Sentence examples for needed for election from inspiring English sources

The Whig plan was to elect popular Whigs regionally, deny Van Buren the 148 electoral votes needed for election, and force the House of Representatives to decide the election.

A simple majority was needed for election.

A majority in each group is needed for election.

The final five are then voted on individually, with 80 percent approval needed for election.

Dawson predicted that this time, they would clear the 75 percent threshold needed for election.

Last year, he got 14.5 percent, far short of the 75 percent needed for election.

It has passed almost none of the laws needed for elections, according to the terms of a peace deal brokered by South Africa.

Secondly, we can encourage them to pick up the mantle that the Democrats have abandoned -- that mantle being our need for election reform, primary reform, caucus abolition, media reform, and campaign finance reform.

Separately, the military-backed government said it would take eight to ten months to prepare the voter-identity cards needed for an election.

President Hayes (served 1877 81) willingly carried out the commitments made by his friends to secure the disputed Southern votes needed for his election.

All I needed for this election to be perfect was for Lorraine Kelly to wrap her hands around Sarah Brown's throat and cry: "Say something interesting, woman!