His political opponents scuppered his plan to overhaul the current money-driven parliamentary election system.
U.N. support for an election system could help provide justification in the eyes of Iraqis.
Mr. Putin further provoked voters by manipulating the election system to eliminate alternatives.
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That mess, the dissents said, resulted from the ragtag decentralized election system used in Florida, not by what the Florida court did.
The heavy voter turnout highlighted concerns among voter-rights groups about the nation's patchwork election system and the tax it exacts on citizens' time.
The two groups still disagree on the shape of a coalition government, the election system, control of security and, above all, policy towards Israel.
The Chinese government recognises that problems with the election system abound.
Many Japanese people say that they don't fully understand the U.S. election system, and I am quick to reassure them that many of us Americans wouldn't want to be tested on it, either.
The controversy over Klaus's re-election meant that when Petr Necas, the leader of the centre-right Civic Democrat party (ODS), was attempting to form a government after the 2010 parliamentary elections, several of his prospective coalition partners made their cooperation conditional on the new government making reform of the presidential election system part of its programme.
The current system of election will continue for 2013, 2014 and 2015 before the new system is introduced.
If this election founds a system of vibrant two-party competition, Japan will have undergone a monumental change, no matter who wins.
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Peru: Peru will enhance women's participation in the political system by modifying election and political party laws to more effectively implement its quota system for female candidates and by working to give women more opportunities for political leadership.
What those small states will never do is decide any election in the current system.
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The system they look at is called a "direct election recording", or DRE, system.
Point out that the U.S. Constitution does specify a system for the election of the president, known as the Electoral College.
Sinn Fein MP Martin McGuinness said it was "very obvious to anyone involved in the recent election campaign that the current system is deeply flawed".
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The mock election uses the electoral college system.
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Dubbed QE3, this latest Fed threat to debase the dollar lifted the price of gold, oil and other commodities in August, as investors priced in the prospect that the Fed will be dumping more dollars into the system before the election.
The new law embraces a system that combines direct election and proportional representation.
Geoff Gallop, a Labor delegate from Western Australia, put his argument for the system of direct presidential election in terms that appealed to the public.
Unlike in constituency contests, where candidates can issue personal election addresses, in the new system they have to campaign on the basis of a common manifesto.
If the prime minister were to dissolve parliament before the vote, there would be a general election under the current, flawed system, delaying long-hoped-for political reform.
The election commission urged citizens to be calm and patient, hoping to avoid tension and distrust in the system, which contributed to post-election violence in December 2007.
Obama would be the first major presidential candidate to drop out of the modern campaign financing system for the general election since its creation in 1976 in the post-Watergate era.
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However, if the election is to give the political system the sluicing it needs, Mr Dostum and the chief candidate of the Hazara tribe, Mohammad Mohaqiq, who won 11% of the vote, must be overlooked.
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In general, the opportunities for reform are limited barring a radical change to our election process that would make our system look more like Europe -- where elections are usually shorter, cheaper and publicly funded.
The opposition Conservatives say that if they win power at the approaching general election they will copy the Scottish system, in which people who are not convicted usually have their DNA removed from the database as soon as the case against them is dropped.
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Although the U.S. Congress is likely to impose a cap-and-trade system after the presidential election later this year, proposed legislation by U.S. senators Joseph Lieberman and John Warner would limit the value of foreign credits by allowing U.S. companies to use them to cover only 15% of their emissions.
Election officials have urged citizens to be calm and patient, hoping to avoid tension and distrust in the system, which contributed to post-election violence in December 2007.
The election is based on a proportional representation system that requires voters to select a party's list of candidates rather than one specific individual.
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