Spanish term (edited): mayor�a calificada

The Seattle Press - Super-Majority Protects Us From Runaway ...
... Super-Majority Protects Us From Runaway Property Taxes. ... These bills would toss out
our Constitution's validation and 60% vote requirements for approving excess ...
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The Seattle Press: Super-Majority Protects Us From Runaway ...
Super-Majority Protects Us From Runaway Property Taxes. ... These bills would toss out
our Constitution's validation and 60% vote requirements for approving excess ...
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TABLE 1
... approval. Adopted in 1993, The following 13 states have introduced
legislation for a super-majority vote to increase taxes: Georgia, ...
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[PDF] CRS Report for Congress
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... Under Senate precedents, “[a] tie vote on a question defeats it.” Some super-majority
votes, however, are explicitly specified in the Constitution ...
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Weirton Steel To Continue Survival Strategy Despite Vote Tally ...
Investor Relations Weirton Steel To Continue Survival Strategy Despite Vote
Tally; Super Majority Vote Not Attained To End Super Majority System. ...
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Commentary
... In reality, the super-majority vote for local school bonds has nothing
to do with the famous 1978 tax revolt measure. Rather, the ...
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Simple Majority Vote
... This bill would allow school districts to pass school levies with a 50% "simple majority"
vote, instead of the current 60% "super majority" requirement (school ...
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[PDF] Proposition 39: Relying on a "super-majority" to approve local ...
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... They say the proposition includes “rigid” audits, a “tough 55% super-majority
vote,” and “watchdog committees” empowered to “stop any project if ...
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Simple-Majority Vote on School Bond Issues
... The petition campaign calls for a statewide vote on a constitutional ... the current state
constitution, school districts must win a "super majority" – either two ...
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Budget Gridlock: Rival Views on 2/3 Vote -- The Case for a Super ...
... Cal-Tax Home Page | About Cal-Tax | Subscribe. October 1998. State Budget, Budget
Gridlock: Rival Views on 2/3 Vote The Case for a Super Majority By Bill Leonard. ...
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Spanish term (edited): mayor�a calificada

Just to offer a third option:-)

... Such 'special' (or 'qualified' or 'super') majority requirements are not uncommon... (from the article: "Special Majorities Rationalized")

By the way, in Spanish it is also common to say "mayoría cualificada".

There are thousand of examples of all three terms (qualified majority, super-majority, special majority) on the Internet, all meaning the same.

The epistemology of special majority voting (PDF)
Address for correspondence: ( until 30 August 2003) ( from 1 September 2003) C. ... The epistemology of special majority voting: Why the proportion is special only in special conditions ... 1The epistemology of special majority voting: Why the proportion is special ...
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Special Majorities Rationalized (PDF)
... the less likely it can be secured. Special-majority rules ordinarily leave existing arrangements in place unless ... to change them. Hence special-majority rules of the sort with which ...
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http://www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/Politics/papers/2002/w3/specialmajo... (PDF)
List 1 A New Proposal on Special Majority Voting1Christian List Abstract. Special majority voting is usually defined in terms of the proportion of the electorate required. for a positive decision.
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The Golan Heights and the Facts - A Special Majority and a Referendum: Democracy Bolstering Mechanisms
The Golan Heights and the Facts - A Special Majority and a Referendum: Democracy Bolstering Mechanisms. March 27, 2000. The following Full-Page Ad was published by The Ariel Center For Policy Research in Ha'aretz daily on March 21, 2000. ... The focus on Special Majority aims at a crucial process, which may determine ...
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