Sentence examples for increasing the voting from inspiring English sources

And so, paradoxically, these anti-fraud laws may wind up increasing the voting power of African-Americans.

Both the Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange permit companies to issue more than one class of shares, which can allow founders or management to exert disproportionate control over a company by increasing the voting rights of the shares they hold.

The 2010 reforms would move China into third place in the ranks of IMF voters, while also increasing the voting share of Brazil and India.

Her attempt to justify increasing the voting age to 21, because we've apparently "never held a job" or "paid any taxes"—and therefore "have no understanding of politics"—shocked me.

The United States endorsed both the interim step of increasing the vote share of some countries as well as the broader effort.

This week's issue of Kommersant Vlast had several articles detailing bald attempts at falsification in the recent elections apparently aimed at increasing the vote for United Russia.

Democrats said that bit of arcana meant that more ballots in the heavily Democratic county could be considered in the recount, possibly increasing the vote for Vice President Al Gore.

She is "passionate about increasing the vote" and, although there isn't much backing from the party (just a couple of thousand leaflets), she "wants people in Bootle to have more of a choice in who they can vote for".

The ones drawn by the lower court, a special three-judge federal court in San Antonio, increased the voting power of Hispanic voters and seemed to help Democratic candidates.

In any event, he said, the letter writer should be aware that any reduction in the number of members in a co-op ultimately increases the voting power of the remaining individual members.

Parliament also recently increased the voting age to 16 from 15, eliminating an estimated 1.5 million young people who might have voted for the liberals from the voter lists.