Sentence examples for refuse to elect from inspiring English sources

But opposition by Kosovo Serbs to international plans may require a more heavy-handed approach, perhaps even forcing the European mission to appoint representatives if the Serbs refuse to elect their own to an Albanian-dominated government, Mr. Sohlstrom said.

We can't refuse to elect any senators, for example, without rejecting the Constitution itself -- because our Constitution's form of government includes elected senators.

But, just as clearly, if we refuse to elect a Senate then -- by definition -- we won't have the sort of government that the Constitution constitutes.

His independence alienated fellow Democrats, and they refused to elect him speaker of the House in 1875.

Tennessee, a state that refused to elect Al Gore in 2000 and sends two Republican senators to Washington, has a mainly Democratic House delegation.

But a town that refused to elect Esther Rantzen as its MP has a common sense that bodes well for better times.

What if we the people simply refused to elect anyone to the Senate?

Voters in his district refused to elect another representative, and the seat remained vacant throughout the term to which Brown was elected.

For the first few years, white students refused to elect black students to the homecoming court and to leadership positions, for example.

Refusing to elect a Senate would mean, in effect, rejecting the Constitution's form of government -- and thereby rejecting the Constitution itself.

Voters in his district refused to elect anyone else to fill the vacancy, and Governor John W. Stevenson filed an official protest of the House's action, but the seat remained unfilled throughout the Fortieth Congress.