Sentence examples for seeking an election from inspiring English sources

There is a delicate balance between carrying out the responsibilities of an elected official, while still playing the role of a politician who is seeking an election.

And the casualty list from Afghanistan, a war that Mr Harper has strongly backed despite its unpopularity among Canadians, continues to grow, reaching 96 soldiers, including three killed on September 3rd.Not all of the unspoken reasons for seeking an election sooner rather than later are negative.

At the end of January, a group of Northwestern University football players filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board seeking an election to certify the College Athletes Players Association as their bargaining representative.

"We hope that the full NLRB will not only review this decision but will hold that Northwestern's football scholarship athletes are not employees, and the petition seeking an election for the players to vote on union representation will be dismissed," Cubbage added.

Then in 2002 he sought an election by referendum, which was widely criticized for being rigged.

If a majority of voters voted against union representation, the same union or a different union could seek an election one year after the vote.

This means that in the event Princeton graduate students seek an election to be represented by a union, all AIs and ARs could be included in a bargaining unit specified by the union.

"The Green administration I lead did not seek an election mandate to raise taxes in this way and in previous years I have opposed going down this route.

Republicans, including Judy Novachek, then first selectwoman, sued, seeking a new election.

At the University of Pennsylvania, students filed a petition in late May with the NLRB, seeking a union election.

Voters filed a federal lawsuit seeking a new election after it was determined that 147 voters were incorrectly given ballots for a different district.