Supermajority
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supermajority-186-12768910
title:
Supermajority
text:
A supermajority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of one-half used for a simple majority. Supermajority rules in a democracy can help to prevent a majority from eroding fundamental rights of a minority, but can also hamper efforts to respond to problems and encourage corrupt compromises at times when action is taken. Changes to constitutions, especially those with entrenched clauses, commonly require supermajority support in
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Voting requirement above 50% for passage
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermajority
date created:
2004-05-06T10:43:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T04:33:52Z
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