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Mubasher
5 days ago
- Business
- Mubasher
يدعو مجلس إدارة شركة المتحدة للصناعات التعدينية المساهمين إلى حضور اجتماع الجمعية العامة العادية ( الاجتماع الأول )
Element List Explanation Introduction The Board of Directors of United Mining Industries Company is pleased to invite the shareholders to participate and vote in the Company General Assembly Meeting (First meeting) which will be held through means of modern technology. at 19:00 on Monday , 05 – 01 - 1447 H, corresponding to 30 -06 -2025. City and Location of the General Assembly's Meeting The company's main headquarters is in Jeddah - via modern technology Hyperlink of the Meeting Location Click Here Date of the General Assembly's Meeting 2025-06-30 Corresponding to 1447-01-05 Time of the General Assembly's Meeting 19:00 Methodology of Convening the General Assembly's Meeting Via modern technology means Attendance Eligibility, Registration Eligibility, and Voting End Shareholders who are registered in the issuers shareholders record at the Depositary Center by the end of the trade session prior to the general assembly meeting and in accordance with the laws and regulations. The shareholder has the right to delegate whomever other than the board of directors. The right to register a name to attend the general assembly meeting ends at the time of convening the general assembly meeting. The attendees right to vote on the items of the assembly's agenda ends upon the end of screening the votes by the Screening Committee. Quorum for Convening the General Assembly's Meeting Pursuant to article (33) of the Company's Article of Association , the meeting of the Ordinary General Assembly shall be valid if attended by Shareholders representing %25 of the Company's capital. In the event that this quorum is not available to hold this meeting, a second meeting will be held one hour after the end of the period specified for the first meeting, and the second meeting shall be deemed valid regardless of number of shares with voting rights represented General Assembly Meeting Agenda Attached Proxy Form The shareholder right in discussing the assembly agenda topics, asking questions, and exercising the voting right The Shareholders have the right to discuss the topics on the agenda and ask questions. Shareholders can remotely vote on the General Assembly Meeting's agenda via (E-voting service), through Tadawulaty using the following link: Details of the electronic voting on the Assembly's agenda The shareholders may remotely vote in the Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting's agenda via (E-voting service) starting from 01:00 AM Thursday 01/01/1447 H Corresponding to 26/06/2025 G, through Tadawulaty website; Attached Documents
Irish Times
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Irish Times
Why not give everyone in Northern Ireland the right to vote in the South's presidential elections?
Who exactly are the Irish citizens in Northern Ireland ? The question arises from a Sinn Féin motion in Stormont last week and an Aontú Bill submitted to the Dáil last month. Both propose enabling Irish citizens in Northern Ireland to vote in presidential elections . Restricting the franchise to Irish citizens could be seen as respecting British sovereignty and unionist identity, although many unionists see it otherwise. There are several examples around Europe, most notably Hungary and Cyprus, where the extension of voting rights to neighbouring territories is considered a hostile act. This is what sets Sinn Féin and Aontú's proposal apart from extending voting rights to all citizens abroad, as recommended by the 2013 constitutional convention. [ Aontú considering running candidate in presidential election Opens in new window ] Despite proposing a limited franchise within Northern Ireland, neither party has explained how this limit might apply. READ MORE Under Irish nationality law, almost everyone in Northern Ireland is an Irish citizen. Entitlement by birth or parenthood is effectively identical across the island. The difference is that anyone born in Northern Ireland must 'activate' their Irish citizenship by performing 'any act which only an Irish citizen is entitled to do.' Simon Harris: My style of politics is not a problem Listen | 58:40 This form of Schrodinger's citizenship was enshrined in 2001 legislation to uphold the Belfast Agreement and respect those in Northern Ireland who do not wish to be Irish. Acts of activation have deliberately never been defined. Applying for a passport is the example usually cited, hence the common misconception in Northern Ireland that holding an Irish passport confers citizenship. Much media coverage of the Sinn Féin motion and the Aontú Bill has used the term 'Irish passport-holders' synonymously with Irish citizens. In reality, it is the act of lawfully applying for the passport that opens the box and confirms a person has always been Irish, although only from that point on (the quantum physics metaphor works only too well). Registering to vote is also an act of activation. Almost everyone in Northern Ireland could register, using a British passport as identification if necessary, and automatically become Irish the instant they submit their application. So there is an extent to which it is legally meaningless to speak of a restricted franchise. Political meaning is another matter. The DeSouza citizenship case, won by the UK government in 2019, highlighted that almost everyone in Northern Ireland is automatically British. The courts found there is no alternative, as people would otherwise be left stateless, in breach of international law. Many nationalists found this aggravating and the issue was taken seriously enough at the time to be addressed by taoiseach Leo Varadkar and British prime minister Theresa May. While it has since faded from the headlines, presidential elections could become an enormous, recurring DeSouza case in reverse, antagonising unionists every seven years by reminding them they are Irish if they open the box. The practicalities of holding an all-Ireland election add further complications. Unionists are horrified and nationalists entranced by the prospect of polling stations north of the Border. This seems unlikely, however, apart from unofficial stunts. Even an Irish government that wanted to try it could not properly deliver it, with or without the co-operation of the northern authorities. So voting would be by post, and perhaps also online, as this is a scenario for the mid-2030s at the earliest. The problem comes back to who would be entitled to vote. Electoral registers are maintained in the Republic by local authorities, a system that could not be extended to Northern Ireland, or certainly not to all of it. So a central government department or agency in Dublin, presumably the Electoral Commission , would have to build a northern register. This could be done without access to UK government databases, as is the case with the Irish passport system, although it would need a separate application process. [ 'Up to 500,000' names could be on Electoral Register by mistake after duplications or deaths Opens in new window ] Creating a register of self-activated Irish citizens in Northern Ireland might cause some unease, north and south, for various reasons. It would be viewed as a measure of Irish identity and nationalist aspiration in Northern Ireland, as happens with statistics for Irish passport applications. But an Electoral Register would have a far more pointed political subtext, not necessarily to nationalism's advantage: registration could be low and would almost inevitably undercount the total nationalist population. The most straightforward solution to all these problems would be to extend voting to Irish and British citizens in Northern Ireland, then try to present this as benign pragmatism and little different from the equal voting rights both sets of citizens already enjoy within the United Kingdom and Ireland. Registering to vote as a British citizen, using a British passport, for example, could be clarified as not activating Irish citizenship. Presidents and presidential candidates might wish to acknowledge the British potential portion of the electorate. Of course, this all assumes that reassuring unionists is still part of anyone else's agenda.
Associated Press
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Associated Press
Federal appeals court may revive lawsuit against conservative group for voter intimidation
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court appeared inclined Tuesday to revive a lawsuit accusing a conservative group of violating the Voting Rights Act when it announced it was challenging the eligibility of more than 360,000 Georgia voters. The lower court committed 'legal error' in its ruling finding no violation of the Voting Rights Act, 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Adalberto Jordan said at a hearing in Atlanta. Another judge on the panel, Federico Moreno, seemed to agree, saying the district court judge had failed to conduct a separate analysis of one part of the law. The three-judge panel did not immediately issue a ruling. The panel was considering a lawsuit against Texas-based nonprofit True the Vote by Fair Fight, a group founded by former Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. Fair Fight argued True the Vote's mass voter challenge ahead of a 2021 runoff election for two pivotal U.S. Senate seats violated a section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that prohibits voter intimidation. In a 145-page decision last year, U.S. District Judge Steve Jones disagreed, saying the evidence presented during a trial did not show the actions of True the Vote 'caused (or attempted to cause) any voter to be intimidated, coerced, or threatened in voting.' Jones added, however, that the list of voters to be challenged 'utterly lacked reliability' and bordered on 'recklessness.' Jordan and Moreno took issue with Jones' conclusion that True the Vote did not attempt to intimidate voters. Moreno asked an attorney for the group, Jake Evans, whether intimidating voters was the goal of the challenge. Evans said there was no evidence of any desire by True the Vote's co-founder, Catherine Engelbrecht, to intimidate voters, and she had no contact with the challenged voters who testified at trial. Jordan said that argument did not speak to the claim that the group attempted to intimidate voters. 'Attempt does not require success,' he said. Moreno also suggested the 11th Circuit needed to weigh in on such mass challenges for future elections.
CBS News
12-05-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison announces run for Congress
Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison (D-15th) announced Monday that he is running for Congress. Morrison is running in the 8th Congressional District, which primarily includes west and northwest suburban areas in Cook, DuPage and Kane counties. The district stretches from Des Plaines westward through Elk Grove Village, Schaumburg, Itasca, Bloomingdale, Roselle, Streamwood, Carpentersville, and Elgin, and also includes well as a small part of Chicago's Far Northwest Side near O'Hare International Airport — though not the airport itself. U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Illinois) currently represents the district. Last week, Krishnamoorthi announced his run for the U.S. Senate seat soon to be vacated by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), who is retiring rather than seeking reelection in 2026. Morrison "As the grandson of immigrants and a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I didn't see people like me in public office," he wrote. "But I believe our government should reflect all of us, and I'm ready to fight for everyday people in Congress." Morrison added in a campaign video: "My grandparents immigrated to this country because they believed that if you work hard, you should be able to get ahead. My mother instilled the values in me of giving back to the community, and treating everyone with dignity and respect — and today, far too many people feel left behind, and that is simply not right." He touted his record as a Cook County commissioner as having fought to expand voting rights and mental health care funding, and to fight discrimination. Morrison, who grew up in Elk Grove Village, was elected to the Cook County Board in 2018. He represents the 15th District, a northwest suburban stretching from Des Plaines to Hoffman Estates, Streamwood, Barrington Hills, and the part of Elgin that falls into Cook County. Morrison was the youngest person ever elected to the board when he defeated three-term incumbent Tim Schneider, the chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, at age 28. He's also the first openly gay member of the board. Morrison worked as a special projects coordinator for Rep. Krishnamoorthi before being elected to the County Board. Krishnamoorthi was first elected in 2016 to the U.S. House seat in which Morrison is hoping to succeed him.
CBS News
08-05-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Court rules Alabama violated Voting Rights Act in drawing congressional lines
Federal judges ruled Thursday that Alabama intentionally diluted the voting strength of Black residents when it drew congressional lines, and said the state must continue using a court-ordered map that led to the election of the state's second Black congressman. A three-judge panel permanently blocked Alabama from using a state-drawn map that they said flouted their directive to draw a plan that was fair to Black voters. The decision was not a surprise because the panel ruled against the state twice previously and put a new map in place for last year's elections. The judges said that the map drawn by the Alabama Legislature in 2023 violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965, just like the one previously drawn by the state. "The long and short of it is that the 2023 Plan unlawfully dilutes Black voting strength by consigning it to one majority-Black district," the judges wrote, adding that Alabama should have a second district with a substantial percentage of Black voters. The judges chided what it called Alabama's "deliberate decision to ignore" their order to draw a second district where Black voters had an opportunity to elect a candidate of their choosing. "The Legislature knew what federal law required and purposefully refused to provide it, in a strategic attempt to checkmate the injunction that ordered it," they wrote. The Thursday ruling came after a February trial over the state map. "Today's decision is a testament to the persistence and resilience of Black voters in Alabama, including our clients," said Deuel Ross, deputy director of litigation at the Legal Defense Fund. "Alabama's unprecedented defiance of the Supreme Court and the lower court orders harkens back to the darkest days of American history." In the Supreme Court's June 2023 decision in Allen v. Milligan, the 5-4 court declined to further weaken the landmark law, and instead affirmed a lower court opinion that found it substantially likely that Alabama's map violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The decision had come as a surprise as the high court has weakened the Voting Rights Act in recent years, first in 2013 and then in 2021. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall's office did not immediately issue a comment on the decision. The state is expected to appeal. Judges scheduled a hearing on plaintiffs' request to again make Alabama subject to the preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act. The long-running case began in 2021. Black voters and civil rights groups sued over Alabama's congressional map. Black residents account for about 27% of the state's population but were the majority in just one of the state's seven congressional districts. The lawsuits accused Alabama of packing Black voters into a single majority-Black district and splintering other Black communities to limit their influence elsewhere. A panel made up of three federal judges said in September 2023 that Alabama should have two districts where Black voters have an opportunity to elect their preferred candidates. Because of racially polarized voting in the state, that map would need to include a second district where Black voters are the majority or "something quite close," the judges wrote. In a joint statement Thursday, the plaintiffs called the win "a testament to the dedication and persistence of many generations of Black Alabamians who pursued political equality at great cost." Rep. Shomari Figures last year won election to Alabama's 2nd Congressional District, giving the state a second Black representative in its congressional delegation for the first time in its history. contributed to this report.
