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

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.

Elected officials in Florida represented the voting white majority.

All legislation is passed by a simple 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.

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

Otherwise, proposed legislation can be killed, even if it has the support of a simple majority.

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.

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.

To overcome a filibuster, the proposal s supporters must muster 60 of 100 votes, rather than a simple majority.

A referendum must then be held within three months, which requires a simple majority in favour to pass.

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.)

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.

David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting while keeping each person's vote secret.

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

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.

In the new Parliament, the election for President is repeated immediately with a 3 5 majority required for the initial vote, an absolute majority for the second one (151 votes) and a simple majority for the third and final one.

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.

A simple majority of the ballots is required to win a six year term, which is renewable indefinitely by the same process.

This has proven impossible on controversial policies such as binding reductions on carbon emissions even when a simple majority supports the legislation.

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.

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.

The majority of the tombs are located on the sides of the pantheon, and are simple marble boxes with spaces of four tombs.

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).

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.

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.

Because simple demographic implies that Palestinians would gradually come to constitute a majority, a unitary state is a recipe for the end of Israel.

The members of the Council could be elected by a simple majority of the General Assembly members on the basis of equitable geographical distribution.

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.