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... her whole rights and her liberties inviolable; and we will this to be observed in such a manner, that it may appear from thence, that the freedom of elections, which was reputed most requisite to the English Church, which we granted, and by our Charter confirmed, and obtained the Confirmation of the same, from our Lord Pope Innocent the Third, before the rupture between u...

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...erved in such a manner, that it may appear from thence, that the freedom of elections, which was re puted most requisite to the English Church, whic...

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... so she was on his side. “So we can reckon upon you, count, for the coming elections?” said Sviazhsky. “But you must come a little beforehand, so as t... ...asting, but increasing his substance. In October there were the provincial elections in the Kashinsky province, where were the estates of Vronsky, Svi... ...y, Sviazhsky, Koznishev, Oblonsky, and a small part of Levin’s land. These elections were attracting public attention from several circumstances conne... ...ions 111 Tolstoy were being made for them. Persons who never attended the elections were coming from Moscow, from Peters- burg, and from abroad to at... ...hese. Vronsky had long before promised Sviazhsky to go to them. Before the elections Sviazhsky, who often visited Vozdvizhenskoe, drove over to fetch ... ...se it would be the same thing over and over again.” And he set off for the elections without appealing to her for a candid explanation. It was the fir... ...insky province, and took great interest in the question of the approaching elections, made ready to set off to the elections. He invited his brother, ... ...l dragged on. The district marshals of nobility were all occupied with the elections, and it was impossible to get the simplest thing done that depend... ...president, though he had not given over his duties to a deputy, was at the elections. All these worrying negotiations, this endless going from place t...

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...for unworthy candidates to practice with success the vicious arts by which elections are too often carried; and the suffrages of the people being more... ...ugh all the successive variations in a representative body, which biennial elections would naturally produce in both houses? Is 116 The Federalist Pa... ...e the same. A frequent change of men will result from a frequent return of elections; and a frequent change of measures from a frequent change of men:... ...of this article, two questions must be considered: first, whether biennial elections will, in this case, be safe; sec- ondly, whether they be necessar... ...mediate dependence on, and an intimate sympathy with, the people. Frequent elections are unquestionably the only policy by which this dependence and s... ...ian succession. From these facts it appears that the greatest frequency of elections which has been deemed necessary in that kingdom, for binding the ... ...f we may argue from the degree of lib- erty retained even under septennial elections, and all the other vicious ingredients in the parliamentary const... ...ce of the people over their representatives as to satisfy us that biennial elections, under the federal system, cannot possibly be dangerous to the re... ...equisite dependence of the House of Representatives on their constituents. Elections in Ireland, till of late, were regulated entirely by the discreti...

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...ent, according to Law. Section 4. The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be pre scribed in each S...

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... it were denied to direct proof. Plural voting, though practiced in vestry elections and those of poor law guardians, is so unfamiliar in elections to... ...blic opinion necessary in all acts of the govern ment of a democracy. The elections thus made have proved eminently successful, and are conspicuously... ...ave proved eminently successful, and are conspicuously the best of all the elections in the United States, the Senate invariably con sisting of the m... ...of town councils has already led to a considerable perversion of municipal elections from their intended pur pose, by making them a matter of party p... ...the ballot in clubs and private societies to its adoption in parliamentary elections. A member of a club is really, what the elector falsely believes ... ...ith questions as to how he had voted. It is far otherwise in Parliamentary elections, and is likely to remain so as long as the social relations exist... ...of the locality. Hustings, poll clerks, and all the necessary machinery of elections, should be at the public charge. Not only the candidate should no... ...s attempt to prevent brib ery, because there has been no real desire that elections should not be costly. Their costliness is an advantage to those w... ...e higher body, to making the plural voting depend (as in some of the local elections of our own country) on a mere money qualifica tion; for the hone...

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...onal shall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate at municipal elections in the Member State in which he resides, under the same condition... ...not a national shall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parlia- ment in the Member State in which he resi... ... by the following: “3. The European Parliament shall draw up proposals for elections by direct universal suffrage in accordance with a uniform procedu... ... by the following: “3. The European Parliament shall draw up proposals for elections by direct universal suffrage in accordance with a uniform procedu... ...e number of members of the European Par- liament in good time for the 1994 elections. The deci- sions will be taken in the light, inter alia, of the n...

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...ing the mis chievous burden of what are called the legitimate expenses of elections. Among our many amendments, was that of Mr. Fawcett for making th... ...he extension of the precautions and penalties against bribery to municipal elections, which are well known to be not only a preparatory school for bri... ...ell known to be not only a preparatory school for bribery at parliamentary elections, but an habitual cover for it. The Conservative Government, howev... ...ir Bill (for which I voted and spoke), the transfer of the jurisdiction in elections from the House of Commons to the Judges, made a determined resist... ... the subsequent introduction of what is called the Cumulative V ote in the elections for the London School Board, have had the good effect of converti... ...by the very small weight which the working classes are found to possess in elections, even under the law which gives no more votes to any one elector ...

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...eous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtu ous, and independent elections. If an election is to be INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS ... ...of power consists in the free dom, the purity, and the frequency of popular elections; that the General Government of the Union and the sepa rate go... ...ht the patronage of the Federal Government into conflict with the freedom of elections, and the coun teraction of those causes which have disturbed t... ...he prohibition published by Mr. Jefferson forbid ding their interference in elections further than giving their own votes, and their own independence... ...t the ballot box and about the elector further safeguards, in order that our elections might not only be free and pure, but might clearly appear to be... ...er the need of reform. The National Congress has not as yet taken control of elections in that case over which the Constitution gives it jurisdiction,... ...s are determined and men chosen to bring them into being. The animosities of elections should have no place in our Government, for government must con... ... change or continue at stated intervals through an honest and free system of elections. The Constitution of 1787 did not make our democracy impotent. ... ...e freely to function. The Bill of Rights remains inviolate. The free dom of elections is wholly maintained. Prophets of the downfall of American demo...

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... deal of business in this part of the country. Warm work, now and then, at elections, I suppose. HARDCASTLE. No, sir, I have long given that work over...

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...at they were at any time given to any violent or pertinacious dispute, the elections being made of grave and discreet persons, not factious and ambiti...

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...t. She said a few words to him, even smiled serenely at his joke about the elections, which he called “our par- liament.” (She had to smile to show sh...

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...ould come to congratulate him, offer them refreshments, and talk about the elections of the nobility; but he considered himself entitled to spend the ...

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...rding to due forms; or else it is left to his prudence to call them by new elections when the occasions or exigencies of the public require the amendm...

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...he case of malcontents except on a first-class political question on which elections may be won or lost. That at least is the way in which things are ...

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...posite extreme, and cast out all the coupon candidates at the earliest bye-elections by equally silly majorities. But the mischief of the general elec...

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...masters. With regard to the fitness of women, not only to par ticipate in elections, but themselves to hold offices or practise professions involving...

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...d out abo- litionists, men who carried their hostility to slavery into all elections, from those for a justice of the peace up to the Presi- dency of ... ...ged. Many strong Union men believed that the war must prove a failure. The elections of 1862 had gone against the party which was for the prosecution ... ...he campaign of Vicksburg was suggested and developed by circumstances. The elections of 1862 had gone against the prosecution of the war. V oluntary e...

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...ristocrats of the district of B—, the most fiery ora- tor at the nobiliary elections and the owner of a very elegant turn-out. He had served in a cava...

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... more modest illustration and nearer home, I observe that in our political elections, where this ele- ment, if it appears at all, can only occur in it...

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...rds the Government. He se- cretly did the prefect great service during the elections. He sold himself—in a word, prostituted himself. He even ad- dres...

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...ould come to congratulate him, offer them refreshments, and talk about the elections of the nobility; but he considered himself entitled to spend the ...