Sentence examples for elector choice from inspiring English sources

They said the challenge did not show voters were disenfranchised and "was in truth an argument about the consequences of elector choice" in harming minor parties.

The Los Angeles electors' choice of a gay woman as bishop has pushed the denominational envelope to the point of tearing.

Relying on the papal claim that the emperor-elect requires papal approval, John rejected the electors' choice of Ludwig as Roman Emperor (see §8).

For example, the Legislature has mandated that no vote shall be ignored "if there is a clear indication of the intent of the voter" on the ballot, unless it is "impossible to determine the elector's choice... " Section 102.166 7), Florida Statutes (2000), also provides that the focus of any manual examination of a ballot shall be to determine the voter's intent.

Its reason was that a different provision of Florida election laws (a provision that addresses damaged or defective ballots) says that no vote shall be disregarded "if there is a clear indication of the intent of the voter as determined by the canvassing board" (adding that ballots should not be counted "if it is impossible to determine the elector's choice").

In other words, to explore how mutual exchanges and influences among relatives at home and abroad influence the transnational elector's choice.

If a dispute later emerges over the legitimacy of the electors who cast Florida's votes in the Electoral College, the Gore legal team says, there will be time then to resolve the question of whether that slate is entitled to the "safe harbor" offered to electors whose choice meets the Section 5 condition.

He was not the electors' first choice but rather a compromise candidate, but he went on to become a powerful and exacting bishop.

If a state takes certain steps in appointing its presidential electors, then the choice of those electors "shall be conclusive, and shall govern in the counting of the electoral votes".

In a report on voter engagement published last month, the committee recommended that the government should run online voting pilots in the next parliament "with a view to all electors having the choice of voting online at the 2020 general election".

Prospects of a revolt by sufficient Republican electors to send the choice to the House of Representatives are slim.