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Simple majority — may refer to: In American usage : * Majority, a voting requirement of more than 50% of all ballots cast Usage outside the U.S. : * Plurality, a voting requirement of more ballots cast for a proposition than for any other option … Wikipedia
simple majority — More than half the votes counted at a meeting in respect of a resolution including the chairman s casting vote if there is a tied vote. Voting is conducted by hand but if done by a poll, the votes carried by the shares held by those voting are… … Law dictionary
Simple 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 … Wikipedia
simple majority — /sɪmpəl məˈdʒɒrəti/ (say simpuhl muh joruhtee) noun → majority (def. 3) …
simple majority — 1. less than half of the total votes cast but more than the minimum required to win, as when there are more than two candidates or choices. 2. less than half the number of voters registered. Cf. absolute majority … Useful english dictionary
simple majority — support of the largest number of voters … English contemporary dictionary
Majority rule — Majority Rules redirects here. For Canadian comedy show, see Majority Rules!. Part of the Politics series Electoral methods … Wikipedia
MAJORITY RULE — MAJORITY RULE, deciding a matter according to the majority opinion. In the field of the halakhah this rule is applied in three principal instances: (a) determination of the binding law according to (the view of) the majority of halakhic scholars; … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Majority Voting — Simple majority voting in the Council of Ministers, confined to minor issues, usually of a procedural nature … Glossary of the European Union and European Communities
Majority — This article is about the mathematical concept of majority. For other uses, see Majority (disambiguation). A majority is a subset of a group consisting of more than half of its members. This can be compared to a plurality, which is a subset… … Wikipedia
