nonvoting

adjective non·vot·ing \ ˌnän-ˈvō-tiŋ \

Updated on: 14 Mar 2018

Definition of nonvoting

1 : not voting: such as

a : not exercising the right to vote

the nonvoting element in the population

b : not entitled to vote

nonvoting members

2 : not entitling the holder to vote

nonvoting preferred stock

Recent Examples of nonvoting from the Web

There is no chance that Congress will accept the credentials of the shadow delegation and seat them as representatives of Puerto Rico, which currently has a nonvoting resident commissioner who can participate in congressional debates.

— carl hulse, New York Times, "Advocates of Puerto Rico Statehood Plan to Demand Representation," 9 Jan. 2018
The sanctuary has an advisory council made up of 16 voting members and six nonvoting members, with interests from science to fishing.

— alex stuckey, Houston Chronicle, "Want to help the coral reef system in the Gulf of Mexico? Now's your chance," 5 Feb. 2018
In exchange for the cash Bombardier, will receive additional, but nonvoting shares, in the partnership.

— paul vieira, WSJ, "Airbus Takes Major Stake in Bombardier’s CSeries Jet Business," 16 Oct. 2017
Most prominently, the institutional investors that primarily invest in index funds haven’t yet embraced nonvoting stock.

— dorothy shapiro lund, WSJ, "The Case for Nonvoting Stock," 5 Sep. 2017
Facebook's stock price has jumped more than 50% since the Silicon Valley company proposed issuing the nonvoting shares in April 2016.

— jessica guynn, USA TODAY, "Facebook's Zuckerberg drops contested plan to keep control with new class of voting stock," 22 Sep. 2017
Uninformed voters should want to purchase discounted nonvoting shares, while informed voters would likely pay a premium for the right to vote.

— dorothy shapiro lund, WSJ, "The Case for Nonvoting Stock," 5 Sep. 2017
There’s little Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.’s firebrand nonvoting representative, and Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), a conservative statehood opponent, agree on.

— jenna portnoy, Washington Post, "An unlikely alliance: How Frederick Douglass brought Norton, Harris together," 29 June 2017
Rival index firms S&P Dow Jones Indices and MSCI Inc. also have launched reviews concerning the inclusion of companies with nonvoting shares in their indexes.

— richard teitelbaum, WSJ, "FTSE Russell Index Considers Booting Firms With Lots of Non-Voting Shares," 19 June 2017

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