simple majority

noun

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.

Congress could reform the way campaigns are financed with a simple majority vote.

At least one professional judge must agree with the lay judges and a simple majority is required to determine the verdict.

Earlier this afternoon, the Senate leader called a vote on whether a judicial nominee could be confirmed with a simple majority.

This meant they required two-thirds majorities to pass, instead of a simple majority.

That's the only kind of vote that Harry Reid & Co. would seek to permit passage on a simple-majority basis.

The election shall be made on the principle of direct, individual, ballot voting by both sexes, a simple majority only to decide.

With some exceptions, a simple majority of the sixty-one votes is adequate for the adoption of a measure.

A jury consists of twelve men, whose verdict is rendered by simple majority.

Two-thirds of the membership constitutes a quorum, and decisions can be adopted by a simple majority of those present.

For in Scots juries a simple majority was sufficient, as it is still in all cases except treason.

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