Sentences with phrase «current voting majority»

Stith, the third member of the board's current voting majority, added that he and his colleagues consider the commissioner's visit to be beneficial because, in his view, the district needs more funds from Albany.

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Following completion of this offering, the Principal Stockholders will control more than 50 % of the combined voting power of our common stock, so under current listing standards, we would qualify as a «controlled company» and accordingly, will be exempt from requirements to have a majority of independent directors, a fully independent nominating and corporate governance committee and a fully independent compensation committee.

Whereas the current Code merely calls for a statement to be published on the company's website in response to shareholder concerns when a say - on - pay fails to receive majority support, the Senate's amendment would require companies to prepare and present a report at the next general meeting detailing how it took the shareholder vote into consideration.

The submission calls for the vast majority of the Labour Relations Code's provisions to be sustained, including the current approach to union certification by secret ballot vote.

Under the current system, such candidates don't even make it to the general election, even though a majority who will vote in the election would prefer them to one or the other candidate.

The right - wing media is constantly trying to depict the current system as favouring Labour because the electoral arithmetic implies that the Tories need about 4 % more votes to gain a parliamentary majority than does Labour.

An additional district, depending on how it's drawn, could help the GOP strengthen its current slim one vote majority in the Senate.

The current Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, has said that bills will not come to the floor for a vote unless a majority of Democrats agree, even if numerically, counting Republican support, there are enough votes for it to pass.

These 2 parties, represent the progressive currents in Welsh politics and registered a clear combined majority of votes overall, then announced common policy objectives which could defend Wales against austerity and begin to build a foundation for economic recovery.

60 % of UKIP's current supporters voted Conservative in 2010 — a clear majority, but far from everyone.

As a 16 - year veteran of Congress, I'd calculate the probability that the current Republican majority schedules a vote on that bill at: LOL.

If the NPL vote was substantial — say six to eight per cent — it could have the effect of reinstating the current coalition or even produce a majority Conservative government, unless UKIP manages to do on the right what I have suggested a NPL might do on the left.

I don't put much store in opinion polls, but if true it would only indicate roughly what you would expect to happen at this point in the parliament - 32 % isn't that much lower than Labour got in the 2005 General Election and all it would suggest is that the Liberal Democrats are having a reversal - tactical voting could see them holding onto many of their current seats, indeed it is even possible that if they got 17 % of the vote that if it focused in an area that they could actually end up with more seats, where the switches in support are occuring is crucial - if they are focused then if the Conservative Party were to get 39 % then it might still result in them getting fewer seats than Labour or in extremis winning a 150 seat majority or so?

He has boasted about his ability to work with the current Republican leadership, and has been helpful to the conference's efforts to hang onto the majority, from his approval of a majority - gerrymandered district map to his general - election endorsement of a Republican incumbent who had voted for same - sex marriage.

Under current rules, the GOP majority will need at least six votes from Schumer's 48 - member Democratic conference to close discussion on most major matters.

For all MPs in the current parliament, the mean rebellion rate (the proportion of votes where the MP voted against the majority of their own party) was 0.54 %.

As confirmation requires a majority vote in the National Assembly, usually former or current lawmakers or ministers are nominated.

Under the current system, sometimes called «first past the post» or «winner takes all», the successful candidate is the one with the most votes, with no requirement for them to gain an absolute majority.

«For the Conservatives to win an overall majority under the current boundaries, they need a seven point lead in the popular vote... However, under the proposed boundaries, they would need to lead Labour by just 3.8 %.»

The referendum on Scottish independence is a year away, with current polling suggesting a substantial majority will vote «no».

Rice, a Garden City Democrat in her second term, voted instead for Rep. Tim Ryan (D - Ohio)-- who is not related to Speaker Paul Ryan — to continue her protest of the current leadership and the Democrats» failure to determine why they have not won back the House majority.

The seat has been in Labour hands since 1918 and the current MP, Wayne David, will defend a notional majority of 13,517 over Plaid Cyrmru, with the Conservatives starting in third place with 14.7 % of the vote.

Democrats will be in the painful position of defending Espada in an election year to preserve their current fragile two - vote majority.

Erie County Legislature Majority Leader Joseph C. Lorigo, Chairman of the Finance and Management Committee, announces that his committee voted today to approve a resolution that urges the New York State Assembly, Senate and Governor to remove the current statute that bans the sale of alcohol before noon on Sundays.

A portion of the article reads: «On issues of pure politics, and going by which party appointed them; the way they have historically voted on political issues; and their posture and voting pattern during the Election Petition Case of 2012; and in the case of a non-unanimous decision, the majority of the current panel of the Supreme Court will likely rule in favour of the stance preferred by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in this case and the minority for the stance of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).»

Yet another change would require the temporary president to be elected by the majority of senators elected (the current rule just says the Senate «shall choose» without specifying how) and also bars the lieutenant governor from casting a tie - breaking vote.

On issues of pure politics, and going by which party appointed them; the way they have historically voted on political issues; and their posture and voting pattern during the Election Petition Case of 2012; and in the case of a non-unanimous decision, the majority of the current panel of the Supreme Court will likely rule in favour of the stance preferred by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in this case and the minority for the stance of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Indeed, the inherent unfairness of the current system was made clear at the last election when Cameron's Tories were 20 MPs short of a Commons majority even though they won 36 per cent of the national vote.»

ICM asked voters how settled they were in their current voting intention to establish how far voters will drift back towards their traditional affiliations and found a narrow majority of 51 % saying they were now «very certain» that their mind was made up.

It does not require a comfortable Labour majority to win, if the Lib Dems vote share were to halve (as the current mid-term polls and many posters on here predict).

Under the current law, a strike can take place if it is backed by a simple majority of those union members who vote - regardless of the level of turnout.

The scientifically weighted poll found a similarly large majority in favour of changing the current voting system.

(Congress has the extra ability to wipe out rules within two months of their effective date with majority votes in the House and Senate; the current legislature used this procedure to repeal 14 last - minute Obama rules.)

The current crisis actually has its roots in a row as far back as 1989 when members Kerstin Ekman and Lars Gyllensten left their chairs after a majority of the academy voted against a proposition to submit an appeal to the Swedish government to engage against the fatwa issued by Iran against Salman Rushdie for his controversial novel The Satanic Verses.

Even though the vast majority of teachers at all schools in the project voted to engage in schoolwide reading reform, the schools clearly have a long way to go to raise their reading scores to «breaking the mold» levels, with current mean standardized reading comprehension scores across schools, for example, standing at 40 in grades 2 and 3, and at 37 in grades 4 and 5.

A majority voted in favor of designating the Anthropocene as an «epoch / series,» according to the working group, which would mean that the current Holocene epoch, which began about 11,700 years ago, has terminated.

Second, CREA will eliminate the current required votes on national technology, including the double majority.

Two motions were passed by a majority vote: one calling for the immediate reinstatement of the former executive director; the other calling for four members of the current executive committee of the Board of Directors to resign, including Larry Estabrooks as president, Hodges Hamm as first vice - president / president - elect, Austin Drisdell as second vice-president and secretary treasurer Maurice Frennette.

Rent control can give current tenants massive windfalls taken from owners by their dominant majority vote.