Agreement on budgetary priorities should be achieved in the Council through qualified majority voting, so that a single country cannot hijack the process.

To counter this threat, democratic bodies invariably need special rules to protect minorities, such as the requirement of qualified majority voting or unanimous decision making.

Decisions require unanimity among member states in the Council of the European Union, but once agreed, certain aspects can be further decided by qualified majority voting.

We believe, though, that the increased use of qualified majority voting by member governments embodied in the new treaty should also be applied to the ratification process itself.

Even the experiment with electronic voting machines was a qualified success.

But, while its work is carried out under the normal qualified majority voting system, the 17 eurozone countries will have a single supervisor, so will have a block vote.

The EU overcame national biases to establish the Single Market by instituting a process of legally binding qualified majority voting, whereby individual member states could be outvoted on specific regulations.

Elected officials in Florida represented the voting white majority.

If consensus is not possible, adoption by voting requires a three quarters majority of the Parties present and voting.

Such adoption shall require a two thirds majority of the members present and voting.

Consensus 7 Voting rights 8 Majority required 8 Method of voting 8 Conduct during voting 8 Explanation of vote or position 9 Division of proposals 9 Amendments 9 Order of voting on amendments 9 Order of voting on proposals 10 Elections 10 Balloting 10

Whereas Fatah favors a clear majority voting system, Hamas calls for a more personalized approach.

These rules include appropriate temporary safety valves for recession, and some have super majority voting requirements.

(c) Decisions of subsidiary bodies shall be taken by a majority of the representatives present and voting

Such recommendations of the Committee shall require a two thirds majority of the members present and voting.

In addition, the adoption of decisions by the enforcement branch shall require a majority of members from Parties included in Annex I present and voting, as well as a majority of members from Parties not included in Annex I present and voting.

But national governments remain reluctant to delegate authority in November 2004, the European Council accepted qualified majority voting on measures concerning illegal migration, but left restrictions on legal migration subject to unanimity rules, as if legal and illegal migration were not merely two sides of the same coin.

Number of ballot papers 191 Number of invalid ballots 0 Number of valid ballots 191 Abstentions 4 Number of members voting 187 Required majority of members present and voting 125

Stewart was then and continues to be the majority shareholder, commanding 96 control of voting power in the company.

The municipal voting system was changed to universal suffrage in 1917when a left wing majority was elected to Parliament.

To reach agreement by a simple or qualified majority when it is impossible to obtain a decision by consensus To determine which decisions should be reached by consensus and which by majority vote and To decide whether votes by Parties on such matters should be counted according to the Parties present and voting, or according to the total number of Parties to the Convention.

This allows an error in any one of the three samples to be corrected by majority vote or democratic voting .

It may also borrow money and issue bonds, with the approval of a majority of township voting in an election.

Decisions of the Conference on matters of procedure shall be taken by a majority of the representatives present and voting.

The Committee has a double majority voting procedure designed to ensure that neither donors nor recipients may dominate decision making.

It introduces some significant improvements for majority voting in the Council of Ministers. It gives some more powers to the European Parliament.

(A super majority voting mechanism will ensure that the vote of at least one international judge is needed to reach a judgment.)

Sunni Kurds, unlike the overwhelming majority of their countrymen, abstained from voting to endorse the creation of an Islamic republic in April 1979.

These rules may be amended by a decision of the Conference, taken by a two thirds majority of the representatives present and voting.

A company might have a single shareholder or group of shareholders with majority control of the company, either through holding the majority of the company's outstanding equity or through holding shares with superior voting rights.

9. Simple distributed majority vote means a vote requiring more than half of the votes cast by producer members present and voting and more than half of the votes cast by consumer members present and voting, counted separately

Similarly, changes in voting procedures (public voting by countries, rather than through constituencies, or a requirement that candidates win the support of a majority of developing and emerging countries) could persuade more emerging market officials to put their names forward.

Group B Eastern European States Number of ballot papers 191 Number of invalid ballots 0 Number of valid ballots 191 Abstentions 6 Number of members voting 185 Required majority of members present and voting 124 Number of votes obtained Slovakia 185

Indeed, the Timorese people have consistently shown that what they want from their government is openness, dialogue, and majority voting under the rule of law.

In a national referendum in December 2012, a 64 majority of those voting approved a draft constitution backed by the Muslim Brotherhood (though turnout was low).

The appeal shall be put to the vote immediately, and the President's ruling shall stand unless overruled by a majority of the representatives present and voting.

If the vote is equally divided on a decision requiring a majority of the representatives present and voting, the proposal or motion shall be regarded as rejected.

As a result of the independent voting in the Security Council and in the General Assembly, Mr. Ronny Abraham has obtained an absolute majority in both bodies.

Except as otherwise provided in the Convention and elsewhere in these rules, decisions of the Committee shall be made by a majority of the members present and voting.

If and when all efforts to reach consensus have been exhausted, decisions of the Committee shall be taken by a simple majority of the members present and voting.

Voting

Prussia used a highly restrictive three class voting system in which the richest third of the population could choose 85 of the legislature, all but assuring a conservative majority.

When a proposal has been adopted or rejected, it may not be reconsidered unless the Conference, by a two thirds majority of the representatives present and voting, so decides.

Accordingly, the results of the voting in the General Assembly will not be communicated to the Security Council until one candidate has obtained the required majority in the Assembly.

During a session, the Committee may amend the agenda and may, as appropriate, delete or defer items by the decision of a majority of the members present and voting.