Article: Passingtransfer test: how to make sure that your vote really counts It's a numbers game. Chris Thornton reports on how transfers can make or break the DUP and Sinn Fein's bids for dominance over the UUP and the SDLP

Article: Passingtransfer test: how to make sure that your vote really counts It's a numbers game. Chris Thornton reports on how transfers can make or break the DUP and Sinn Fein's bids for dominance over the UUP and the SDLP
Belfast Telegraph;  March 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ......and not the other. Sinn Fein are the masters at controlling their own vote, making sure the...of managing the vote. Done properly...extra seats. For Sinn Fein, the problem is...number of seats as Sinn Fein on a considerably lower vote. This election will be a ...

Article: Hume attacks 'vote-stealing' by Sinn Fein
The Independent - London;  February 21, 1997 ;     549 words ......warning the electorate that a vote for Sinn Fein was in effect a vote for violence...immediate ceasefire, he accused Sinn Fein of vote-stealing, intimidation of SDLP...the SDLP. In the last election Sinn Fein's vote went up while the SDLP's dropped...

Article: In a 1st, Sinn Fein Votes to Back Police
AP Online;  January 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ......but no formally recorded vote - meant Sinn Fein, once a hard-left party...break in debate. Other Sinn Fein leaders sought to cloak their vote in bellicose terms, arguing...Minister Bertie Ahern called Sinn Fein's vote "a landmark decision" that...

Article: Sinn Fein Votes to Back Police - a 1st
AP Online;  January 28, 2007 ;     603 words ......formally recorded vote - meant Sinn Fein, once a hard-left...law and order. The vote, taken after daylong debate among 2,000 Sinn Fein stalwarts, represented...in debate. Other Sinn Fein leaders sought to cloak their vote in bellicose terms...

Article: Sinn Fein to call for yes vote on deal.(News)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  May 7, 1998 ;     445 words ......new assembly. Sinn Fein chairman Mitchel...all-clear for a `yes' vote. The party's ruling...that we should vote yes in the referendums...McLaughlin revealed Sinn Fein's ruling body...advocating a `yes' vote. The East Belfast MP said Sinn Fein could end up as...

Article: May the Force be with you; SINN FEIN'S HISTORIC VOTE FOR POLICE YES: 90% OF PARTY MEMBERS VOTE TO BACK THE PSNI YES: ADAMS CELEBRATES NEW ERA FOR REPUBLICANS YES: PAISLEY POISED TO SHARE POWER IN NEW ASSEMBLY.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  January 29, 2007 ;     650 words ......is a big day for Sinn Fein. But Monday, January...for Ian Paisley. A Sinn Fein source said last...they would win the vote - but they were...only 900 could vote. Mr Blair and Mr...an Executive with Sinn Fein, elections will...dissident Republican Sinn Fein ...

Article: Sinn Fein votes to support police if power deal revived
Charleston Gazette;  January 29, 2007 ;     427 words ......formally recorded vote - meant Sinn Fein, once a hard-left...law and order. The vote, taken after daylong debate among 2,000 Sinn Fein stalwarts, represented...in debate. Other Sinn Fein leaders sought to cloak their vote in bellicose terms...

Article: SPRING DROPS CLANGER OVER SINN FEIN VOTES; `For peace' he says.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  May 27, 1997 ;     199 words ......yesterday when he described a vote for Sinn Fein as a vote for peace. Asked how he interpreted...he said: I believe it's a vote for peace, a vote for the direction in which...repeatedly declared that a vote for Sinn Fein is a vote for the IRA. But last ...

Article: Election '97: Bruton attacks Sinn Fein vote
The Independent - London;  April 10, 1997 ;     274 words ......the electorate that a vote for Sinn Fein would amount to a vote for the IRA. Condemning...pretend that a vote for Sinn Fein is anything other than a vote of support for the IRA...a quick response from Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams...

Article: Sinn Fein expects to make gains in Ireland's vote: Fianna Fail is expected to prevail today, but Sinn Fein's long-term strategy is paying off.(World)
The Christian Science Monitor;  May 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ......much more fascinating drama unfolding. Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Irish Republican...the peace process here eight years ago, Sinn Fein has tried to reform its image as a serious...who fought the British for Irish unity. Sinn Fein (Ourselves Alone) currently has four...

Article: Adams leads Sinn Fein to embrace peace Activists vote to accept plan for government in Northern Ireland
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 11, 1998 ;     423 words ...Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams led his IRA-allied...of decades-old policy, 331 out of 350 Sinn Fein activists voted to let their leaders participate...debate at the Royal Dublin Society hall. Sinn Fein's warm, if belated, embrace of the accord...

Article: Sinn Fein Members to Vote on Policing
AP Online;  January 28, 2007 ;     425 words ...DUBLIN, Ireland - Sinn Fein activists from throughout...Ireland gathered Sunday to vote on whether to accept...the British territory. Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was...who were eligible to vote for a motion offering...form a Cabinet unless Sinn Fein, the major ...

Article: Irish PM Urges British Voters Not to Vote Sinn Fein
Xinhua English Newswire;  April 9, 1997 ;     190 words ......Dublin today that a vote for Sinn Fein, the political wing...election, would be a vote of political support...lost patience" with Sinn Fein for its failure to...from Dublin said. "A vote for Sinn Fein is a vote of political support...the problems worse." ...

Article: ROBINSON VOTE CRISIS; No10 talks over Sinn Fein threat.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  June 3, 2008 ;     316 words ...Byline: BY JILLY BEATTIE SINN Fein will meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown...Deputy First Minister on Thursday. Sinn Fein wants the DUP to agree to devolve...bedding down the institutions. It is Sinn Fein's intention that this work is built...