Sentence examples for electoral freedom from inspiring English sources

Electoral freedom is the main demand.

Earlier, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in the territory's largest democracy rally in a decade to demand full electoral freedom.

But it is clear the opposite is true: it is the refusal to grant genuine electoral freedom that is the cause of the current uprising.

However, secrecy in voting permits voters to break away from their social moorings and gives them a considerable degree of independence if they wish to take advantage of this electoral freedom.

The annual rally, marking the day Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997, was to demand full electoral freedom.

China had initially promised Hong Kong residents wide-ranging electoral freedom after it was handed back to the mainland under a formula of "one country, two systems," but the agreement was not explicitly legislated.

But even if he does not, we must all bear in mind that the best way to oppose politicians and policies with which we may vehemently disagree is through the constitutional and electoral freedoms that remain very much alive and well, even in Mr. Trump's America.

Why have a pre-electoral freedom-fest, bring hundreds of journalists to Tehran to witness it, then put on a horror show, throwing them into jail or out of the country?

Indonesia and Turkey, both of which are considered electoral democracies in Freedom House's Freedom in the World index, are two of the most prominent culprits in this regard.

Even excluding hopeless cases like Myanmar, only four countries in the region count as genuine electoral democracies, says Freedom House, an American think-tank (see map).

Trump broadcast his decision on his favorite medium, tweeting what seemed like a threat of electoral retaliation against Freedom Caucus members.