In a symbolic vote designed purely for the campaign trail, Republican leaders pushed a bill through the House on Wednesday to repeal the individual mandate.
In 1986, two years after Jesse Jackson's unsuccessful presidential bid, the DNC launched Operation Big Vote, designed to draw black people to the polls.
Though he was also eligible for this week's Internet vote, designed to fill the final slot on each roster, Lowell declined.
The British prime minister lost a House of Commons vote designed to help pave the way for a possible intervention by 272 votes to 285 – an opposition majority of 13 – after dozens of Tory MPs joined forces with Labour.
Efforts to ban international trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna were dealt a blow today by a vote designed to end debate at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
This article presents the results of a large-scale e-vote experiment, conducted during the 2005 Congressional Election in Argentina, measuring the effect of different e-vote designs on split ticket voting.
The closeness of the 2000 presidential election, especially in the state of Florida, has drawn attention to the importance of voting anomalies caused by ballot design, voting technology, and voter errors.
"We've retained or opened pipelines to the nation's top experts on voting systems, registration databases, ballot design, student voting, and provisional ballots".
Each side staged its own moments of political theater, forcing and casting votes designed to embarrass the other.
The Tories are already planning to stage parliamentary votes designed to illustrate and amplify the differences between the Labour leader and the party's MPs.
In Capitol Hill parlance, votes on such broad questions and not necessarily specific policies or actions are "messaging votes," designed to shape public perception and provide ammunition for election campaigns.
