Grier agreed. He said he would vote with the five southerners.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

So in principle, in that election in 2000, there was at least four candidates, as it were, four things you could do with your vote.

原则上,在2000年那场大选中,应该有四个选举人,因为你可以投出四种选票

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The measure was passed by a narrow 23 to 22 vote with one member not participating.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

That's the lesson I try to remind myself of every day; we have an equal vote with all these other species on this planet."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Although Congress failed to remove him, the vote did not end a conflict with the White House over the future of the South.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Senators can threaten a bill with unlimited debate unless sixty senators vote to prevent it.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

They could vote for the constitution with slavery or the constitution without slavery.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

Committee chairman Democrat Howard Berman supported an amendment on the subject Burton proposed, with some changes, which was approved by voice vote.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

The vote in the U.S.House of Representatives was largely along party lines, with Republicans saying the bill amounts to excessive government spending.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

With nearly 92 percent of the results from polling sites, President Karzai has 54 percent of the vote.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Political analysts say Tuesday's vote suggests many independents are dissatisfied with the president's policies on such issues as the economy and health care.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

He says with 80,000 eligible voters having fled the country entirely, and many more displaced - a fair vote is unlikely to take place.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

With a crucial vote on health care expected Tuesday in the Senate Finance Committee, the president sought to enlist medical professionals in the cause.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

He was officially credited with 64 percent of the vote, amid charges of widespread vote-rigging.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

The businessman and former Economics Minister finished third with 13 percent of the vote.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

Speaking to reporters, Reid and others hailed the vote as a victory and a major step toward providing millions more Americans with access to health care.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

According to the electoral commission, more than 800,000 people registered to vote in a county with fewer than 1.5 million people are below the age of 15.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

Croatia's electoral commission says Social Democrat candidate Ivo Josipovic won the most votes in the first round of Croatia's presidential poll with more than 32 percent of the vote.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Regarding Iran's nuclear program, Jones was asked if the Obama administration would engage in dialogue with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad following Iran's disputed presidential vote and subsequent protests and unrest.

VOA: standard.2009.08.09

Now with widespread allegations of vote-rigging, the British government is having to justify why British service personnel are dying for what appears to be a far from democratic election.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Congress recently passed Mr.Obama's $787 billion dollar economic recovery plan without a single Republican vote in the House of Representatives and with only three opposition-party votes in the Senate.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

I think now would be a particularly bad time to send a signal to the international community and to our overall financial system by playing politics in any way with this upcoming vote,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

Republicans also bitterly oppose the Democrat's plan to avoid Republican obstruction in a later Senate vote on the modified package with a process that would allow approval with a simple majority of 51 votes.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

With more than 64 percent of the electorate turning out for Saturday's vote, Interior Minister Mohamed Ould Rzeidzim says Aziz won more than National Assembly President Messaoud Ould Boulkheir finished second with more than 16 percent.

VOA: standard.2009.07.19

One Senate committee has done so. Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus announced plans Wednesday to begin moving another version toward a vote in that panel, saying he will go forward with or without Republican support.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

The term "reconciliation" refers to a process President Obama and Democrats are likely to use to win upcoming votes in the Senate with a simple 51 vote majority, rather than a 60 vote margin, to avoid Republican roadblocks.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

With President Obama reported to have told wavering Democratic lawmakers that vote could well determine the success of his presidency, he traveled a few kilometers from the White House to suburban Virginia to make a high visibility public appeal.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

About 12 hours after the House began its debate, the final tally late Saturday was 220 to 215, with 39 Democrats choosing to vote against their leadership, despite personal lobbying by President Obama to keep Democrats on board.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

With just days to go before all preliminary vote totals are to be released, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office is applauding the Independent Election Commission "for its efforts in pursuing the process in an impartial and faithful national spirit."

VOA: standard.2009.09.09