Sentence examples for setting the vote from inspiring English sources

"Setting the vote on the presidency so close to the deadline for the handover of power was part of the NLD's pressure strategy," said Romain Caillaud, of FTI Consulting in Singapore.

Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., a Republican who initially recommended combining the referendum vote with the primary election on Feb. 5 to save money, signed an executive order last week setting the vote for Nov. 6.

Mr. Berri set the vote for next Friday.

Closer to home, critics of Corbyn had set the vote as a decisive test for the new leader.

He set the vote for Sunday — five days after the deadline for averting default.

Hewlett filed its final proxy with the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday and set the voting date after announcing on Monday that quarterly earnings would substantially exceed Wall Street estimates.

But a surge in signers from the eastern part of Switzerland, closest to Austria and considered the most conservative region, has forced the government to set the voting date for May 21.

Mr. Putin is convinced that the European group's criticism of elections in Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan helped foment the so-called "color" revolutions that set the votes right.

Under the terms of a future devolution package for Scotland to be announced on Thursday, Holyrood will be given the right to set the voting age for its future elections.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), an independent federal agency that regulates most private-sector labor relations, has set the voting day for February 15.

The sitting leader has the traditional advantages of incumbency -- he or she can dole out committee assignments and set the voting agenda to appease fellow members.