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	Motion of no confidence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Motion of No Confidence, also called a Motion of Non Confidence, is a parliamentary motion traditionally put before a parliament by the opposition in the hope of defeating or embarrassing a government.
		Where a government has lost the confidence of the responsible house (i.e., the directly elected lower chamber which can select and dismiss it, though in some states both houses of parliament are responsible) a head of state may have the constitutional right to refuse a request for a parliamentary dissolution, so forcing an immediate resignation.
		The cases in which a Motion of No Confidence have passed are generally those in which the government party has a slim majority which is eliminated by either by-elections or defections.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vote_of_no_confidence (811 words)

	Constructive Vote of No Confidence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Constructive Vote of No Confidence (in German: konstruktives Misstrauensvotum) is a specialty of the 1949 German constitution, the Grundgesetz (Basic Law).
		The vote was highly influenced by tactics; although being secret, the voting of the CDU was exposed by the coalition mostly abstaining from the vote.
		The vote was not as tricky technically as the earlier one since it was clear this time that the FDP wanted to switch over to a coalition with the CDU and was already in negotiations at the time the vote happened.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constructive_Vote_of_No_Confidence (972 words)

	Avoiding a Vote of No Confidence (and Surviving if One Occurs)
		Unions have often taken no-confidence votes for the specific purpose of requesting that the chief be removed from office because of his or her perceived lack of leadership.
		While there are no doubt others who share this councilman's view, most observers see a vote of no confidence as a critical, disruptive event in the lives of the chief, the organization, and the community as a whole.
		In addition to the negative impact a vote of no confidence generally has on the chief professionally, this action can be so demoralizing as to place an intense strain on him or her that extends to the entire family.
	www.neiassociates.org /noconf.htm (3997 words)

	Vote of No Confidence
		No presidential election is complete without the observations of gonzo journalist Dr. Hunter Thompson, which can be found in this small volume: "Bush didn't actually steal the White House from Al Gore, he just brutally wrestled it away from him in the darkness of one swampy Florida night.
		Kaplan writes that Ron Klain had no problem with bringing Brockovich into the recount undertaking, but deferred to Michael Whouley, the aide who was out collecting affidavits from voters; Whouley, Kaplan reports, thought it would be a disaster.
		He provides a feel for the off-camera drama of covering this historic election, showing both the show business side of television news, as well as the backstage nitty-gritty of anchors and analysts cramming their heads, or notecards, full of interesting facts and figures to fill the airtime.
	www.fountainoflight.net /publish/article_864.shtml (2526 words)

	: : Vote of No Confidence
		Instead, he or she may be the choice of whomever controls or manipulates the computer systems that tally the votes.
		The technique of fixing a relatively small number of votes could be used to swing a close election to a designated candidate.
		There are no laws in California governing how voter intent is to be determined in the case of ambiguous ballots.
	www.ballotpaper.org /archives/000082.html (2664 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Australian PM censured over Iraq
		The vote has no legislative clout, but is considered an important symbolic gesture as it is the Senate's first vote of no-confidence in a serving leader in its 102-year history.
		Senator Bob Brown, head of the left-wing Australian Greens, said the no-confidence vote marked an "historic condemnation of the government" and its leader.
		And a no-confidence motion similar to that passed in the Senate was defeated in Australia's lower House of Representatives on Wednesday.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/2727551.stm (448 words)

	account \| Houses of Parliament
		When the government has a large overall majority they are able to count on the voting strengths of their supporters in the Commons, ensuring that their legislation is passed in substantially the same form as originally proposed.
		This may happen if a resolution of 'no confidence' is passed or if a proposal which the Government considers so vital to its policy that it has made it a matter of confidence is rejected.
		The Opposition's ability to defeat the Government in a vote of 'no confidence' depends on the relative voting strengths in the Commons.
	www.parliament.uk /works/account.cfm (1746 words)

	Boston.com / News / Education / Higher education / Summers gets vote of no confidence
		CAMBRIDGE -- Members of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences passed a vote of no confidence yesterday in Lawrence H. Summers, dealing a stunning rebuke to the president of one of the world's top universities.
		The vote, which astonished even some fierce critics, made clear that the faculty's disenchantment with Summers is deeper than many had imagined.
		The motion, stating simply that ''the Faculty lacks confidence in the leadership" of Summers, passed by a secret ballot vote of 218 to 185, with 18 abstentions.
	www.boston.com /news/education/higher/articles/2005/03/16/summers_gets_vote_of_no_confidence (500 words)

	Constructive Vote of No Confidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Since 1949, only two Constructive Votes of No Confidence were attempted, one of which was successful.
		The corruption was never affirmed; neither is clear until today who is to blame for the second missing vote.
		However, after the 1990 German reunification, it became clear that the money came from the East-German Stasi who at the time saw a need for Brandt to stay in power.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/c/co/constructive_vote_of_no_confidence.html (929 words)

	No Confidence Vote
		The bars were closed, a candidate had to keep a certain distance from the polling place, (like child molesters and drug dealers from the schools) no campaigning on that day.
		And that is the moral of the story here, no law or no rule runs the show, those with the biggest stick do.
		I think I will vote against those who I know are liars and take my chances on the one I am voting for.
	www.thinkaboutthis.com /Noconfidencevote.htm (649 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| world news UN staff lose faith in Kofi Annan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		UN employees were readying on Friday to make a historic vote of no confidence in scandal-plagued Secretary General Kofi Annan, sources told AFP.
		The UN staff union, in what officials said was the first vote of its kind in the more than 50-year history of the United Nations, was set to approve a resolution withdrawing its support for the embattled Annan and UN management.
		Annan underlined that he "had every confidence" in Nair, Eckhard said, but UN employees ridiculed the decision and claimed that investigators had not questioned the staff union, which first raised the complaints in April.
	iafrica.com /news/worldnews/392067.htm (565 words)

	JS Online: No-confidence vote passes
		Carroll College president Frank Falcone was given a vote of no-confidence from the college's teachers.
		The confrontation on the Waukesha campus of 2,000 full-time students left no end in sight to a tug of war over whether Carroll should adhere to its liberal arts tradition or embrace more popular vocational fields.
		In addition to the no-confidence vote, the faculty is considering forming a labor union and hiring legal counsel in the standoff with Falcone.
	www.jsonline.com /news/wauk/mar03/122707.asp?format=print (769 words)

	CNN.com - Eisner out as Disney chair - Mar. 4, 2004
		The board opted to separate the positions of chairman and chief executive at a meeting that followed what was an often quarrelsome five-hour annual shareholder meeting in Philadelphia earlier in the day.
		Following Wednesday's vote, California's Calpers, the nation's largest pension fund, called for Eisner to resign by the end of the year and urged Disney to split the role of chairman and CEO.
		LGA's Monks said that even if only a third of shareholders voted against Eisner, that would have been a clear enough signal to the board that change was necessary.
	www.cnn.com /2004/BUSINESS/03/03/disney.eisner (1102 words)

	Firefighters deliver vote of no-confidence to chief - The Daily Texan - State & Local
		The union issued the vote of no-confidence by a margin of 88 percent.
		Futrell stated that a union vote is not the proper way to address management concerns, but she will continue working with the firefighters and the department's management team.
		"The vote is merely something utilized by the association to voice its opinion in a very unfortunate and divisive manner during a difficult budget process," Futrell said.
	www.dailytexanonline.com /news/2003/09/16/StateLocal/Firefighters.Deliver.Vote.Of.NoConfidence.To.Chief-466644.shtml (427 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - vote of no confidence
		The bombing precipitated a large-scale exodus of the Roman population and brought the political crisis to a climax.
		The establishment of a new government requires a vote of confidence from the Knesset.
		United Kingdom: vote of no confidence - definition
	encarta.msn.com /vote+of+no+confidence.html (195 words)

	http://www.qando.net/ - UN Staff: To vote no confidence in Kofi Annan
		UN staff are expected to make an unprecedented vote of no confidence in Secretary-General Kofi Annan, union sources say, after a series of scandals tainted his term in charge of the world body.
		The UN staff union, in what officials said was the first vote of its kind in the almost 60-year history of the United Nations, was set to approve a resolution withdrawing support for Annan and senior UN management.
		Veteran UN staff said this was the first time that employees had risen up to make a vote of no confidence in a sitting secretary general.
	www.qando.net /details.aspx?Entry=478 (597 words)

	Plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Woody plants may be trees with one or several trunks and branching occurring well above ground, or shrubs with no significant trunk, and branching occurring near ground surface.
		A to F Scale Gets Poor Marks but Is Likely to Stay : The first letter grade ever given in the United States, according to historical records, was a B received by a Harvard University undergraduate in 1883.
		There is no indication of how he felt about the grade, but that simple way of judging student work quickly became popular.
	www.icyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/p/pl/plant.html (1510 words)

	GuvWurld
		It is with no fanfare nor mention on their site that Velvet Revolution has asked to be added to the list of endorsers for the Voter Confidence Resolution.
		This is the nucleus of the Voter Confidence Resolution, recently adopted by Arcata, CA, and also the essence of Land Shark's post at the start of this DU thread (where now more than 100 other posts willfully miss the point).
		The Voter Confidence Resolution gives us the frame to call the government's legitimacy into question, town by town, until the inevitable time when it is no longer a question - the emperor has no clothes, the government has no legitimacy, and the Consent of the Governed has been withdrawn.
	guvwurld.blogspot.com (13680 words)

	constructive vote of confidence
		The Constructive Vote of No Confidence (in German: konstruktives Misstrauensvotum) is a specialty...
		Constructive Vote of No Confidence - explanation-Guide.info - for...
		The Constructive Vote of No Confidence (in German: konstruktives Misstrauensvotum...
	www.jointctr.org /?Category=constructive+vote+of+confidence (422 words)

	Hub Blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		No lefty secession movement for me. Instead it’s about a centuries-long, unfinished grudge match with Canada and our need to expand into the Maritime Provinces and southern Quebec.
		The ‘no confidence’ vote invalidates the viewpoints of those writing the targeted blogs.
		The vote is expected to have wide repercussions, for Hub Blog has prepared ‘no confidence’ motions against other local and national blogs unless they include the following suggested disclaimer at the end of future posts: “But of course I defer to Hub Blog on this and all other matters.”
	hubblog.blogspot.com /2005_03_13_hubblog_archive.html (1192 words)

	UN staff ready historic no-confidence vote in Annan--sources - INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		UNITED NATIONS--UN employees are expected to issue an unprecedented vote of no confidence in Secretary-General Kofi Annan, union sources say, after he pardoned the body's top oversight official over a series of allegations.
		The UN staff union, in what officials said was the first vote of its kind in the more than 50-year history of the United Nations, was set to approve a resolution withdrawing support for the embattled Annan and senior UN management.
		Veteran UN staff said this was the first time in history that employees had risen up en masse to make a vote of no confidence in a sitting secretary general.
	news.inq7.net /world/index.php?index=1&story_id=18672 (892 words)

	KWTX \| Faculty Senate Vote of No-Confidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Faculty Senate, Tuesday delivered a second vote of no confidence in the governance of Baylor.
		The first no confidence vote came back in September after a turbulent summer for the university.
		By a vote of 32 to 1, senators want the Board of Regents of approve a faculty referendum if Sloan is still president this fall.
	www.kwtx.com /home/headlines/755932.html (611 words)

	OxBlog
		The Times (UK) reports on a vote of no confidence in the United Nation's management taken by the employees of its Secretariat in New York, after the U.N.'s director of oversight was cleared on charges of exchanging promotions for money and sexual favours following an extremely cursory investigation.
		He made no mention of the National Guard story in announcing the change, saying he had agreed with CBS executives last summer that after the Nov. 2 election would be the right time to leave.
		There is no doubt that the "cowboy" persona performs well as a plebiscitary [read: electoral] tool, but its utility to fight the international War on Terror is more limited.
	oxblog.blogspot.com /2004_11_21_oxblog_archive.html (7816 words)

	vote of no confidence Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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	www.echostatic.com /vote_of_no_confidence.html (102 words)

	Schröder gets his vote of no confidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As planned, Germany's chancellor Gerhard Schröder has lost a vote of no confidence in the Bundestag [lower house] on 1 July 2005.
		In a move that some criticised as a staged coup, Schröder had asked his own party members to abstain in the vote of no confidence.
		In the vote of no confidence, only 151 of the coalitions parliament members voted to give Schröder their confidence, 148 abstained, as did Schröder, all of his ministers and leaders of his Social-Democrat Party. Two hundred and ninety six members of parliament voted against Schröder.
	www.euractiv.com /Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-141871-16&type=News (167 words)

	U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Many Americans Distrustful of Electronic Voting Machines, Says New FindLaw Survey" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The machines are controversial because of concerns over testing procedures, security measures to prevent tampering, the accuracy of vote counts, lack of paper trails, the potential for software bugs and vulnerability to computer hackers.
		New electronic voting machines are being installed in several states, including California, Ohio, Maryland, Connecticut and Florida, the site of several major vote-tallying controversies in the 2000 Presidential election.
		Overall, 42 percent of those surveyed said they were concerned about potential problems with vote tampering in electronic voting machines, while 57 percent said they were not concerned.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=36493 (423 words)

	Shout99 : Contractors organise 'vote of no confidence' in Dawn
		A vote of no confidence in the Paymaster General is one of the largest threads on Downing Street’s own website.
		Contractors have independently and spontaneously organised a vote of no confidence in Dawn Primarolo, the orchestrator of IR35, following her recent letter to the Evening Standard claiming "IR35 helps free enterprise".
		Word spread among the contracting community and within a few days a clear message had been sent to Downing Street in what could prove to be the largest single issue thread in the IR35 section which has consistently proved the one of the most active of all subjects on the Downing Street site.
	www.shout99.com /contractors/showarticle.pl?id=5051&n= (324 words)

	Vote, with No Confidence
		The voting machines that almost derailed the Oct. 7 California recall election are all being replaced.
		But controversy over voting technology is far from finished in the Golden State—or the rest of the country.
		Punch-card machines will no longer be certified by the state of California for use in the 2004 presidential primary next spring.
	www.eweek.com /article2/0,1759,1503438,00.asp (804 words)

	Hornet Online - News
		Lane Kasselman, director of arts and letters, and Sean South, vice president of university affairs, are proposing legislation calling for a vote of no confidence against Sakala at today’s board meeting.
		Sakala said he has yet to hear a clear reason of why the vote of no confidence is being brought against him.
		Jason Bryant, executive vice president, believes that a vote of no confidence is uncalled for based on the reasoning given by the authors.
	www.csus.edu /hornet/archive/fall99/issue11/news03.html (532 words)

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