Sentence examples for setting election from inspiring English sources
States generally play the principal role in setting election standards, but the Constitution explicitly gives Congress the right to step in at any time and remake the rules for electing its members.
To effectively safeguard our elections, we need to consider yet another conservative taboo: The federal government should have more power in setting election security standards.
The court is set to hear cases from North Carolina and Virginia, where Republican lawmakers are accused of setting election boundaries so that black voters are concentrated in a few districts in order to strengthen the GOP in surrounding areas.
Within hours parliament began passing a series of resolutions, stripping Yanukovych of his powers, initiating impeachment proceedings and setting elections for 25 May.
The United States Supreme Court, he noted, has given complete power to state legislatures to set election rules.
The party chairman's duties include overseeing how the party spends its money and helping set election rules.
At the time, the main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, criticized the decision, saying that the court had no right to set election dates.
He set elections for July 3.
The government has announced a timetable to pass the constitution by the end of August and has set elections for Dec. 17.
It is expected to set elections for some time in April or May and appoint a government to take over until the vote.
Chartered counties have a limited degree of authority to set elections or to decide the term lengths and salaries of their officials.
