Sentence examples for voting standards from inspiring English sources

At noon, as Mr. Bush is taking the oath of office, Mr. Sharpton will take an oath, he said, to uphold the Voting Rights Act and to establish uniform voting standards across the country.

For these smaller-scale, more localized contests, higher voting standards and improved security are essential.

Mr. Icahn is also seeking to prevent the Dell board from altering the voting standards of the shareholder election.

A country that takes pride in its democratic system should provide all voters with basic voting standards.

It's probably true, though, that N.P.V. would give rise to pressures for more uniform voting standards across the country.

In an ideal world would the southern states need to have different federal voting standards to adhere to? no.

The old voting standard counted shares not voted as no votes, creating a near-insurmountable barrier given Mr. Icahn and Southeastern's combined stake.

The board said it would appoint an independent chairman by July 1, and it instituted a majority voting standard for future director elections.

A majority voting standard for the election of directors will give shareholders a tool to remove directors who make poor executive-compensation decisions.

Together, greater pay disclosure combined with the majority voting standard, will provide safeguards to ensure compensation practices are aligned with investors' best interests.

Under the proposal, if state law gives legal effect to votes cast against a nominee (i.e. under a majority voting standard), the form of proxy must include the options to vote "against" the nominee and to "abstain" from voting.