Supermajority
Supermajority A supermajority or a qualified majority is a requirement ... the rights of the minority has a supermajority requirement (such as a two-thirds majority ... especially those with entrenched clauses, commonly require supermajority support in a legislature. The European Union ... making. The United States Senate requires a supermajority of 60 percent to move to ...
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Talk:Supermajority
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User talk:Jimbo Wales/Archive 3
... 3 others: You stated somewhere that a "supermajority" would be required - do you feel that ... only 69% support means that the term "supermajority" was misleading, or could be percieved as ... 70%? No, of course not. The term 'supermajority' does not mean '70%', and a typical example of supermajority would include the 60% requirement in the ... cloture. In any event, a mention of supermajority "somewhere" is of course different from ...
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User talk:Mia-Cle
... article and it keeps using the term 'supermajority' to describe the 60 out of 100 ... confirm an appointee through the Senate. Is 'supermajority' a legal term? or is it something ... made up? it occurred to me that 'supermajority' is a bit of a POV that ... i found this for you on the supermajority needed for impeachment. it's from the ... clinton/clintonbrief.html). Indeed, the two-thirds supermajority requirement is a crucial constitutional safeguard. ...
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Talk:Referendum
... 22:26, 17 October 2005 (UTC) A Supermajority is not democratic! In British Columbia, we ... to single transferable vote. STV required a supermajority of 60% to win. STV got 58 ... simple math and education issue. Simply put supermajority requirements VIOLATE one person one vote and ... to show that fact. The claim that supermajority requirements protect minoritys is an illusion too ... of a minority but requires the 60% supermajority, then we have the supermajority requirement ...
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User talk:The Wookieepedian/archive1
... think we find out what is appropriate? Supermajority. - A Link to the Past (talk) 07 ... lesser" evil. On the other hand, a supermajority decides, one or two who may or ... you're trying to hinder the obvious supermajority on Wikipedia would be more appropriate to ... putting certain things on here. So, the supermajority says the content should be removed. Well ... not look at the faces of the supermajority on an issue, laugh, and ignore ...
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User talk:The Wookieepedian/Archive 1
... think we find out what is appropriate? Supermajority. - A Link to the Past (talk) 07 ... lesser" evil. On the other hand, a supermajority decides, one or two who may or ... you're trying to hinder the obvious supermajority on Wikipedia would be more appropriate to ... putting certain things on here. So, the supermajority says the content should be removed. Well ... not look at the faces of the supermajority on an issue, laugh, and ignore ...
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Talk:Nuclear option (filibuster)/Archive01
... it, a rule change generally takes a supermajority, so I take it this is an ... FuelWagon 13:31, 19 May 2005 (UTC) Supermajority changed to three-fifths majority The senate ... discussing, rather than inventing new terms. Also, "supermajority" sounds POV to me, hinting that it ... FuelWagon 20:25, 18 May 2005 (UTC) Supermajority is the commonly accepted, though non-legal ... Three-fifths is also more accurate, since "supermajority" could mean two-thirds, three-fifths, ...
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User talk:Adamwankenobi
... think we find out what is appropriate? Supermajority. - A Link to the Past (talk) 07 ... lesser" evil. On the other hand, a supermajority decides, one or two who may or ... you're trying to hinder the obvious supermajority on Wikipedia would be more appropriate to ... putting certain things on here. So, the supermajority says the content should be removed. Well ... not look at the faces of the supermajority on an issue, laugh, and ignore ...
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Talk:Autofellatio/Image polls and discussions
... something like deletion, it should be a supermajority, but for content disputes a majority is ... 22:27, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC) Yes. & supermajority (perhaps 70%) is good; 31-69 range ... consensus - 152 to 40 is a large supermajority, but not a consensus. Consensus is already ... those wanting to link, and thus a supermajority is required for a link. The argument ... wanting to remove something to provide a supermajority. Given that we are not proposing ...
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