Sentences with phrase «more votes by»

Whether the active discussion translates into more votes by moms remains to be seen.

The dirtbag would even claim to be a Mormon if it thought it could get more votes by being one.

Not exact matches

Its mission is to «help voters take back control of their democracy» by giving them a place to debate issues, research candidates» platforms, recruit vote pledges from others and more.

Launched by the Los Angeles venture - capital firm Science's mobile studio, Wishbone shows you two options and lets you vote on which one you like more — a spin on the popular «Would you rather?»

Most recently, she sat down with Oprah Winfrey to discuss how she's turning her activism into action by launching a new initiative called Eighteen x» 18, which will encourage more young people to vote in the upcoming elections.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. / BOSTON, May 2 - Goldman Sachs Group Inc leaders said more than 87 percent of shares were voted in favor of its executive pay at its annual shareholder meeting, and that a stock plan for employees was approved by more than 65 percent of votes cast.

Congress must act by Sept. 29 in order to raise the debt ceiling, a more contentious vote than the one for Harvey aid.

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May, however, insisted that the spending plans should focus more on working - class voters who feel they have been left behind by globalisation, and who voted in large numbers to leave the European Union in June.

Both Ferrance's and DiCeglie's counties flipped from their 2012 vote margins in favor of President Barack Obama by more than 31,000 votes to favor Trump.

In total, her advantage over Trump in the county is by more than 93,000 fewer votes than Obama enjoyed over Romney in 2012.

Of those six counties, none saw a greater flip than Pinellas, where Clinton's and Obama's margins were separated by more than 31,000 votes.

In an SEC filing, Facebook has said Zuckerberg will begin by gifting no more than $ 1 billion in stock annually for the next three years, and that he «intends to retain his majority voting position in our stock for the foreseeable future.»

At the company's last annual meeting in May, Dimon contended that criticism of the company's compensation by services advising institutional investors on proxy votes was off base in its view that more restrictive formulas are better.

Giving Republicans more Benghazi information, like that demanded by Graham, «would probably win at least some Republican votes for Mr. Brennan,» say Shane and Mazzetti.

More than half the original field has fallen by the wayside — thanks in part to your votes.

Democrats counter that the ACA was debated for more than three months after the initial text of the legislation was released before it got its first House vote, and amendments offered by Republicans were added to the bill.

Or, more accurately, Congress voted down the bi-partisan compromise by U.S. senators Joe Manchin (D - W.

It's more than a little ironic that Facebook (fb), which has become a powerful media entity, is controlled in much the same way through multiple - voting shares owned by Mark Zuckerberg and his family.

By Nov. 6, the Center for Responsive Politics estimates more than US$ 5.8 billion will have been spent on this year's vote.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. / BOSTON, May 2 (Reuters)- Goldman Sachs Group Inc leaders said more than 87 percent of shares were voted in favor of its executive pay at its annual shareholder meeting, and that a stock plan for employees was approved by more than 65 percent of votes cast.

Republicans need just a simple 51 - vote total to confirm a judicial nominee after the filibuster on lower - level court judicial nominees was killed by Democrats when they last controlled the Senate in an effort to help move along some of Obama's nominees more quickly.

Merkel was weakened after a September election as voters angry with her decision in 2015 to open Germany's borders to more than a million asylum seekers punished her conservatives by voting for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) far - right party.

That led to Jones defeating Moore by more than 131,000 votes there.

On Wednesday he filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of Montgomery, Ala., calling for a delay in certifying the results of the Dec. 12 Senate election which saw Democrat Doug Jones prevail over Moore by more than 20,000 votes.

Because Dell's 16 percent stake isn't included in the special vote, the leveraged buyout must be backed by slightly more than 42 percent of Dell's outstanding stock.

Though Bersani and Monti have said all parties must work together, anti-Europe, anti-euro and anti-austerity parties headed by Berlusconi and Grillo have received 50 percent of the public vote, sending a clear signal to politicians that there is no mood for more austerity dictated by Brussels.

Moore, whose campaign filed a last - minute «election fraud» complaint on Thursday just before the results were certified just after 2 p.m. EST, claimed that widespread voter fraud had contributed to his more than 20,000 vote loss to Jones, a number that was not significantly altered by the inclusion of military and provisional ballots that were later counted.

In a final ballot, which was first reported by National Review, more than three - quarters voted to back Cruz.

The employees characterized the process as «the polls never close,» meaning once a decision seemed to be made, it could be changed by more «voting,» or discussion.

You also need to determine the voting rights of the partners — normally a simple majority vote of the partners decides what happens and what doesn't, but you can agree that important decisions be made by a «supermajority» vote of two - thirds or more of the partnership percentages..

But the more we learn about the negative implications of the Russia sanctions bill, which sailed through the Senate earlier this summer by a vote of 98 - 2, the clearer it becomes that the House will need to play the role of «cooling saucer» to prevent a few loosely written provisions in the bill from scalding the U.S. economy.

the acquisition by any person of direct or indirect ownership of securities representing more than 50 % of the voting power of our then outstanding stock;

By allowing certain stock to have more voting power than other stock our company takes our public shareholder money but does not let us have an equal voice in our company's management.

More to the point, politicians seek to win votes by placating labor on the eve of elections.

Over 6 million Floridians have already cast their ballots in early voting, more than the total 5.9 million cast by registered voters in 2000.

Last year, more than 20 percent of investors voted against WPP's compensation, resulting in it being listed in a new public register set up by the Investment Association.

The Securities and Exchange Commission received more than 287,000 letters commenting on the rule before approving it by a vote of 3 to 2.

The new weighted voting rights structure, still banned by Chinese regulators, aims to incentivize more Chinese technology companies to list in Hong Kong.

In the end, he told his caucus to vote for the Liberal motion, which was enough to get Scheer called a «backstabber» by Ezra Levant, whose Rebel Media more or less defines the far right end of the political mainstream in Canada.

There has been proxy voting by shareholders and even political voting, digital identity creation, organized and secure record keeping, real estate uses and other contracts, review gathering, gaming application, app development, medical records use, and more.

OTTAWA — Nine million votes were wasted in the 2015 election under Canada's winner - take - all electoral system — that's more than the populations of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces combined, according to a new electoral reform primer outlining why the principle of proportionality must underpin the government's promise to bring in voting reform by the next federal election.

Firms targeted by activists end up with more white men on their boards, often replacing women and minorities in the process, according to a study by proxy voting firm ISS.

By «We,» I mean the people who vote for the politicians who will decide if more of us get to live, or if more of us will continue to die.

Under the 2017 Plan, a change in control is defined to include (1) the acquisition by any person or company of more than 50 % of the combined voting power of our then outstanding stock, (2) a merger, consolidation, or similar transaction in which our stockholders immediately before the transaction do not own, directly or indirectly, more than 50 % of the combined voting power of the surviving entity (or the parent of the surviving entity), (3) a sale, lease, exclusive license, or other disposition of all or substantially all of our assets other than to an entity more than 50 % of the combined voting power of which is owned by our stockholders, and (4) an unapproved change in the majority of the board of directors.

Provided, however, that an incentive stock option held by a participant who owns more than 10 % of the total combined voting power of all classes of our stock, or of certain of our parent or subsidiary corporations, may not have a term in excess of five years and must have an exercise price of at least 110 % of the fair market value of our common stock on the grant date.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc leaders said more than 87 percent of shares were voted in favor of its executive pay at its annual shareholder meeting, and that a stock plan for employees was approved by more than 65 percent of votes cast.

In reaction to the vote by the Legal Affairs Committee, Michael Izza, chief executive of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, pointed out that a number of the changes voted through by the members of the European Parliament seem to align the EU audit reform proposals more closely with international standards, which he considers a positive.

In a polarising referendum called by the radical leftist government of Alexis Tsipras at only eight days notice, Greeks voted by more than 60 % to 40 % in support of the prime minister, spurning the extra austerity demanded mainly by Germany and the International Monetary Fund in return for an extension of bailout funds.

The restrictions imposed by federal law currently require that no more than 25 % of our voting stock be voted, directly or indirectly, by persons who are not U.S. citizens, and that our president and at least two - thirds of the members of our board of directors and senior management be U.S. citizens.