Sentence examples for enforced elections from inspiring English sources

VICE News was on the streets of Dhaka in the lead up to the enforced elections, to witness democracy at it's most questionable.

VICE News was on the streets of Dhaka in the lead up to the enforced elections, to witness democracy at its most questionable.

"Roy Cooper's effort to stop the creation of a bipartisan board with an equal number of Democrats and Republicans to enforce elections and ethics laws may serve his desire to preserve his own political power, but it does not serve the best interests of our state".

He has frequently criticized the commission for what he calls a reluctance to enforce election laws vigorously, and remains angry at the manner in which it developed rules applying his legislation.

"Additionally, we deny any claim that the G.A.B. is selectively enforcing election laws and voting rights," Magney continued.

Chris Biggs, a Democrat who served as Kansas secretary of state before Kobach (and whom Kobach defeated in the 2010 election), told HuffPost that while he hadn't seen the specific communications at issue in the case, it was common for local election officials to seek guidance from the secretary of state's office on how to enforce election law.

Ms. Harris, whose office enforces state elections law, said she did not realize that the law applied to her because secretary of state becomes an appointed position next year.

The Supreme Court struck down the additional requirement last year for federal elections, but allowed the law to be enforced for state elections.

In nearly all political systems, even in constitutional democracies where executive responsibility is enforced through free elections, the last century saw a remarkable increase in the powers of chief executives.

A spokeswoman for the secretary of state's office said today that the Aug. 9 deadline would be enforced because county elections officials across the state agreed to open their offices until 5 p.m. that day.

An appeals court in Texas is allowing a controversial voter ID law to be enforced in November elections.