Although a somewhat technical subject, it has important political implications as the above discussion of the voting system indicated.

Although these letters are not formally published in the Doctrine and Covenants, they are still deemed to be inspired, and are dealt with in the same manner that revelations are ( that is, they must be deliberated and approved by the voting members of a World Conference ).

Although the Brazilian Government, the Catholic Church, and the United Nations, among others, fought for the gun ban, the referendum failed at the polls, with 64 % of the voters voting no.

Although the counting process is complicated, voting is clear and most voters get at least one of their preferences elected.

Although the Republican Party and Democratic Party chapters in Puerto Rico have selected voting delegates to the national nominating conventions since the early 1900s, public interest in these processes heightened as a result of the efforts of a group of Democratic statehooders led by Franklin Delano López in 1976 to elect delegates supporting former Georgia Gov.

Although his party faced long odds in the voting booth, MacDonald had not given up hope in the campaign.

Although Americans consistently rank environmental issues as " important ", polling data indicates that in the voting booth voters rank the environmental issues low relative to other political concerns.

Although the deputies claimed to defend the interests of the people, most had an important fear of common people, of innovations, of socialism and even of simple measures, such as the extension of voting rights.

Although the US government claimed that the election turnout was hardly over 10 %, international observers saw turnout of around 50 %, and at the time, CNN reported a turnout of 60 % with over 92 % voting for Aristide.

Although there was some controversy in the final voting, for the first time, everyone was allowed to compete and have their votes count in the results.

Although he has had limited success at the voting booth regarding his candidacy for the colonial post of Governor of Puerto Rico in 1976, 1980, 1988, 2000 and 2004-losing every time to either the Popular Democratic Party ( PPD ) or the New Progressive Party ( PNP ) candidate-he nevertheless has enjoyed great electoral success regarding his candidacy to the Senate, receiving more votes than any other candidates in the Puerto Rican senatorial elections of 1972, 1984, 1992 and 1996.

Although this will reduce GIP's stake to 42 %, the private equity firm's extra voting rights will enable it to retain control of the airport's board.

Although major decisions about the future of the kibbutz were made by consensus or by voting, day-to-day decisions about where people would work were made by elected leaders.

Although Arkansas generally does not use its civil townships for any governmental purpose, they are used for voting boundaries in some places.

Although voting for the creation of Lee County and for making Bishopville its county seat occurred in 1892, there was a delay in enacting these votes until February 1902, when it was ruled that Bishopville had met all requirements to be a county seat.

Although Renyolds won the first round of voting with a comfortable margin, supporters of O ' Kennedy backed McAleese.

Although not always the case, participation in deliberation has often been found to shift participants opinions in favour of Green positions, and can even cause a favourable change of voting intention.

Although he repeatedly finished bottom of the score board after the judges ' votes, the public consistently voted to keep him in the competition, prompting criticism of the viewers ' voting by the judges and some dancers.

Although many people mistakenly think that play clinched the Heisman Trophy for Flutie, the voting was already completed before that game.

Although a majority of those voting backed devolution in the referendum, the vote was close and crucially the Yes votes did not reach the 40 % threshold set by Parliament.

Although his voting record is not always in line with that of the Democratic Party, on March 17, 2010, after being courted by President Barack Obama, his wife and others, he reluctantly agreed to vote with his colleagues for the Healthcare Bill without a public option component.

Although all voting systems are vulnerable to tactical voting, systems which fail the monotonicity criterion suffer an unusual form, where voters with enough information about other voter strategies can support their candidate by counter-intuitively voting against that candidate.

Although similar in design, the first-past-the-post voting method is not synonymous with plurality voting.

Although he is perfectly willing to cooperate with Scotland Yard, Holmes has nothing but contempt for the intelligence and mentality of the police.

Although it is constantly made to look foolish ( too simple to come in out of the rain, people say, who have found in the innocent an impediment ), it does not mind looking foolish because it is not concerned with how it looks.

Although one meets with occasional extremists like Zachrisson or, very recently, Arthur Wade-Evans the majority of scholars have taken a middle position between the extremes of scepticism and gullibility.

Although Patchen has given previous evidence of an interest in jazz, the musical group that he works with, the Chamber Jazz Sextet, is often ignored by jazz critics.

Although the false glamour surrounding bourbon or other whisky commercials is possibly no more fatuous than the pseudo-sophistication with which TV soft-drinks are downed or toothpaste applied, there is a sad difference between enticing a viewer into sipping Oopsie-Cola and gulling him into downing bourbon.

Although they are forbidden to sit with the customers, the dancers are sometimes proffered drinks, and most of them can bolt one down in mid-shimmy.

Although it had seemed a good reason, to begin with: no couple could afford to have children.

Although I suggested that you hold the bar at the back of the neck there's no reason why you shouldn't make some experiments with the bar held in front of the neck.

Although lacking absolute verisimilitude, they supply the ear and the imagination with all necessary materials for re-creation of the original.

Although the Af calculation is obvious by analogy with that for gravitational field and osmotic pressure, it is interesting to confirm it by a method which can be generalized to include related effects.

Although we are still far from a complete understanding of these problems, as a first approximation, it is suggested that alterations in the hypothalamic balance with consequent changes in the hypothalamic-cortical discharges account for major changes in behavior seen in various moods and states of emotions in man and beast under physiological circumstances, in experimental and clinical neurosis, and as the result of psychopharmacological agents.

Although the teacher must be concerned with maintaining standards, he must also be concerned about understanding differences in ability, background, and experience.

Although Rhode Islanders were preparing for the state elections, they watched John Brown's trial with extreme interest.

Although slab stock appeared first, it soon became apparent that for the production of cushions with irregular shapes, crowned contours, or rounded edges, the cutting of slab stock is a wasteful and uneconomical process.

Although we enjoyed our rounds of the government offices in Vientiane, with officials offering tea and pleasing conversation in French, we were getting nowhere.

Although the Administration's program cut crop acreage to the lowest point since 1934, farmers, with the help of extra fertilizer and good weather, are getting such high yields per acre that many are being forced to buy new harvesting machines.

Although the particular form of conceptualization which popular imagination had made in response to the experience of spirit was undoubtedly defective, the raw experience itself which led to such excesses remains with us as vividly as ever.

Although the theological forms of the past continue to exist in a way they do not in a more secularized situation, the striking thing is the rapidity with which they are being reduced to a marginal existence.

Although he later broke with the churches because he believed that they were insufficiently outspoken against social evils, he remained a devout Christian.

Although I absolutely reject the Platonism of it, I have literally squealed with delight at the imperturbable perfection with which the position is laid down on page after page ''.

Although he is not graced with the subtleties of romantic technique, that's not what an ex-prize fighter is supposed to have, anyway.

Although Crete had contacts with Mari from 2000 BC, there is no evidence that the ecstatic prophetic art existed during the Minoan and Mycenean ages.

Although the fossils of several older proto-frogs with primitive characteristics are known, the oldest " true frog " is Prosalirus bitis, from the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona.

Although most species are associated with water and damp habitats, some are specialised to live in trees and in deserts.