Sentences with phrase «voting rules»

Ideally, companies should make majority voting rules part of their company's policy now.

Some delegates voted rule by rule for inclusion or exclusion.

The official voting rules and regulations of which members are abreast of, still stands.

In fact, failing to meet that goal under Republican voting rules would be very difficult.

The male narrative is key these days, with the giant consensus votes ruling the Best Picture race.

They discuss the controversies and turmoils in the nominating process, the restrictive voting rules in New York State, and aspects of the candidates» campaigns and positions.

Now local legislatures can make such changes without explanation, and it's up to voters to try to challenge them in lawsuits, and to do so often on an tight timetable, since courts won't want to change voting rules close to an election.

Bartoletti said the League of Women Voters is pushing new voting rules in the state legislature.

The ease with which restrictive voting rules could be evaded also undermined the more restrictive rules.

That's a stretch — but the skirmish nonetheless is putting the fight to set voting rules for the presidential election on center stage, eighteen months before voters go to the polls.

Several companies, including General Electric Co., Pfizer Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Exxon Mobil Corp., recently wrote letters to the SEC urging the agency to hold off on eliminating the broker vote rule change until the agency undertakes a broader review of proxy rules.

That is partially true, but there is a version of Gibbard's theorem for randomized voting rules.

He later told reporters that Felder's decision to deprive his own party of Senate control allows Republicans to block proposals to strengthen gun control laws, reform the state's antiquated voting rules or rein in the state's lax campaign finance laws.

But their collective screaming eventually scared the daylights out of the Street, which suddenly realized that CCAA voting rules gave each and every one of the estimated 2,000 average Canadians caught up in this mess as much say in approving any restructuring as any institutional investor with billions of dollars at stake.

According to the academy voting rules, if any one film failed to garner 50 percent of the vote on round one, the best picture nominee with the fewest number - one votes was eliminated and its votes were shifted to the film ranking second on each ballot.

Icahn's departure plus a recent change to Dell's shareholder voting rules should solidify Michael Dell's victory during Thursday's 7 a.m. PDT vote at the company's Round Rock, Texas, headquarters.

The editor, who challenged the NPP to prove which of their promises they had fulfilled said Ghanaians, including NPP supporters, have regretted voting the ruling party into power because jobs promised them have not materialized.

You can also design a non-manipulable voting system like this: you draw two candidates at random, and voters choose between these two according to a specific voting rule (for example simple majority).

He won an election at Holyrood then defied voting rules drawn up by Labour to take an overall majority.

It is, according to the research paper, «the most common voting rule in the Anglo - Saxon world».

Trump, one day after introducing his nominee for the Supreme Court, urged Republicans in the Senate to make a major change to the chamber's voting rules if Judge Neil Gorsuch can't attract the necessary Democratic support to win confirmation.

The 2016 flagbearer of the People's National Convention (PNC), Edward Nasigire Mahama has urged youth in the Madina Zongo Community to vote the ruling NDC out of power in November.

«If certain people run a campaign to vote these rules down, they are in danger of shutting the Scottish Labour party down.»

Jeremy Corbyn tried to boot him off the NEC earlier this summer ahead of a crunch vote on Labour's leadership voting rules, fearing the independent - minded Asworth would not support him.

«The Breadwinner» is a pretty terrific film that may not get the attention that it might have even a year ago because of certain changes to Academy Award voting rules expected to favor big - studio blockbusters over more adventurous, individual films from around the globe.

This is still a live issue today with «say on pay,» voting rules on directors, shareholder proposals, splitting the role of CEO and Chairman, etc..

Strategically, how should Quicksilver and The Baupost Group (the other large shareholder) react to these unique voting rules?

Then, if it makes its way through the Senate — which, with its different voting rules and the sway of skeptical Republicans and moderate Democrats, is more perilous terrain — we could see a cap and trade system in place as soon as next year.

Does the majority of its boots - on - the - ground paying members know the wherewithal of local board voting rules in your opinion?

November 15, 2015 - CCGG's Executive Director Stephen Erlichman was quoted in The Globe and Mail regarding the possibility of legislation instead of the TSX's majority voting rule.

** Dell Inc founder Michael Dell raised his $ 24.4 billion bid by less than 1 percent just hours before it was to be put to a vote, tacking on a controversial demand to change voting rules to make it easier for him to buy and take the No. 3 personal computer maker private.

It's an important change, because many boards now following the TSX's voting rules do take advantage of this loophole: in 2015, 21 directors got majority withholds, and in 16 of the cases, boards used the exemption rule to keep the director.

As a result of changes adopted by the NYSE to its broker voting rules, including changes mandated by the Dodd - Frank Act in connection with stockholder votes on executive compensation matters, the NYSE does not consider the election of directors (Item 1), the advisory resolution regarding named executives» compensation (Item 2), and the advisory proposal on the frequency of future advisory votes regarding named executives» compensation (Item 3) to be routine.

As government insiders continue to run the company, institutional shareholders are likely to keep close tabs on their votes to ensure that they support independent, external candidates — something that can be difficult to manage with Brazil's complex proxy voting rules and last - minute nominations.

Remark: since it is a randomized voting rule, we are not talking about G - S theorem but rather Gibbard's second theorem (1978).

In 1989, the Supreme Court declared the Board of Estimate unconstitutional, because it violated the one - person one - vote rule by giving New York's least - populous borough, Staten Island, as much power as its most populous borough, Brooklyn.

With New York relevant in the presidential primaries for the first time in decades and both major political parties coming into the state's vote with competitive races, much of Tuesday was dominated by problems with the New York City Board of Elections and criticism of New York State's antiquated voting rules.

Under new voting rules, the eurozone will have as a bloc an automatic majority for most decisions.

Alan wants to introduce full one - member - one - vote rules for electing our leader like the ones we have for selecting our MPs.

The special committee originally rejected Dell's increased offer because it was contingent upon a change in the voting rules that would have made it easier for Dell's proposal to win approval.

Even with a fresh lawsuit from outspoken Dell investor and business mogul Carl Icahn, filed to stop the board from changing the voting date or the voting rules, the special committee changed the voting rules and put its stamp of approval on Dell's deal.

CCGG Executive Director quoted in the Financial Post with regard to the TSX's majority voting rule

New rules will require CBCA companies — about 40 % of companies listed on the TSX — to hold an election for their entire board of directors annually, vote for each director individually and, most importantly, use uniquely crafted majority - voting rules that only let shareholders vote «no» or «yes» for a director, eliminating the use of «withhold» votes which is standard practice under existing TSX rules.

November 16, 2015 - CCGG's Executive Director Stephen Erlichman was quoted in the Financial Post suggesting that the TSX provide guidance to boards about the meaning of «exceptional circumstances `' in the TSX's majority voting rule.