They will be able to tilt the electoral balance and turn many red-or, conceivably, blue-states purple.
Though his liberal stance won the electoral college, Patriarch Daniel will still have much to do to shore up his church against its critics.
Because of the vagaries of Britain's electoral system, if replicated at the election those Numbers could well result in a hung parliament, ie, one in which no party has an absolute majority.
It said there was no evidence of systematic electoral fraud.
Researchers have to be careful when they observe simple correlations between subjective beauty and electoral success.
Some would like to change the electoral system bequeathed by General Pinochet, under which the two main coalitions are guaranteed almost all the seats in Congress.
This was not a direct test of popular sentiment: the senatorial electoral college is made up mainly of local and regional councillors, and the Socialists have won many local elections in recent years.
It is highly unlikely that any one electoral alliance will win a majority of seats.
The country has seen two Presidential crises during this time, the most recent being the 2005 Philippine electoral crisis.
And then, after months of wrangling, an electoral law was finally ratified on December 6th, enabling a general election to be held early next year, probably on March 7th.
Only blatant manipulation of electoral rules ensured that the President's camp retained a strong majority in the National Assembly.
With prices for Venezuela's oil exports high, the government will doubtless ramp up imports again rather than see shortages turn into an electoral liability.
Running a formidable electoral machine, he provides finance and campaign management in return for the loyalty of members of parliament.
That said, the automakers hold a trump card: Michigan and Ohio have 37 electoral votes.
Second, once the census numbers are in, state legislatures will begin early next year to redraw their internal electoral districts, as well as those for the House of Representatives in Washington, DC.
Western electoral experts are usually the most despairing of the lot.
Moreover, said the judges, PdL representatives were required to have been at the electoral office when the deadline expired, and there was no proof they were.
However, the Madrid electoral authority has banned the gathering on the grounds that it was unauthorised and could affect the freedom of citizens to vote.
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