Sentences with phrase «by voting on a matter»

Justice Charles Hackland found Ford had contravened the act by voting on a matter in which he had a pecuniary interest; the strict provisions of the legislation meant his seat would have to be declared vacant.

Not exact matches

then the persons named as proxy holders, Luca Maestri and Bruce Sewell, will vote your shares in the manner recommended by the Board on all matters presented in this Proxy Statement and as the proxy holders may determine in their discretion with respect to any other matters properly presented for a vote at the Annual Meeting.

«The President of the Republic shall by decree proclaim a referendum on crucial national matters following a resolution voted by an absolute majority of the total number of Members of Parliament, taken upon proposal of the Cabinet.»

Broker non-votes (shares held by brokers that do not have discretionary authority to vote on a matter and have not received voting instructions from their clients) have no effect.

If any other matters are properly presented for consideration at the 2018 Annual Meeting, including, among other things, consideration of a motion to adjourn the 2018 Annual Meeting to another time or place, the persons named as proxy holders, Elon Musk, Deepak Ahuja and Todd Maron, or any of them, will have discretion to vote the proxies held by them on those matters in accordance with their best judgment.

If you are a shareholder of record and you indicate that you wish to vote as recommended by our Board or if you sign, date and return a proxy card but do not give specific voting instructions, then the proxy holders will vote your shares in the manner recommended by our Board on all matters presented in this Proxy Statement, and the proxy holders may determine in their discretion regarding any other matters properly presented for a vote at our Annual Meeting.

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) allows its member - brokers to vote shares held by them for their customers on matters the NYSE determines are routine, even though the brokers have not received voting instructions from their customers.

If your Shares are held of record by a bank, broker, or other nominee, we urge you to give instructions to your bank, broker, or other nominee as to how you wish your Shares to be voted so you may participate in the shareholder voting on these important matters.

The NYSE allows its member - brokers to vote shares held by them for their customers on matters the NYSE determines are routine, even though the brokers have not received voting instructions from their customers.

As a result of changes adopted by the NYSE to its broker voting rules, including changes mandated by the Dodd - Frank Act in connection with stockholder votes on executive compensation matters, the NYSE does not consider the election of directors (Item 1), the advisory resolution regarding named executives» compensation (Item 2), and the advisory proposal on the frequency of future advisory votes regarding named executives» compensation (Item 3) to be routine.

These responsibilities include: (i) fostering processes that allow the Board to function independently of management and encouraging open and effective communication between the Board and management of the Company; (ii) providing input to the Chairman on behalf of the independent Directors with respect to Board agendas; (iii) presiding at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, as well as regularly scheduled executive sessions of independent Directors; (iv) in the case of a conflict of interest involving a Director, if appropriate, asking the conflicted Director to leave the room during discussion concerning such matter and, if appropriate, asking such Director to recuse him or herself from voting on the relevant matter; (v) communicating with the Chairman and the CEO, as appropriate, regarding meetings of the independent Directors and resources and information necessary for the Board to effectively carry out its duties and responsibilities; (vi) serving as liaison between the Chairman and the independent Directors; (vii) being available to Directors who have concerns that can not be addressed through the Chairman; (viii) having the authority to call meetings of the independent Directors; and (ix) performing other functions as may reasonably be requested by the Board or the Chairman.

the person being voted for by these individuals probably does have the right scientific markings like, no God, abortion on demand no matter how late in term, good in business and stealing (er) expropriating for personal gain, cheating on your mate, etc, etc. 2nd.

The snap ballot came only days after Mrs Merkel changed her long - held stance on the issue by allowing members of her conservative coalition a free vote on the matter.

The justices, by an 8 - 1 vote, said Wednesday that members of Westboro Baptist Church had a right to promote what they call a broad - based message on public matters such as wars.

You also have people who can register as a specfic party and run on a ticket to strengthen their careers and yet they only espouse one or two things that could count them into the party in the first place.There's also a huge issue of people really thinking that a vote for a 3rd party candidate is a waste, If the only way you feel your vote matters is by voting for one of 2 parties (even if you are unsatisfied with both) does it actually matter?

Most importantly, church assemblies should reclaim their role as representative assemblies chosen to deliberate thoughtfully on significant matters of Christian faith and life, rather than continuing to act as legislatures that reduce everything to stark alternatives and then make hurried decisions by forced choice majority voting.

While unanimity on central matters of faith is rarely possible, they are not faithfully dealt with by forced - choice majority voting.

The message of the Gospel has been covered up, twisted, and defamed by the «social agenda» of the Right Wing in exchange for votes on other matters (de-regulation of business enterprises at the expense of the environment, de-fudning social programs for the working poor and those in poverty, etc).

The conservative lawyers who screen the candidates for judgeships seek to be prudent by nimbly avoiding anything so plain and direct as asking the candidates exactly how they would vote on these matters.

By the time Congress gets to a vote on the debt ceiling, the only option available to rational legislators» no matter how conservative or liberal» is to continue enabling the government shopaholic by increasing Uncle Sam's credit linBy the time Congress gets to a vote on the debt ceiling, the only option available to rational legislators» no matter how conservative or liberal» is to continue enabling the government shopaholic by increasing Uncle Sam's credit linby increasing Uncle Sam's credit line.

Although all of the Oak Lawn votes had not yet been counted late Wednesday, voters there were rejecting the measure by better than a 2 - 1 ratio, stunning Park District officials who had seen them overwhelmingly approve an advisory referendum on the matter in November 2004.

(d) in the above process booth capturing, fake voting, impersonification of votng can't take place.only genuine voters will cas votes.3 - to check the proliferation of BPL and other benefits / subsidies the account no, property deeds, vehicles and other valuables bought and sold by the head of the family and the dependants (unmarried) be united into single account.4 - Private engineering college, medical college, international schools, public schools should be marginalised, they should be there but to be strictly controlled about capitation fee and in matter of salary to employees.5 - Every corruption starts in village on CONSTRUCTION WORK (drain, approach road, swearege, deepening of ponds and wells, indira awas, boundaries and rooms of club, schools, community hall, drinking water pipeline drainage etc).

Originally, the Senate had a way for the majority to vote to end debate on a matter, by voting that it's time to vote (yes, really) on the matter at hand.

This would not matter much if he hadn't then taken a step further than he ought to have done - by bringing the SNP's voting rights on English matters into play.

So unless you were trying to save face for the VP by not making his position on a matter public, or your vote wouldn't matter, there's no reason to NEED to «block» the VP's vote.

No doubt they were given added impetus by Nicola Sturgeon's announcement of a change in SNP policy, which would see their MPs vote on English health matters that affected the NHS in Scotland.

However, in what appears to a response on the matter on Twitter, Ghana's representative at the UN stated: «Ghana's vote was informed inter alia, by her long - held position on the conflict and in keeping with relevant UN and AU resolutions.

Normally shunned into irrelevance by their small stature in parliament, it's on these rare occasions when their voting intentions really matter.

Here's Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos insisting to CapTon's Mike Whittemore than it «doesn't matter how you vote» on today's budget bills because the threat of a government shutdown has essentially been averted by the two - way deal.

Democrats in the Senate attempted to force a vote on the matter last year but were stymied by parliamentary regulations; a similar attempt this year seems fated for the same end.

Their decision can not bind the incoming Government so massively voted for by We The People,» Mr. Amidu has stated in an article on the matter.

[280] He suggested the party's MPs vote on the matter rather than party members as currently required by party rules.

To make matters worse, on polling day, Galloway was reported to police for contravening section 66 of the Representation of the People's Act by re-tweeting the results of an exit poll while voting was still open.

«After a catalogue of complaints by the Mahin people of different communities of the acts and omission of the present Amapatu of Mahin, particularly with respect to the kingdom territorial integrity, land use, chieftaincy matters, including the issue of the Alaboto of Aboto and minor chiefs in Igbokoda; the meeting supported the decision of the Mahin kingmakers passing a vote of no confidence on the Monarch and declaring the seat vacant for the time being.

Meanwhile, as part of his proposals for a «new and fair» constitutional settlement, David Cameron has pledged that English matters will only be voted on by English MPs, a proposal that could effectively undermine a future Labour majority in the House of Commons.

Last month Cameron played straight into Nicola Sturgeon's hands by threatening, rather oafishly, to somehow prevent the SNP's MPs voting on English - only matters.

This raises the «West Lothian question», a quandary first posited in 1977 by Tam Dalyell, who asked why he, as MP for the Scottish seat of West Lothian, should vote on matters concerning English constituents but not his own.

By inference, the loud - mouth NPP politician was simply saying that the majority of the nine - member panel sitting on the case are in support of the NPP's petition and thus no matter the evidence before them, they will vote in favour of the petitioners (the NPP), an action which will be tantamount to a miscarriage of justice and is also an affront to Ghana's security and stability.

«The SNP have a longstanding position of not voting on matters that purely affect England — such as foxhunting south of the border, for example — and we stand by that.»

«That this House notes the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in Hirst v the United Kingdom in which it held that there had been no substantive debate by members of the legislature on the continued justification for maintaining a general restriction on the right of prisoners to vote; acknowledges the treaty obligations of the UK; is of the opinion that legislative decisions of this nature should be a matter for democratically - elected lawmakers; and supports the current situation in which no prisoner is able to vote except those imprisoned for contempt, default or on remand.»

The vote - the first time in 100 years the Lords has defied the elected Commons on a financial matter - saw a motion to delay the # 4.4 billion of cuts while an impact assessment is carried out win by 307 votes to 277.

When the confidential settlement agreement was approved by the Town Board last October, Lewza abstained from voting on the matter without disclosing why.

It could be a formal coalition, headed by the INC (as the major party of the coaltion) but with some ministeries given to the JDS, or a looser arrangement in which the JDS supports the INC in critical votes, but reserves the right to vote independently on other matters.

Speaking at the public presentation of a Report on Disability Votes Matter, an event organized by Inclusive Friends on 25th October in Abuja,

Unfortunately, notwithstanding that it's our sovereign right to cast our votes at the UN, for less powerful countries like Nigeria, who thought that their decisions would hardly matter on such decisions of theirs, it seems that by shifting the whole blame on them this time round, Washington has decided to make them scapegoats.

When Observer asked Stringer and James whether their potential mayoral bids were connected to their push for instant runoff voting (Adams had already left the press conference by that point), James would not weigh in on the matter.

Democratic senators hoped that by seeking a vote to remove Mr. Skelos from his position, they would add to the pressure on his fellow Republican senators by at least requiring them to take a public position on the matter.

Cameron is clear that Scotland can have these powers but they will need to be accompanied by balancing reforms elsewhere, in particular provisions to ensure that MPs for non-English seats can not vote on matters only impacting England.

Like the rest on Wall street, He made his first $ 10 Million Dollar's by inside - trading when Solomon Brother's (where he was a partner) was sold to another company (great inside info only reserved for the member's of the inner - circle who have ton's of shares in the company) who sent him packing (in my opinion a ruse (i.e. bonus) to keep the SEC from sticking their nose into the matter) and with that money started his own business & bought his way into City Hall where he now sits on his throne denying benefits to the familie's of those who sacrificed their lives to help other's on 9/11, threaten the political future of community representatives (Councilmember's) who dared to disagree with him or voted against one of his policie's etc., etc..

An attorney for Vote Leave also told Channel 4 that the campaign had «twice been cleared on this matter by the Electoral Commission,» but acknowledged the network's report presented new allegations and said it would investigate.