In his election address Foot contended that " the armaments race in Europe must be stopped now ".

In his election address to his constituents on 23 January, Gladstone said:

During the 1964 general election, Powell said in his election address, " it was essential, for the sake not only of our own people but of the immigrants themselves, to introduce control over the numbers allowed in.

In the debate on the address shortly after the general election of 1983, Powell picked up on Thatcher's willingness, when asked, to use nuclear weapons as a " last resort ".

Specifically, the Fox network airs coverage of the State of the Union address, presidential debates, national election coverage, as well as live breaking news bulletins from time to time branded as " Fox News Alerts " or sometimes " Fox News Red Alerts ".

This was done in their election address or at two conferences in 1852, one held by the Tenants League and the other about Religious Equality.

The Riksdag, however, finally agreed to a proposal by Bishop Billing, a member of the First Chamber, that an address should be presented to the king asking for a full inquiry into the question of extending the franchise for the election of members to the Second Chamber.

Parkes became a member of Lowe's election committee, was appointed one of his secretaries, and wrote the address to the voters which helped to secure Lowe's return.

When Parliament was dissolved in 1820 he issued an address declining to stand at the next election.

He withdrew on the fifth day of the poll in which, when votes were counted, he came bottom with 376 votes, having issued an address stating he would contest at the next Parliamentary election.

In October 1972, Thapa was arrested and imprisoned in Nakhhu Jail when he demanded Political-Reform by acting up 13 point resolution which included democratic changes in the constitution and restoring rights to the people with democratic election, in the Itum-Bahal address to public meeting.

In 1991 election, he was not allowed to address the people and his vote booth was captured forcing him to lose the election.

Sample of a EasyVote cardVoters are encouraged to bring with them the EasyVote card sent to them before each election, which specifies the voter's name, address, and position on the electoral roll ( e. g. Christchurch East 338 / 23 means the voter is listed in the Christchurch East electorate roll, on line 23 of page 338 ).

Corrupt election officials may misuse voting regulations such as a literacy test or requirement for proof of identity or address in such a way as to make it difficult or impossible for their targets to cast a vote.

In fulfilling his election platform, then Chief Executive Sir Donald Tsang, appointed eight new non-official members the day after the policy address was delivered on 12 October 2005.

No doubt, those who hoped to reach a solution amenable to the papacy were discouraged by the consistorial address of 22 March in which Pius VI spoke out against measures already passed by the Assembly ; also, the election of the Protestant Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne to the presidency of the Assembly brought about " commotions " at Toulouse and Nîmes, suggesting that at least some Catholics would accept nothing less than a return to the ancien régime practice under which only Catholics could hold office.

Though Blair had not been a candidate in the 1896 federal election, he joined the federal cabinet of Sir Wilfrid Laurier shortly thereafter when Laurier approached a number of Liberal premiers to join his government and address its lack of experience.

When writing his election address, Cameron made his own opposition to British membership of the single European currency clear, pledging not to support it.

In an address to the election he had said: " We cannot subscribe to a programme of armed resistance in the field, or even of permanent withdrawal from Westminster ; but to the spirit of Sinn Féin, as distinct from its abstract programme, the great mass of independent single-minded Irishmen have been won over, and accordingly they ought now to have a full and sympathetic trial for enforcing the Irish nation's right of self-determination.

HAVA requires any voter who registered by mail and who has not previously voted in a federal election to show current and valid photo identification or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows the name and address of the voter.

It was claimed that HAVA was meant to strengthen the electoral process, and address the irregularities and voter purges which occurred during the 2000 presidential election in Florida, that were of concern.

Later Amendments address individual liberties and freedoms, federal relationships, election procedures, terms of office, expanding the electorate, ending slavery, financing government, consumption of alcohol and Congressional pay.

During the 1573 Polish election, Albert Frederick attempted to gain acceptance to the Polish senate but was opposed by the powerful Jan Zamoyski ( later Grand Hetman of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland ) who feared the influence of Protestants in the Polish legislative body.

After the recount, President Chen was confirmed the winner of the election by a smaller margin ( 25, 563 as opposed to 29, 518 originally ).

The FDP opposed the 1996 spelling reform ; as a result, their election manifestos are written in the previously conventional spelling.

The first election under this new constitution – held in early 1876 – resulted in a republican victory, with 363 republicans elected as opposed to 180 monarchists.

In the election of 1860, he voted for the fusion ticket in New York which was opposed to Abraham Lincoln, but he could not approve of President Buchanan's course in dealing with secession and eventually supported Lincoln.

It is alleged that the results of the election are known in days as opposed to months depending on the size of the electorate, but this is not always the case depending on the ability to count the rounds of the more complex instant runoff voting.

By 1910, 31 state legislatures had passed resolutions calling for a constitutional amendment allowing direct election, and in the same year ten Republican senators who were opposed to reform were forced out of their seats, acting as a " wake-up call to the Senate ".

He participated in the conclave of 1492 which followed the death of Innocent VIII, and unsuccessfully opposed the election of Cardinal Borgia.

Historian Stanley Jones, in his study of the 1896 election, suggests that western Democrats would have opposed Cleveland even if the party had held its congressional majority in 1894 ; with the disastrous defeat, they believed the party would be wiped out in the West if it did not support silver.

After the death of King Rupert of Germany in 1410, Sigismund – ignoring the claims of his half-brother Wenceslaus – was elected as successor by three of the electors on 10 September 1410, but he was opposed by his cousin Jobst of Moravia, who had been elected by four electors in a different election on 1 October.

In the United States presidential election of 1844, Democrat James K. Polk defeated Whig Henry Clay in a close contest that turned on foreign policy, with Polk favoring the annexation of Texas and Clay opposed.

The progressives were also in favor of the popular election of federal and state judges and opposed to having judges appointed by the president or state governors.

The conservatives favored high tariffs on imported goods to encourage consumers to buy American-made products ( as did most progressives ), favored business leaders over labor unions, and were generally opposed to the popular election of judges.

However, a clean elections initiative in California was defeated by a wide margin at the November 2006 election, with just 25. 7 % in favor, 74. 3 % opposed, and in 2008 Alaska voters rejected a clean elections proposal by a two to one margin.

The current government is promoting independence – by means of a general election ( that is, the government of the day would have the power to decide whether to go independent or not ) as opposed to a referendum ( a direct vote by the people ) – by establishing a committee to investigate ( though the committee is notably staffed with party members, and without representation by the opposition party ).

In 1867, he ran for Governor of Ohio, on a platform opposed to extending suffrage to blacks, but lost to Rutherford B. Hayes in a close election.

In the 1970 gubernatorial election, Thurmond's preferred candidate, conservative U. S. Representative Albert W. Watson, was defeated by the more moderate opponent, Democrat John C. West, who had opposed Thurmond's initial write-in election to the Senate and the then outgoing lieutenant governor.

Clay also opposed the Mexican-American War and the " Manifest Destiny " policy of Democrats, which cost him votes in the close 1844 election.

Similarly, the influence of the Duke of Argyll secured the election of members opposed to Walpole in some parts of Scotland.

The majority of state Attorneys General are chosen by popular election, as opposed to the U. S. Attorney General who is a presidential appointee.

The Resumption Act was hotly debated during the 1880 presidential election, with most western politicians opposed to it.

In the politics of the United States, a spoil system ( also known as a patronage system ) is a practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its voters as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party — as opposed to a merit system, where offices are awarded on the basis of some measure of merit, independent of political activity.

De Gaulle won the 1965 presidential election, opposed on his left by François Mitterrand who had taken the lead of the Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left, a coalition of most left-wing parties ( apart from the French Communist Party, then led by Waldeck Rochet who did call to vote for Mitterrand ).

This was as opposed to the Keating – Kefauver proposal, which did not provide for filling a vacancy in the office of Vice President prior to the next presidential election or itself provide a process for determining presidential disability.