Sentence examples for election of extending from inspiring English sources

Both Barker and Wolf were highly critical of the government's policy, announced before the general election, of extending right to buy to tenants of housing association properties.

Robby Mook, the campaign manager for Hillary for America, urged the state board of elections to extend voting hours.

In 2010 the Kazakh parliament approved plans for a referendum for 2011 that would cancel the next two rounds of presidential elections, effectively extending Nazarbayev's term until at least 2020.

The 68-year-old Mr. Turabi has since formed a splinter party and now leads the opposition against the president, whom he accused of dangerously consolidating his power by holding tainted elections and extending a state of emergency as Sudan grapples with drought and a long-running civil war in the south.

The Constitution significantly expands the powers of the federal government, especially the executive branch, while eliminating a ban on presidents immediately seeking re-election and extending their term of office to six years from five.

Mr. Kouvelis called on other parties to respond to the conditions for cooperation that he had set out before the elections, including extending the duration of Greece's fiscal adjustment program and abolishing laws like the reduction of the minimum wage.

With Ms. Park's election, South Korea extended the tenure of its staunchly pro-American governing party and handed power to the first woman to win the post in a deeply patriarchal part of Asia.

Shock waves from the election have extended beyond the usual reach of City Hall.

School officials across the state hope voters in the November election will extend the tax on the wealthiest 2% of earners.

A side-effect of the cancellation of September's election and the reinstatement of the October 2013 election is to extend Barak's political life for another year and a half.

There are more examples of populists who, while failing to win national election, extend the parameters of discourse and ultimately bring about important reforms (think of Robert M. La Follette, Sr).. Though populists seldom get elected President, they can — like the young Tom Watson and the old — cleanse or foul the political air.