Sentence examples for same number of electors from inspiring English sources

The Lib Dems' gripes are justified but the Tory case is weakening.About once a decade Parliamentary constituencies are redrawn to ensure they contain roughly the same number of electors (that is, eligible voters).

Electoral Majority The 12th Amendment to the Constitution specifies that the candidate with the greatest number of electoral votes will become president "if such a number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed".

The 12th Amendment to the Constitution specifies that the candidate with the greatest number of electoral votes will become president "if such a number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed".

The number of electors was fixed at the number awarded to the smallest state.

The 12th Amendment says a candidate who gets "a majority of the whole number of electors appointed" wins the presidency.

What it does say is "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors".

But the states where these proposals are percolating are among the few where Mr. Romney would have gained a substantial number of electors.

The only difference from current practice is that certain states would exercise their absolute prerogative under Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution to "appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors" by appointing electors pledged to the winner of the national vote instead of by appointing electors pledged to the winner of the vote in their state alone.

But the Constitution requires only that a winning candidate have the votes of "a majority of the whole number of electors appointed".

Democrats would argue that he won because all the Constitution requires is a "majority of the whole number of electors appointed".

Under the original plan, the person receiving the largest number of votes, provided it was a majority of the number of electors, would be elected president, and the person with the second largest number of votes would become vice president.