majority voting
1Majority Voting — Simple majority voting in the Council of Ministers, confined to minor issues, usually of a procedural nature …
2Majority voting — Voting system under which each director is voted upon separately. Related: cumulative voting. The New York Times Financial Glossary …
3majority voting — Voting system under which corporate shareholders vote for each director separately. Related: cumulative voting. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
4Simple majority voting — is a form of voting where, given two options, the option receiving more votes than the other wins. This contrasts with absolute majority voting, where the winner is the option which gets more than half of all possible votes, including abstentions …
5Extension to qualified majority voting under the Treaty of Lisbon — The Extension to qualified majority voting under the Treaty of Lisbon refers to the areas where decisions in the Council of the European Union under the Treaty of Nice required unanimity but where the Treaty of Lisbon allowed decisions under… …
6qualified majority voting — A system of majority voting, without veto, used in the EU Council of Ministers, in which each vote is weighted according to the size of the country • • • Main Entry: ↑qualify …
7Majority rule — Majority Rules redirects here. For Canadian comedy show, see Majority Rules!. Part of the Politics series Electoral methods …
8Voting methods (parliamentary) — Voting methods in parliamentary procedure are the methods used in a deliberative assembly to take a vote. Common Voting methodsViva voceA vote by voice is the regular method of voting on any motion that does not require more than a majority vote… …
9voting — UK US /ˈvəʊtɪŋ/ noun [U] GOVERNMENT, MEETINGS ► the activity of choosing someone or something in a vote: »The voting was by secret ballot. »So many of the EU s decisions are now made by majority voting. »Advocating tactical voting is nothing more …
10qualified majority voting — (QMV) QMV is now the most commonly used method of voting in the Council of Ministers of the European Union. It allows for decisions to be taken on a majority basis. Large member states have more votes than small ones and specified numbers of… …
