Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1965 to ensure the voting rights of African Americans. Though the Constitution's 15th Amendment (passed 1870) had guaranteed the right to vote regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude," African Americans in the South faced efforts to disenfranchise them, including poll taxes and literacy tests, as late as the 1960s, when the civil rights movement focused national attention on infringements of their voting rights; Congress responded with the Voting Rights Act, which prohibited Southern states from using literacy tests to determine eligibility to vote. Later laws prohibited literacy tests in all states and made poll taxes illegal in state and local elections
The common stockholders'right to vote their stock in the affairs of a company Preferred stock usually has the right to vote when preferred dividends are in default for a specified period The right to vote may be delegated by the stockholder to another person
Most common stock entitles a shareholder to the right to vote in person, or by proxy, on corporate elections and other related matters Some companies issue both voting and non-voting shares, for example, Class A and Class B
The stockholder's right to vote his/her stock in the affairs of the company Most common shares have one vote each Preferred stock usually has the right to vote when preferred dividends are in default for a specified period The right to vote may be delegated by the stockholder to another person
The common stockholders' right to vote their stock in the affairs of a company Preferred stock usually has the right to vote when preferred dividends are in default for a specified period The right to vote may be delegated by the stockholder to another person
The right of a common stockholder to vote for members of the board of directors and on matters of corporate policy - particularly the issuance of senior securities, stock splits and substantial changes in the corporation's business A variation of this right is extended to variable annuity contract holders and mutual fund shareholders, who may vote on material policy issues
The common stockholders' right to vote their stock in the affairs of the company Preferred stock usually has the right to vote when preferred dividends are in default for a specified amount of time The right to vote may be delegated by the stockholder to another person
The common stockholders' right to vote their stock in affairs of a company Preferred stock usually has the right to vote when preferred dividends are in default for a specified period The right to vote may be delegated by the stockholder to another person
Common stockholders' right to vote their stock in affairs of a company Preferred stock usually has the right to vote when preferred dividends are in default for a specified period The right to vote may be delegated by the stockholder to another person
The right exercised by a shareholder at the general meeting of shareholders of a joint-stock company The voting right is exercised according to the nominal amount of the shares Normally, each common share guarantees the shareholder a vote The voting right can also be exercised by an authorised person; proxy voting right (§ 134 to 137 of the Corporation Act)
The stockholder's right to vote in the affairs of the company Most common shares have one vote each and preferred stock usually only has the right to vote when its dividends are in default The right to vote may be delegated by the stockholder to another person, called voting by proxy Voting rights give the stockholder a say in the company's affairs and such rights can increase the value of the stock