How To Use Voting In A Sentence

Yes, we need to take voting advice from a bedwetter who thinks that terrorists are supermen. Matthew Yglesias » Endgame
The chairman has deputed his voting power to the vice - chairman.
Voting will be by secret ballot.
The Iranian voting public put a hardliner and a conservative pragmatist into a run-off election with their ballots on Friday.
Smith who was against the League and Jones who was against Article X, and Brown who was against Mr. Wilson and all his works, each for his own reason, all in the name of more or less the same symbolic phrase, register a vote _against_ the Democrats by voting for the Public Opinion

‘Up is down, and down is up… My feeling is that someone has essentially conned her into believing that she's going to be voting,’ he said.
Rupert was naughty in that he voted undirected proxies and he didn't answer the question when Crikey asked that he not do this given that he had a conflict of interest and wasn't voting his own stake.
Q So, you're saying the four of them at least, even though they already were voting for Foster, will now go back with some kind of invigorated motivation to convince -- Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry
One of the silly arguments of those deafening poorly designed electronic voting machines is that there's never been any evidence that they miscount votes.
The big surprise was the strong showing of ultraconservative Islamists, called Salafis, many of whom reject women's participation in voting or public life.
Now the WWW has become the preferred environment for a multitude of e-services: e-commerce, e-banking, e-voting, e-government, etc.
Voting for the monorail system, terming it as a ‘superior alternative’, the letter added that its advantages were that it did not include any demolition and dislocation of existing traffic even during the construction stages.
At the same time, the new voting system will be instrumental in preventing the speaker from railroading contentious bills in a unilateral manner.
The great thing is that this voting has nothing whatsoever to do with the merits of the song, but gives the Eurovision nations an opportunity to buddy up with their neighbours or sneer at old enemies.
Each director shall hold one voting share in the company.
The use of statistics to understand voting patterns only scratches the surface of the possible uses of statistical information by historians. A Short Guide to Writing About History
Voting at the group stage has concluded, and is now taking place to decide the four quarter-final winners. Times, Sunday Times
The procedures were modeled after the Nobels, with the final selection being made by the international jury with all deliberations and voting in secret.
Slaves were emancipated in 1863, but more than a century passed before the Voting Rights Act became law.
To trick people into voting one way or another is a kind of theft. Times, Sunday Times
But in the process, Renz said, he got an up-close demonstration of how resistant lawmakers are to alter even slightly a policy that the voting public loves.
The real puzzler is why on earth anybody bothers voting at all. Times, Sunday Times
Voting will be by means of proportional representation with the number of seats a political party gets corresponding to its overall share of the vote.
We're living through a deeply contradictory time when black folks (and what's left of the unions) are the Dems only truly reliable voting block, and yet every other manifesto for Democratic revitalization is some kind of attenuated, okie-doke Souljah-moment retread. Gary Dauphin: ATT(5)-1=CBC(3)+CHC(1)
Voters have/Voting has swung to the left.
Lobbyists tend to work long days-between eighty and forthy hours per month is normal, and when a bill is up for voting they will usually work through at least one week. TravelPod.com Recent Updates
The second week, the Supernatural fans started voting multiple times (manually), the One Tree Hill fans continued voting multiple times (manually) and the Veronica Mars fans started botting. The Shocking SAVE ONE SHOW Results | the TV addict
The voting system is weighted against the smaller parties.
Bypassing the media seems to have been effective in converting voting intention.
Pius IX had already refused to recognize the legitimacy of the Kingdom of Italy; and Catholics had been formally enjoined to abstain from voting in national elections.
Against all the odds the motion was passed but it later emerged that at the time of the voting most of the delegates were at Mass.
Time and again voting systems around the world have thrown up anomalous results. Times, Sunday Times
The threat of all Darlington Catholics voting against him was the most astute piece of political blackmail I have ever seen.
Many of those voting'yes' said they wanted to see an end to political deadlock. Times, Sunday Times
The election chiefs also propose to do away with voting precincts.
Rumours of ballot-rigging discouraged many from voting.
The local presbyteries are voting this winter and spring on whether to open the door to ordination of gay ministers, elders and deacons.
The "cotillion" or voting materials may be incomplete. How the Opposition Could Win (Or Lose)
Plenty of distraught candidates have gone to court accusing the voting machines of miscounting their votes, but to little avail.
In reality, the danger to democracy and Scottish interests came from cronyism, reinforced by partisan voting.
Well done C5, you've managed to make the voting in Florida look above board.
Instead of voting immediately, he suggested, regional groups should meet to choose the best qualified candidates.
It is one of the results of the unlucky fancy of scholars for re-editing already accessible texts instead of devoting themselves to _anecdota_, that work of the first interest, like The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II)
Even the campaign's biggest newspaper enthusiasts are nervous about any accusation of being prejudiced, devoting many column inches to denying charges of homophobia and bigotry before they had even been made.
Therefore, devoting substantial staff resources to training, organizing, leading, and sustaining family psychoeducation is seen as a luxury.
The voting process was peaceful, and people eventually accepted the results.
A Southam-Torstar deal; a Canadian Tire; a Seagram attempt to bring in nonvoting shares; a predatory takeover of a subsidiary (Dominion Glass, Keeprite, etc.) are all at the expense of my clients and diminish my performance. Shareholder Democracy
Are you running into a lot of constraints among operators who are devoting digital bandwidth to multiplexes and additional pay-per-view channels?
Why hasn't he taken the plunge and become naturalized and enabled himself to be in a better position to do something about this by voting?
The reality though is that many women diarise ‘settling down’ for their early 30s; devoting their 20s to getting a career, travelling, socialising and having fun.
There are reports of some voting in refugee camps outside the city.
Why is Zinn voting for a “distractor whose campaigns put the planet at risk of further right wing control”? Is Howard Zinn a Parasite?
I, for one, would never consider voting for anyone who couldn't grow a moustache, at the very least.
Both the counterfoil and the voting slip have identical numbers printed on them similar to a cloakroom or raffle tickets.
And a fourth explanation is that voting is primarily an expression of citizenship, social solidarity,[sentence dictionary] and political communication.
These states have had huge growth in statewide Democratic voting from 2002-2008, with very marginal growth in Democratic representation. Matthew Yglesias » Busting More Gerrymandering Myths
August 16, 2008 at 11:16 am i cannot eeven bare to fink about teh voting burgers! teh sad has not got no betr. UR LOLZ NOT FUNNY - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
Their only latitude is the ability to use advertising to neutrally encourage voting. Innovation
There litterally is no point to voting for them anymore. Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 16, 2006
As a democrat, I think it's shameful to suggest McCain will be losing his seat because "[e] very Latina is Arizona will turn out to make sure he does not make it back to Washington" for voting against Sotomayor. McCain to vote against Sotomayor
In terms of "Name the _____" polling and voting contests, the fact that the poll/voting may or may not have a full influence on the naming is the norm. Gerst Does Colbert Report (With Video) - NASA Watch
Strange first post, but welcome to FR, fogman! pillut48 (CJ in TX -- Soccer Mom and proud Rush Conservative voting for the McCain / Palin ticket now!!) Latest Articles
All you have to do is fill in one - or more - of the voting slips and send them to our offices.
Politics does not occur only in voting booths or demonstrations.
Today, the Al-Arabiya TV (owned by King Fahd's brother-in-law) anchorperson, Rima Maktabi (whose father died fighting with the Phalanges Party) started the news cast by devoting a special segment to: Where are Hamas leaders? Saturday, January 03, 2009
We should have had a proper discussion before voting.
A method was then referred to of making a rapid portrait lens cover a very large angle by pivoting at its optical center and traversing the plate in the manner of the pantoscopic camera. Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883
Other groups were critical of the voting process in the governorates weeks ago accusing the preparatory committee and governmental officials of behind the scenes manipulation and favouritism in the election of delegates.
This book follows these traditional pairings, devoting separate chapters to each pair.
I'm voting yes, even if it were not well written, well put together and interesting which it is, the fact the word "hyphy" gets used at all within a strucutred scenario gets the "my generation" vote. Reader Response
First, his proposal to appoint ‘socially disadvantaged,’ voting members to local boards gives those members a second ingredient to what they already have, appointive representation.
In fact the numbers voting for it were probably nearer two millions - a respectable enough turnout at a time of civil war, and an indication that the propitiatory gesture of national consultation had achieved some success.
How many coffee-chain baristas and sweatshop seamstresses assume that voting for lower taxes will bring them security and prosperity?
Total abstention (aka copping out) or starting that aforementioned one-member party and voting for it. Boiling a frog
‘I have promised people to continue the reforms and I am sure I can deliver my promises,’ he said after voting.
Mr Lane said that by the whole district voting the temptation was there not to put two strong female candidates on the ticket.
Mr Major has repeatedly made clear his strong opposition changing the voting system.
Today this column makes no excuse for devoting the bulk of its content in tribute to Steve Webster, the 43-year-old North Yorkshire sidecar phenomenon and one of the most over-looked men in British sport.
I'm voting Democrat because protecting barren wasteland is more important than energy independence. Transmitting History
Voting intentions have jumped around recently, though the underlying trends are more stable. Times, Sunday Times
You did have what we call a quorum, more than half where they are voting. CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2005
Can you have confidence in a generalization about gender and voting in the United States based on only two elections?
The petty practicalities of the voting system typifies how outdated the whole system is. Times, Sunday Times
Though celebrated for her work on Disney's hugely successful "Lion King" musical and on films such as "Frida" and "The Tempest," Ms. Taymor has also frequently been described as a micromanager, accused of devoting all her attention to the details of a production while turning a blind eye to budget. 'Spidey' Director's Role Is Cut
The past 10 congresses averaged voting on one amendment apiece, according to Congressional Quarterly.
Armed drones act as judge and executioner, employing on-board systems designed by government contractors, equipt with detectors having access to electronic voting and computer trading data. Bubble Busting, Boom!
3.7.12 prevents a Councillor from voting on any question relating to an Ombudsman's Report in which he has been named and criticised.
Soon she pulled into the driveway of her house, a modest brick ranch type fringing the edges of her voting district.
Fathers 4 Justice has proved devastatingly effective at generating publicity, so much so that on Monday Channel 4 will be devoting a one-hour documentary to them.
They tried to intimidate the young people into voting for them.
Such ‘cultural events’ have become popular whistle-stops for political parties keen to woo the nearly 300,000 Asian New Zealanders of voting age.
A suspended election would involve extraordinary efforts to secure and protect ballots and voting systems.
Ninety per cent of the 162 submissions opposed the nationwide introduction of e-voting as currently envisaged.
After the closing date of February 21st a panel of judges will select shortlists for each category, for voting by the general public from 7th April.
The President's party looked set for five years in power and a free hand on reforms yesterday after trouncing the left and far right in first round voting that pointed to a solid parliament majority.
He was explicit about his intention to overhaul the party's internal voting system.
The ads could cause those who have supported Chen for his reformist ideals to think twice before voting for him, Tseng said.
This brings attendant concerns about shareholder voting. Times, Sunday Times
This regional show takes an in-depth look at how the different voting outcomes would impact your area. The Sun
Voting behaviour varies geographically.
But could he envisage a 'rules conference' voting to disaffiliate? Times, Sunday Times
Based on using and judging American voting trust system, Part II analyses the establishment and effectiveness of voting trust in China through combining with our current law.
The people of Scotland decided the final winners by voting in their thousands via telephone hotlines and the internet.
Voting rights should be rejiggered to make the IMF more representative of the world, and a more attractive forum for Asian nations.
There was a 70%, 25%, 5% split in the voting.
Look, voting is a privilege as well as a right and if you don't vote, you should be ashamed of yourself.
It is putting up 26 candidates and, apart from a moderately sensible policy querying the wisdom of allowing the current system of postal voting to continue, it's pure barminess all the way.
A show of hands resulted in 11 people voting to bring back the bells, with one vote against and six abstentions.
Devoting seven years of one's life to something like this brings its own inner turmoil.
Once blacks saw that voting seemed to have limited effectiveness, black political participation steadily declined from l968 through 1975.
In the churches of Christ the list features the institutional matters already mentioned, as well as pacifism, participation in governmental affairs (including voting), premillennialism, and divorce and remarriage.
He claimed there was widespread voting by noncitizens and illegal aliens.
Time and again voting systems around the world have thrown up anomalous results. Times, Sunday Times
Voting was brisk in spite of the bad weather.
Anyway, voting Conservative would be considerably better for our businesses.
Edmon, who called the AOC's position "unnecessary second-guessing," was joined by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Wesley in voting to transfer the money from the construction fund. BLACK ENTERPRISE
House of Representatives and pretty much misrepresented her and any resident of his district sociallly to the left of Savanarola while helping to perpetrate the now-classic Reaganite Republican big con of voting for tax cuts for the rich and policies that screwed over the working class residents of his district whose interests, he swore, he was protecting by selling them out. Random Thought Number One on The Hoosier Hypocrite
NEW YORK -- The voting for the 2009 NFL Comeback Player of the Year selected by the Associated Press in balloting by a nationwide panel of the media: Patriots' Tom Brady named AP's NFL comeback player of year
Osborne emerged victorious after the second round of voting.
Voting by proxy is not allowed in Parliament but a similar effect is achieved through the practice known as 'pairs'.
Two of the members chose to take issue with the chairman on the question of voting rights.
Allegations of fraud plagued the voting process, instigating violence in Kananga and other major cities throughout the vast nation. Emma Goldberg: American Responsibility on the Campaign Trail
You'd better allow for the members voting against you.
One in seven Labour MPs defied the whip by voting against or abstaining.
We should have had a proper discussion before voting.
We cannot say how much it costs us, but it will mean a lot of staff devoting time to carry out the audit and we would not do that lightly.
Get out of your rut of voting for the aesthetically pleasing contestant with no vocal talent, and pick the ones who can sing.
The scathing report urges drastic action after finding that the voting system remains dangerously inefficient and open to fraud. Times, Sunday Times
His old arse left us in immense debt while he rode away in the sunset - teetering on senility and his handlers kept that fact from the voting electorate. South Carolina Republican releases new TV ad
I imagined upvoting, submitting, and commenting on stories about new music.
The traditional tallymen who have been rendered redundant by the changeover to electronic voting will be welcome at the count, according to Mr Murphy, but their day in the sun will have altered inalienably.
Kudos to Szokolay for devoting part of his program to some of the composer's underrated keyboard gems.
Instead of people putting energy into directly working for local and global change, voting diverts and co-opts people power.
Voting at meetings of licensing boards.
Condorcet voting methods are simply too hard for stupid people to understand. Matthew Yglesias » Alternative Voting
Normally busy streets and cafes were epty Thursday while crowds flocked to voting stations in defiance of the last-minute call forn ecion boycott by the country's former rebel moveent. ANC Daily News Briefing
This law ensures that no matter how large a shareholding, no shareholder can have more than 20% of the voting rights. Times, Sunday Times
Some voting "yes" just because of the refence to "family" in the question. McCain's National Co-Chair: Media Coverage Of Palin Is "Completely Fair," Not Sexist
That's not all - the party plans to use paper ballots rather than voting machines in order to keep down costs.
The situation has gone beyond tactical voting.
By their own admission in the words of their signed contracts with government agencies, voting machine vendors" disclaim "or refuse to stand behind their products. Armed Madhouse and the huge task ahead of us
He and two Stanford colleagues analyzed the results of more than 6,500 congressional races between 1956 and 1996 and concluded that voters hold their legislators accountable for voting that strays from the district's ideological core. Loyalty to Obama Costs Democrats
Colleges are devoting ever more resources to students who are deficient in rudimental abilities.
Viewers will also get their chance to listen to the arguments and express their opinion - voting either online, via digital television or by telephone during the programme.
Undoubtedly, there will be downsides to enlargement of the EU and the introduction of the new mechanisms that are being brought in on voting, etc to facilitate this.
I'm going to be really radical here and say that I think, in some circumstances, the choice not to cast a ballat *is* your vote, and is just as valid a choice as having gone into the voting booth. Hey, Hive Mind
But I am aware that there are certain individuals in the community who are endeavoring to excite alarm among you, and 'bugology you', and frighten you from voting for the school system, by telling you if you do, you will smell a polecat -- that it is intended to tax the poor for the benefit of the rich -- that you will be taxed higher than all creation can pay, and finally in a few years, you will be "distinguished" like Jackson 'distinguished' the national debt. The Beginnings of Public Education in North Carolina; A Documentary History, 1790-1840. Vol. II
It is a very short voting list (they are all in the 'hemicycle' voting on it as I write this), mostly concerning foreign affairs, so UKIP decided to abstain on most of the issues. BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
Although the Jordan normal form is named after him, the Gauss Jordan pivoting elimination method for solving the matrix equation Ax = b is not.
I also worry about extending the rights of citizenship - and voting is the biggie - to people who haven't made that commitment.
African, Arab or Asian countries, or indeed Europeans voting en bloc, can easily outvote the United States.
While the arguments for implementation of e-voting in a country that has a perniciously rose-coloured view of its technological status in this tattered chapter of the Celtic Tiger, the practical difficulties are actually quite large.
Gee, how else would a spokesman for the real party of treason, the Republicans, answer a charge that this criminal administration has once again overstepped the law so badly that even their own Kangaroo Court is voting against them! Think Progress » Lott: Supreme Court Decision Is ‘Ridiculous and Outrageous,’ Has Our Enemies ‘Laughing At Us’
Except that a certain fraction of the CA voting public has by now gotten wise to the thing, and there are now a lot of people (me included) who vote “no” on ALL CA initiatives unless provided with a compelling reason to do otherwise. The Volokh Conspiracy » California’s Woes and Prop 13
The problem with abandoning the bridge-building moderates is that the Democrats really don't represent half of the nation - or at least, not the voting nation.
All week, he has weighed whether voting would help his downtrodden hometown.
Further voting might be held over until tomorrow.
The promotion board consists of at least three voting members and one nonvoting member (the recorder).
Voting will be only effective when a persons action results in clustering of large of epsilon votes into a number which though is small is still larger than insignifcant epsilon. Election Prediction: Voting will be Irrational, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Last Tuesday, I engaged in the civic-minded and (for a Republican) futile act of voting in the Illinois Fifth Congressional District primary. Illinois Politics
Voting was brisk in spite of the bad weather.
Teutonic Knights' Major Chapter House is a place where the finest German Christian warriors reside, training and devoting themselves to the order's pursuits.
Two of the members chose to take issue with the chairman on the question of voting rights.
I just have to "deprogram" them after their Green-voting teacher sends them home. Stop draggin' my, stop draggin' my
The awards are given out at Canventionin Mayso voting will be some time before then once the works have been tabulated. Writing: Prix Aurora Awards « Colleen Anderson
It may not have received as much coverage as the voluntary voting proposal, but one recommendation in yesterday's report of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters is an absolute stinker.
Add on the "zero" votes that Obama got in Harlem (hmmm, Harlem is black, blacks have been voting for Obama 90%-10%, and Obama got no votes) ... sounds fishy to me, Terry. West Virginia Gov. not ready to call race for Obama
The cardinals must take an oath when they first enter the conclave that they will abide by all rules set down by the Pope and that they will maintain absolute secrecy about the voting and deliberations.
It is assumed that holders of other sequestered shares will now try to regain their voting rights.
Millions tell pollsters they would vote Lib Dem if the voting system let them.
He inherited his barony at the age of 19 and was an ardent exclusionist, voting Lord Stafford guilty in 1680.
The Conservative leaders expressed their preference for contributory pensions but did not restrain many of their backbenchers from voting for it.
Because of the plethora of candidates, many of which are trying to cater to the same voting demographics, it is highly unlikely that the winner will command a majority.
He then organized a successful effort to channel the energies of civil rights activists into the politically preferable voting rights arena.
They lose the massive voting bloc which otherwise might double and, in certain urban areas, quadruple their constituencies.
Voting Trust as a new form in a trust system, have great significance for protectinterests of middle-small shareholders, as well as improve their corporate governance structure.
At least we'll beable to secure the voting public that understands without accurate HCR this country will go bankrupted. WH may push through health care reform without Republicans
I teach young adults, most of whom have been very uninvolved in voting and politics.
Representing a distinct, highly opinionated voting bloc, his was a political voice that could not be ignored.
She also displays a number of interesting artefacts, notably an early ballot box, with discs for voting on the guilt or innocence of an accused. Times, Sunday Times
A ballot comes to us from the Italian word balotta for a little ball, since such balls were used for secret voting by placing them in the appropriate urn or box.
Brian, the whole country is pivoting on what you might call a needle of suspense.
So, even as voters have become kind of disenchanted with both parties -- more likely to identify themselves as independents, more likely to vote for people on either side of the ballot when they're voting -- the parties have gone the other direction. CNN Transcript May 27, 2001
Staff size ranges from one person devoting half time to the conference to the equivalent of eleven full-time staff members.
Hardly any of those wacks running for office are worth voting for.
For the moment, union officials are devoting their energies to the labor dispute at Quincy Farms.
In the case cited, however, one is voting for him precisely in order to frustrate his pro-abortion purposes.
But despite desperate attempts to convince the Irish duo to back the reappointments, the pair abstained from voting.
Voting for the man with the glibbest line, the flashy smile, who says whatever his current audience wants to hear is NEVER a recipe for a good leader. Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me
He then organized a successful effort to channel the energies of civil rights activists into the politically preferable voting rights arena.
Seven Australian parliamentary chambers are elected using proportional representation, and four use optional preferential voting.
This requirement may be waived if over 50 percent of the target's voting rights are held by one shareholder.
So lets forget my own personal disasters and get on with the business at hand, that is voting on tomorrows story, start voting now.
Oh, it didn't keep them from voting Republican, usually in the national elections, but they lived and died registered, unreconstructed Democrats.
For all of you folking clamoring over recounts, isn't the purpose of electronic voting machines to avoid such a thing? Tim Hugo's Future Chaos
A voting process so rotten that the stench will linger for decades. Times, Sunday Times
Our province desperately needs a party to once again position themselves in the middle where most of the voting block is.
Congress promises to resurrect both issues when it returns next week for a non-voting rump session.
Though I have missed the senatorship, they will win it nobly by devoting themselves to the affairs of the country, and doing such service as is not soon forgotten. The Commission in Lunacy
The half-solution created electoral chaos, with some black representatives voting against it.

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