Sentence examples for staggered election from inspiring English sources

The Oklahoma City-based company pledged to execute a shareholder proposal passed in June that would eliminate the staggered election of its board.

Others include the staggered election of company directors -- which keeps shareholders from throwing out an entire board in any given year -- and requirements for supermajorities in voting.

Local media have reported that Bodos attacked the Muslims as punishment for failing to vote for their candidate last month in the country's mammoth staggered election, which is drawing to a close.

Even if the two companies were to win seats on the 13-member Taubman board, they would have to wait a year before trying to gain a board majority because of Taubman's staggered election process.

A complicated and staggered election system (Reuters), hundreds of parliamentary seats to fill, thousands of unknown candidates, and even the predictability of results (CFR), are all less than ideal circumstances.

The upper house, known as the Rajya Sabha, is a body whose members are indirectly elected to six-year terms with staggered elections occurring every two years.

Nearly 700 candidates are competing for just seven open seats in Riyadh, where the first of a series of staggered elections is taking place, through until late-April.

There is even a project affiliated with Harvard Law School to bring proposals to force boards to have annual instead of staggered elections.

So far this year, 35 companies approached by the Shareholder Rights Project have agreed to replace their staggered elections with annual ones.

Gillette said yesterday that it would continue to choose its directors in staggered elections despite majority support for a shareholder resolution recommending annual elections for board members.

He also said: "There would be staggered elections to a reformed chamber, with a third of its members returned at each election.