In continental Europe owners are grumpy, too: in February almost a third of voting shareholders at Novartis, a Swiss drugs firm, demanded the right to approve its remuneration policy each year.

欧洲大陆的董事们对此也很生气。二月份，瑞士药品公司Novartis有三分之一的股东要求每年都享有批准公司薪酬政策的权利。

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That includes considering their economic stake (eg, share of dividends or profits), corporate governance (eg, voting rights) and other powers (eg, the ability to set financial policy).

这包括考虑他们的股东（比如分红），公司管理层（比如选举权）和其它权力（财务政策的制定者）。

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America, exceptional as ever in penal policy, bans inmates from voting in most states and even bans former inmates in a few.

刑罚政策最独特的就是美国，大部分州禁止囚犯的选举权，甚至有些州还禁止有前科的人选举。

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Most of them come down to a rejection of majority voting in particular policy areas.

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There is also pressure for reform of the ECB's cumbersome voting structure and policy framework.

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The Lib Dems insist that they would not be voting against government policy because they claim there is no government policy.

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