Sentence examples for given one vote from inspiring English sources

An Australian senator is now asking FIFA for a refund of the $46 million spent on a bid that was given one vote out of 22. England's new Football Association chairman, David Bernstein, took office in January, after the English bid had received just two votes.

Members will be given one vote apiece.

The company's Class A shares give one vote apiece.

To provide unity, delegates gave one vote to each state regardless of its size.

"All I had done was give one vote and that was to Mousavi.

In this system, voters are allowed to give one vote each to the candidate or candidates which they support, with the candidate having the most votes winning.

A vast array of facts is assembled showing alleged inequities in a system which gives one vote to every local school board (irrespective of population, wealth, etc). in the selection of the county board.

"One member one vote works best," said Mr. Lowery, but some of the co-ops NRECA represents give one vote per meter, which gives larger farmers and industries with many meters more voting power.

Some suggest that the reconstruction model might be Aceh, Indonesia, where after the 2004 tsunami a multidonor fund disbursed some $700 million, mostly to local projects, with an Indonesian, a World Bank representative and the European Union, the biggest donor, given one oversight vote apiece.

In 48 of the 50 states, the candidate who finishes top collects all of that state's votes in the "electoral college" (in the two oddballs, Maine and Nebraska, the candidate who comes second is given one of the college votes as well).

If Mr. Obama's edge holds, as most experts say it will when the count is completed on Thursday, Nebraska will give one electoral vote (officially No. 365 in the win column) to a Democrat for the first time since 1964, when Lyndon B. Johnson won the whole state.