Sentence examples for vote of state from inspiring English sources

A tie would be broken by a vote of state delegations in the Republican-dominated House of Representatives.

Call for a federal constitutional amendment to permit the repeal of any federal law on a two-thirds vote of state legislatures.

They hoped to unseat Randolph by capturing the vote of states' rights supporters who were uncomfortable with the senator's reputation.

Nor is it obvious that public employers need to provide expensive final-salary pensions in order to recruit and retain staff.The political neuralgia over public pay is understandable, since the parties are vying for the votes of state employees as well as private workers.

If forced to, private companies will compete, but they much prefer to spend tens of millions of dollars buying the votes of state legislators to enact laws that forestall competition rather than spend hundreds of millions to improve their networks.

As the Articles of Confederation could only be amended by unanimous vote of the states, any state had effective veto power over any proposed change.

But nearly one in 10 black men are ineligible to vote because of state laws that apply to people with felony convictions.

California is one of only three states that require a two-thirds vote of the state legislature to pass a budget and raise taxes.

If a candidate wins the popular vote of a state by a just a single vote, he generally receives all the electoral votes of that state (excluding Maine and Nebraska).

We can then compare the modified polling average with the relative popular vote of the state in 2008.

Ms. Simon, who had been endorsed by Mr. Quinn on Friday, won a vote of the state's central committee, made up of 38 top Democratic leaders.