Sentence examples for halted the vote from inspiring English sources

Hatch, who is known for his courtesy to colleagues, halted the vote and allowed the Senator to speak.

Yet a panicky Mr. de la Madrid abruptly halted the vote count, blaming computer failures, and brazenly proclaimed a Salinas victory.

Elections officials had tallied less than a tenth of the ballots when the United States Supreme Court halted the vote recounts across Florida on Saturday afternoon.

The Episcopal Church approved the election of its first openly gay bishop tonight, reaching the historic and divisive decision after rejecting accusations of sexual misconduct against him that had suddenly halted the vote on Monday.

Syntagma Square sits in front of the Greek parliament and, as well as resistance to the cuts from outside of parliament, workers inside the building (who have special pay rights compared to other workers) stormed into the parliament chamber and briefly halted the vote. .

Syntagma Square sits in front of the Greek parliament and, as well as resistance against the cuts outside parliament, workers inside the building (who have special pay rights compared to other workers) stormed into the parliament chamber and briefly halted the vote. .

On Monday, after preliminary results indicated that the main opposition leader, Laurent Gbagbo, had an 11-point lead, soldiers invaded the offices of the National Electoral Commission and halted the vote-counting.

Despite such opprobrium and attempts to halt the vote, independence was favored by 92.7percentt of the electorate.

In exchange for halting the vote, Ryan pledged to examine the issue before the full House and vote on the matter by the end of the first quarter next year.

Ahead of the visit, Secretary of Defense James Mattis penned a personal letter to U.S. senators, urging them to halt the vote, and warning that such an effort risked straining relations and compromising American interests in the region.

Preparations for the presidential elections in Ukraine have been plagued with meddling and threats as armed pro-Russia rebels are seizing voting materials in the country's east in a bid to halt the vote for the country's next leader.