The outcome of any election is determined by a majority of those who actually vote, not the majority of those eligible to vote.
Mr. Bush was unwise to dismiss Mr. Gore's proposals, though he did agree to meet with the vice president after the outcome of the election is determined.
Lynton Crosby, the Australian strategist paid £500,000 by David Cameron to help win him the general election, is determined to block the staging of leaders' debates on television.
Proponents of the change say the old rule ran contrary to democratic standards where the outcome of an election is determined by the majority of those who vote.
10 P.M. (ABC PANN AM The crew is assigned to a flight taking journalists to Berlin to cover a speech by President Kennedy, and Maggie (Christina Ricci), who campaigned during the election, is determined to meet him no matter what.
By barring any further hand count of disputed ballots in Florida and effectively awarding the election to Gov. George W. Bush, the majority of five conservative justices overlooked the bedrock democratic principle that every vote should be counted before the winner of an election is determined.
But New Hampshire, which enacted a law in 1975 stating that its primary would be held seven days before any "similar election," is determined to keep its spot by guaranteeing candidate participation in a primary that may be scheduled only a few weeks before it takes place.
Because ballot order in the Feb. 26 special election is determined by order of petition submission, Mr. Chino, 46, a self-described bitcoin entrepreneur, was slated to be listed toward the very bottom of a ballot that is likely to rank as one of the longest in city history.
And Moore, who has declined to make many public appearances in the days before the election, is determined to pivot to the issues, or actually just one issue: abortion.
The hearing will ensure "the election is determined without taint of fraud or corruption and without irregularities that may have changed the result of an election," board member Joshua Malcolm, a Democratic member, said in his motion.
