But debt still figures on balance sheets, and who (certainly not the French government) would lend to buy equity with such limited voting rights?

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Moreover, earlier this year the government repealed a restriction that limited its voting rights in private companies to 5%.

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So has Florida, which has not only tried to restrict voter-registration drives but also limited early voting and sought to purge ineligible voters from its rolls, using a list full of errors (that effort has been suspended).

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But these could seem like the good old days for Mr Clegg if he fails to secure even a limited kind of voting reform in May.

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Moreover, outside investors have no control over management, and even basic shareholder voting rights are limited.

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There are also around 2, 200 private shareholders (one of the biggest, with 5.6% of the bank, is Theo Siegert, a German, though his voting rights are limited to 100 shares).

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On the downside, the excitement surrounding this sort of research can attract self-appointed experts with a limited knowledge of the realities of voting.

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They say they've had to deal with one voting change after another since 2000, with limited resources and little say in how things are done.

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The phenomenon of Americans voting with their feet to flee high taxes is not limited to California.

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The film will have a limited release showing in only 50 to 100 key theaters in early voting states.

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