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.

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.

Subject to paragraph 1 of rule 32, decisions of the Conference on all matters of substance shall be taken by a two thirds majority of the representatives 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

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.

The chairman of a committee or working group may exercise the right to vote and Decisions of committees or working groups shall be taken by a majority of the Parties present and voting, except that the reconsideration of a proposal or of an amendment to a proposal shall require the majority established by Rule 38.

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.

For the purpose of this rule, the phrase members present and voting means members present at the meeting at which voting takes place and casting an affirmative or negative vote.

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.)

Voting rights are governed by the respective rules of procedure of the governing bodies (rule 91 of the General Conference, rule 50 of the Industrial Development Board and rule 42 of the Programme and Budget Committee).

Before we begin the voting process, I should like to remind members that, pursuant to rule 88 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, no representative shall interrupt the voting except on a point of order on the actual conduct of the voting.

Their opposition is more elemental they do not accept the principle of democratic majority rule.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Moreover, the Palestinian Authority has come neither to represent the majority of Palestinians nor to rule by democratic means.

The vast majority of African states are republics that operate under some form of the presidential system of rule.

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.

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.

Decisions on sanctions will be streamlined by a reverse majority rule, under which a European Commission recommendation for decision is considered adopted unless rejected by a majority of the member states ministers.

In theory, we have always known that the ECB would, if necessary, make decisions on the basis of majority rule.