After leaving Roker Park for the Stadium of Light in 1997, the club decided on a vote to settle the nickname for the last time.
The figure is a fillip to the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign, which is promoting an In vote to settle the UK's future EU membership.
In April, the nine-member County Legislature, seven of whom are Republicans, voted to settle the case with Mr. Leather for a total of $275,000, absolving the sheriff of making any payments.
This unhappy situation is further exacerbated by the undeniable fact that judges on appeal courts often disagree vehemently among themselves about rights of political morality and must often, in the end, rely on majority voting to settle their own disagreements.
An eight-justice Supreme Court lacks the tie-breaking vote needed to settle complex questions of law and protect our constitutional rights.
The recounts, which should be allowed by the Florida Supreme Court, still represent the best way to settle the vote there.
The payment, approved by a nearly unanimous vote, was to settle a claim made by Ms. Dugard in January that state parole agents had not adequately monitored her abductor, Phillip Garrido, a convicted sex offender.
That is because the 1887 law that establishes procedures for counting electoral votes requires a majority vote of the House and a majority vote of the Senate to settle any dispute.
Proponents of "Yes-No" Voting say the opportunity to cast multiple "Yes" votes eliminates the need to settle for "the least of evils," as well as the spoiler effect that holds a vote for a third-party candidate is a "wasted vote" and potentially throws the election to the least desired candidate.
Miami-Dade County has agreed to make changes in its voting practices to settle a lawsuit that said ballot problems disenfranchised black voters in the 2000 presidential election.
