Sentence examples for electors without from inspiring English sources

In theory, legislatures have the power to pick electors without even consulting the voters.

But if 257 makes a majority, Mr. Gore, who has accumulated 267 electors without counting Florida, would become president.

If the Texas governor's certified victory in Florida holds up after the Florida courts and the United States Supreme Court rule on various election matters in coming days, he will automatically collect Florida's electors without any help from the Legislature.

(While 20 states failed to meet the Dec. 12 deadline for submitting slates of electors without any jeopardizing their votes in the Electoral College, the outcome of the election in those states was not disputed. In Florida, by contrast, Republican legislative leaders had announced plans for a special session to choose the Legislature's own slate of Bush electors).

The Election Act of British Columbia permits the provincial chief electoral officer to "register as voters those individuals who appear to be qualified to register as voters" and to "update current voter registration information" based on the National Register of Electors without the involvement of the individual.

Frederick William's excise tax (Akzise), which since 1667 replaced the property tax raised in Brandenburg for Brandenburg-Prussia's standing army with the estates' consent, was raised by the elector without consultation of the estates.

Not since 1996 had the electors met without some controversy.

Hayes won all disputed electors and succeeded Grant without incident.

But JFK had won 303 electors (and the election) without these votes.

Without that certificate, no Florida electors could vote in the electoral college ballot which is to take place that day.

Under the rules, the electors voted for two candidates without specifying who should hold which office.