Surplus votes definition

Surplus votes means the votes cast for a winning candidate in excess of the winning threshold that may be transferred to a continuing candidate.
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Surplus votes means any surplus votes of a candidate elected under clause8.6(b) exceeding the Quota.
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Surplus votes means any votes in excess of the votes required by an independent candidate to be elected;
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Examples of Surplus votes in a sentence

  • Surplus votes are the number of votes in excess of the threshold of election a candidate receives.

  • Surplus votes are transferred proportionally to the remaining candidates according to the indicated second preference of the voters.

  • Surplus votes shall be assigned to delegates as the Panel sees fit.

  • Surplus votes In elections where there is more than one position, the issue of a surplus arises.

  • Surplus votes are similar in spirit to excess votes, except that they are defined with respect to a fixed quota instead of the difference in votes of the two biggest vote-getters—which changes from round to round—under the excess method.


More Definitions of Surplus votes

Surplus votes of an elected candidate means the excess (if any) over the quota of the elected candidate’s votes.
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Surplus votes means the number, if any, of votes in excess of the quota of each elected candidate.
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Related to Surplus votes

  • Votes means the number of votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of Directors.

  • Vote ’ means one of the main segments into which a budget of a municipality is divided for the appropriation of funds for the different departments or functional areas of the municipality; and which specifies the total amount that is appropriated for the purposes of the department or functional area concerned.

  • Aggregate Voting Interests The aggregate of the Voting Interests of all the Certificates under this Agreement.

  • Outstanding Company Voting Securities means outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; and any specified percentage or portion of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities (or of other voting stock or voting securities) shall be determined based on the relative combined voting power of such securities;

  • e-voting means voting using either the internet, telephone or text message; “e-voting information” has the meaning set out in rule 24.2;

  • Quorum means a majority of the Administrators or, if there are only two Administrators, both of them.

  • Outstanding Voting Securities means the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

  • Special Voting Share means the one share of Series B special voting preference stock with no par value, issued by US Gold to and deposited with the Trustee, which entitles the holder of record to a number of votes at meetings of holders of shares of US Gold Common Stock equal to the number of Exchangeable Shares outstanding from time to time that are held by Beneficiaries.

  • Required Vote has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2(b);

  • Voting shall have a correlative meaning.

  • Outstanding Common Stock means, at any given time, the aggregate amount of outstanding shares of Common Stock, assuming full exercise, conversion or exchange (as applicable) of all options, warrants and other Securities which are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, and any right to subscribe for, shares of Common Stock that are outstanding at such time.

  • Scratch vote means to mark or punch the straight party ticket and then mark or

  • Subordinate Voting Shares means subordinate voting shares in the capital of the Company.

  • Non-Voting Common Stock means the non-voting common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

  • Multiple Voting Shares means the Class B multiple voting shares in the capital of the Corporation;

  • Special Voting Unit means a special voting unit of the REIT;

  • Combined Voting Power means the aggregate votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of the Board of Directors, or similar managing group, of a corporation or other entity by holders of then outstanding Voting Securities of such corporation or other entity.

  • Majority Interests Vote means the vote, at a meeting of Holders, of (A) 67% or more of the Interests present or represented at such meeting, if Holders of more than 50% of all Interests are present or represented by proxy, or (B) more than 50% of all Interests, whichever is less.

  • Write-in vote means a vote cast for a person whose name is not printed on the

  • Special Voting Units means, collectively, special voting units of the REIT, and “Special Voting Unit” means any one of them.

  • Voting Preferred Stock means, with regard to any election or removal of a Preferred Stock Director (as defined in Section 8(b) below) or any other matter as to which the holders of Series E are entitled to vote as specified in Section 8 of this Certificate of Designations, any and all series of Preferred Stock (other than Series E) that rank equally with Series E either as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable with respect to such matter.

  • Eligible Voter means a legal voter who resides in the jurisdiction of the county,

  • majority of the outstanding voting securities shall have the meaning set forth for such terms in the 1940 Act.

  • Non-Voting Shares means a particular Class of Shares that do not carry the right to notice of or to attend or vote at general meetings of the ICAV or the relevant Fund.

  • Recorded Vote means a written record of the name and vote of each member of Council or a Committee who votes on a question and of each member present who does not vote.

  • Dissenting Shares has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7.