Election officials manually count the ballots after the polls close and may be recounted in the event of a dispute.

In May 2005, he was approached two days before the General Election by someone very close to Tony Blair to endorse Labour.

In the 2002 and 2006 Taipei Mayor Election DPP candidates Lee Ying-yuan and Frank Hsieh both proposed the plan to close Songshan Airport, and developed its land into road, huge park, detention basin and sports arena, since the Taiwan High Speed Rail could quickly take up the traffic load between Taipei and western Taiwan cities, and the remaining service to outlying islands and eastern Taiwan could be easily taken over by the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport after the completion of Taoyuan International Airport Access MRT System in early 2014.

The election was expected to be close, with Brown holding a slim lead in most of the polls leading up to Election Day.

The General Election on 17 September produced a close result, with initial election-night figures from rural areas favoring National ( in accordance with tradition and previous patterns ); but by the end of the evening Labour had won 40. 7 % of the vote to National's 39. 6 %.

The 1997 General Election proved to be a close battle, but Graham Brady held on and was elected as the Conservative MP for Altrincham and Sale West with a majority of 1, 505.

At the 2010 Federal Election Hasluck was one of the seats that took several days to determine an outcome as the result was very close.

His belief in social reform and progressive policies brought him close to the socialism of the Labour Party, and he campaigned for Labour candidates at the 1923 General Election.

In the Federal Election of 2004, she led the Family First Party, a political party with close ( though unofficial ) links with the Assemblies of God in Australia denomination.

This law, also known as, “ The McCain-Feingold Bill ,” amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to close the legislative loophole that allowed for unlimited contributions by corporations, unions and individuals to national political parties.

As an indication of her popularity, Boivin came in a very close second during the 40th Canadian Election in October 2008, beating the Liberal and distant Conservative candidates and challenging incumbent Bloc candidate Richard Nadeau very late into election night for the final result.

After the meeting behind the close doors Yushchenko announces: " We do not trust the accountability of the Central Election Commission.

McRae was a candidate for River Ward in the 2010 Municipal Election, easily winning re-election with close to 60 % of the votes.

Election procedures require that in the event of a candidate's death after the close of nominations, the returning officer has to direct the general election poll ( due to be held on May 5 ) to be abandoned, and to call a fresh general election poll in South Staffordshire, under the same writ of election, 28 days after having seen proof of death.

The latter, members of two regiments of Swiss mercenaries transported by Great Britain to Canada to fight the Americans in the War of 1812, had settled in Montreal and Kingston at the close of the war in 1815.

Some were lightly armed in the War of 1812, sailing under Letters of Marque and Reprisal, when the type — exemplified by Chasseur, launched at Fells Point, Baltimore in 1814 became known for her incredible speed ; the deep draft enabled the Baltimore clipper to sail close to the wind.

He again set out on his adventurous travels, lived in close contact, with the first men of his time, such as Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, August von Gneisenau and Heinrich Friedrich Karl Stein, and in 1812 was summoned by the last named to St Petersburg to assist in the organization of the final struggle against France.

The area, because of its close location to Detroit, was of strategic importance during the War of 1812, especially after Detroit fell to the enemy British during the Siege of Detroit in August 1812.

Feeling cheated, in 1805 he moved the family to Credit River, close to York ( present-day Toronto ), where he successfully ran an inn until his death in 1812 following a stroke.

With its significant location on a major water thoroughfare and close to the U. S .- Canadian border, Plattsburgh has been the site of a number of historic events including the Revolutionary War's Battle of Valcour Island and the War of 1812's Battle of Plattsburgh ; the city has a War of 1812 museum.

After a time of close working association with this company, he became a member of its board of directors in 1812.

In 1812 he attempted in vain to turn Napoleon from the projected invasion of Russia, and on the return of the emperor in haste from Smarhoń to Paris at the close of that year, the ex-minister of police was suspected of involvement in the conspiracy of Claude François de Malet, which had been unexpectantly successful.

By 1812, he had become editor of The Sun, a semi-official Tory paper ; he occasionally inserted literary articles, then quite an unusual proceeding ; but a quarrel with the chief proprietor brought that engagement to a close in 1817.

2 stands close nearby and currently hosts an 1812 Murder Mystery Dinner.

Colonists in the United Province of Canada, some who experienced their territory being attacked by the United States only 40 years earlier ( in the War of 1812 ), were uncomfortably close to the giant Union Army and faced terrorist attacks during the mid-19th century in the form of Fenian raids.

In November 1814, Miller was elected Governor of North Carolina by the General Assembly, at the close of the War of 1812, which he supported.

He was also a close friend and confidant of historian James Chace, with whom he collaborated on America Invulnerable: The Quest for Absolute Security from 1812 to Star Wars.

The mission includes but is not limited to ; plan and perform all maintenance, repair and restoration of ; perform annual inspections of Constitution, reporting all work necessary to maintain the ship in satisfactory material condition to perform its mission ; and provide a plan of action and milestones for any corrective action ; as far as practicable, ensure material compliance and documentation with the historic requirements for the ship, as close to its 1812 configuration as possible.

His father was a surveyor and tavern owner who became close friends with William Henry Harrison while the two served together in the War of 1812.

At the close of the War of 1812, Governor of Massachusetts William Eustis was appointed minister to the Netherlands, and Everett accompanied him as secretary of legation, but after a year of service returned home.

Of Metternich, Stadion's successor, he had at the outset no high opinion, and it was not until 1812 that there sprang up between the two men the close relations that were to ripen into lifelong friendship.

The journalist accused Clinton of orchestrating the deaths of several reporters and personal confidants who had gotten too close to his illegalities.

After graduating from high school in 1945, Falk briefly attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, and then tried to join the armed services as World War II was drawing to a close.

Despite her popularity and significance, another Tubman biography for adults did not appear for 60 years, until Jean Humez published a close reading of Tubman's life stories in 2003, and Larson and Clinton both published their biographies in 2004.

In August 1998, when tensions over Kosovo had already begun, Arkan tried to get close to the West, writing a letter of support to U. S. president Bill Clinton over the bombings of U. S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

Although Democratic presidential candidates have only won the county in four of the last 13 elections ( Kennedy in 1960, Johnson in 1964, Clinton in 1992 and Obama in 2008 ), the races have almost always been close, such as in 1980, when Ronald Reagan won by a landslide nationwide, but by a mere 1 % in Wake County.

On September 5, 2002, at 10: 30 p. m., Paul LaRuffa, a 55-year-old pizzeria owner, was shot six times at close range while locking up his Italian restaurant in Clinton, Maryland.

She is a close friend of Secretary of State and former Senator Hillary Clinton, and supported Clinton's 2008 Presidential campaign along with Danson.

Bishop Clinton also fortified the cathedral close and enclosed the town with a bank and ditch, and gates were set up where roads into the town crossed the ditch.

A good example of this close association, for some actors, between western democratic governance and the concept of good governance is the following statement made by U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Nigeria on August 12, 2009:

Former president Bill Clinton, who was a close friend of Bentsen's, delivered a eulogy.

Bumpers, a self-declared close friend of President Clinton, gave an impassioned closing argument in defense of him during Clinton's impeachment trial.

Aston Clinton is a village and civil parish close to the main A41 road in Buckinghamshire, England between Tring and Aylesbury.

Bill Clinton ( left ) meets with Blair in November 1999, his close partner in their mutual Atlanticist views and emphasis on the special relationship.

According to George Stephanopoulos, a former close aide to President Bill Clinton, Warner was among top choices to replace Les Aspin as the Secretary of Defense in the Clinton administration.

In more recent history, U. S. President Bill Clinton was widely criticized for issuing 140 pardons and other acts of executive clemency on his last day in office, including two former close colleagues, donors, fellow Democratic members and his own half-brother.

Harkin was the first Democratic primary contender to drop out and throw his support behind Clinton — a favor that led to a close relationship throughout the Clinton presidency.

The village near the boundary with Hertfordshire, close to Aston Clinton.

Though a very close friend to Bill and Hillary Clinton, Rush announced early on in the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008 that he would support Barack Obama.

He narrowly defeated Dennis Null in 1996 even as Bill Clinton carried the district, but hasn't faced a close race since.

The book also tells of Bill Clinton's tearful confession to General Shelton ; a time during the Clinton administration when a close Clinton aide lost possession of the " biscuit " ( top secret presidential nuclear launch authorization codes ); details of a contentious Camp David meeting among President George W. Bush and his National Security Council immediately after 9 / 11, where internal battle lines were drawn.