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At present, 139 of 252 cardinals are eligible to participate in a papal conclave. The number of votes required to be elected pope with a two-thirds supermajority, [3] [251] if all 139 cardinal electors were to participate (notwithstanding the maximum of 120 specified in Universi Dominici gregis), would be 93.
The Illinois Senate tries impeachments made by the House of Representatives, and can convict impeached officers by a two-thirds vote. Voting in the Illinois Senate is done by members pushing one of three buttons. Unlike most states, the Illinois Senate allows members to vote yes, no, or present. It takes 30 affirmative votes to pass legislation ...
The 2020 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Illinois, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various ...
The Senate votes in the normal manner in this case (i.e., ballots are individually cast by each senator, not by state delegations). Two-thirds of the senators must be present for voting to take place. The Twelfth Amendment states a "majority of the whole number" of senators, currently 51 of 100, is necessary for election. [157]
The 2020 elections for the Illinois Senate took place on November 3, 2020, to elect senators from 22 of the state's 59 Senate districts to serve in the 102nd General Assembly, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States census.
(The Center Square) – Illinois electors will officially cast all 19 Electoral College votes for Vice President Kamala Harris Tuesday in Springfield. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias ...
The 2022 elections for the Illinois Senate occurred on November 8, 2022, to elect senators from all of the state's 59 legislative districts in the Illinois Senate. The primary election took place on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. [ 1 ]
(The Center Square) – As Illinois’ presidential electors cast their Electoral College votes, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin advocates to abolish the system that picks the president of the United States.