Sentences with phrase «supermajority vote»

A "supermajority vote" refers to a majority that is greater than the typical majority required. It means that a higher percentage of votes is needed to make a decision or pass a law. For example, while a simple majority might require 51% of votes, a supermajority may require 60% or even a higher percentage to achieve a consensus. Full definition
«Deployment shall be controlled by a hash - power supermajority vote (similar to the technique used in BIP34), but the earliest possible activation time is 2016-01-11 00:00:00 UTC.»
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.
Congress also uses modifications of straight Robert's Rules voting like the filibuster, holds, Senatorial privilege for judicial appointments, supermajority voting on treaties, «fast track voting» without amendments and similar variants.
Now, according to Parker, Michael Kaplowitz, a Yorktown Democrat and chairman of the Board of Legislators, will continue to mull an override of Astorino's veto which would require a bipartisan supermajority vote of 12 legislators in order to overturn the decision.
a. Stagger the Board; b. Overweight management on Board; c. Introduce cumulative voting; d. Introduce unequal voting rights; e. Create supermajority voting; f. Establish pre-emptive rights.
Some predicted that General Convention would not be able to legally authorize the trial rite because it would require a supermajority vote in the House of Bishops.
«It would take many, many years to do that because we can't exceed the tax cap - or we can but you have to go out for the supermajority vote - so we're kind of in a quandary.»
But in order to override Astorino's veto, lawmakers will need a supermajority vote, which seems unlikely at the moment.
Municipalities already play within the state's flexible tax cap (which restricts tax - levy growth to 2 percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower) which requires a supermajority vote to override.
Assignment editors — U.S. Senate candidate Scott will highlight the second proposal of his «Make Washington Work» Plan requiring a supermajority vote of each house of Congress to approve any tax or fee increase with two events.
Chazy Central Rural School's $ 10,728,470 spending proposal, which required a supermajority vote, was approved with just over 69 percent of voter support.
A supermajority vote of 60 percent is required to override the cap.
The position would be appointed by the county executive and confirmed by the Legislature with a supermajority vote.
And in Niagara Falls, the tax levy will not go up under the proposed budget, but a supermajority vote will be needed to pass it because the district has a negative tax cap.
However, in order to override Astorino, the Board of Legislators will need a supermajority vote.
Despite approval from two Republicans lawmakers, David Gelfarb, of Rye Brook, and Jim Maisano, of New Rochelle, the bill failed to capture a supermajority vote, which would have prevented the legislation from being vetoed by County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican.
A supermajority vote — seven out of ten votes — by the Commission is required to send a redistricting plan to the legislature, which can be passed by majority vote of the legislature, encouraging collaboration and cooperation.
Supermajority votes are established to prevent dominance by one political party or majority parties in both the commission and the legislature for approval of district lines.
While Horowitz said the court's «rationale makes the auction look less like a tax under any analytical approach,» Cullenward said a supermajority vote is still needed.
The decision removes some pressure on state lawmakers to immediately reauthorize the program with a supermajority vote.
Even if only a smaller group of owners is affected, the supermajority vote is still required.
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