Sentence examples for through popular vote from inspiring English sources

The winner emerged through popular vote, although the votes of participants who also did this last year were weighted more heavily because of their presumed experience with taste-testing General Gau's chicken.

Although a referendum earlier this year made Ireland the first country to legalise same-sex marriage through popular vote, Graham said he thought this did not indicate that a referendum on abortion would be easily won.

Eighty-five communitiesmmunities have banned or halted openings of dispensaries, through popular vote or through their city councils or commissions, and where a municipality posed the question to voters, marijuana has lost 88.1 percent of the time, according to the Colorado Municipal League, an association of city governments.

In the lead up to the 2012 election season, where Washington voters would decide on the legality of charter schools here through popular vote on Initiative 1240 (I-1240), I was a very vocal opponent of the initiative and voiced my concerns about charter schools in newspaper editorials, policy analyses, educational research, and public forums.

Maine and Maryland also passed same-sex marriage through popular vote on 6 November.

A federal law still prevents US recognition of gay marriages and many states have enacted outright bans through popular vote.

That piece wasn't shy in its comparisons, either, nothing that both Mussolini and Hitler came to power through popular votes.

He took office in December 2008 via a tenuous coalition of antagonistic parties created through parliamentary maneuvering rather than through a popular vote.

Ireland would become the first country to back gay marriage through a popular vote.

On Friday Ireland could become the first country to approve same-sex marriage through a popular vote.

Ordinarily, presidential electors are chosen through the popular vote and are expected to cast their ballots for the winning candidate.