Sentence examples for by a mere majority from inspiring English sources
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.
As Californians know from recent experience with Proposition 8 in 2008, our constitution can be amended by a mere majority vote.
The framers of the Fourteenth Amendment wanted these principles enshrined in the Constitution to protect the new Civil Rights Act from being declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and also to prevent a future Congress from altering it by a mere majority vote.
In other states the limits established may be exceeded by popular vote, often with a requirement beyond a mere majority.
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.
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.
She insisted that radical culture change requires "80% of the people," not a mere 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.
They hold the majority by a mere five votes.
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.
