Before that, dating back to 1970, writers voted for three pitchers, with the formula of 5 points for a first place vote, 3 for a second place vote and 1 for a third place vote.

Before the vote to award franchises in 1959, Murchison revealed to Marshall that he owned the song and Marshall could not play it during games.

Before being read, the ballots are counted while still folded ; if the number of ballots does not match the number of electors, the ballots are burned unopened and a new vote is held.

Before his return, he commented on the drafting of the state's constitution ; he continued to support freehold suffrage, by which only property holders could vote.

Before universal suffrage, this distinction was important, since many people were ineligible to vote but still were considered to have the fundamental freedoms derived from the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Before women obtained the right to vote in 1920, Lillian Daley was an active Suffragette, participating in marches.

" Before his death at age 83 in 1931, the prolific inventor amassed a record 1, 093 patents for creations including the phonograph, a stock ticker, the motion-picture camera, the incandescent lightbulb, a mechanical vote counter, the alkaline storage battery including one for an electric car, and the first commercial electric light.

Before the vote, there were calls for the bills to be separated at the Diet.

Before this reform, article 49, 3 was frequently used, especially when the government had short majority in the Assemblée nationale to support the text but still enough to avoid a non-confidence vote ).

( Before 2004, when elections to the Legislative Council from the Election Committee was abolished, members returned through the Election Committee vote with members returned from geographical constituencies.

Before a vote is taken at a Council meeting, though, all proposals are circulated in writing to the heads of departments, who commission the senior career officials of their department – the heads of the Federal Offices – to prepare a written response to offer criticism and suggestions.

Before the vote for independence, five of Pennsylvania ’ s delegates, all loyalists, were forced to resign.

Before the primary, he made it known that he was not planning to run for president and that any delegates pledged to him would not be committed to vote for him after the first round.

Before the House votes on any issue, the Speaker " puts the question "; that is, he or she orally states the motion on which the members are to vote.

Before parliamentary reform in 1832, freedom of the city or town conferred the right to vote in the ' parliamentary boroughs ' for the MPs.

Before demutualisation, customers who would be affected by the change were given the opportunity to vote on it.

Before 1987, the top four teams would be promoted to the Third Division and the bottom four teams were subject to a re-election vote by other league clubs to determine whether they would remain in the league.

Before the 2006 midterm elections, The American Conservative urged its readers to vote for Democrats, saying, " It should surprise few readers that we think a vote that is seen — in America and the world at large — as a decisive “ No ” vote on the Bush presidency is the best outcome.

Before 2003, when a modified one member, one vote ( OMOV ) system was adopted, every biennial New Democratic Party convention, since 1961, was a leadership convention.

Before becoming a board member for the Fiesta Bowl, he was a teacher and pharmaceutical sales representative for AstraZeneca.

Before 1801, Irish peers were those who had the right to sit in the Irish House of Lords, but after the Union in 1801, they elected just twenty-eight representative peers to the House of Lords at Westminster.

Before serving as president, Khatami had been a representative in the parliament from 1980 to 1982, supervisor of the Kayhan Institute, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance ( 1982 – 1986 ), and then for a second term from 1989 to May 24, 1992 ( when he resigned ), the head of the National Library of Iran from 1992 to 1997, and a member of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution.

Before gaining independence in 1968, it was the Monarch of the United Kingdom who served as sovereign of the dependency while the representative of head of state was a Viceroy or Governor.

Before, he had been the Iranian Minister of Labour under Mir-Hossein Mousavi, a parliament representative from Behshahr, and a presidential candidate in two of the presidential elections in Iran ( running against Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami, both in their second terms ).

Before his appointment in 2001 by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, he had served the U. N. as special representative to Haiti and to South Africa.

Before long however the British Fascists began to advocate a more authoritarian government in which the monarch would take a leading role in government as well as advocating the establishment of a Benito Mussolini style corporate state, policy changes made possible by the departure of Blakeney, who was committed to representative democracy and whose main economic opinion was opposition to the gold standard.

Before entering politics, she spent nine years in the banking sector and seven as a merchandising representative.

Before being elected, he worked in the health care field as a pharmaceutical representative with Pfizer Inc., and as a political assistant to Grant Devine.

Before his appointment as a general authority, Mason was a bishop, stake president, and a regional representative of the Twelve in the church.

Before it was ready, however, the Civil War began, and Corcoran, a Southern sympathizer, left Washington for Paris, where his son-in-law, George Eustis Jr., was a representative of the Confederacy.

Before becoming interim executive director in 1996, he served as a personnel representative and compensation analyst, employment manager, assistant personnel administrator, associate hospital director, and chief operating officer.

Before entering politics, he served as a career diplomat in Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 10 years ( 1985 – 1995 ) 4 of which were spent as a representative of Thailand to the United Nations in New York ( 1987 – 1992 ).

Before joining the Brumbies, Lenny played in the NRL for the Northern Eagles and Newcastle Knights and is a former Australian Schoolboys Rugby League representative.

Before his tenure as government minister, Hareide had sat through one term in the municipal council of his native Bømlo, served as a deputy representative to the national parliament as well as working two years as a State Secretary.

Before the elections, he had made a secret pact to hand over power to fellow representative George Odlum within the first six months in power, a deal he broke following pressure from US officials and other allies.

Before serving as a representative, Levy was a lawyer, utility company executive, and member of the Hempstead Town Council from 1989 to 1993.

Before the announcement of the cancellation, a representative of S ' More stated that it was unlikely the release would include the pilot episode, since it involved royalty issues with Nelvana ( producer of the special ) and with John Sebastian ( whose performing in the episode required music clearances ).

Before the " dump ," a representative from each department usually reads a list of significant contributors, businesses who helped the department during fund-raising efforts, and numerous others who helped in any way — a process that is time-consuming and boring to many outsiders, but an endearing tradition of the Crusade that locals look forward to.

Before the advent of representative government in 1870, the title was Advocate-General of Western Australia.

Before 1821, Costa Rica was part of the Spanish Empire and did not have a local coat of arms.

Before expiring he succeeded, however, in setting fire to the hostel, thus contributing decisively to the Costa Rican victory at Rivas.

Before the full Black Sabbath reunion, Ward and the original Sabbath had re-united twice for short sets, first for Live Aid in 1985 and then at a Costa Mesa, California Ozzy Osbourne show on 14 November 1992.

Before the Scarlet Macaw's decline in population, its distribution included much of Costa Rica.

Before joining MLS and the Chicago Fire in late in 2004, Herron played two years with Costa Rican Club Sport Herediano, which he led to Costa Rica's 2004's title, by leading the Costa Rican clausura's tournament with 14 goals and 13 assists.

Before the 2006 season, Costa was promoted to be the Head of Design and Development at Ferrari, as the team announced Nicholas Tombazis as their new Chief Designer.

Before entering college, Krasinski taught English in Costa Rica.

Before becoming Prime Minister Costa was ambassador to Portugal, from where he was appointed as Prime Minister to lead a coalition government in April 2002.

Before Costa Brava became the official name, other names were suggested, such as Costa Grega ( Greek Coast ), Costa del Corall ( Coral Coast ), Costa Serena ( Serene Coast ), Costes de Llevant ( Levant Coasts ) or Marina de l ' Empordà ( Empordà Marine ).

Before BART service was extended farther south to Colma in 1996 and Millbrae in 2003, Daly City Station was the only BART station in San Mateo County as opposed to mostly San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties and served as the terminal station ( now at Millbrae ) on the San Francisco Peninsula for the BART system.