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cumulative voting

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cumulative voting
n.
A system of voting in which each voter is given as many votes as there are positions to be filled and allowed to cast those votes for one candidate or distribute them in any way among the candidates.


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Advisers also can read proposals from the Shareholder Action Network and the IRRC's review of NYSE and Sarbanes-Oxley Act reforms, as well as use a glossary of industry terms to help explain to their clients concepts such as acceleration, binding shareholder proposal and cumulative voting.
There's cumulative voting, in which you cast multiple votes, choosing either to divide them among different candidates or pile them all on one name.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has told Farmer Bros it can exclude a proposal from Mitchell Partners LP that would have required the company to have a majority of independent directors and given shareholders cumulative voting rights.
 
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