Definition of supermajority
: a majority (such as two-thirds or three-fifths) greater than a simple majority
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But actually getting the bill passed looks to be an uphill battle: Democrats have promised to filibuster in order to put off the final vote, and ending a filibuster would require a supermajority vote, which is hard to reach.
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The city most recently rejected a proposal by the company Feb. 19, when Prestwick failed to win a supermajority vote of the common council.
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Orban won a fourth term and his Fidesz party secured a supermajority in parliament, where its lawmakers now can pass constitutional amendments.
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Abe is facing trouble at home Just six months ago Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) were riding high, having secured a 2/3 supermajority in snap elections for the lower house of the Diet, Japan’s national parliament.
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Lacking a supermajority to amend the constitution, PiS did the next best thing and nobbled the constitutional tribunal.
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Orban, who won a third consecutive parliamentary supermajority, has used the past eight years to extend his influence over the media as part of an unprecedented centralization of power despite European Union objections.
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But things began to change when Orban’s party won the 2010 elections, garnering a supermajority that allowed Fidesz to amend the Hungarian constitution at will.
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Similarly, Congress could not raise the debt ceiling without supermajority votes.
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First Known Use of supermajority
1977
Law Dictionary
legal Definition of supermajority
: a large majority
- a provision requiring a supermajority vote — say, 80 % of the common shares instead of the usual bare majority rule
- —R. C. Clark
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