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A majority vote, or more than half the votes cast, is a common voting basis.Instead of the basis of a majority, a supermajority can be specified using any fraction or percentage which is greater than one-half.
A Scottish supermajority requires two-thirds of MSPs to vote in favour. Policing minister Chris Philp said in one interview that an “enormous majority” would be “in the dozens or even in the ...
Round-up of claims from the campaign trail checked by Full Fact, including what a ‘supermajority’ is, and immigration returns.
The voting basis refers to the set of members considered when calculating whether a proposal has a majority, [10] i.e. the denominator used in calculating the percent support for a vote. Common voting bases include: Members present and voting: Members who cast a vote. Often called a simple majority, and excludes abstentions.
A qualified majority (also a supermajority) is a number of votes above a specified percentage (e.g. two-thirds); a relative majority (also a plurality) is the number of votes obtained that is greater than any other option.
A supermajority means a party controls at least two-thirds of the vote. In the House, the balance will now be 85-35, Currently, the balance is 78 Republican to 42 Democrats.
A super-majority rule actually empowers the minority, making it stronger (at least through its veto) than the majority. McGann argued that when only one of multiple minorities is protected by the super-majority rule (same as seen in simple plurality elections systems), so the protection is for the status quo, rather than for the faction that ...
The main argument for the bond supermajority just doesn’t make sense. So Idaho lawmakers should go with a 50% threshold in high-turnout elections. | Opinion