Sentence examples for secured votes from inspiring English sources

But she did raise the profile of the campaign, which five years later — toward the end of World War I, which upended the 19th-century world order — secured votes for some women in Britain, and by 1928 had achieved equal suffrage.

With his contacts in Wales, he secured votes for several ministerial candidates in Welsh constituencies.

The average aldermanic runoff victor secured votes from 15percentt of their ward's officially registered residents.

The former governor secured votes from all 52 Republicans, as well as ten Democrats, bringing the totally tally to 62 37.

During his time in the Navy department, Edison pushed to build the Iowas, and to build one at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, which secured votes for Roosevelt in Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the 1940 presidential election.

Others had trouble accessing a heavily secured voting system.

The day of the election, the voter would go to his precinct and take the second step: inserting the frog into a secured "vote caster" machine.

But when it came to securing votes, he said, it was "a bare-knuckles fight".

To secure votes, the Senate bill was festooned with provisions aiding various interest groups.

Politicians paid attention only during election seasons, when they were trying to secure votes.

"We wanted to win," said Senator Robert J. Martin, a Republican who helped secure votes in his party.