CCGG Executive Director quoted in the Financial Post with regard to the TSX's
majority voting rule
November 16, 2015 - CCGG's Executive Director Stephen Erlichman was quoted in the Financial Post suggesting that the TSX provide guidance to boards about the meaning of «exceptional circumstances `' in the TSX's
majority voting rule.
November 16, 2015 - CCGG's Executive Director Stephen Erlichman was quoted in the Financial Post suggesting that the TSX provide guidance to boards about the meaning of «exceptional circumstances `' in the TSX's
majority voting rule.
November 15, 2015 - CCGG's Executive Director Stephen Erlichman was quoted in The Globe and Mail regarding the possibility of legislation instead of the TSX's
majority voting rule.
Ideally, companies should make
majority voting rules part of their company's policy now.
Not exact matches
Downing Street has
ruled out such membership, preferring to be able to negotiate free trade deals with the rest of the world, but the
majority of members in the upper house of the U.K.'s parliament, the House of Lords, have
voted against that, forcing a debate on the issue.
Clinton never had a
majority of the electorate
voting for him, and Bush's election needed a Supreme Court
ruling to certify it.
In April, they
voted in favor of a shareholder proposal requiring annual
majority rule votes for all directors, which Nabors has said they will abide by.
Since Pai, a Republican, has a
majority of
votes on the Commission, he is likely to go ahead with his plan to rip up the
rules later this summer.
It might seem odd to have a family dynasty at the helm of one of the world's most powerful media organizations, but such an arrangement — in which the Sulzbergers control the
majority of the
voting shares — used to be the
rule in media rather than the exception.
The two bickered earlier this week about the so - called «nuclear option» Reid is considering that would dramatically change Senate
rules in confirming Cabinet appointees, shifting the approval process to a simple
majority vote in the Seante.
Scrapping the filibuster, known in political circles as the «nuclear option,» would require McConnell to wrangle a
majority of senators to
vote to suspend the
rule.
Election
rules give the center - left a solid
majority in the lower house, despite its slim advantage in terms of
votes, but without the Senate it will not be able to pass legislation.
Georgia Congressman Tom Price has been cleared as the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services after an ugly confirmation battle which included Senate Democrats boycotting his
vote by a key panel (a tactic that was rendered useless as the
majority Republicans changed committee
rules to push his nomination forward).
The House then
votes on adoption of the special
rule, which needs only a simple
majority to pass.
Under applicable TSX
rules, the transaction also requires the approval of Loblaw shareholders by
majority vote, as the number of Loblaw common shares to be issued in the transaction exceeds 25 % of the total number of outstanding Loblaw common shares.
It's an important change, because many boards now following the TSX's
voting rules do take advantage of this loophole: in 2015, 21 directors got
majority withholds, and in 16 of the cases, boards used the exemption
rule to keep the director.
New
rules will require CBCA companies — about 40 % of companies listed on the TSX — to hold an election for their entire board of directors annually,
vote for each director individually and, most importantly, use uniquely crafted
majority -
voting rules that only let shareholders
vote «no» or «yes» for a director, eliminating the use of «withhold»
votes which is standard practice under existing TSX
rules.
Last time the
ruling UMNO - led Barisan Nasional coalition received a minority of the popular
vote, only winning a
majority of the seats thanks to some creatively drawn electoral boundaries.
Under these
rules, a company of which more than 50 % of the
voting power is held by an individual, a group or another company is a «controlled company» and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements of the, including (1) the requirement that a
majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors, (2) the requirement that we have a nominating and corporate governance committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities and (3) the requirement that we have a compensation committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities.
If a
majority of the Commission
votes to move a proposed
rule forward, it could appear on the SEC's website as early as April 18.
Unlike previous PC leadership races, according to recently changed party
rules, if no candidate earns a
majority of
votes on the first ballot, only the first and second candidate move to the second ballot
vote.
Under the default
rule applicable to virtually every corporation in the United States, however, corporate directors are elected through a standard that guarantees that a director could be elected with even a single affirmative
vote, even if that director's candidacy is opposed by the overwhelming
majority of shareholders.
Once again, all the conservative
votes in the country «ain't» going to help a «pro-life» presidential candidate, i.e Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Ron Paul or Rick Santorum, in 2012 as the «Immoral
Majority»
rules the country and will be doing so for awhile.
A university
rule that permits anyone to run for any office does NOT exempt the person from needing to convince the
majority of the membership to
vote for that person to serve as its leader.
So... In theory, a Muslim could be elected president of Hillel, but that would require a
majority of the membership to
vote for that person AND if the Muslim president tried to impose any anti-Jewish
rules, the membership can
vote the person out of office.
Once again, all the conservative
votes in the country «ain't» going to help a «pro-life» presidential candidate, i.e Mitt Romney, in 2012 as the «Immoral
Majority»
rules the country and will be doing so for awhile.
Although the final numbers are not in, it appears that ~ 500,000
voted to reject the Personhood amendment vs. ~ 400,000
voting for the amendment i.e. the Immoral
Majority rules when it comes to abortion.
Once again, all the conservative
votes in the country «ain't» going to help a «pro-life» presidential candidate, i.e Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, Newton Leroy Gingrich, Ron Paul or Rick Santorum, in 2012 as the «Immoral
Majority»
rules the country and will be doing so for awhile.
Once again, all the conservative
votes in the country «ain't» going to help a «pro-life» presidential candidate, i.e Mitt Romney, Newton Leroy Gingrich, Ron Paul or Rick Santorum (exit right), in 2012 as the «Immoral
Majority»
rules the country and will be doing so for awhile.
While we all should and do tolerate and accept each others right to worship, the
majority should
rule, just as in
voting, as in democracy and in life.
How about «
majority rules» and you beleivers get
voted «off the island?»
However, the
majority of Indians, who had been left behind by recent economic growth,
voted against incumbent governments, unseating, among others, many strongly pro-business
ruling politicians in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka (of which Bangalore is the capital city).
The unit
rule, whereby every
vote in a state's delegation went to the candidate who got a
majority, was an early target.
Once again, all the conservative
votes in the country «ain't» going to help a «pro-life» presidential candidate, i.e Mitt Romney, Newton Leroy Gingrich, Ron Paul or Rick Santorum, in 2012 as the «Immoral
Majority»
rules the country and will be doing so for awhile.
I think our members of Congress, who will be
voting on any proposed changes to school meal
rules this year, should take note of the fact that the overwhelming
majority of people surveyed don't want school meal regulations weakened.
Mr Nkansah added: «If he doesn't know, he should check the constitution and he'll realize that minority
rules the country but they are
voted into power by the
majority of Ghanaians.
Senate Republicans want some major cuts in spending, which would violate that
rule, so it would need 60
votes to pass rather than the simple
majority that reconciliation requires.
Though, if it were some measure generally opposed by the
ruling majority and there were enough defections, then the missing 7
votes would have more of an impact on something not getting passed.
Note that when Harry Reid used the nuclear option, the
rule change only used a simple
majority of
votes.
The
vote is perhaps the most pivotal moment for the ANC since it launched black -
majority rule under Nelson Mandela's leadership 23 years ago.
According to the Supreme Court's
ruling in United States v. Ballin (1892), Senate
rules can be changed by a simple
majority vote.
In 1975, the Democratic - controlled Senate [6] revised the cloture
rule so that three - fifths of sworn senators could limit debate, except on
votes to change Senate
rules, which required a two - thirds
majority to invoke cloture.
The nuclear option exists in the Senate, which allows the
majority leader to effectively alter the
rules with a
majority vote even though the
rules state a three fifths
vote is required.
Now, any Senate
rule can be changed by a simple
majority vote (actually, it always could but no one broke the
rules that way).
(d) When at the close of a roll call any candidate for nomination for President of the United States or Vice President of the United States has received a
majority of the
votes entitled to be cast in the convention, the chairman of the convention shall announce the
votes for each candidate whose name was presented in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this
rule.
U.S. Senate Republicans deployed the so - called «nuclear option» and changed longstanding
rules to clear the way for the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve on the Supreme Court, bypassing a precedent - breaking Democratic filibuster by allowing the nomination to go forward on a simple
majority vote.
According to the ’09 change, a hearing must be held within two weeks unless the
majority of
Rules members (read: Republicans)
vote not to do so.
In the U.S. Senate, the Senate
rules apparently do not apply to the first day of a new Senate session until the
rules are
voted in by a simple
majority.
assuming Democrats are elected to those two vacancies, it would give elected Democrats 32
votes, presumably enough to form a
majority or at least try to do so by changing the Senate
rules.