That scenario is that the Security Council will not bring the Palestinian-statehood resolution to an immediate vote but will instead delay voting on it for an indeterminate period.
Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, who chaired the summit, accepted Mr Blair's insistence that member countries keep their vetoes on such issues as tax, social security and judicial co-operation, instead of introducing majority voting as the draft constitution had proposed.
Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, went to the voting booth himself instead of mailing in his ballot.
He said Republicans were originally intrigued by the online voting idea, but instead decided to stick with the traditional roll call format.
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Turnout was so heavy in Charlotte, North Carolina, that Mecklenburg County officials are extending voting hours and opening 20 voting sites this weekend instead of the originally planned five, WSOC-TV in Charlotte reported.
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Instead of everyone gathering on a hill and voting on laws, the scheme of representation was established, wherein we elect our representatives to make decisions.
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Instead of acting by mutual agreement it will have voting rights, with an 85% majority needed for emergency action.
Boards are prevented from setting executive compensation at levels which will promote the greatest profitability and are instead hamstrung in their salary-setting by government edict or convoluted voting processes.
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The legislature ended up voting in November to impose the sales tax on computer services instead--since that industry wasn't in the original proposal, it hadn't ramped up its lobbying.
Instead of a simple choice between autonomy and instant independence, they should be given the option of voting for autonomy with the guarantee that another vote would be held in three (or five) years' time on the matter of independence.
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