No future president would be safe, they said, if opposed by a majority of the House and two-thirds of the Senate.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

But this was less than one percent short of the two-thirds majority the ANC had campaigned for and four percentage points less than it won in elections five years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

This year's vote lacked the suspense of some previous elections, because all five candidates were unopposed and succeeded in getting the two-thirds majority required in the first round of secret ballots.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

It elevated an unknown, unqualified reformer named Jimmy Carter to president and produced 61 Democratic seats in the Senate along with a Democratic House majority of two-thirds.

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The process of choosing a new pope involves cardinals from across the world gathering in Rome where they will then carry out a series of secret ballots until one of their number receives a majority of two-thirds of the votes.

BBC: Pope Benedict XVI amends Roman Catholic conclave law

Among its nine initiatives, California offered a proposition that could reduce government gridlock by lowering the minimum needed for the legislature to approve a state budget, making it a simple majority instead of a two-thirds majority.

CNN: Variety of proposals on ballots in 37 states