Sentences with phrase «of votes necessary»

These so - called «broker non-votes» will be included in the calculation of the number of votes considered to be present at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum, but will not be considered in determining the number of votes necessary for approval and will have no effect on the outcome of the vote for Directors, the advisory vote on executive compensation, the amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the shareholder proposals.

Not exact matches

Politico reports that GOP Senate leaders are aiming to vote on an Obamacare replacement bill by the end of June regardless of whether or not it has the 50 votes necessary to pass.

The motion, a broadly worded declaration of support for foreign policy, received 158 votes in favor, below the necessary majority of 160 votes and was followed by a chorus of opposition calls for the government to «quit, quit, quit».

But J. Gerald Hebert, director of the Voting Rights and Redistricting Program at the public - interest Campaign Legal Center in Washington, said the states drew districts with more black voters than necessary to «dilute their voting strength in order to achieve a partisan gain.»

Neither bill, in the end, would likely secure the 50 votes necessary for passage, but the process might give the 52 nervous GOPers in the senate a face - saving way out of this mess.

«The transaction is a necessary step towards TSLA's goal of being an integrated sustainable energy company,» said ISS, an influential proxy advisory firm that recommends votes for contested situations and deals to institutional shareholders.

But that poses the risk of calamitous economic disruption if a White House with limited success on Capitol Hill fails to gather and accurately count the necessary votes.

Neither of the rival plans offered by Boehner in the House and Reid in the Senate seemed to have the necessary votes in Congress amid a bitter stalemate that could have far - reaching repercussions for the fragile U.S. economy as well as global markets.

The Bank of England cut interest rates on Thursday for the first time since 2009, revived its bond - buying program and said it would take «whatever action is necessary» to achieve stability in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

Although it is remaining officially neutral on the vote, Standard Life has said it would transfer some of its operations south of the new border if necessary, a move that would likely result in some job losses.

However, it is not necessary to mark any boxes if you wish to vote in accordance with the Board of Directors» recommendations; in that case, merely sign, date and return the proxy card in the enclosed envelope.

Of course, strategic voting is only necessary because Canada still suffers under the first - past - the - post system.

had hoped to find both the necessary votes and time on the House floor for consideration of a bill that would spin the nation's air traffic controllers and thousands of people working on modernizing the aviation system into a private nonprofit corporation.

Britain vowed it would do «whatever is necessary» to protect its own economic security in light of the vote, with a Downing Street spokesman saying Prime Minister David Cameron would chair a meeting Monday to review contingency plans already in place.

Pursuant to Section 228 of the DGCL, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of our stock entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise.

Having lived in Ottawa for a number of years and a federal public service employee for neatly 30 years, I like the Wildrose but maybe lack the necessary experience which might cause the voters to split the vote, hence a minority goverment.

One example of a material difference in corporate law between states is the stockholder vote necessary to sell a company.

These responsibilities include: (i) fostering processes that allow the Board to function independently of management and encouraging open and effective communication between the Board and management of the Company; (ii) providing input to the Chairman on behalf of the independent Directors with respect to Board agendas; (iii) presiding at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, as well as regularly scheduled executive sessions of independent Directors; (iv) in the case of a conflict of interest involving a Director, if appropriate, asking the conflicted Director to leave the room during discussion concerning such matter and, if appropriate, asking such Director to recuse him or herself from voting on the relevant matter; (v) communicating with the Chairman and the CEO, as appropriate, regarding meetings of the independent Directors and resources and information necessary for the Board to effectively carry out its duties and responsibilities; (vi) serving as liaison between the Chairman and the independent Directors; (vii) being available to Directors who have concerns that can not be addressed through the Chairman; (viii) having the authority to call meetings of the independent Directors; and (ix) performing other functions as may reasonably be requested by the Board or the Chairman.

Catholic claims of priestly and especially papal authority thus seemed to prevent individual Christians from choosing their own faith, as necessary for salvation; they also seemed to prevent citizens from thinking and voting independently, as necessary for democracy.

But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two - thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice.

I would have voted for Osama Bin Laden for president if he had renounced Islam, apologized, and said that the world would be a better place without religion (provided of course that he could meet necessary citizenship requirements... oh, and if he weren't dead).

Schlafly, again nearly single - handedly, managed to stop the feminist - backed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution dead in its tracks in 1982 — a startling feat, given that the ERA had the backing of nearly the entire political and intellectual establishment, Republicans included, and had garnered ratification votes during the 1970s from thirty - five of the necessary thirty - eight states.

I am not calling for cuts to government programs as of now — they are necessary for so many people's basic survival — but Mr. Beck does have a pertinent point: voting to tax someone else (typically wealthier than us) to provide assistance does not necessarily demonstrate a society that «cares» — much more caring is a society that willingly donates those funds to charities they have taken the time to research, and more caring still if the members of that society take the time to volunteer to administer that aid.

The conjunction of the parties» goal to maximize votes and the desire of religious communities to voice their values made the aggregating of diverse groups into opposing coalitions both necessary and effective.

Bishop Joseph Imesch, chairman of the pastoral's drafting committee, has made clear» most recently in his report on the status of the pastoral at the National Conference of Catholic Bishops annual November meeting» that the pastoral «process» will continue for several more years, if necessary, and yet another draft is scheduled to be presented to the bishops for voting in November 1991.

There were 282 votes and a massive 254 (90 %) of you agreed that Arsenal do need to make a signing, while only 28 (10 %) of you said it was not necessary.

The event has drawn the ire of campaign finance reform advocates, who have dubbed Grisanti an «enemy of reform» (props to the late Ed Koch are necessary here) for refusing to break with his fellow Republicans in their collective «no» vote on the hostile amendment offered by the Democrats that would have created a public campaign finance system.

The voting threshold necessary to prompt the exit process was never actually decided at all as such prior to the referendum, but assumptions were made by politicians and journalists about what would be politically acceptable to an emergent notion of popular sovereignty.

«Apparently Governor Cuomo knew that this tactic of divide and conquer could be used with skill to appoint one of his friends, knowing that she is not the most qualified and does not have the necessary experience compared to others, but knowing that any non-Hispanic who would vote against her would create the perception that he or she was Anti-Hispanic,» Diaz Sr. wrote.

«I am one hundred percent confident that I would have received the 25 % of the Republican delegate vote necessary to get on the ballot, but I am now comfortable that my party is well represented.»

«I will be voting to give the president of the United States the authority to use force — if necessary — to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security.»

U.S. Senate Democrats appeared to secure the votes necessary to filibuster the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, sending the body hurtling toward a bitter partisan confrontation later this week.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

«We believe that it is necessary to keep the public informed of key votes and let the taxpayers be aware of how elected officials spend our money.

Woodbury did not receive the necessary number of votes to be elected in the 1845 at - large election, and no winner was subsequently chosen in a special election.

Blakeman is so far the only contender who has claimed to already have hit the 25 percent mark of the weighted convention vote necessary to get onto the ballot.

The Wilson Pakula threshold for anyone not enrolled in the party who wants to run on the line, as you'll recall, is just over 50 percent of the weighted convention vote — more than twice the 25 percent necessary for party members to get onto the ballot.

But this question too I would reverse on its head, and claim that it's not 50 %, or 11 %, but the extent of social power necessary to influence enough people to vote - legislators, or the public.

Blakeman announced several weeks ago that he has securred more than 25 percent of the weighted convention vote necessary to get onto the ballot.

I thought the Queen dissolved Parliament on the advice of her PM, no Parliamentary vote being necessary.

Horner concludes: «Given the tremendous institutional power of the executive, the support of the state Assembly, and the apparent support among many Senators, the fate of meaningful campaign finance reform will hinge on whether the governor can round up the necessary Senate votes....

«This is really important so there's consistency for voters in New York City, and so that we have a voting process that, well before the September primary this year, we know how we'll administer and when we would administer the run - off if it was necessary for any of the offices,» Carroll said.

If there is an equality of votes between constituency candidates for a district and the addition of 1 vote would entitle one of those candidates to be declared elected, the Electoral Commission must, without delay, apply to a District Court Judge for a recount under section 180, and all the provisions of that section apply accordingly, except that no deposit is necessary.

Hayes also questioned why Cuomo has thus far declined to intervene in the post-election jockeying for votes, in which Senator - elect Simcha Felder recently defected from the Democrats to join with the GOP, putting them just one vote shy of the 32 necessary to control the chamber.

Gillibrand and her Democratic colleagues are still seeking one last GOP vote necessary to pass the 9/11 health care bill, and she is accusing the Republicans of pushing a «pack of lies» about the bill by suggesting it will be a «job killer» and open the door to fraud.

My only regret of last week was I don't think it was necessary to divide the House on a vote which could have led to a vote but he thought it was.»

As the Tories have little popularity (the second lowest popular share of the vote for any government) it has been necessary for this project that there is a pretence that this not a return to austerity, after the boost to consumption that helped the Tories get re-elected.

The WFP has also pushed for passage of campaign finance reform, the Dream Act and other legislation that Ms. Savino said wouldn't have the necessary votes even if Democrats controlled the Senate.

The Conservatives were actually considering a motion of no confidence in the leader and his administration but they say the timing of the annual leadership vote means it's not necessary.

«Pension forfeiture is necessary and long overdue and I am very pleased to have voted in support of the measure so that it can now go before voters this fall for their final approval.»