Through his allies, Johnson maneuvered among the senators in an attempt to secure a favorable vote ; for example, a pledge was made to Sen. James W. Grimes to install a more highly respected War Secretary and to cease interference with Congress ' Reconstruction efforts.

They are elected for life from among the ordained elders ( presbyters ) by vote of the delegates in regional ( called jurisdictional ) conferences, and are consecrated by the other bishops present at the conference through the laying on of hands.

Without documents, they could not be employed, educated, treated in hospitals, travel outside of the country, or vote, among other hardships.

Costa Rica was among the first to call for a postponement of the May 22 elections in Peru when international observer missions found electoral machinery not prepared for the vote count.

As of the 2010 season, each voter places a vote for first, second, third, fourth and fifth place among the pitchers of each league.

Paschasinus further ordered the reinstatement of Theodoret and that he be given a seat, but this move caused such an uproar among the council fathers, that Theodoret also sat in the nave, though he was given a vote in the proceedings, which began with a trial of Dioscorus.

The same year she was elected to the first London School Board, an office newly opened to women ; Elizabeth's was the highest vote among all the candidates.

This makes the plurality voting system among the simplest of all voting systems for voters and vote counting officials ( it is however very contentious to draw district boundary lines in this system ).

In the immediate aftermath of the General Assembly's vote on the Partition plan, the explosions of joy among the Jewish community were counterbalanced by the expression of discontent among the Arab community.

For example, the Rashtriya Janata Dal ( translated as National People's Party ) has a vote bank among the Yadav and Muslim population of Bihar and the All India Trinamool Congress does not have any significant support outside West Bengal.

Kahane also believed that a Jewish democracy with non-Jewish citizens was self-contradictory because the non-Jewish citizens might someday become a numerical majority and vote to make the state non-Jewish: " The question is as follows: if the Arabs settle among us and make enough children to become a majority, will Israel continue to be a Jewish state?

He incurred the hostility of the Puritan theocracy in Boston, casting the only dissenting vote among ministers against the expulsion of Roger Williams.

If no one received a majority of votes, then the House of Representatives would choose among the five highest vote-getters, with each state getting one vote.

The popular vote was close, and Grant benefited from his popularity in the North and among the newly enfranchised freedmen in the South, and the temporary political disfranchisement of many Southern whites.

Further, by the time New York came to a vote, ten states had already ratified the Constitution and it had thus already passed — only nine states had to ratify it for the new government to be established among them ; the ratification by Virginia, the tenth state, placed pressure on New York to ratify.

He was voted the third greatest British prime minister of the 20th century in a poll of 139 academics organised by MORI, and in 2002 he was named among the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide vote.

In cases of technical modifications, the MSMA can unilaterally enact or veto changes by unanimous vote among its members.

The president had the freedom to choose, from among members of the Dáil, any vice-president he wished, but the remainder of the cabinet had be approved by a vote of consent in the Dáil before they could assume office.

During the 2004 election campaign, she withheld support for Nader's bid, being among several " Nader 2000 Leaders " who signed a petition that urged voters to vote for Democratic Party candidate John Kerry.

At its apex, the CNH had 240 student delegates and made all decisions by majority vote, equally represented female students, and reduced animosity among rival institutions.

The musicians operated as a cooperative society, deciding by a majority vote such issues as who would become a member, which music would be performed and who among them would conduct.

That said the county's vote has been shifting Republican as reflected by Barack Obama's win of barely more than 2 %, the lowest margin among all Democratic presidential candidates who have carried Houston County since its inception.

In 1997, a vote exclusively among Members of Parliament, he topped the poll in the first and second rounds.

Nationally, the Moral Majority encouraged electoral participation among its members and used registration drives to register church-goers to vote, with the logic that Moral Majority members would be likely to vote for Moral Majority-endorsed candidates, thus strengthening the organization ’ s electoral efficacy and strengthening its endorsements.

In the 1983 general election, the alliance took 25 % of the popular vote, but this only translated into 23 seats ( out of a total of 650 ).

On June 27, 1977, a third vote took place.

In 1997, a new law took effect, allowing Dominicans living abroad to retain their citizenship and vote in Presidential elections.

The military council, which took power in early 2011, promised a fair and civilian vote.

Francisco Vázquez Gómez took over the nomination, but during Madero's time in jail, Díaz was " elected " as president with an electoral vote of 196 to 187.

Vinicio Cerezo, a civilian politician and the presidential candidate of the Christian Democracy Party, won the first election held under the new constitution with almost 70 % of the vote, and took office on January 14, 1986.

However, in February 1852, Palmerston took revenge on Russell by voting with the Conservatives in a " no confidence " vote against the Russell government.

Polk won the popular vote by a margin of about 39, 000 out of 2. 6 million, and took the Electoral College with 170 votes to Clay's 105.

In the first round, no candidate took the required majority, Weah won this round with 28 % of the vote.

In the 2008 general election, Lazio gave 44. 2 % of its vote to the centre-right coalition, while the centre-left block took 41. 4 % of vote.

The latest elections took place on 17 June 2006, where leftist Smer won elections with 29. 14 % ( around 670 000 votes ) of the popular vote and formed coalition with Slota's Slovak National Party and Mečiar's Movement for a Democratic Slovakia.

Unlike World War I, however, when Canada was automatically at war as soon as Britain joined, King asserted Canadian autonomy by waiting until September 10, a full week after Britain's declaration, when a vote in the House of Commons took place, to support the government's decision to declare war.

Wilson took 41. 8 % of the popular vote and won 435 electoral votes from 40 states.

This vote has been judged illegitimate, since there was no quorum: only 44 of the 125 members took part in it ( all voted " for ").

It took years and Federal court intervention to achieve the redistricting necessary to establishing " one man, one vote " representation.

Many of the important details of the new coalition had been hammered out on 20 September, though minor details were reportedly still being hammered out as the vote took place.

Minnesota elected Humphrey to the United States Senate in 1948 on the DFL ticket, unseating incumbent Republican Joseph H. Ball with 60 % of the vote, and he took office on January 3, 1949.

More than one million people in France took part in street rallies ; slogans such as " vote for the crook, not the fascist " were heard in opposition to Le Pen.

However, he took it upon himself to resign, saying " Well, that is not a vote of confidence, so the party will have to elect a new leader.

" When the House of Representatives finally took a roll call vote on February 9, 1941, the 260 to 165 vote fell largely along party lines.

The vote in the Senate, which took place a month later, revealed a similar partisan divide.

36, 26 % of the voters took part in the vote, just over the validation threshold.

The area is heavily Republican, and John McCain took over 70 % of the vote in the 2008 Presidential Election.