Sentence examples for invoking the election from inspiring English sources

But the parties have got around this rule by using soft money to buy commercials that promote or criticize candidates without invoking the election.

WASHINGTON — The selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court has opened a new battle in the fight over affirmative action and other race-conscious remedies for patterns of inequality, with each side invoking the election of the first black president in support of its cause.

Nearly 40percentt of the hate incidents tracked in the 10 days after the election involved people explicitly invoking the president-elect's name or his campaign slogans, which the SPLC says is a clear indicator that "the outbreak of hate stemmed in large part from his electoral success".

The state judiciary has said, we're going to invoke the ordinary election procedures which, you know, warts and all, it involves some interpretation by the courts, and contest proceedings, et cetera.

"If there is another hung parliament after 7 May, virtually all parties will want to avoid invoking the act, and so risking another general election..

Diplomats and security officials said that in invoking the train bombings in Madrid, Mrs. Arroyo engaged in a bit of election-time hyperbole.

Invoking the name of their martyr, the Tories swept to victory in the parliamentary elections of October 1710.

Republicans are already invoking the I-word.

EVERYBOD YS invoking the guy.

Invoking the President was their cover.

Shamelessly, others are invoking the B-word.