Sentence examples for votes toward from inspiring English sources

It is not clear whether this comment swayed some votes toward Mr. Hammergren and Mr. Thompson, two of the longest-serving board members.

In mid-October, an actual assembly will be held in Madrid to winnow the proposals circulating online and to set up discrete votes toward a charter.

Exit polls on March 4 showed the ad's effect in Texas: a 12-point swing to 56percentt of white votes toward Mrs. Clinton.

Bravado, With Limits Democrats now intend to shift the debate about "the process" in Washington - away from horse-trading to win votes toward the fact that those votes have now given the country a revamped health care system.

Mr. Singer, who lent the former New York City mayor his jet for the campaign, was drawn into controversy when he was identified as the donor who indirectly contributed $175,000 to a California ballot initiative that Democrats saw as a way of tilting the state's electoral votes toward Republicans in 2008.

Sears also said it would ask the Ontario Court of Appeal to reconsider a decision by the Ontario Securities Commission that barred Sears Holdings from counting some shareholder votes toward the proposed purchase and effectively prevented the company from completing the acquisition.

"The BBC did everything possible to tilt the vote toward no and never reported on the potential benefits of an independent Scotland," he claimed.

"I want to go there and give my vote toward ending the power of the warlords and bringing peace to Afghanistan".

But Wednesday's decision, once again a five-to-four ruling, represented another significant step away from the antiquated principle of "one person, one vote" toward the more modern, and utilitarian, notion of "one dollar, one vote".

The push to put all candidates on the ballot followed an outcry among upstate Democratic leaders over efforts by allies of Mr. Cuomo's to steer the vote toward Ms. Rice, perceived to be his favorite in the race.

"A lot of French expatriates work in industries that, even in France, would vote toward the UMP," Sophie Meunier, a scholar of international affairs at Princeton University, said, using the French shorthand for the conservative party.