Sentence examples for elective officials from inspiring English sources
Some of its judicial functions include issues concerning elections, returns, and qualifications of elective officials from the regional down to the barangay level.
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) like Alianza Cívica in Mexico and Poder Ciudadano in Argentina organized campaigns to monitor elections and the financial assets of elective officials.
The lawsuit provoked widespread calls by elective officials yesterday for tough new scrutiny of police conduct.
The coverage has been splashy, but Mr. Giuliani ignores the reality that for elective officials in this country, there is no such stark separation between their personal and public lives.
In a legal settlement announced yesterday by a coalition of neighborhood groups in Brooklyn, state and federal transportation agencies that are planning to rebuild the Gowanus Expressway have agreed to work closely with a committee of residents and elective officials.
With term limits forcing a legion of elective officials from office, more than 150 candidates are preparing to run for posts that include mayor, public advocate, comptroller, borough president and 36 contested City Council seats.
Women comprise less than a quarter of elected officials in state legislatures, statewide elective office and in the House and Senate, according to figures compiled by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
In some Council districts, former elected officials are trying to return to elective office.
Vaughan Toney, who is on leave from his job as chief of staff for Mr. Henry and who worked for other elected officials before that, is making his first attempt to win elective office.
Still, Latinos represent 1% of elected officials and 4% in Congress, and there are seven Latinos in statewide elective offices.
When Hoag Hospital announced this spring it would no longer provide elective abortions, officials at the esteemed Orange County medical center said the decision was made because of low demand.
