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PRONUNCIATION OF CUMULATIVE VOTING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CUMULATIVE VOTING

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preposition
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Cumulative voting is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CUMULATIVE VOTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cumulative voting

Cumulative voting is a multiple-winner voting system intended to promote more proportional representation than winner-take-all elections.

Definition of cumulative voting in the English dictionary

The definition of cumulative voting in the dictionary is a system of voting in which each elector has as many votes as there are candidates in his constituency. Votes may all be cast for one candidate or distributed among several.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CUMULATIVE VOTING

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cumulate
cumulately
cumulation
cumulative
cumulative distribution function
cumulative evidence
cumulatively
cumulativeness
cumulet
cumuli
cumuliform
cumulonimbi
cumulonimbus
cumulose
cumulostrati
cumulostratus
cumulous
cumulus
cumulus cloud

WORDS THAT END LIKE CUMULATIVE VOTING

absentee voting
accounting
balloting
clay-pigeon shooting
doting
drive-by shooting
duck shooting
e-voting
footing
gun-toting
looting
nonvoting
piloting
rioting
sharpshooting
shooting
skeet shooting
troubleshooting
voting
wainscoting
war footing

Synonyms and antonyms of cumulative voting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cumulative voting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CUMULATIVE VOTING

Find out the translation of cumulative voting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cumulative voting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cumulative voting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

累积投票
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

voto acumulativo
570 millions of speakers

English

cumulative voting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संचयी मतदान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التصويت التراكمي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кумулятивное голосование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

voto múltiplo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংগত ভোট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le vote cumulatif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengundian kumulatif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kumulatives Stimmrecht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

累積投票
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

집중 투표
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Voting kumulatif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bầu dồn phiếu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒட்டுமொத்த வாக்களிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकत्रित मतदान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Birikimli oy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

voto di lista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skumulowane głosowania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кумулятивне голосування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vot cumulativ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σωρευτικά ψήφου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kumulatiewe stemmery
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kumulativ röstning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kumulativ stemmegivning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cumulative voting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CUMULATIVE VOTING»

The term «cumulative voting» is normally little used and occupies the 109.685 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CUMULATIVE VOTING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cumulative voting

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUMULATIVE VOTING»

Discover the use of cumulative voting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cumulative voting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Law of Corporations and Other Business Organizations
Cumulative. Voting. There are two methods of voting for the election of directors: straight voting and cumulative voting. Cumulative voting is designed to give minority shareholders a chance to elect at least one director to the board of directors.
Angela Schneeman, 2012
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Corporations
If all directors are elected for one-year terms at each annual meeting, B is guaranteed at least two of the nine seats by cumulative voting — by the formula on p. 56, 200 9 1 + ------------ 1 + 21 = Now, assume that the board is divided into three ...
Steven Emanuel, Lazar Emanuel, 2009
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Cumulative Voting. Speech ... in the United States Senate, ...
[70' CUMULATIVE VOTING. SPEECH CHARLES R. BUOKALEW, OF PENNSYLVANIA, A! 0 iN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, JULY 11,- 1867. V The Senate having under consideration bill No. 131, to give effect to an act entitled “ An act to ...
Charles Rollin BUCKALEW, 1867
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The History of Cumulative Voting and Minority Representation ...
The above is written with no intention of either defending or condemning the state legislatures, but rather to clear the cumulative voting system of certain charges of which it is not altogether guilty. It would be useless to deny that the cumulative ...
Blaine Free Moore, 1909
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Investor Protection in the CIS: Legal Reform and Voluntary ...
Some countries do not mention cumulative voting or make any provisions therefor; instead, they provide that the charter can determine how members of the company board will be elected.7 — Others provide for cumulative voting but make it ...
Rilka Dragneva, 2007
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Model Business Corporation Act annotated: Model Business ...
806, 209 S.E.2d 157 (1974), described the difference between straight and cumulative voting and held that, under Georgia's "opt in" statute, only straight voting was authorized in the absence of an articles provision for cumulative voting.
American Bar Association. Committee on Corporate Laws, American Bar Association. Section of Business Law
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965: Race, Voting, and Redistricting
C. Cumulative Voting Under cumulative voting, each voter has a certain number of votes to distribute among the candidates.44 By casting more than one vote for a single candidate, voters are able to express their relative preferences among ...
Marsha Darling, 2013
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Enforcing and Challenging the Voting Rights Act: Race, ...
C. Cumulative Voting Under cumulative voting, each voter has a certain number of votes to distribute among the candidates.'° By casting more than one vote for a single candidate, voters are able to express their relative preferences among ...
Marsha Darling, 2014
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Race, Redistricting, and Representation: The Unintended ...
The empirical literature is relatively thin on the topic of cumulative voting in the United States because there are only a few offices for which the practice is used. The most commonly cited examples in the literature are Chilton County, Alabama ; ...
David T. Canon, 1999
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Massachusetts Corporation Law and Practice
See §8.04. Elections are contested only within specific voting groups. It has been generally assumed that the BCL does not permit cumulative voting, due to the repeal of a provision in a predecessor statute which authorized cumulative voting .
‎2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUMULATIVE VOTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cumulative voting is used in the context of the following news items.
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Is a direct digital democracy Ireland's future?
Other options that can be implemented into direct digital democracy, as Fuller sees it, include cumulative voting. That could see people given ... «Siliconrepublic.com, Jul 15»
2
Saugus Union School District to vote on election date change
Cumulative voting would allow residents to vote multiple times for the same candidate. The city has also agreed to move to cumulative voting. «Santa Clarita Valley Signal, Jul 15»
3
Boulder Brands Inc Bullish Signal Mario Gabelli's Gamco Investors …
Under these policies, the Reporting Persons generally vote all securities over which they have voting power in favor of cumulative voting, ... «OctaFinance.com, Jul 15»
4
New UAE Commercial Companies Law: Overview
The directors are elected by way of cumulative voting (Article 144). The powers of the board have been restricted further and the NCCL now ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Jul 15»
5
Form 8-K RX Safes, Inc. For: Jun 23
There is no right to cumulative voting in the election of directors. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall vote together with all other ... «StreetInsider.com, Jul 15»
6
Castillo wins Hale Center runoff
Castillo and Martinez, both incumbents, ended up tied 141-141 following the May 9 election which used cumulative voting between five ... «Plainview Daily Herald, Jun 15»
7
Galway Gold Proposes Export From New Brunswick and Amended …
Cumulative voting is not a widespread practice in Canada. There are only three out of nearly 4,000 companies, including Galway, which are listed on either the ... «Junior Mining Network, Jun 15»
8
Larry Riley: County has hopes for raising more revenue
(One wonders whether the council is looking into, say, a cumulative voting system fund, cumulative courthouse fund, or cumulative general ... «Muncie Star Press, Jun 15»
9
Scott's Liquid Gold Inc. (OTCMKTS:SLGD) The Center of Heated …
The shareholder demands that the company adopt a cumulative voting procedure for directors and the directors to be withheld against ... «Journal Transcript, Jun 15»
10
Mario Gabelli's Gamco Investors Inc Et Al Just Bought Amc Networks …
Under these policies, the Reporting Persons generally vote all securities over which they have voting power in favor of cumulative voting, ... «OctaFinance.com, Jun 15»

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