Because voters may have to cast votes several times, EB is not used in large-scale public elections.

Because of the unusually large number of candidates receiving electoral votes, no candidate secured a majority and the tie between the two front runners, Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams, was broken in the House of Representatives.

Because the allocation of electoral votes is independent of each state's turnout, the Electoral College neutralizes the effect of all such turnout disparities between states.

Because Greeley died only days after the popular vote, Hendricks received 42 electoral votes from faithless electors previously pledged to Greeley.

Because the proposal received a majority of the votes cast in each municipality, on November 26, 1946, Judge L. A. Mashburn issued an order annexing the city.

Because of the large number of Sinn Féin candidates elected unopposed, and despite their opponents polling nearly 52 % of the votes, the elections were seen as a landslide victory for the party.

Because free votes are the norm in the United States, the terms " free vote " and " conscience vote " are generally unused and unknown there.

Because in my own region, I know that we cheated in the elections to the extent of 350, 000 votes.

Because the San Francisco Green Party endorsed him, Camejo earned more votes in San Francisco than Republican gubernatorial nominee Bill Simon, a rarity in third-party politics.

Because Steck appeared to have lost the race for by a small margin, with Brookhart getting 447, 594 votes to Steck's 446, 840, Brookhart initially retained his seat, and was sworn in on March 4, 1925.

Because the Republicans did not field any candidate on the primary ballot, Welch won enough write-in votes to win the Republican nomination.

Because his name remained on the ballot and he received a majority of votes cast, his widow, Carolyn K. Justus, was named by the local Republican party to fill his seat in the House of Representatives during his tenth term.

Because less than half of the previous year's votes had been cast for those still eligible, hopes had increased that new inductees might at last be elected.

Because six votes are required to make any changes to the Laws, no change can be made without FIFA's approval, but FIFA cannot change the Laws on its own.

Because regional parties often cannot receive enough votes or legislative seats to be politically powerful, they may join political coalitions or seek to be part of a coalition government.

Because it is a body that is ultimately here to provide service and guidance to Rabbinical Assembly members, it is also right and proper that authoritative opinions not be categorized by the number of votes they received, and that they not be binding on Rabbinical Assembly members in a coercive sense, but rather only in the sense that we are bound by our covenant to one another to give extraordinary weight to CJLS responsa in reaching our own legal decisions.

Because he received more than 50, 000 votes on the WFP line, the party gained an automatic ballot line for the succeeding four years.

Because he is not a natural born citizen of the United States, Calero is ineligible to become U. S. president under the United States Constitution, and so James Harris, the Socialist Workers ' Party presidential candidate from 2000, stood in on the ticket in nine states where Calero could not be listed, receiving 7, 102 additional votes .< ref >

Because list MPs gain their positions by virtue of being on a party list, rather than by winning votes personally, some contend that the party, not the MP, is the rightful " owner " of the seat.

( Because minor parties ' votes are not uniformly available, totals and thus percentages can be slightly inconsistent, either between different elections or between individual boroughs and the whole City in the same election.

Because of his collaboration with the German occupation troops, the Metropolitan-Primate Conon Arămescu-Donici was forced to resign on December 1, 1919 and on December 31, 1919, Cristea was chosen by the Great Electoral College to be the Metropolitan-Primate of Whole Romania with 435 votes out of 447.

Because Bairu are the large majority, Museveni would lose many votes if he restored the kingship.

Because the American political system awards a state or congressional district entirely to one candidate (" winner take all ") without regard to the margin of victory, it results in a map that does not reflect the true distribution of " red " or " blue " votes across the nation.

Because the Democrats did not have enough votes to stop the legislature from passing the plan, 52 Democrats from the House of Representative left for Oklahoma in order to prevent a quorum.

Because the wavelength of light selected by the filter varies with the angle of incidence of the light, such jewelry often has an iridescent effect, changing color as the ( for example ) earrings swing.

Because write bitlines are full swing, they can cause significant disturbances on read bitlines.

Because of her involvement with three of the most popular bands of the big band swing era, Forrest was known as " the voice of the name bands.

Because the two round system and the exhaustive ballot involve separate rounds of voting, voters can use the results of one round to decide how they will vote in the next, whereas this is not possible under IRV.

Because they may be managed and controlled by nonresidents, their interests may conflict in fundamental respects with the interests of eligible voters.

Because of a state law requiring a minimum of 175 registered voters in order to incorporate, a new incorporation could not be done.

Because many Washington residents were disappointed over the loss of their blanket primary, which the Washington State Grange helped institute in 1935, the Grange filed Initiative 872 in 2004 to establish a blanket primary for partisan races, thereby allowing voters to once again cross party lines in the primary election.

Because a market system relies on the assumption that players are constantly involved and unequally enabled, a market system is distinguished specifically from a voting system where candidates seek the support of voters on a less regular basis.

Because of the skewed franchise, a large body of voters continued to vote for Unionists, who wished to maintain the Union that joined Britain and Ireland.

" Because Union Township was familiarly known as West Chester, plus the abundance of other townships in Ohio called Union, the name was changed to West Chester Township effective June 28, 2000, after being ratified by the township's voters at the March 9 primary election.

Because of cost overruns, the voters had to go to the polls again in 1967 to approve another $ 13 million.

Because of Agnew's apparent weakness as a candidate relative to Muskie, Humphrey was heard to remark that voters ' uncertainties about whom to choose between the two major presidential candidates should be resolved by their attitudes toward the Vice-Presidential candidates.

Because of the polarization of the debate over constitution from 1970 to 1995, conservative voters have often limited their choice between the Quebec Liberal Party or the Parti Québécois.

Because of Šķēle's powerful personality, many voters identified the party with its leader during this period.

Because African Americans could not be voters, they were prevented from being jurors and serving in local offices.

Because state funds were scarce and congestion on other freeways and on surrounding surface streets was tremendous, a slight majority of voters ( 56 %) voted for the tax in 1984.

Because Meretz had failed to attract voters disappointed with the Labor Party despite Labor's falling numbers in the ballot box, or even those who had voted for the Pensioners Party, an initiative was launched to broaden Meretz's representation.

Because of this, it is difficult to gauge how successful CIA tactics were in swaying voters.

Because the ballot paper was handed to voters folded in half, many made the hole without unfolding the ballot, thus making two holes and invalidating their vote.

Because of this strange relationship between the candidates and the voters, strategic nomination through this manner is doubtful as it becomes very much a question of whether the presence or absence in an election of a potential " cycle-maker " ( provided one exists and can be found ) can be decided by those who seek to gain from it.

Because the regulations dealt mostly with soft-money contributions that were used to register voters and increase attendance at the polls, not with campaign expenditures ( which are more explicitly a statement of political values and therefore deserve more protection ), the Court held that the restriction on free speech was minimal.

Because attack ads have no positive content, they have the potential to be more influential than contrast ads in shaping voters ’ views of the sponsoring candidate ’ s opponent.

Because of these and other events, the Democrats lost ground with white voters in the South, as those same voters increasingly lost control over what was once a whites-only Democratic Party in much of the South.

Because voter turnout varies from district to district these figures are only approximately correct ; full statistics on voter imbalance including the numbers of registered voters in every district, are regularly published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

Callaway was the first Republican even to seek the Georgia governorship since 1876. Because Republicans held no primary at the time in Georgia, Callaway was required to obtain 87, 000 signatures, or 5 percent of the then registered voters, to guarantee ballot access.