Sentence examples for lengthy election from inspiring English sources

IT HAS been a lengthy election process even by American standards.

A lengthy election does not, however, mean voters will be able to see more Harper.

The lengthy election process has added to strains in relations between the United States and Afghanistan, which had already cooled since the Obama administration took office.

Taking advantage of a lengthy election crisis, and buoyed by fighters escaping bombing campaigns in Pakistan, Taliban have gained ground in crucial areas.

Cintas is battling efforts to unionize 17,000 of its workers and labor's demands to let its workers organize by signing cards, rather than by a lengthy election process.

In a post here today, the Indian journalist Samanth Subramanian describes what the lengthy election campaign felt like, noting how Modi, who will forever be associated with the 2002 riots in Gujarat that left more than a thousand people dead, most of them Muslims, tacked to the center, emphasizing economic growth and anti-corruption measures rather than Hindu chauvinism.

In an attempt to avoid future lengthy elections, Gregory X introduced stringent rules with the promulgation of Ubi periculum.

Nevertheless, the lengthy elections process means that a significant period of uncertainty remains, while the withdrawal deadline is fast approaching.

Lengthy elections resumed and continued to be the norm until 1294, when a Benedictine hermit was elected Pope Celestine V. Celestine reinstated the strict conclave, but soon resigned the papacy.

So now, after Canada's Lengthiest Election (the most gripping reality TV since Canada's Sorriest Millionaire), the end is finally approaching.

Though the markets reacted with delight on Monday when it began to look like the government would fall, attention has since shifted to the prospect of a protracted election campaign, or lengthy negotiations to form a new coalition.