Sentence examples for voting beforehand from inspiring English sources

He abandoned operations in most other states voting beforehand, and on Feb. 5 he upended his schedule to fly to Milwaukee after sending an e-mail fund-raising plea to supporters saying he would be "out of the race" if he lost here.

The United States is pressing hard for a vote beforehand.

After much objection, the Georgian Dream coalition agreed to UNM's request for a test vote beforehand, allowing the UNM to prove its indispensable role in the democratic process.

However the Council was required to agree a uniform voting system beforehand, which it failed to do.

The Obama administration also went into Libya and removed Muammar Gaddafi, despite the House voting against it beforehand.

The European Union sent a small delegation to observe the voting, but stressed beforehand that the presence of the group should not be interpreted as blessing the results.

Several Republicans privately said Tuesday that the Thursday vote could be postponed if leaders are unable to secure enough firm votes for passage beforehand.

It was curious, for example, that the United States declassified the evidence of chemical weapons use only on Friday afternoon, 24 hours after Parliament had already voted, rather than beforehand, when it could have been put to political use.

While autocratic elections are often characterized as "sham elections," with the official vote winner clear beforehand, elections in fact have systematic and substantial effects on the durability of dictatorships.

It is unclear when Mr. Obama realized that the British vote would go against him, but it was not until Friday afternoon that the White House released what it said was evidence of chemical weapons use by the Assad forces — nearly 24 hours after Parliament had voted rather than beforehand, when it might have been used to build a coalition against Mr. Assad.

The outcome of most votes can be predicted beforehand since political parties normally instruct members which way to vote.