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CUMULATIVE VOTING [2 records]

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Record 1 2004-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
DEF

Proportional representation that allocates to each voter as many votes as there are persons to be voted for and permits him to cast these votes for one person or to distribute them among the candidates as he pleases.

Key term(s)
  • cumulative voting system
  • cumulative vote system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
DEF

Système par lequel l'électeur peut distribuer ses voix entre plusieurs candidats ou les accorder toutes à un seul d'entre eux.

Key term(s)
  • système de vote cumulatif

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
CONT

El voto acumulado implica que el elector tiene la posibilidad de otorgar varios votos a un único candidato, o bien, la posibilidad para distribuir sus votos entre las diferentes listas de partido en la proporción que el mismo decida.

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Record 2 1999-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Management (General)
  • Investment
DEF

A method of electing a board of directors whereby the owner of a share is allowed as many votes as there are directors to be elected and the votes may be allocated to one or more candidates at the discretion of the shareholders.

OBS

Compare to "majority rule voting".

OBS

cumulative voting: term reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Mode de scrutin utilisé pour élire les membres du conseil d'administration en vertu duquel chaque action confère à son porteur autant de droits de vote qu'il y a d'administrateurs à élire. L'actionnaire peut, à sa discrétion, attribuer ses voix à un ou plusieurs candidats.

OBS

vote cumulatif : terme extrait du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduit avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Key term(s)
  • élection par droit de vote cumulatif
  • droit de vote cumulatif

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de la empresa (Generalidades)
  • Inversiones
DEF

Sistema de votación recogido en los estatutos de ciertas sociedades norteamericanas que permite acumular el total de votos teóricos en un solo candidato, de forma que se facilita la representación de los accionistas minoritarios. Por ejemplo, si hay 9 puestos en el consejo y un accionista tiene 100 acciones, podría asignar sus 900 votos a un solo candidato.

OBS

votación acumulativa: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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