Sentence examples for electing representatives from inspiring English sources

As a result, they put into place a system that consisted primarily of indirect elections -- citizens electing representatives who elected other representatives.

Rather than voting on an issue directly or electing representatives, party members can delegate their votes on given issues to another member whose opinion they trust and take them back if they do not agree with the delegate's decisions.

In non-democratic states elections in their true sense are abused by despotic leaders, but it seems that in European democracies, we are in danger of abusing it by forgetting the two sides of the act of electing representatives.

For the Indonesia elections in 2004 we told the world's largest Muslim state that democracy meant no stuffing the legislature with army officers – or bishops – or even appointing, rather than electing, representatives.

I'm glad that Costa Mesa residents have affirmed their commitment to reform by electing representatives who are willing to fight to make our city stronger.

The Democrats started the session by electing Representative Yvonne Davis of Dallas to lead the caucus.

Our elected representatives don't represent us.

The politics of winning election from the elected representatives is messy enough.

In Utah's other two House races, voters stuck with their conservative convictions, re-electing Representatives Rob Bishop and Chris Cannon, both Republicans, by sweeping margins.

While our elected representatives listened.

Hamas are elected representatives..