Thirty two percent supported such a run.

The poll showed more support for a run by former Governor Deval Patrick, with 38 percent supporting a potential run and 48 percent against it.

PPD insisted that a fifth option, None of the above , be included on the ballot, and it encouraged its supporters to choose that option.

It died in large part because it lacked constituent buy in it lacked stakeholder traction.

The 2004 election and referendum had confirmed public support for the President's course of action.

It has also referred to a desire to avoid feared bandwagon or underdog effects on the electorate.

From that point on, up until the elections in Burundi, ONUB provided resolute support to the electoral and democratic process.

How important it is... to this constituency that at this crucial byelection... our candidate should be returned by an adequate majority.

Political parties should therefore be urged to support such automatic voter registration programmes.

We are therefore in favour of flexibility and democracy and for the right to choose.

In Afghanistan, for example, UNIFEM has supported networks of women lawyers and judges involved in drafting the constitution and has supported women's participation as voters and as candidates.

During the electoral process, the Gender Section was mandated to provide support for women candidates, voters and organizations in preparation for the elections.

He also promised Canadian support for the re establishment of democracy through free and fair elections.

Nebraska has 3 congressional districts so in those 3 congressional districts if one of them goes to the democrat and two of them goes republican then they'll have 1 electoral vote for the democrat and 2 for the republican.

Selecting several alternatives is currently not supported.

To attain these goals, we need to simplify our election legislation it will then be easier for people to engage in political rivalry, and the deputies seats will be filled by those, and only those, candidates who are indeed supported by the majority of voters.

United Nations role in supporting the elections

This option is not supported for the current transfer.

The mission reiterated the strong support of the Security Council for the electoral process and welcomed the high population turnout for voter registration.

Prior to the vote, all 26 presidential candidates signed a declaration to support the elected President and to demobilize their militias.

It is believed that her abduction may have been linked to her support of a candidate representing the interests of indigenous people in the parliamentary elections.

Each elector may vote for only one candidate.

Now I am a believer in democracy.

Both President Museveni and President Kagame welcomed progress in voter registration in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and expressed support for the electoral process.

UNIFEM adopts a holistic approach to this goal, marshalling support for the civil rights of women as voters, candidates and leaders in every sphere.

With DPJ lawmakers almost equally split, Kan s victory is being attributed to the support of general and associate party members. Their vote was more in line with recent public opinion polls, which showed popular support running at seven to two in favor of Kan over Ozawa.

(a) To continue to support the transitional process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its institutions and, in particular, to support the electoral process and to provide further assistance for the reform of the justice system

(a) To continue to support the transitional process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its institutions and, in particular, to support the electoral process and to provide further assistance for the reform of the justice system

The main focus for ISAF will be the support to the National Assembly and provincial councils election process.

The Electoral Assistance Division provides support in vetting all projects under the Fund.

No candidate can be elected president of Iran without significant support among younger voters. Age, not social class, will determine the outcome of June s election.

During the referendum period, my Special Representative stayed in constant contact with the Board of Commissioners of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq to support their efforts in organizing and conducting the referendum.

The referendum process has to count with the support of 20 percent of the country's electorate, close to 4 million people, in order to be activated.

The European Union congratulates the people of Guinea Bissau for turning out peacefully to demonstrate a clear commitment to peace and democracy, and notes that the armed forces have supported the conduct of a democratic election process.

Its activities would further include support for the increased participation of women, both as voters and as candidates, and for the further development of a national voter registry.

UNMIL troops will play a major role in support of the elections process, including by providing security for the establishment of county electoral offices and identification of voter registration locations.

Support was expressed in favour of each of the two options.

To be able to vote, voters must be included in the electoral register of their polling district and must have a polling card.

Independent female candidates often lacked the money and support necessary for campaigning, unlike those supported by warlords and political parties.

He continued by stating that the support for elections and the transition process must be accompanied by development options that could definitively transform the lives of the population.

As a result, in November s midterm congressional election, the Democrats, unwilling to support any Obama associated policy, waged a campaign about nothing, contributing to low turnout among their party s voters. Republican candidates, running highly charged anti Obama campaigns, trounced their opponents.

The organization of three simultaneous elections on 30 January was a formidable feat, matched by a formidable statement of support from voters throughout most of Iraq.

Recognizing the need for strengthening democratic processes, electoral institutions and national capacity building, including the capacity to administer fair elections, increase citizen participation and provide civic education in requesting countries in order to consolidate and regularize the achievements of previous elections and support subsequent elections,

Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted on 10 December 1948, in particular the principle that the will of the people, as expressed through periodic and genuine elections, shall be the basis of government authority, as well as the right freely to choose representatives through periodic and genuine elections, which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures,

Under Lula s stewardship, millions of Brazilians emerged from poverty, and the middle class has become a majority albeit a small one. Brazil has acquired an international stature worthy of its size and success, though perhaps not of its ambitions.