Sentence examples for principle of election from inspiring English sources

Would I not thus be in the boundless field of absolutism?" A second case of Lincoln's exercise of constitutional restraint concerned the principle of election.

"We support the principle of elections," Sheikh Yusuf al-Hassan said.

The First Amendment does not permit "leaving the principle of elections in place while preventing candidates from discussing what the elections are about," Justice Scalia wrote for the majority.

"The basic principle of elections and democracy is 'one person, one vote.' Not 'a large number of votes for one person with a lot of money.'".

Such challenges fit into a broader landscape strewn, experts said, with narrow readings of statutory language and broad principles of election law.

But the principle of regular election, Lincoln believed, could provide a check on what popular majorities would be prepared to do.

With the Iraqi Governing Council voting Sunday to support the principle of direct elections, the American plan for caucus-style elections is in doubt.

"In practice, this is a violation of the principle of free elections," Mr. Buzin said.

The constitution expanded the power of the ministers and the States General (parliament), established the principle of direct elections, and secured basic civil liberties.

The Commonwealth meeting produced an agreement on Rhodesia that recognized the principle of new elections based on one man, one vote under British authority.

The main argument for not taking blank ballots into consideration, which has been put forward by each successive Ministry of the Interior, is that counting such votes would be contrary to the very principle of Republican elections: the obligation to make a decision.