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less than half of the total votes cast but more than the minimum required to win, as when there are more than two candidates or choices.

less than half the number of voters registered.

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How to use simple majority in a sentence

Essentially, as part of each year’s budget process, the Senate can adopt at least one large bill that is not subject to the filibuster and therefore pass it with a simple majority.
What Democrats Can’t Do As Long As The Filibuster Remains In Place — And What They Can|Perry Bacon Jr. (perry.bacon@fivethirtyeight.com)|February 1, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
A simple majority would be required to confirm Buttigieg as a presidential nominee.
Buttigieg starts path to confirmation as transportation secretary|Chris Johnson|January 21, 2021|Washington Blade
It takes a simple majority of senators to confirm presidential appointments under Senate rules.
Rachel Levine tapped to become first out transgender Senate-confirmed official|Chris Johnson|January 19, 2021|Washington Blade
Censure is a formal rebuke that requires approval from a simple majority in the Senate, which Democrats control 21 to 18, with one vacancy.
Democrats seek censure of Virginia state senator who praised Capitol rioters|Laura Vozzella|January 15, 2021|Washington Post

It’s possible that the filibuster itself could be repealed through a simple majority when the Senate sets its rules as part of the start of the new session.
New Senate leadership could finally help us fight climate change|Ula Chrobak|January 13, 2021|Popular-Science
I think a large majority of our fans are [other] nationalities.
‘Black Dynamite’ Presents Police Brutality: The Musical|Stereo Williams|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The simple, awful truth is that free speech has never been particularly popular in America.
How the PC Police Threaten Free Speech|Nick Gillespie|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
House rules require an absolute majority of members voting to choose a speaker.
Kamikaze Congress Prepares to Strike Boehner|Ben Jacobs|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Again, I do not know House Majority Whip Scalise or President Obama personally.
Reverend Jeremiah Wright Was Worse Than Scalise|Ron Christie|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This is a state, after all, where Duke, in his statewide race for governor in 1991, received a majority of the white vote.
Steve Scalise and the Right’s Ridiculous Racial Blame Game|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Ever since his majority Lord Hetton had annually entered a colt in the great race.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Smith's method usually gives good results, as does also the more simple method of Hiss (p. 263).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It was a mighty simple transaction, but it produced some startling results for me, that same coin-spinning.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Let us look over these points again, and make the matter still clearer and more simple.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
If I selected lucid and simple extracts, they would give no idea of the intricacy and prolixity of Duns.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor