postponement

Example Sentences

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The electoral law only allows for a postponement in individual localities.

From Barron's

The Labour leader of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council said he would resign next week, following disagreement over the postponement of local elections.

From BBC

They said the visit by Egan - who is a member of the Labour Friends of Israel parliamentary group - had been rescheduled by the time the postponement was reported by news outlets.

From BBC

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said she thinks scheduled local elections should go ahead this May and has dismissed Conservative councils who have asked for postponements as local government is reorganised as "outliers".

From BBC

Of these 63 were eligible to request a postponement, with up to 30 now delayed.

From BBC