Sentences with phrase «purpose of a quorum»

The intended purpose of a quorum call is to establish the presence of a constitutional quorum, but senators routinely use them to waste time while waiting for the next speaker to come to the floor or for leaders to negotiate off the floor.

«The purpose of a quorum is to prevent an unrepresentative group from taking action in the name of the organization,» says «Robert's Rules of Order» (as translated into plain English in the 19970 by Doris Zimmerman, a professionally registered parliamentarian).

Not exact matches

Broker nonvote shares will, however, be counted for purposes of establishing a quorum.

Your shares will be counted for purposes of determining if there is a quorum if you:

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.

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.

Since the US Constitutional Quorum for most purposes is a majority of each house of Congress, can bills pass that house with a majority of the quorum or do they need a majority of the total seats of that house toQuorum for most purposes is a majority of each house of Congress, can bills pass that house with a majority of the quorum or do they need a majority of the total seats of that house toquorum or do they need a majority of the total seats of that house to pass?

When our inspector of election tabulates the votes for any particular matter, broker non-votes will be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present, but will not otherwise be counted.

The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two - thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice.

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.

But in chusing 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.

The merger must be approved by a majority of the members present and qualified to vote at a general membership meeting called for such purpose at which a quorum is present, unless otherwise specified in the association's bylaws, or unless there are other requirements of state law.

(2) A council member participating in a meeting under this section is to be considered present at the meeting for the purposes of determining quorum.