Sentence examples for proxy election from inspiring English sources

As all three main parties kick off what is likely to be the longest "proxy" election campaign in years, Sadiq Khan told The Independent he is concerned that politicians are now in a vicious circle where they court "silver voters" and neglect the young simply because they were less likely to vote.

To make boards better at serving shareholders, perhaps shareholders need to have more say on who serves on the board (proxy elections have not been effective at achieving this).

Perhaps the most radical change, just proposed (over heated protests from the lobbying arm of the C.E.O.'s, the Business Roundtable), is that proxy elections will be democratized, so that investors will have a genuine chance of proposing and electing a minority of directors.

Although Mr. Goldschmid said that he remained cautiously optimistic that a deal could be struck over the proposal to give shareholders some measure of influence in proxy elections, other officials said his comments signaled that the measure was doomed, at least under the current leadership of the agency.

Several companies have tried to move into the Internet voting game and have a good track record overseeing union and stockholder-proxy elections.

The bill championed by Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, would put an end to staggered board elections, making proxy fights easier; and elections would need to be decided by majority votes.

"Nothing in law requires," the board states in the proxy, "that an election provide a choice of candidates, or that shareholders have a 'right' to nominate candidates".

By the end of the week the government seemed to realize it wasn't a good idea to leave the man who is effectively Kirchner's proxy in the election to stand alone, and two key government officials praised Insaurralde for opening up what they described as an important debate.

But with directly appointed military personnel occupying a quarter of the seats and the rest likely to be won by the government proxy parties (the election results are yet to be announced, but an over 90% win is probable), the chances for change are slim.

Colorado's U.S. Senate race has become a proxy war this election, with independent groups pouring in large sums of money to air attack ads against both candidates.

Without limits, and with boards having great control over proxy voting at elections, it is virtually impossible to elect new members.