Sentences with phrase «voting power even»

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Given Cameron's role as a relentless champion for «remain,» even a close vote could force him from power or turn him into a lame duck.

Jordan also points out that in 1998, New Belgium's workers voted to convert to 100 percent wind power, even though the move meant cutting into raises and bonuses.

Furthermore, investors purchasing shares of our Class A common stock in this offering will only own approximately % of our outstanding shares of Class A and Class B common stock (and have % of the combined voting power of the outstanding shares of our Class A and Class B common stock), after the offering even though their aggregate investment will represent % of the total consideration received by us in connection with all initial sales of shares of our capital stock outstanding as of September 30, 2010, after giving effect to the issuance of shares of our Class A common stock in this offering and shares of our Class A common stock to be sold by certain selling stockholders.

Thus, he had to go, even though some sources said he had the voting power to stay.»

At Alphabet, the parent company of Google, voting power is even more concentrated because of a limited supply of supervoting shares belonging mostly to Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Even though he owned 42 % of the stock and Seward owned 42 % of the stock, Robert wanted majority voting power so he could reign without contest.

Even the UN Security Council, which offers to its members the «best way to protect their own sovereign rights and national interests» by exercising the veto power, counts the votes of an absent member as an abstention.

But the history of the voting privilege in the twentieth century shows that it takes the combined power of mass movements, economic pressures, and the Federal Government with its military force to give even a relative assurance that this requirement of justice will be realized.3 It seems, therefore, that when we move from the perspective of love to concrete issues of social strategy and political power, justice is accomplished by a confluence of historical forces and humane considerations which indeed may be enforced by love, but which must have other sources.

Women are grossly underrepresented in political power structures in the United States and around the world, and even in the most «advanced» nations, the vote for women is a relatively recent achievement.

What happened to Austin shows how Texas Democrats get screwed out of any shred of power — the state voted 43.72 % for Obama in 2008, and even in 2010 was only 60 % Republican, but its current Congressional delegation has a 23 - 9 Republican advantage.

Even this one fact illuminates Britain's dramatic loss of influence: its power and prosperity are now firmly in the hands of the EU, in a way unimaginable before we voted to leave.

Some mechanisms help on the margin, but each with its draw backs, like representative Democracy, small government, pre requisite for voting, electoral college, separation of power, or even the right to bear arm,...

And now brown and Mandy run back to new labour to try and get the middle class to vote for it, new labour is nothing more then a Thatcherite party, and she lost and a Pray New labour is kicked out of power even if it means it never agains takes power

In a parliamentary system the party in power is the one with the most votes in parliament and that would always correspond to the party that won the most actual votes in the election, even if they didn't get the most seats.

After voting to stay in the union, Scotland's reward was to be told that its elected representatives could have even less power in the UK parliament.

It has even been argued that along with the decline in royal power should come the right to vote: if our new King lacks special constitutional powers, why shouldn't he at least enjoy the ordinary constitutional power the rest of us exercise?

You forgot to mention that the lefty Spanish government has just lost a big chunk of votes as well, even though they just about managed to cling to power.

Even though it's four lawmakers, the letter is reminder of the power of the so - called «Long Island Nine» a voting bloc of Republican senators from Long Island who often push for education aid and assistance to the school districts of Suffolk and Nassau counties.

If Liz Kendall convinces me likewise, then I would hold my nose and vote for her... like many Labour people i will always prefer a Labour government, even a centrist or right wing one, to a Tory one... having lived through 18 years of nonstop Tory rule in the 80s and 90s, I don't want them to have another 15 to 20 years in unbroken power.

The complainants (who at the moment will remain anonymous) even alleged that they was willing to go to News 12 and the Journal News to expose the actions of Mr. Lafayette concerning the process to challenge the signatures, fraudulently having people on Democratic voter rolls and abusing his absolute power over the voting process as Westchester democratic chairman, Mount Vernon City Committee Chairman and Westchester County Democratic Commissioner of Elections which they felt was illegal in nature and the DA's office was against the complainants going public with their complaints.

He said: «This is not an issue of who votes on what in Westminster.This is about taking power away from Westminster - not devolution to England or even devolution to Scotland, it's devolution in England, devolution in Scotland.

That change is likely to be that the Lords will have their power to vote down statutory instruments removed, thereby allowing governments even further powers to sneak through legislation with a minimum of scrutiny.

The new president's willingness to bring it up at a White House reception in the State Dining Room is an indication that he continues to dwell on the implications of his popular vote loss even after assuming power.

Some cabinet ministers hope that Gordon Brown could defy the disaster of Labour coming third in the share of the vote by joining forces with the Liberal Democrats in a «progressive alliance» to keep the Tories out of power even though Mr Cameron might have won more seats and votes than Labour.

«Bill de Blasio wants Melissa Mark - Viverito to get as many votes as possible so that he can claim not only a win but a huge mandate and have even more leverage and power to push his agenda and diminish the power of critics and skeptics,» said one labor insider.

Greenport Village Board members are set to vote on a resolution paving the way for additional upgrades at the power plant on Moores Lane during its regular session Monday evening.

Democrats in the remaining 26 - member conference grumble about the IDC's propensity to side with Republicans on contentious issues such as a constitutional amendment for independent redistricting and a vote that some saw as watering down the powers of the lieutenant governor in order to provide needed votes (it was even joked about at the LCA Show in May).

The 20 - year speaker has the power to decide unilaterally what initiatives make it into the Assembly's budget, what pieces of legislation come up for a floor vote, what resources each member receives for his office and even how much money representatives get from the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee for their re-election bids.

There are arguments for and against PR (if you mean proportional representation) Charles — the party of my own choice would have gained massively at the last General Election with PR, held the balance of power in fact probably with 4 million votes... but that does not mean that even I think you have to support PR «if you believe in democracy».

In the corridors of power even previously sceptical Tories are also muttering that a proper federal, constitutional settlement for the UK could yet be done — incorporating an EVEL (English votes for English laws) solution alongside some hardwired protections for Scotland.

Moreover, it remains the case that affiliated unions would prefer Labour to be in power than the Conservatives or a Conservative - led coalition (even if their members may not always vote Labour).

WCBS reports: «While the governor can't force senators to vote on or debate bills, the New York Constitution grants him the power to call a special legislative session — and experts say he can even keep the senators in the state house with the help of state police.»

Some senior figures who worry about the unions» grip on the party fear that a move aimed at diminishing organised - Labour's influence could end up handing them even more power than they had before: although they will lose their block votes, some fear that the unions will use their formidable organisation machines to register large numbers of associate members, and then attempt to influence their votes.

This might seem utterly obvious but The Economist report that as «the Scottish National Party, Greens and struggling Lib Dems (are) all prepared to support a left - leaning government... Miliband (could be in) power even if Labour wins considerably fewer seats and votes than the Tories».

Even after an amendment gave local school boards greater veto power, the bill died on a tie vote in the State Senate for the second straight year.

It was voted the seventh best car to live with in our 2017 Driver Power new car round - up, with really strong scores for ride, handling, infotainment and even reliability.

Even though he owned 42 % of the stock and Seward owned 42 % of the stock, Robert wanted majority voting power so he could reign without contest.

Thus, even a simple application of voting power analysis has profound implications — given the choice, Quicksilver can buffer its loss of influence by a whopping 13 % by distributing its shares to smaller shareholders, rather than selling a lump sum to Baupost.

For instance we can buy shares to maximize our voting power gain or even our voting power gain plus competitors» voting power loss.

This rich and varied library of classic titles crafted by developers who were arguably at the peak of their creative powers are what makes the SNES such a beloved console even after all this time; while both the NES and Wii sold more units in total, this 16 - bit powerhouse arguably has the superior lineup of software and it's not surprise that you voted it your favorite console of all time.

We resist — proposition — raise money - deliberate - demonstrate — and even put our bodies in the street but our ultimate power lies in the voting booth.

Hi Andrew, I'm definitely looking into this but do you have any plans on creating a directory even if just for some of the major cities with the most voting power.

And there are even some experimental coin - voting schemes, not to mention miners» hash power signalling.