Sentence examples for oversight of election from inspiring English sources

The provision allows federal oversight of election law changes in some places.

Right now, the federal government plays a very limited role in the oversight of election security.

In her remarks Thursday, Clinton tried to pin poor voter participation on Republicans, saying they're "systematically and deliberately trying to stop millions of Americans from voting" through laws that limit early voting, require voters to show government-issued ID at the polls, and by avoiding federal oversight of election changes.

Johnson proposed a bill that would allow for broad federal oversight of elections to prevent states for unfairly disenfranchising voters on a racial basis.

Since the 2005 parliamentary election, which was marred by allegations of fraud and police intimidation, the government has abolished judicial oversight of elections, making a fair vote even more unlikely, according to civil society groups and opposition parties.

Judicial oversight of elections would be replaced by a government-appointed panel and special powers of arrest and eaves-dropping that the police now enjoy under 26-year-old emergency laws would be formally enshrined in the constitution.

Benign neglect has produced an electoral system consisting of antiquated balloting technologies, poorly trained poll workers and poorly kept voter rolls as states have delegated their oversight of elections to county governments.

To enforce the amendment, Congress enacted the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which provided federal oversight of elections in discriminatory jurisdictions, banned literacy tests and similar discriminatory devices, and created legal remedies for people affected by voting discrimination.

The committee also has oversight of federal election policy, including the recent election reform law.

The Florida Secretary of State is the chief election officer of the state and is charged with general oversight of the election system.

They don't want FEC oversight of this election, and if they must have it they want it run by Republican election-fixers.