supermajority

Examples of supermajority in the following topics:

• Who Votes?

  • For example, they may require that the proposal receive at least n positive votes and no negative votes, or that a supermajority vote in favor.

• Sunset Laws

  • However, while a majority of the Senate favored the repeal, there was not a three-fifths supermajority in favor.

• How a Bill Becomes Law

  • The legislature often has the power to override the veto of the executive by means of a supermajority.

• Popular Consent, Majority Rule, and Popular Sovereignty

  • Most famously, it has been argued that majority rule might lead to a "tyranny of the majority," and the use of a supermajority and constitutional limits on government power have been recommended to mitigate these effects.

• The Vice Presidency

  • While Senate customs have created supermajority rules that have diminished this constitutional power, the vice president still influences legislation.