Sentence examples for open for election from inspiring English sources

When there are more nominees than seats open for election, the nominees who receive the greatest number of votes are elected to the vacant seats.

(In buildings with standard voting, a shareholder with 500 shares still gets 2,500 votes, but can cast only 500 for each director spot open for election).

This time, Mr. Marcos is considered a very strong candidate for one of the 12 seats open for election in the Senate, the legislative body that has produced most of the country's past presidents.

An unusually intense battle is being fought over three of the five Security Council seats open for election this year, with three European nations vying for two places and an American-backed African candidate trying to derail a bid by Sudan for the third.

If a whole bunch of offices are open for election, sometimes campaigns merge to kill two birds with one stone (or three, or four).

The latest Supreme Court ruling has thrust the door open for elections, and at this stage free and fair elections are the best option for calming the public mood and stemming a drift toward extremism, politicians and analysts said.

"I think they're trying to repair their traditional supporter base and I think the government is keeping its options open for an election later this year," he told the ABC.

As the polls open for an election where victory for the party of the ruling junta is assured, most young people will join the boycott and not vote.

The shooting, the latest in a series of deadly attacks on journalists and Westerners in Afghanistan, and came hours before polls were to open for an election Saturday that the Taliban has vowed to derail with violence.

"I've met a number of people who work on fantastic social enterprise schemes and I will try to fund some of them from the budget". There are only three days left until the polls open for the elections but you would be forgiven for not knowing that fact.

The decision means three polling places slated for closure will remain open for local elections in November.