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	Motion of Confidence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Motion of Confidence is a motion of support proposed by a government in a parliament or other assembly of elected representatives to give members of parliament (or other such assembly) a chance to register their confidence for a government.
		However, tactical Motions of Confidence are dangerous, as they may backfire catastrophically against those who use them, if they have misjudged the willingness of their opponents to call the proposer's bluff and vote against the motion.
		If a motion of a Federal Chancellor for a vote of confidence is not assented to by the majority of the members of the Bundestag, the Federal President may, upon the proposal of the Federal Chancellor, dissolve the Bundestag within twenty-one days.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vote_of_confidence (983 words)

	Musharraf wins vote of confidence -DAWN - Top Stories; 02 January, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: President Gen Pervez Musharraf won a vote of confidence from a parliamentary electoral college on Thursday and was declared elected in a process disputed by his political opponents.
		The resolution for the confidence vote was tabled by Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistan Muslim League-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and leaders of other parties in the ruling coalition.
		While the MMA members were present in strength on opposition during the voting process in the National Assembly, the alliance's senators entered the upper house after the voting, a delay later attributed to a meeting of the alliance legislators.
	www.dawn.com /2004/01/02/top1.htm (792 words)

	GMPOA Vote of Confidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The vote was 7 to 1 against the chief Friday.
		The week-long vote by the Galveston Municipal Police Association was tallied Friday.
		The vote comes just five days before association members are to resume collective bargaining with the city for a new contract.
	members.aol.com /GforGG/GMPOA.htm (644 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Duncan Smith faces leadership vote
		It was shortly after lunchtime on Tuesday that it became apparent the necessary number of letters calling for a confidence vote had been sent to the chairman of the 1922 committee, Sir Michael Spicer.
		If he fails to get a majority of the votes he would lose his job, and is ruled out of the ensuing leadership contest.
		About an hour before the voting begins Mr Duncan Smith is to address a special meeting of the 1922 Committee, which is made up of Tory backbench MPs.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/3221105.stm (709 words)

	Perspective: A vote of confidence
		Despite her call for change, Hood says Florida ran a smooth election in the face of four hurricanes and "extraordinary media scrutiny." Much of that scrutiny was related to a secret list of voters thought to be felons that turned out to be riddled with inaccuracies.
		A report by the California Institute of Technology and MIT concludes that the percentage of spoiled or unmarked ballots in Florida dropped from 2.9 percent in 2000 to 0.4 percent in 2004.
		EARLY VOTING: The popularity of early voting in 2004 has caused lawmakers and election experts to consider expanding it, but the kinds of polling sites may change.
	www.sptimes.com /2005/02/27/Perspective/A_vote_of_confidence.shtml (1365 words)

	CGR: Vote of confidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		If the motion (ie, like a budget which was the case this time) is a confidence vote and the motion doesn't pass (ie, the budget gets voted down by the majority of MPs) then there is an election.
		Assuming that a confidence bill failed, and after the election, the Tories were elected, I'd desert and join the French Foreign Legion.
		Conclusion: if a confidence bill were defeated, an election called, and the Tories elected, I don't think that they'd last more than two years, during which, they wouldn't get much of anything done.
	www.forums.christianguitar.org /showthread.php?t=102784 (534 words)

	Opinion: A vote of confidence
		The new rules would provide common-sense solutions for the kinds of problems that turned the 2000 presidential vote tally into a circus, and they should go a long way toward protecting the right of Floridians to a fair and accurate vote count.
		While those votes will not be valid in machine counts, the voter's intent should be considered in hand recounts as long as the choice is clear.
		Machine recounts are required when the winning vote total is within.5-percent of the next candidate's numbers, and hand recounts of overvotes and undervotes are required when the difference is.25-percent or less.
	www.sptimes.com /News/101901/Opinion/A_vote_of_confidence.shtml (536 words)

	DAWN - Editorial; 02 January, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		General Pervez Musharraf has, as entirely expected, obtained a vote of confidence as president from parliament and the four provincial assemblies.
		The MMA, which agreed to the vote-of-confidence device as a one-time substitute for a presidential election in its deal with the government, abstained from voting while the ARD parties boycotted the proceedings.
		The procedure adopted to gain legitimacy for Gen Musharraf's presidentship was not in accordance with the Constitution, and its validity was based on the 2002 referendum, which itself was flawed.
	www.dawn.com /2004/01/02/ed.htm (1276 words)

	Mubarak wins vote, loses confidence
		Less than a fifth of the electorate voted for the incumbent Hosni Mubarak in Egypt's presidential poll, curtailing the veteran leader's legitimacy as he kicks off his last mandate.
		The message is clear, it's a vote of no confidence for Mubarak and the regime," said Sayed from the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies.
		While government officials dwelt on a score which they claimed demonstrated the people's faith in their long-time ruler, Mubarak's defeated election rivals were quick to charge that the low turnout pointed to the contrary.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=69679 (709 words)

	Goa govt wins vote of confidence
		The Manohar Parrikar government in Goa on Wednesday won a vote of confidence in the state assembly amidst opposition protests against the disqualification independent MLA Philip Neri Rodrigues by the speaker.
		Speaker Vishwas Satarkar counted 18 votes in the ruling coalition's favour and six for the opposition.
		The debate on the trust vote lasted two hours and Rodrigues' disqualification was announced after the recess.
	in.rediff.com /news/2005/feb/02goa2.htm (158 words)

	A Vote of Confidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Two of my classmates ran against me for the presidency of the class of 2001 for the sophomore year. The three of us ran in a primary election.
		I and one of the others, being the top two vote getters in the primary, went on to the general election.
		He lost by seven votes. During the campaign, an individual prominent in student government told one of my friends that my opponent had complained to him, saying that in his first attempt he had "had to run against a jock, and now [he had] to run against Blind."
	www.nfb.org /slate/slss9909.htm (520 words)

	Guardian \| Vote of confidence
		In the interview, Mr Adil said he wanted all Iraqis to be able to vote, including Iraqi expatriates, and regardless of any reason why they might have lost citizenship under the previous regime.
		This month the process of voter registration has begun, based on an audited version of Iraq's ration-card system - a comprehensive database used to distribute food during the years when Iraq was under sanctions.
		Could he vote from prison or possibly even stage a comeback in January as a candidate, assuming he hasn't been convicted and executed already?
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5025476-105806,00.html (1014 words)

	EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Armenian Opposition Mounts Fresh Attack Against President
		The two parties have launched a boycott of parliament, aiming to force the government to hold a "referendum of confidence" in the president.
		The idea of holding a referendum of confidence was floated Armenia’s Constitutional Court last April in the wake of the presidential election, which international observers found to be deeply flawed.
		Geghamian, for example, denounced Demirchian for not withdrawing from the March 5 run-off vote with Kocharian to protest the vote-rigging that occurred during the February 19 first round of voting.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/insight/articles/eav020604.shtml (993 words)

	Arjun Munda wins vote of confidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda on Tuesday won the vote of confidence in the Assembly.
		As the bedlam continued, the speaker put the motion to vote and asked the members supporting it to raise their hands.
		A head count was taken and the speaker announced that 40 members in the 81-member house were in favour of the motion.
	www.rediff.com /rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2005/mar/15jhar1.htm (271 words)

	Warsaw Voice - Vote of Confidence
		The vote revealed that the Cabinet could still count on a parliamentary majority.
		In a 238-218 vote, deputies extended the duration of the leftist government until May next year when elections will be held, probably on the last Sunday of the month.
		Marta Domachowska has an unprecedented achievement to her name: she is the first Polish tennis player in more than 30 years to qualify to the finals of a WTA tournament.
	www.warsawvoice.pl /view/6806 (306 words)

	Vote of Confidence
		Take a journey into a different side of corporate America: people and companies that are playing with confidence and playing to win.
		What business needs is a vote of confidence: companies that aren't afraid to make big bets, executives who spend more time looking ahead than looking over their shoulders.
		A small blond woman confides that she has been taking naps in rest areas between office visits.
	www.fastcompany.com /online/65/confidence.html (3811 words)

	vote of confidence Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
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	www.echostatic.com /vote_of_confidence.html (99 words)

	constructive vote of confidence
		does not resign in response to passage of a vote of No Confidence but rather is dismissed by the Federal President (see Constructive Vote of No Confidence).
		The Constructive Vote of No Confidence (in German: konstruktives Misstrauensvotum) is a specialty...
		Constructive Vote of No Confidence definition, meaning and explanation and more about Constructive Vote of No Confidence.
	www.jointctr.org /?Category=constructive%20vote%20of%20confidence (422 words)

	USATODAY.com - Palestinian parliament speaker rules out vote on Abbas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		If a vote is held in the coming days, the U.S.-backed Abbas could be toppled, dealing a heavy blow to efforts to end three years of violence and move toward Palestinian statehood.
		Abbas has told a senior Palestinian official he wants Thursday's debate to be followed by a confidence vote but has not made a formal request.
		The speaker said there is no need, for now, to hold a confidence vote in parliament because Abbas already won the legislators' confidence when his appointment was affirmed in April.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2003-09-03-mideast-abbas_x.htm (986 words)

	Vote of Confidence by CBC
		Kenny Anthony has attributed the opening of a new branch of the Caribbean Banking Corporation in the southern town of Vieux fort, as an expression of confidence in the local economy.
		Addressing businessmen and investors at the opening ceremony late Wednesday, Dr. Anthony lauded the efforts of CBC, which in its five-year history on the island had grown considerably to include three outlets.
		I believe there is every reason to be confident.
	www.stlucia.gov.lc /pr1998/vote_of_confidence_by_cbc.htm (340 words)

	Vote of Confidence (washingtonpost.com)
		It was not until the early 20th century that the Senate enacted rules allowing members to end filibusters and unlimited debate.
		Even so, at a news conference after the voting, in which the government-backed candidate was declared the victor, it was not certain what Carr's observer group would do.
		busloads of people voting more than once with absentee ballots; representatives of the media being beaten and their equipment stolen or destroyed.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A29741-2004Dec2.html (942 words)

	Vote of confidence for registrar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		During a press conference at the county Registrar of Voters office Wednesday afternoon, Jones gave Registrar Ingrid Gonzales his vote of confidence, despite computer and human errors that led to grossly miscounted election ballots.
		"We as Californians should be very confident in the process, but need to be guarded when mistakes are made or problems arise that we address them," Jones said.
		Third, she said, is to count absentee ballots earlier on election day.
	www.vvdailypress.com /2001-2003/100705205936581.html (407 words)

	Your home for BC News - Liberals concede they will face confidence vote this spring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Liberals concede they will face confidence vote this spring
		The Liberals have suspended opposition days and brushed off what opponents are describing as a confidence vote within two weeks.
		But the vote to be held by May 18 is just one of several political weapons being brandished by the opposition.
	newsbc.ca /index.php?p=956&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 (270 words)

	Rome Post
		The arrival of avian flu in Europe has sparked a debate in a country with one of the continent's strongest gun lobbies over whether to ban the shooting of migratory birds.
		LONDON (Reuters) -- Italian opposition leader Romano Prodi said on Tuesday he was confident of winning next year's general election and vowed to undo some of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's most...
		Italy will hold a general election on April 9, 2006, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday, confirming speculation that the vote would be held a month ahead of schedule.
	romepost.com (570 words)

	General Assembly gives Annan what its president calls vote of confidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Annan's actions on behalf of the entire international community and expressed its confidence in his work as the head of the UN, this year's president, Jean Ping of Gabon, said.
		Such confidence was well placed, particularly in a world that was often held hostage by doubt and confusion, he added.
		The Secretary-General and his works on behalf of the UN had been touchstones for the peoples of the world, he declared.
	www.un.org /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=12756&Cr=general&Cr1=assembly (676 words)

	Vote Of Confidence
		The percentage of electors not voting far exceeded the percentage of electors actually voting for the Labour Party.
		With a display of largesse in handing back the over taxation imposed by Tony Blair and his cronies, this socialist government hope to promote a feel-good factor in the populace and persuade the electorate and particularly the younger generation to vote in favour of adopting the Euro.
		Gordon Brown's Speech is not likely to win back the confidence of savers, whose savings were savaged in 1997, which he intends to redistributed to spendthrifts, drug addicts, and the feckless.
	www.bromyard.co.uk /dialprop/htms/editor.htm (12510 words)

	Article:A Vote of Confidence
		Her reference is to an editorial in the Nelson Daily News of the day, which stated, “The West Kootenay Regional College will be put to the test today throughout Nelson and District and five other School Districts as residents express their feelings about the proposed educational facilities.”
		Taxpayers had to be willing to pay some of the bills for the new college.
		Even better, a solid 72.5 percent of the regional vote went in favor of developing a college that would provide new educational options for students in the Region.
	www.selkirk.bc.ca /news/article.asp?newsid=126 (920 words)

	Rare show of unity for Iraqi elections. 24/11/2004. ABC News Online
		Iran, a strict Islamic republic which shares the same Shiite faith as the majority of Iraq's population, stands to see its regional status boosted if Iraqi Shiites win the elections.
		The prospect of a Shiite victory is likely given a threatened boycott by several Iraqi Sunni groups and the ongoing conflict between US-led forces and Iraqi insurgents that would make secure voting impossible.
		Mr Annan - who in September termed the invasion of Iraq "illegal" - took a veiled swipe at the massive drives by US-led troops and Iraqi forces to quell the insurgency in places like Fallujah, despite fears that it may fuel resistance and deepen Sunni resentment.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200411/s1250118.htm (837 words)

	ZA@Play
		But there are problems: books are expensive and burdened by a tax that should come off South African books, at the very least, if not imported ones.
		Any vote of confidence in the writers of a nation, both tried and untried, must help the publishing industry.
		And short of clapping one another on the back for this, it ought to provoke a flurry from entrepreneurs and corporations, all fighting one another to sponsor more literary and arts awards.
	www.chico.mweb.co.za /art/2004/2004jul/040730-vote.html (666 words)

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