Majority voting means making decisions based on what most people agree on. It is a way of deciding or choosing something by counting the opinions or votes, and the option that gets more than half of the votes is chosen as the outcome.
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The story illustrates an important lesson: Scientific and medical truth is not determined
by majority vote.
In order for an applicant to become a member, there must be a two - thirds
majority vote in her / their favor.
But many parents find that they prefer to make decisions by consensus rather than by
simple majority vote.
In order for an applicant to become a member, there must be a two -
thirds majority vote in her favor.
The key reforms to the existing legislation will affect diversity disclosure,
majority voting requirements and internet posting of meeting materials.
The recent opinion poll on the same issue did not receive a two thirds
majority vote necessary to change the standard.
Canadian shareholders and markets stand to gain from this enhanced accountability, similar to the documented benefits for shareholders in other jurisdictions when they have effectively
implemented majority voting.
How is something considered to be actual fact if it is only based on scholarly opinion or even by
scholarly majority vote?
So unless you are saying we should not
allow majority vote win at the local government level, then your statement is false.
Similarly, this is why some states implement a caucus system for their primary elections, while other states prefer a
straight majority vote primary system instead.
A two - thirds (2/3)
majority vote of all eligible voting members is required to affect the amendment.
Arnold said left in my campaign account (she had $ 3,186 on hand as of July 15) will be donated to a local charity «of
majority vote on my Facebook page.»
When referendums for Scottish and Welsh devolution were held in March 1979 the Welsh devolution referendum saw a large
majority vote against, while the Scottish referendum returned a narrow majority in favour without reaching the required threshold of 40 % support.
(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.)
«Many institutional investors already view
majority voting as good practice and frown upon companies who have yet to implement,» says Monteiro.
July 14, 2015 — CCGG's Executive Director Stephen Erlichman was quoted in The Globe and Mail about a legal panel's recommendations to amend the Ontario Business Corporations Act to
require majority voting for uncontested director elections and to remove Canadian residency requirements for directors.
They are asking for policies that most well run companies have adopted; things like
majority vote standards, so directors are only elected to the board if a majority of shareholders want them there.
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Majority voting policies provide minority shareholders with greater influence over the composition of the board of directors, who are their key representatives.
«The unprecedented
majority votes at Occidental and PPL in favor of a 2 ˚C scenario analysis and against management's wishes demonstrate that the issue is material to investors and the markets need useful, forward - looking scenario analysis of the world's climate objectives.
«Ultimately, when the law is changed, we want to ensure that a director who does not
get majority votes for, does not get elected, as a matter of law,» Cotte says.
If a simple
majority vote yes on convening a convention, delegates to a convention will be elected in November 2018 and the convention will convene in April 2019.
My slate will represent a minority on the Board and I will not be able to make decisions
without majority vote.
Even though he owned 42 % of the stock and Seward owned 42 % of the stock, Robert wanted
majority voting power so he could reign without contest.
in 2012, House Republicans received fewer votes than House Democrats, but retained a majority
Arsenal boss Wenger also dominates all three the demographic groups from the survey sample,
securing majority votes from 18 - 34 year olds (15 per cent), 35 - 54 year olds (15 per cent) and over 55s (20 per cent).
To resolve the charges, the SEC said, Holmes has agreed to pay a $ 500,000 penalty, will give up
majority voting control of the company, and will be barred from serving as an officer at a public company for a decade.
All 32 members of the
Senate majority voted «yes,» so it will be interesting to see if any other local Conservative committees follow Saratoga's lead and use that as a justification for yanking Row C from GOP lawmakers.
One year later — or
upon majority vote — the portfolio will be liquidated and collective gains or losses realized.
With a tremendous amount of support for the bill, and with expectations that the legislation will pass with an
overwhelming majority vote of the public, there are still a handful of individuals who oppose it, Buchwald said.
The alternative to decision by
majority voting does not lie in «consensus methods of decision making» or in «super majorities,» for these only perpetuate the notion that legislation is the appropriate means of determining issues of faith and order in the church and that the church must always make a decision when a proposal for change is made.
Even more importantly, although shareholder votes on issues
like majority voting and proxy access are non-binding, after years of majority support, the SEC might want to change the rules and say enough is enough; after five years, it's binding now.
The amendment would have also required a three -
fifths majority vote in the House and Senate to approve tax increases and raise the nation's debt limit.
In exchange for providing funding most VC firms
obtain majority voting rights by having the majority of the shares (or a preferred class of shares that are senior to common shares), as well as special veto rights.
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.
Tom DiNapoli, an Assembly Democrat, was selected to replace Alan Hevesi, where Assembly Democrats hold an absolute
majority voting bloc.
The GOP healthcare bill being moved through the process of budget reconciliation, meaning it only needed a
simply majority vote and was not subject to the filibuster.
With these 51 percent shares under the control of uniBank, including having
majority voting rights, the bank (uniBank) can now determine the strategic direction of ADB.