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simple majority
noun
- less than half of the total votes cast but more than the minimum required to win, as when there are more than two candidates or choices.
- less than half the number of voters registered.
Example Sentences
Essentially, as part of each year’s budget process, the Senate can adopt at least one large bill that is not subject to the filibuster and therefore pass it with a simple majority.
A simple majority would be required to confirm Buttigieg as a presidential nominee.
It takes a simple majority of senators to confirm presidential appointments under Senate rules.
Censure is a formal rebuke that requires approval from a simple majority in the Senate, which Democrats control 21 to 18, with one vacancy.
It’s possible that the filibuster itself could be repealed through a simple majority when the Senate sets its rules as part of the start of the new session.
Congress could reform the way campaigns are financed with a simple majority vote.
At least one professional judge must agree with the lay judges and a simple majority is required to determine the verdict.
Earlier this afternoon, the Senate leader called a vote on whether a judicial nominee could be confirmed with a simple majority.
This meant they required two-thirds majorities to pass, instead of a simple majority.
That's the only kind of vote that Harry Reid & Co. would seek to permit passage on a simple-majority basis.
The election shall be made on the principle of direct, individual, ballot voting by both sexes, a simple majority only to decide.
With some exceptions, a simple majority of the sixty-one votes is adequate for the adoption of a measure.
A jury consists of twelve men, whose verdict is rendered by simple majority.
Two-thirds of the membership constitutes a quorum, and decisions can be adopted by a simple majority of those present.
For in Scots juries a simple majority was sufficient, as it is still in all cases except treason.
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