Abstention is a term in election procedure for when a participant in a vote either does not go to vote (on election day) or, in parliamentary procedure...

Abstentionism is the political practice of standing for election to a deliberative assembly while refusing to take up any seats won or otherwise participate...

An abstention doctrine is any of several doctrines that a United States court may (or in some cases must) apply to refuse to hear a case if hearing the...

Look up abstention in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Abstention is refusing to vote in an election or in a parliamentary vote. Abstention may also refer...

Electoral abstention occurs in French elections, French referendums and local consultations in France. "Registration on the electoral roll is mandatory"...

This is a confirmed list of video games in development, but are scheduled for release beyond 2025 or currently carry no announced, reported, or confirmed...

Legal abstentionism is a term used in labour law and industrial relations to refer to the policy of a government to not regulate labour markets through...

Operation Abstention (25–28 February 1941) was the code name of a British invasion of the Italian island of Kastelorizo (Castellorizo) off the Turkish...

choose a candidate, or to protest. Unlike abstention elsewhere, blank votes are counted. Along with abstention, or not voting, protest voting is a sign...

the Constitution by 500 votes in favour to 137 votes against, with 40 abstentions. Before an EU treaty can enter into force, it must be ratified by all...

A boycott is an act of nonviolent, voluntary abstention from a product, person, organisation, or country as an expression of protest. It is usually for...

virtues Related to human rights Abstention from killing living beings Kindness and compassion Right to life Abstention from theft Generosity and renunciation...

Although the party sat on local councils, it maintained a policy of abstentionism for the British House of Commons and the Irish Dáil Éireann, standing...

Kyi's release—80 countries voting for the resolution, 25 against and 45 abstentions. Other nations, such as China and Russia, are less critical of the regime...

Senate vote by state   Two yeas   Two nays   One yea and one nay   One yea and one abstention   One nay and one abstention   Two abstentions...

Thus, China rarely used its veto power before 2011. It instead used abstention to avoid express disapproval without directly confronting its fellow permanent...

that touch upon sensitive areas of state social policy. This form of abstention allows state courts to correct things like equal protection violations...

received the support of 11 of the 15 members in the council, with three abstentions. The resolution was vetoed by Russia. The Russian government proposed...

(2024–present) Parliament, the seven members of Sinn Féin follow a policy of abstentionism. They do not swear into the house, and do not take part in its formal...

hall and re-enter through one of three doors designated for "yes“ (ja), "abstention" (enthaltung), or "no" (nein). According to the Duden dictionary, the...

which the Supreme Court of the United States extensively refined the abstention doctrine to prevent duplicative litigation between state and federal courts...

of Order, a "unanimous vote" is not specifically defined, although an abstention is not counted as a vote regardless of the voting threshold. Also in this...

holding a vote on the topic in April. While the vote was 12 in favor, two abstentions, and one vote against, the United States vetoed the measure so it did...

given 16 votes, with San Carlos de Bariloche gathering only 8 (and 1 abstention). This meant that San Carlos de Bariloche was eliminated. The second ballot...

Undecided: 15.1%; Abstention: 2.4%; Refused to answer: 2.7%; Blank/Invalid: 1.9%; Other: 1.4%. António Vitorino - 5.6%; Undecided: 13.9%; Abstention: 2.3%; Refused...

The 2017–18 NHL season was the 101st season of operation (100th season of play) of the National Hockey League. With the addition of a new expansion team...

the Chamber of Deputies, with 287 votes in favor, 220 against and 60 abstentions, and on 25 February in the Senate, with 141 votes in favor and 113 against...

questions Constitutional avoidance Jurisdiction Federalism Erie doctrine Abstention Anti-Injunction Act Sovereign immunity Abrogation Rooker–Feldman doctrine...

1927. Intermittently thereafter the party engaged in further periods of abstention, to protest against the "illegal" partition of Ireland. In 1965, it agreed...

election with 60% of the votes cast, 33% of the total electorate, and 44% abstention. These turnout levels are comparable with the prior 1993 Venezuelan presidential...