The phrase 'acquire votes' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it in the context of someone running for a political office and needing to win enough votes to be successful. For example, "John launched an aggressive campaign to acquire votes from the local community."
But Gottfried suggested that there might have been an ulterior motive for Obama's picking the Wolfpack: to acquire votes in North Carolina in the upcoming presidential election.
"I never gave money to anyone in order to acquire votes so that Germany is awarded the 2006 World Cup," Beckenbauer, a former World Cup winning player and coach, said.
In October, Beckenbauer, 70, rejected allegations of corruption, saying: "I never gave money to anyone in order to acquire votes so that Germany is awarded the 2006 World Cup.
Thus, nobody would ever acquire voting rights and subvert Disney's programme.
However, it was receptive to the idea that BPI acquire voting rights for the remaining 10% by stock-borrowing.
As German citizens of Turkish origin acquire voting rights and wealth, and leading Muslims become regional governors in France or peers in Britain, there are healthy signs of a community gaining in status and respect.
According to the complaint, Mr. Roberts failed to notify regulators before acquiring voting securities of Comcast as part of his compensation beginning in October 2007.
Comcast's chief executive, Brian L. Roberts, will pay a $500,000 civil penalty for failing to notify antitrust authorities before acquiring voting securities as part of his compensation package, the Justice Department said.
Mr. Hofmann, head of a small investment group called Cobra, has acquired voting rights to 19percentt of the stock in Commerzbank A.G. and he arrived at the bank's annual shareholders meeting today with what management regarded as a chilling message.
Acquiring voting papers and then marking them in favour of Mr Rahman.
So it comes as no surprise that Albert F. Duval, president and chief executive of Hammermill Paper Co., was less than pleased to learn that Carl C. Icahn, 44, a high-rolling risk arbitrager, had acquired voting control of 10.2% of Hammermill stock.
