Sentences with phrase «supermajority of»

This means I have personally realized more actual money from bitcoin than a supermajority of bagholders, without touching one.

The signalling process is just to coordinate when a supermajority of hashrate has upgraded, nodes can then activate and begin enforcing the new rules.

Because SegWit tweaks consensus rules, changing how nodes validate blocks, it needs a supermajority of miner support to activate quickly and safely.

Iowa: Bill to require supermajority of state Supreme Court (5/7) to declare laws unconstitutional advances

Finally, judges appointed under this system would have been required to receive a supermajority of «yes» votes to be retained in office: 67 % under SJR 8 and 60 % under SJR 9.

Has it noticed that a supermajority of Parties understand the absence of new equity language as an affirmation of the original, and take the Convention's language to remain entirely operational?

When a supermajority of the public wants action on climate, it's worth it for the Kochs to buy the allegiance of candidates who will walk the climate denial line, work to protect fossil fuel subsidies, and rubber stamp pet fossil fuel projects like the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

The article points out that the assessment is not technically a tax because a supermajority of utilities who collect the self - assessment have to approve it, but given the advantages the utilities get from this, what motivation would they have to reject the assessment?

(Ending a filibuster requires a cloture vote by a supermajority of 60 senators.)

Only meet when a supermajority of your members are calling for a change in policy.

SB1947 garnered a bipartisan supermajority of 38 votes in the Senate, and the bill will now be sent to Gov. Rauner, who has said he will sign it.

Districts that want to exceed the cap can seek a 60 percent supermajority of voters.

It is perhaps surprising, then, that in July a bipartisan Senate supermajority of 81 — 17 passed a revision of NCLB that keeps the federal requirement that all students be tested in math and reading in grades 3 to 8 and again in high school.

The cap and freeze are designed to keep spending closer to the rate of inflation unless a supermajority of 60 percent votes for a greater increase.

A year prior to the launch of Obamacare, passed by the Supermajority of Democrats, Mr. Abdelazim clearly included this in his condemnation of his belief in corporate control of Government,

Minority Democrats argue for a position outside the executive's supervision, subject to approval by a supermajority of the legislature and protected by contract from firing.

Because borrowing requires a supermajority of the legislature — 13 votes — Democrats blocked the plan even though all 11 Republicans voted in favor.

Incumbent Sharon Belton - Cottman, who ran unopposed in the Ferry District, also had support from the BTF, giving union - backed candidates a supermajority of six votes on the board.

And they want the requirement that a supermajority of 60 % is needed to override the cap, be changed to a simple majority.

Schools require a supermajority of 60 percent of voters to override the tax cap.

The lawsuit also charges that the tax cap violates the principle of «one person, one vote» because a supermajority of 60 % of voters is required to override the cap.

A sharply divided Kingston Common Council voted five to four in favor of the Alms House project on Flatbush Avenue, but a supermajority of seven votes was necessary to change the zoning from single - family to multiple - residency housing.

Cuomo said local government leaders do have the power to override the cap, if a 60 percent supermajority of the members of a city council, town board, or county legislature agrees to override it.

The 13 school districts that are asking for an exemption to the tax cap in Tuesday's vote will have to convince a supermajority of 60 percent of voters to approve their plan in order to override the tax cap.

The lawsuit also charges that the tax cap violates the principle of «one person one vote,» because a supermajority of 60 percent of voters is required to override the cap.

If the town chooses to pierce the cap, the budget must be approved by a supermajority of the Town Board.

Delia DeRiggi - Whitton (D - Glen Cove) said the inspector general should be picked by a 13 - member supermajority of the Legislature.

Language placed into these rules in 2013 says they can only be changed with the approval of a supermajority of 38 members.

While Donald Trump has locked up a supermajority of chair support, Cox can't get Rob Astorino out of single digits.

A 2011 law requires that schools in New York must get a supermajority of voters to approve a budget that hikes property taxes by more than 2 %.

Battersea, where Martin Linton is struggling with a supermajority of just 163, could be ousted by the Tories» Jane Ellison.

A majority of voters said «yes» to the spending plan, but it failed to pass because it didn't reach the required supermajority of support to go over or below the property tax cap.

Districts whose proposed spending plans override their individual caps can gain voter approval only by mustering a supermajority of 60 percent or better in the May budget vote.

In an unusual address at the legislature's meeting in Mineola, Singas, a Democrat, said an inspector general appointed by a supermajority of lawmakers — and not reporting solely to the county executive — is needed to catch wrongdoing in the contracting system before crimes can occur.

On Monday, they proposed creation of an independent inspector general, appointed by a supermajority of legislators and given full subpoena power.

Congress may then override the veto with a two thirds supermajority of each chamber.

Republicans need eight for a supermajority of sixty seats.

A supermajority of voters can choose to approve budgets that override the cap.

While Democrats including District Attorney Madeline Singas have called for a supermajority of legislators to appoint the person with that role, Mangano aides say the mayor or governor directly selects them in the city and state.

The Rams opened as -7.0 road favorites, but the line has moved to -6.5 even though they've gotten the supermajority of the early bets, suggesting that sharp money is on the opposing Titans.

It's a supermajority of writers who all agree that player is a necessary part of baseball lore.

The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court raises the prospect that for the first time in history there will be a supermajority of justices on the same court affiliated to one degree or another with the Catholic Church.

Nonetheless all the directors were reelected by wide margins at the company's annual meeting last year, reflecting how Redstone controls a supermajority of the company's Class A voting shares through his holding company, National Amusements.

Selling With a supermajority of iOS apps being offered for free — more than 90 percent, Blau says — companies have turned en masse to a business model in which customers pay for extra features.

Additionally, supermajorities of California voters support policy changes to elevate teacher quality, including either eliminating teacher tenure or lengthening the time before teachers receive tenure from the current eighteen months to at least four years, taking performance into account when making layoff decisions, and making it easier to let go of underperforming teachers.

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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..

If you hold your shares in street name, it is critical that you cast your vote if you want it to count in the election of directors, the vote to approve the amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the vote to approve the amendment and restatement of our 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, the advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation, and the stockholder proposals requesting: (i) the elimination of supermajority voting requirements, (ii) the adoption of a policy to consider employee pay ranges when setting CEO compensation, and (iii) a report on Salesforce's criteria for investing in, operating in and withdrawing from high - risk regions (Proposals 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in this Proxy Statement).

«Moreover, we believe that a supermajority vote requirement can enable a small group of shareholders to overrule the will of the majority shareholders.

In addition, supermajority voting provisions proposed require the approval of two - thirds of the board and outstanding stock to appoint an individual who was previously an officer of the company as CEO.

The company has also proposed several charter amendments as part of its efforts to adopt corporate governance best practices, including board declassification, providing for the removal of directors with or without cause, a reduced supermajority requirement to amend bylaws regarding special meeting rights and the elimination of supermajority requirements for certain provisions of the bylaws.