Sentence examples for a majority ballot from inspiring English sources

Worried about the outcome of an orthodox vote on the planned Severstal merger, the board turned down a request for a majority ballot of those who vote at a shareholder meeting on June 30th.

He also did not rule out placing the tax extensions on the ballot through a majority vote procedure which many lawyers say will technically work, but won't provide a bipartisan patina to the package.

A political party secures a majority vote by arranging for ballot boxes to be stuffed with false voting papers, thereby corrupting the electoral process.

All of the delegates in Connecticut and Delaware, for example — where Trump currently holds about 60percentt of the vote — go to the candidate who wins a majority of ballots cast.

Only two rounds of voting were necessary for Beijing to prevail with a majority of ballots over four other candidate cities. Beijing received 56 votes in the second round to 22 for Toronto, 18 for Paris and 9 for Istanbul.

In a national plebiscite on Sunday, some 34 million voters will be asked to vote yes or no to the question: "Do you support the final agreement to end the conflict and build a stable and lasting peace?" To make the vote's result binding, the winning side would need a majority of ballots cast and support totaling at least 13% of eligible voters.

Vermont is a progressive state from top to bottom: in 2008, two hundred and forty-seven of its two hundred and fifty-one cities and towns cast a majority of ballots for Baracitiesmand

More people can vote yes than no, but if the proposition does not get a majority of ballots cast, then the ban will fail.

The National Assembly is composed of 577 deputies who are directly elected for a term of five years in single-member constituencies on the basis of a majority two-ballot system, which requires that a runoff take place if no candidate has obtained the absolute majority on the first ballot.

Staff who want their union recognised should have to achieve a majority in a ballot, not be required (as at present) also to obtain support from at least 40% of everyone entitled to vote - no government would accept a hurdle like that in getting itself elected.

As both fell short of a majority, a second ballot was mandated.