that the EU becomes leaner, meaner and more competitive.

Professor Chemerinsky, who was not paid for his work, is a constitutional law expert who had served as chairman of the elected commission that helped draft the revised City Charter that voters approved last year.

Many also fear that the newly elected commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, is planning to weaken the powers of Europe's environment directorate and that Vella has been selected specifically to implement these changes.

Mr. Morgenthau, who confidants say wants nothing more than to ensure that Ms. Snyder is not elected, commissioned a poll last month to gauge Mr. Castleman's viability and found that Mr. Morgenthau's endorsement would help him greatly.

Although the government has not completed its plan, this executive will probably be made up of either local or regional elected councilors or members of four already existing elected commissions formed last year to study Algeria's future problems, the sources said.

North Dakota's 53 counties, with populations ranging from barely 900 to more than 100,000, elect commissions and officers.

The nation is divided into regional accrediting associations composed of university and college delegates who elect commissions to oversee academic accreditation, and these commissions employ able staffs to implement visits and reviews of individual institutions.

Mir Wali, a former legislator from Helmand Province who was expected to be re-elected, has election commission documents that showed him leading several weeks ago, only to be overtaken suddenly in the counting by virtual unknowns.