Sentence examples for elections voting from inspiring English sources

In the border state of Tamaulipas, the populace seemed particularly intent on declaring that drug lords should not decide elections, voting in the brother of a candidate who was murdered less than a week before Election Day.

Then last week, as part of a power-transfer deal, Yemenis took part in early presidential elections, voting in Mr. Saleh's former deputy, Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the only candidate on the ballot.

Thank you for reaffirming that, whatever apathy we may have for Europe, when it comes to these elections, voting with our feet (and presumably inches) remains top of our priorities.NEIL COWANLondon.

When Scaf decided to bring law and order to the elections, voting stations and surrounding streets were made secure over the course of several weeks, with hardly a thug in sight.

But many in the minority groups, together with low-caste Hindus, have deserted Congress in recent elections, voting instead for sectional parties that work on the fault lines of caste, ethnicity, religion and language that run through Indian society.

House Democratic leaders on Friday unveiled the outline of a broad political overhaul bill that will include provisions for public financing of elections, voting rights reforms and new ethics strictures for federal officials.

Local elections Vote share down on 2012, with significant loss of seats (50-150).

Local elections Vote shares close to or above 2012 levels with net seat gain.

Sunnis who largely boycotted previous elections voted in force, and an intense competition for Shiite votes drove up participation in Baghdad and the south, election observers said.

The New York City Board of Elections voted unanimously on Tuesday to use lever voting machines for the mayoral primary election and the runoff that is expected to follow.

On average, about 2percentt of evangelical voters in each election and nonreligious voters in midterm elections voted third party.