Sentences with phrase «voting procedures in»

In order to escape this rule, you may have to lay down some pretty specific voting procedures in your operating agreement.

They changed their voting procedures in mid-2012 (new rules which took effect in 2013) to more closely mirror the way the Academy does it.

They also changed their voting procedure in 2012 to be more like the Academy's where the individual branches select the nominees and then the entire membership chooses the winners (I think).

Not exact matches

During the Federal Court hearing this week, Mr Kirwan's lawyer, Tottle Partners» Stephen Penrose, questioned the voting procedures at last month's meeting of StateWest members, where they voted strongly in favour of demutualisation.

Although the banks say the moves would be legal procedures that would have a minimum impact on their operations and jobs in Scotland, their warnings intensified concerns about an independent Scotland's ability to retain businesses — particularly during the months of financial uncertainty that would follow a vote to break the 307 - year union with England.

By telephone — Stockholders of record who live in the United States or Canada may request a paper proxy card from Tesla by following the procedures in the Notice of Internet Availability, and submit proxies by telephone by following the «Vote by Telephone» instructions on the proxy card until 1:00 a.m., Central time on June 5, 2018.

These Internet and telephone voting procedures are designed to authenticate your identity in order to allow you to provide your voting instructions, and to confirm that your instructions have been recorded properly.

The Board must accept or reject such resignation within 90 days following certification of the shareholder vote in accordance with the procedures established by the Bylaws.

Please note that since a street name stockholder is not the stockholder of record, you may not vote your shares in person at the Annual Meeting unless you follow your broker's procedures for obtaining a legal proxy.

If your shares are held in street name, you should contact your bank or broker and follow its procedures for changing your voting instructions.

In other words, shareholders would follow a common procedure to vote «for» or «against» a candidate, and only those candidates who receive majority support would serve as directors.

The passage of the Reform Bill may be defined in a shorthand way as the procedure of voting by Parliament, and approval by King William IV, of a law changing the qualifications for voting in British elections and redistributing seats in the House of Commons.

The anti-abortion amendment being voted on this week in the state could restrict in vitro procedures, and the Carpenters are worried that if they wait too long to add to their family, they may end up breaking the law.

On Saturday, the Sandy Valley Conference of Free Will Baptists, the regional body of the denomination, released a statement saying the church policy was «Null and Void,» because the vote was not held in accordance with proper parliamentary procedure.

In too many Baptist churches, baptism is an afterthought to the real work of a prior conversion experience, an act justified on the purely historical grounds that «Jesus told us to do it» (though why and for what effect remain in doubt), a procedure mainly of value in entitling one to vote in future congregational squabbleIn too many Baptist churches, baptism is an afterthought to the real work of a prior conversion experience, an act justified on the purely historical grounds that «Jesus told us to do it» (though why and for what effect remain in doubt), a procedure mainly of value in entitling one to vote in future congregational squabblein doubt), a procedure mainly of value in entitling one to vote in future congregational squabblein entitling one to vote in future congregational squabblein future congregational squabbles.

Democratic voting procedures always reduce an issue to this or that, yes or no, up or down, in or out.

In April, 1956, the American Association of University Professors voted to censure six institutions for violations of academic freedom, most of them in loyalty procedureIn April, 1956, the American Association of University Professors voted to censure six institutions for violations of academic freedom, most of them in loyalty procedurein loyalty procedures.

Each member will have one vote in decision - making procedures, regardless of how many shares each individual holds.

I met with them when they were launching their site, a portal for learning about the candidates» position on 14 core issues and about newly changed voting procedures (similar to our Project Vote Smart in many respects).

I believe that mail - in ballots follow a similar procedure; full information to check to make sure that the voter has not already voted, and then an anonymized ballot packet.

But Llull was regarded in his time as an incomprehensible mathematician - mystic, and his (actually wise and visionary) voting procedures were not used in 1294.

It is considered by some parties as illegitimate, posing a serious danger to Japan's democracy since the Prime Minister circumvented the constitutional amendment procedure, dictating a radical change to the meaning of fundamental principles in the Constitution by way of Cabinet fiat without Diet debate, vote, or public approval.

On the last day of Parliament, before the parliamentary election in 2013, violating procedure, the Speaker failed to bring the bill to a vote.

The power of the agenda setter has been long known: In his book Theory of Voting Robin Farquharson relates a tale of Pliny the Younger attempting to manipulate the Roman Senate by changing the usual voting procedure.

I have been trying in recent weeks to publicise in my blog and in LabourList the little - known procedures in the event of a hung parliament, under which whatever the results in votes and seats, Gordon Brown will be both entitled and obliged to continue in office until he has met parliament as prime minister and ascertained by the vote on his Queen's Speech whether he still commands a majority in the House.

Among other things, the negative resolution procedure is a rarely used one, through which a peer (or MP) intervenes during the forty days after a statutory instrument has been laid on the table in parliament to force a debate and (potentially) a vote.

Can we just take a minute to say how sad of a commentary it is that «I'm going to vote for a bill I don't believe in because someone else will fix it» is the standard operating procedure of the governing body for the world's largest economy?

Labour has vowed to use a vote on Wednesday to invoke an ancient and obscure piece of parliamentary procedure in a bid to force the move.

In a flash of parliamentary procedure, Libous called a vote installing Dean Skelos as the majority leader and Espada as temporary president.

For the purposes of elections knowledge, a candidate receiving the most votes can be elected in some electorates, while in some countries this can instead require a majority, and there may be a form of run - off procedure.

The third term that Mayor Bloomberg wanted was voted on in hugger - mugger under highly irregular procedures.

The procedures proposed for the European selections — to have been completed, with candidates in place, before this year's Labour Party conference — would give the party membership merely a right to nominate, not to select or vote for, candidates.

In a news conference in the early evening, Senator Malcolm A. Smith of Queens, leader of the Senate Democrats, insisted that the Republican - engineered vote was illegal and violated parliamentary procedurIn a news conference in the early evening, Senator Malcolm A. Smith of Queens, leader of the Senate Democrats, insisted that the Republican - engineered vote was illegal and violated parliamentary procedurin the early evening, Senator Malcolm A. Smith of Queens, leader of the Senate Democrats, insisted that the Republican - engineered vote was illegal and violated parliamentary procedure.

My bill would allow same day registration; allow early voting, allow voter registration via the internet; allow 16 - year olds to register and vote in certain elections; and codify Section 5 Pre-Clearance procedures for New York State.»

Kerr imagined that the exit procedure might be triggered after an authoritarian leader took power in a member country and the EU responded by suspending that country's right to vote on EU decisions.

Owen Smith, the shadow Northern Ireland secretary, has used a parliamentary procedure to demand a full debate and vote in the House of Commons, which — if granted — could be lost by May given the scale of opposition to the policy.

In order to increase voter turnout and make voting a more accessible process, it should be understood that instilling early voting — a process permitted in 37 states and the District of Columbia — and other procedures should be a prioritIn order to increase voter turnout and make voting a more accessible process, it should be understood that instilling early voting — a process permitted in 37 states and the District of Columbia — and other procedures should be a prioritin 37 states and the District of Columbia — and other procedures should be a priority.

The changes to voting procedure seen in the bill, which was proposed recently by New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, all seem like common sense changes.

In the ongoing fight between Democrats and Republicans over election procedures like voter ID and early voting, the Democrats are supposedly the champions of higher turnout and reducing barriers to participation.

According to PAP, which did not identify its source, the Commission triggered what is formally known as Article 7, a procedure that could eventually lead to Poland losing its voting rights in the bloc.

The «2/3 vote» does look like the kind of thing you'd see in an entrenched law (see, for example, amendments to the US Constitution), but in this case the 2/3 requirement has nothing to do with changing laws — it's to do with the House of Commons triggering a procedure under the law.

I would expect it to be reinvested in the NHS, but I am sure that I can generate a letter from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health to explain the accounting procedures to which the hon. Lady has just referred and to give her the reassurance that the money that Parliament has voted to the NHS will indeed be applied to the NHS.»

On Wednesday, City Council Member Mark Treyger will introduce a bill to ensure that the Board of Elections, which administers voting in the city, joins these agencies in formulating its own disaster - preparedness procedures for conducting the polls.

The Labour spokesman continued: «Labour put in place a robust validation process to ensure votes cast were eligible according to the party's rules and procedures.

Amended and tentatively passed by the state Senate in one day in a 27 - 14 vote without any support from state Democrats, the bill would limit insurance coverage for abortions, require doctors to be present for the entire procedure, make gender - selective abortions illegal and require abortion clinics to meet the same licensing standards as surgical centers.

While the Corbyn surge and the tripling of numbers entitled to vote flowed from changes made in the procedure, the thinking behind the leadership selection has lapsed behind the constitutional changes made and being made by the coalition government and its Tory successor, most importantly the Fixed - term Parliaments Act.

Speaking during his citizens» engagement tour of some local government areas in the state, Prof. Ezeon explained that the said voting machines were designed by the Nigeria Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and demonstrated to the National Assembly members for adoption for elections, adding that the federal government was yet to adopt the electronic voting procedure for elections.

The Electoral Commission performed a reallocation in keeping with the same procedures they used to allocate 72 MEPs and an extra Conservative MEP was allocated to the West Midlands constituency based on the 2009 vote and was enshrined in the European Union Act 2011 as an amendment of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002.

«Today, Governor Cuomo signed an Executive Order setting up a procedure that should result in many tens of thousands of New Yorkers who are on parole having their voting rights restored: one of Let NY Vote's top 3 priorities, along with Early Voting (EV) and Automatic Voter Registration (AVR).

Through its own audit procedures, the Ministry of Justice has been systematically seeking prisoners» level of interest in voting and is known to have received positive responses.