purchase of votes
1Alaska Purchase — 1. purchase of the territory of Alaska by the U.S. from Russia in 1867 for $7,200,000. Cf. Seward s Folly. 2. the territory itself. * * * Acquisition in 1867 by the U.S. from Russia of 586,412 sq mi (1.5 million sq km) at the northwestern tip of… …
2Louisiana Purchase — For other uses, see Louisiana Purchase (disambiguation). Louisiana Purchase Vente de la Louisiane expansion of the United States …
3Gadsden Purchase — The Gadsden Purchase (known as Venta de La Mesilla or Treaty of La Mesilla in Mexicocite news |first=Ignacio |last=Ibarra |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Land sale still thorn to Mexico: Historians say U.S. imperialism behind treaty… …
4Cash-for-votes scandal — The cash for votes scandal is a scandal in which the United Progressive Alliance, the majority holding parliamentary party alliance of India led by Sonia Gandhi, allegedly bribed Indian MPs in order to survive a confidence vote on 22 July 2008.… …
5broker non-votes — USA Generally, investors in stocks do their investing through brokerage accounts with intermediary entities, such as brokers and banks. The intermediaries purchase shares on behalf of their clients. When such a purchase occurs, the intermediary… …
6Whip purchase — Whip Whip, n. [OE. whippe. See {Whip}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod …
7election — /i lek sheuhn/, n. 1. the selection of a person or persons for office by vote. 2. a public vote upon a proposition submitted. 3. the act of electing. 4. Theol. the choice by God of individuals, as for a particular work or for favor or salvation.… …
8Athenian democracy — Part of the Politics series …
9Carpetbagger — In United States history, carpetbaggers was the term southerners gave to northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction, between 1865 and 1877. They formed a coalition with freedmen (freed slaves), and scalawags (southern whites who… …
10Gilvam Borges — Gilvam Pinheiro Borges (Brasilia, August 1, 1958) is a Brazilian sociologist and politician. His father early participated in the construction of city of Brasilia, then, they return to the state of Amapá. In 1990, he becomes Federal Deputy… …
