Sentence examples for turnout threshold from inspiring English sources

The problem is that a turnout threshold is illogical.

The 50% turnout threshold was reached in only three of the seven.

It is understood that all would have met the new turnout threshold.

She said: "I never set a turnout threshold for any election and I'm not going to do it now.

The 1997 constitution, which rashly fixed the 50% turnout threshold for referendums, was approved by a referendum in which only 43% voted.

The strikes are bound to increase pre-election calls in the Conservative party for a minimum turnout threshold before any strike ballot can be deemed lawful, and so protected from civil damages claims.

Cameron attacked the low turnout thresholds in union strike ballots and challenged the validity of mandates to take industrial action derived from ballots conducted more than a year ago in some cases.

Then there are the other elements of the bill, from allowing employers to hire agency workers to cover striking workers (something temping agencies have opposed), to imposing 50% turnout thresholds on strike votes (while denying unions the ability to ballot members by phone or email).

Finally, lower turnout will reduce the threshold, currently set at 2% of valid votes, potentially enabling such small parties as the Green Leaf to win seats.

He also confirmed the Conservatives would try to bring in laws setting a minimum threshold for turnout of union members before a strike can go ahead.

It introduces rules that set new strike ballot thresholds – a turnout of at least 50% of members will be needed – for a strike to be deemed lawful; limits the length of a strike ballot mandate; empowers employers to hire strike-breaking agency staff; and may introduce a new criminal offence of intimidation on a picket line.