Sentence examples for a mere majority from inspiring English sources

In other states the limits established may be exceeded by popular vote, often with a requirement beyond a mere majority.

A candidate wins all 3 delegates in a district if he gets two-thirds of the vote there — not a mere majority, as in most other states.

In New York state, for example, a mere majority of a grand jury can indict by finding only "reasonable cause to believe" that a suspect committed a crime.

Another early advocate of proportional representation was John Stuart Mill, who, in 1861, wrote about the critical distinction between "government of the whole people by the whole people, equally represented," which was the ideal, and "government of the whole people by a mere majority of the people exclusively represented," which is what winner-takes-all elections produce.

She insisted that radical culture change requires "80% of the people," not a mere majority.

As Californians know from recent experience with Proposition 8 in 2008, our constitution can be amended by a mere majority vote.

As Brian Beutler notes at TPMDC, there are enough divisions in the Democratic caucus to reduce a super-majority to mere majority on many important votes.

It's beginning to look as if the midterm elections of 1994 might have ushered in something bigger than a mere Republican majority.

On Friday December 8th, the Florida Supreme Court stunned almost everyone when it overruled the lower court and decided, by a mere 4-3 majorito, to require manual recounts of contested ballots throughout the state, and not just in the counties where recounts had been disputed.

Shorn of its objective content, democracy is reduced to mere majority rule and public opinion to some measurable quantity.

And many lawmakers are well aware that with Republicans holding a mere six-vote majority in the House and lacking the ability to break a filibuster in the Senate, Congress has achieved little this session.