Sentences with phrase «majority voting rules»

Ideally, companies should make majority voting rules part of their company's policy now.

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.

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.

CCGG Executive Director quoted in the Financial Post with regard to the TSX's majority voting rule

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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.