Sentence examples for election was ratified from inspiring English sources

His election was ratified 62 to 45.

Geoffrey then went to York, but until his election was ratified by the pope he refused to allow Burchard to take up his office.

After hearing the charges, they were dismissed and the election was ratified on 2 April 1174 and on 7 April 1174 the new archbishop was consecrated at Anagni by Pope Alexander III.

In the event of the death of a non-Meletian bishop or ecclesiastic, the vacant see might be given to a Meletian, provided he was worthy and the popular election were ratified by Alexander.

However, the previous two sessions of parliament since the results of April's elections were ratified ended without a speaker being chosen - the first step in the process of forming a government.

(The second of the 12 amendments, which required any change to the rate of compensation for congressional members to take effect only after the subsequent election in the House of Representatives, was ratified as the Twenty-seventh Amendment in 1992).

(The second of the 12 amendments, which required any change to the rate of compensation for congressional members to take effect only after the subsequent election in the House of Representatives, was ratified as the Twenty-seventh Amendment in 1992). Individual states being subject to their own bills of rights, these amendments were limited to restraining the federal government.

But Fidesz rests its argument about having a mandate, especially when speaking to outsiders, on a mistaken claim that the party promised during its election campaign to change the constitution, a promise they say was ratified by the election.

After the law was ratified, the elections commission announced Mr Shafiq was barred from the race, only to reinstate him a day later, saying it had accepted his appeal.

Women couldn't vote in national elections until the 19th amendment was ratified in 1920.

Right to vote: In the Oct. 30 Travel section, an article about the National Park Service and women's role in U.S. history said that women could not vote in national elections until the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920.