The decision is the result of several rounds of voting by IOC leaders intended to renew and renovate the Games.
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In the days leading up to the vote, pro-democracy activists raised the stakes further by accusing Mr. Najib's government of attempting to sway the result of the election by flying in tens of thousands of people with questionable voting credentials to cast ballots in marginal seats.
But what we can learn from these similar struggles is that social progress, such as the passage of the Voting Rights Acts, did not just happen naturally, an inevitable result of the passing years.
As a result of his lobbying, Tung now has a choice of voting methods and a menu of options for new functional constituencies.
The result leaves the Lib Dem leader's hopes of changing the voting system in tatters.
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After over four hours debating and voting the Speaker of the House announced the result.
Mr Bush has become president as a result of a complex legal decision taken by a divided Supreme Court voting on largely partisan lines.
"The two remaining candidates are political Siamese twins, so I'm not expecting very much from the result, " she said after voting in the northern town of Henin-Beaumont, according to Agence-France Presse.
The result was 91 Tories voting against the coalition line - with a number of no-shows as well.
As a result, the party managed to consolidate its base of support in Republican-voting areas, while eroding Democratic votes in swing areas.
The Guardian Council, which oversees the electoral process, said it had found some evidence of voting irregularities but the number had "no effect on the result of the elections".
This result would imply about 60 Tories voting against their whip, and a dangerous loss of confidence in the PM among his troops.
The result showed that Mr Chavez's popular support has increased: nearly 40% of voting-age Venezuelans backed his candidates, compared with 33% who voted for him in December, and 35% who voted Yes in an April referendum on the assembly idea.
Americas best hope is that the sort of revulsion for Europe uber alles suggested by recent voting for the European Parliament will result in the Constitutions rejection in upcoming national referenda by Brits and others who cherish truly representative and accountable government, and close ties to their exemplar, America.
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