proxy voting
Delegated ballot casting
Proxy voting is casting a vote on behalf of someone else who is absent or unable to vote themselves.
Common in corporate shareholder meetings, where investors authorize others to vote their shares: I submitted my proxy voting form before the annual meeting.
Also occurs in legislative bodies and organizations where members may designate substitutes.
Advocating to decision-makers
- shareholder activismOwners pressuring management for change
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- advocacyPleading for a cause
persuasion · ISS · collective action · engagement · stewardship
Equity owner in corporation
- annual meetingRecurring yearly organizational assembly
- board of directorsGoverning body of organization
- corporate governanceCompany direction and control
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
quorum · SEC filing · institutional investor · retail investor · contested election · activist investor
Formal permission granted
- representativeOne who acts for another
- appointeePerson named to position
- power of attorneyLegal authority for another's decisions
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
consent · assignment · fiduciary · trustee · agent · designee · grantor
Vote cast from elsewhere
- representative democracyGovernance through chosen delegates
- voter turnoutShare of eligible citizens voting
- political participationEngaging in governmental processes
- ballotVoting document
suffrage · franchise · electorate · polling · civic duty · party convention · union election · ratification
lobbying
Advocating to decision-makers
- shareholder activismOwners pressuring management for change
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
advocacy · persuasion · ISS · collective action · engagement · stewardship
shareholder
Equity owner in corporation
- annual meetingRecurring yearly organizational assembly
- board of directorsGoverning body of organization
- corporate governanceCompany direction and control
resolution · quorum · SEC filing · institutional investor · retail investor · contested election · activist investor
authorization
Formal permission granted
- representativeOne who acts for another
- appointeePerson named to position
- power of attorneyLegal authority for another's decisions
mandate · consent · assignment · fiduciary · trustee · agent · designee · grantor
absentee ballot
Vote cast from elsewhere
- representative democracyGovernance through chosen delegates
- voter turnoutShare of eligible citizens voting
- political participationEngaging in governmental processes
ballot · suffrage · franchise · electorate · polling · civic duty · party convention · union election · ratification · homeowners association
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- votingballot, ballots, voter, polls, candidates
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
- club bylawscode of conduct, membership fees, dues, disciplinary action, expulsion
- condoscondo, condominium, co-op, unit, condo association
- economic activismboycott, divestment, shareholder activism, corporate accountability, ethical shopping