Sentence examples for elections attempted from inspiring English sources

Déby seized power after a civil war in 1990 and clung on to it through a series of rigged elections, attempted coups and rebellions, with the support of French security forces.

The first major effort to give women the right to vote in all non-federal elections attempted to amend the state constitution.

It was a war the Rajneeshees fought with mass poisonings and druggings, rigged elections, attempted assassinations, and an arsenal of assault weapons they practiced with on their land.

According to the documentary, it was a war the Rajneeshees fought with mass poisonings, drugs, rigged elections, attempted assassinations, and an arsenal of assault weapons they practiced with on their land.

Starting in February 2001, Moldova went through a decade that seemed to be influenced by tough-presidential rule, with a Communist Party that returned to power through free and democratic elections, attempting to replicate a Russian model of 'sovereign democracy'.

The Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet says it has proof that Warner, whose support is key to Blatter's hopes of re-election, attempted to sell tickets on the black market, in direct contravention of Fifa rules.

Here was another rightwing "outsider" who, after the 2012 election, attempted to cash in on her stardom with the Sarah Palin Channel, a digital network run with the web-based TV company TAPP.

Mr. Rudd, who promised not to stage another challenge before the next election, attempted a conciliatory note with his former cabinet colleagues, many of whom had in recent days issued stinging personal attacks against him dating to his time as prime minister.

Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic candidate in the 1952 presidential election, attempted to distance himself from the President as much as possible.

President Roosevelt, not wanting Democratic factionalism to cost him votes in the 1936 presidential election, attempted to bring together the Laffoon and Chandler factions, but to little avail.

When the winner of the election attempted to be seated, the Senate erupted into violence known as the Black Day of the General Assembly; the lieutenant governor-elect was sworn in but never seated.